Leading thinkers and practitioners from organisations in the fields of entertainment, enterprise, education, and hospitality, such as Huge, Bravo Media, PixMob, FreemanXP, The Salk Institute, Local Projects, Patten Studio, and Marriott International, will take the stage to present free, 20-minute sessions throughout all three days of the InfoComm show.
“We’re excited to have Center Stage return after a successful debut at InfoComm 2017,” said Jason McGraw, CTS®, CAE, senior vice president of Expositions at AVIXA. “It’s a great opportunity to learn from these bright creatives who employ technology to push the human potential to learn, connect, and entertain.”
In the Center Stage session Personalization of Digital Signage Content, David Title, chief engagement officer of Bravo Media, and Manolo Almagro, managing partner of Q Division, will bring their expertise in advertising media psychology to bear in discussing the complicated art of translating analytics information into a genuinely fun experience. They’ll discuss the displays and sensors that are needed to achieve that personal experience and how to show technology buyers they’re getting their ROI.
The session The Psychology of User Interface Design led by Sundar Raman, director of creative engineering at Local Projects and James Patten, director of Patten Studio, will explore how technologies like voice, motion, heat, and RFID sensors, can be used to analyse human actions and emotions and turn the human into a user interface.
The Center Stage session lineup also includes:
- AR for Immersive Live Experiences with Cortney Harding, founder of Friends with Holograms
- Why Our Voice Assistants Need Ethics with Sophie Kleber, executive director of product and innovation at Huge
- Wearable Technology for Connecting Audiences with: Vincent Leclerc, partner and chief technology officer at PixMob; and Christopher Cowley, senior director of technology at C2 International
- Experience Capture Technology for Improving Event Design with: Haluk Kulin, senior vice president of strategy and data at FreemanXP; and Sergei Gepshtein, director of the Collaboratory for Adaptive Sensory Technologies at the Salk Institute
- Incorporating VR into the Online Classroom with Julian McCrea, CEO of Portal Experiences
- Using Videoconferencing to Connect Learning Communities with Amar Bakshi, founder and creative director at Shared_Studios and Lewis Lee, curator at Shared_Studios
- How Buildings of the Future Will Change in Response to Human Occupants with: Neil Redding, director of emerging technology at ThoughtWorks; and Güvenç Özel, principal at Ozel Office
- Combining Live Music with Both Physical and Virtual New Media with: Yo-Yo Lin, media artist and art director at The Family; and Steve Dabal, co-founder and creative director at The Family
- Creating Empathy with Immersive Audio in VR and Video Games with Joanna Fang, Foley artist at Alchemy Post Sound; and David Grinbaum, co-founder and chief technology officer of Chapter Four
- How Hospitality Brands Use VR and Interactive Video to Engage Guests with: David Kepron, vice president of Global Design Strategies, Distinctive Premium Brands, Marriott International; and Bill Lally, president of Mode:Green
- Innovators in Online Video Content Creation Reveal the Secrets to Compulsively Watchable Content with Alesia Hendley, multimedia journalist and AV operator at the Berry Center, Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District; and Will Curran, founder and owner of Endless Events.
“By putting innovators in conversation, Center Stage shows how AV is leveraged across disciplines to create something really exciting,” said Rachel Bradshaw, director of exhibition content at AVIXA. “Center Stage is a beacon of inspiration in the middle of the show floor.”
Center Stage is sponsored by platinum sponsors ConnectWise, Dolby, Lifesize, Mvix, and Samsung, and gold sponsors Williams Sound and Z-Band. For more information on Center Stage, visit: www.infocommshow.org/centerstage
InfoComm 2018 is sponsored by presenting show partner Samsung, strategic show partners Blackmagic Design and Crestron, and supporting show partners LG and Lifesize.