Are you wondering what the real impact of generative AI will be on your upcoming projects? Join AV and IT industry pros to discuss the next steps for enhancing collaboration with AI.

Wednesday, June 14, 2023

Trend Forecast: Enterprise IT

Rachel Bradshaw – Vice President, Account Services, Caster Communications, Inc.
Mehryn Corrigan – WW Channel Sales Lead, Teams Rooms, Microsoft
Nyere Hollingsworth – Senior Manager, Collaboration and Productivity, W. W. Grainger
Frank Padikkala, CTS, CTS-D, MS – Technical Sales Engineer, Audinate
Jennifer Steinhardt – Associate AV Designer, Shen Milsom & Wilke LLC

11:30 AM – 12:15 PM

The trend forecast returns to InfoComm’s show floor with leading technologists in the enterprise IT space. Explore the possibilities for automation and AI innovation alongside the enterprise’s existing digital transformation and increased migration to the cloud.

Advancing the Hybrid Workplace

Chris Barwick – Vice President, Collaboration Strategy & GTM, Cisco
Ilya Bukshteyn – VP, Microsoft Teams Calling and Devices, Microsoft Corp.

3:00 PM – 3:45 PM

The hybrid workplace is a vital tool in achieving the goals of an organization. Cisco and Microsoft share how their companies are advancing the hybrid workplace from streamlining the in-person experience with hardware and software interoperability, to integrating AI-powered collaboration tools for intelligent video-conferencing and ensuring meeting equity for all participants.

Diversified | The Impact of AI: How AI will enhance and transform the industry

Blaine Brown – Senior Director, Platform Services, Diversified
Stephen Jenkins – Vice President of Innovation, Diversified

3:00 PM – 3:20 PM

On the Technology Innovation Stage, Diversified will explore the transformative impact of AI on the industry and discuss the imminent shift from "preventative" to "predictive" maintenance through AI-enabled analytics, leading to self-healing capabilities.

How Do Consumer Expectations Translate to Classroom Experiences?

Blair Rubio, MBA – VP Marketing, T1V
Israel Fletes – Senior Director, Academic Innovations, XCITE Center for Teaching and Learning, University of California, Riverside
Matt Gaughan – Manager of Campus Audiovisual Technology Services (C.A.T.S.), A-Town Media
George Chacko, CTS, MS – Director, Pace University
Sarah Becher – Senior Associate, System Designer, Shen Milsom & Wilke LLC

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM

The pandemic shifted a lot of norms on campus, but perhaps more pronounced than anything is the tech stack that incoming students have natively adopted, and that they expect to see in their learning experiences. This is also the technology and skillset they will take with them when they graduate and move on to become thriving contributors in their professional careers. How can campuses differentiate themselves for the student, and by extension - enable students to differentiate themselves in the job market upon graduation?

Thursday, June 15, 2023

Implementing AI Algorithms with Audio and Video

Timothy Mackie – Field Systems Engineer, Yamaha

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM

Implementing AI algorithms with a combination of audio and video information allows improving the behavior of current features as well as the implementation of new features. This session will introduce some of the improved functionality and new functionality possible by this combination, as well as providing ideas to the listener to find further opportunities how this can help their designs and integrations in the future.

Integrating Tools to Make the Workplace More Useful: AI and Smart Technologies

Brad Sousa – Chief Technology Officer, AVI Systems, Inc. HQ

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM

In this session, learn about the evolution of the workplace to a place people go to do focused work and earn about new tools that leverage AI and its impact on the smart workplace of the near future. This includes the impact artificial intelligence will have on meeting and work spaces, concierge services for individual employees, and security tools – all using sensors, IoT, occupancy and access control and much more to correlate data and enhance the work experience.

Friday, June 16, 2023

Streamlining Your Streaming with AI

Frederick Van Johnson, Head of Content & New Media / Podcaster / Editor-in-Chief - Smugmug / Flickr / This Week in Photo (TWiP)

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM

In this session, Frederick will dive into the fascinating world of streamlining your streaming process using cutting-edge AI tools. Discover how you can leverage the power of tools like ChatGPT, Midjourney, and Canva to transform your creative ideas into professional presentations rapidly.

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