CE Pro September 2022 - 10

Industry Pulse
NEWS | ANALYSIS
Innovation Hub IDs
Key Emerging Tech
Opportunities
CEDIA Expo 2022 in Dallas will include
education, presentations and project
profiles as part of the Innovation Hub
and stage area. By Arlen Schweiger
CEDIA EXPO 2022 is being
staged in Dallas this fall, and
custom integrator attendees
will experience no shortage
of innovation - like the
slew of scheduling going on
at the Innovation Hub.
The Innovation Hub at
this year's CEDIA Expo is
being described as " a programming
feature focused
on emerging technologies
and industry-trending
presentations from show
exhibitors. " The Expo will
take place at the Kay Bailey
Hutchison Convention
Center Sept. 29 - Oct. 2
(education starts Sept. 28).
The Innovation Hub
will feature topics focused
on resimercial, work from
home, outdoor living, lighting,
security solutions, and
many others.
The special section is designed
as an all-in-one platform
to provide attendees
with insights surrounding
cutting-edge technologies
and emerging trends. The
Innovation Hub will present
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more than 25 sessions over
three days.
Industry influencers will
guide the daily programming,
which will begin with data
from the CE Pro " Deep Dive "
research on channel crossover
and resimercial shifts.
The sessions will offer
unique insights from brands
and organizations that have
experienced success in new
market segments, including
AVPro Global, Broan-NuTone,
Delos Living, Dynamat
Inc., HAB Home Intelligence,
Hubitat Inc., IMCCA, Jabra,
Living in Place Institute
(LIPI), VOC Instrumentation
and many others.
" The Innovation Hub will
feature powerful programming
on new technology
and emerging trends to
provide insightful opportunities
for integrators,
designers, builders, and
residential channel professionals
to drive the business
forward, " says Jason
McGraw, CTS, group vice
president for CEDIA Expo
Sessions will offer unique insights from brands and
integrators that have had success in new technologies or
categories.
and KBIS, Emerald.
CEDIA Expo has identified
key growth areas for
the residential technology
industry to develop sessions
focused on emerging
technologies and trending
market segments. The
crossover between residential
and commercial integration,
coined resimercial,
has created an increased
opportunity.
Emerging technology
application segments,
including work from home,
outdoor living, lighting and
security, are offering new
business expansion opportunities.
To support these
new growth categories,
CEDIA Expo has created the
Innovation Hub specifically
designed to present
technology application case
studies to help illuminate
new business and emerging
technology areas for CEDIA
Expo attendees.
IMCCA (Interactive
Multimedia & Collaborative
Communications Alliance),
a supporting association
partner, will assist CEDIA
Expo with developing,
organizing and moderating
content session discussions
on unified communications
(UC) and work from home
(WFH) topics.
Overall, the tradeshow
will have a whopping 150+
education sessions for this
year's installment in Dallas.
The keynote is being delivered
by Guts+Data CEO
Greg Durkin, about how
integrators can be heroes
- and earn extra revenue
- for customers who are
overwhelmed by the glut of
content out there.
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