The Live Events education at InfoComm will highlight the latest information and technology available, including presentations on advanced streaming, lighting, show design, and even some very cool tours! Check out some of the offerings:

Tuesday, June 13, 2023

Integrated Experience Tour - Full Sail University

Steven Leonard – Director, Event Technical Operations, Full Sail University

12:30 PM – 4:30 PM 

Full Sail University boasts an innovative and technology-centric campus. The Full Sail University Orlando Health Fortress is a flexible live production space and is the largest collegiate esports arena in the U.S.  Across the campus is Full Sail Live, the university’s flagship live performance space. The tour will explore these two areas and go behind the scenes of these unique venues.

Remote and Multi-Location Production Workflow for Corporate Events

Robert C. Luckey, CTS-D, MS – Channel Manager - North America, BirdDog
Kevin Little, CTS – Events Engineer, Stripe
Drew Zercoe – AV Technology & Events Manager, Stripe
Victor Merino – Platform Engineer, Stripe

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Case Study: Stripe has successfully enabled remote production across a dozen+ of its offices. AV at all sites can functionally behave as if it is on the same LAN. Even remote PTZ camera control is accommodated with multiple protocols leveraged to simultaneously optimize for latency and visual quality.

Wednesday, June 14, 2023

Advanced Streaming Considerations for Live Events

Jesse Miller, MBA – CEO, Midtown Video, Inc.
Adrian Allen – LUNA LITE Drone Show Technologies
Caitlin Shurilla – Director of Operations & Senior Producer, Stream Virtual Productions Ltd.

1:30 PM – 3:30 PM 

Advanced streaming topics for live events including streaming platforms, multiple simultaneous streamed events, break-out rooms, guest engagement, hybrid event management, backup encoders for redundancy, and more.  Attendees should have experience organizing in-person and streaming events.

Lighting for Live Events

Kristi Ross-Clausen, CTS, CQT, MA – Professor of Stagecraft, Madison College, Wisconsin
Kevin Richie – Owner, Olden Lighting

3:00 PM – 4:30 PM

The right lighting can set the mood, direct the focus of the audience, highlight a product, and so much more. Come learn how to make your live event look fabulous with the right lighting. Samples will include sports, concert, theatrical and corporate events. 

Integrated Experience Tour: Fantasmic at Disney’s Hollywood Studios

Stephanie Morehead – Project Manager, Disney Live Entertainment
Matthew Hamel – Show Director, Disney Live Entertainment
Amie Randolph – Producer, Disney Live Entertainment
Katrina Mena Rick – Creative Producer, Disney Live Entertainment
Tori Chelini – Safety Professional, Disney Live Entertainment
Gatlin Douglas – Technical Director, Disney Live Entertainment

6:00 PM – 10:30 PM

Fantasmic! combines live performers with stunning special effects, colorful pyrotechnic explosions, animation, and dancing waters synchronized to the melodies of timeless Disney classics.

Join a panel of professionals from Disney Live Entertainment as they discuss the exciting creative and technological updates implemented with the re-opening of “Fantasmic!”  After hearing from the team, you’ll be ushered to the amphitheater to watch the fan-favorite nighttime spectacular in action.

Thursday, June 15, 2023

Building Your Worker Safety Toolkit

Hannah D'Amico – International Representative, IATSE
Ben Hague – International Representative, IATSE

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Brought to you by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), this important presentation was developed to provide professionals in the live events industry with an overview of safety and health trainings that are available to everyone regardless of experience, craft, or skill level.

The Futurist's Guide to Show Design

Kyle Means – Executive Producer, Squaredot LLC

3:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Next generation event technologies have the potential to change the way live events are designed and experienced. Attendees will gain a deeper understanding of the impact of these emerging technologies and how they can be leveraged to create unforgettable audience experiences.

Video Engineering Nerd Central

Kevin D. Ring – National Training Manager, Nationwide Video

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM

This session will dive deep into all aspects of video engineering for the modern technician. The focus of this session de-mystifying certain terminologies and workflows used daily, but often taken for granted. These topics will include color spaces, bit-depth, chroma sub-sampling, EDID, HDCP, signal types, signal capacity.

To see the full list of Live Events sessions available, click here: InfoComm 2023 Live Events.