A little over 1,500 unique attendees visited the NEC Solutions Showcase on 14-15 May 2014 which took take place as part of London Digital Signage Week.
Nearly half were end users who experienced fully operational end to end solutions to understand how they can be applied to their specific needs.
This is the first year that the event has been held over two days and the new two day format proved rather opportune as NEC Showcase welcomed a 35% increase in visitor numbers.
Simon Jackson, VP NEC Display Solutions said “We have enjoyed an extremely successful 6th Showcase with very positive feedback from our partners who help make this such a unique event”.
“The decision to extend to two days was certainly the right one when we consider the increase in attendees, it was always busy but not overcrowded. Other events running in parallel for the inaugural London Digital Signage Week were also well attended and we are delighted that Showcase has become the foundation to instil new developments, innovations and partnerships – driving the industry to yet greater achievement.”
The Velodrome in London’s Olympic park unquestionably fulfilled the Showcase blueprint for original and stimulating venues, where many participants enjoyed a Track Bike Experience amongst many other experiences delivered through the latest technology solutions.
Simon Jackson added “Of course the venue was a big hit, though we will try and find somewhere next year where I don’t have to put my cycling shorts on! The whole NEC team put in a huge effort to make this happen and they should be immensely proud of what they have achieved in establishing the best AV industry event in the UK.”
Leveraging the success of the event to support its nominated charity Sense, the AV industry dug deep to raise a significant amount of money for deafblind people and their families, whilst also raising awareness of the charity’s excellent work.
* Event held at the Velodrome was held over two days
May 16th, 2014 at 13:16 @594
While FUTURESoftware can’t comment on the numbers through the door, the number of enquiries was at least double last year and the quality of those was significant compare to previous.
Interest in the NEC News Live TV channel was fantastic while the Digital Signage and DOOH interest was far better than we anticipated.
Looks like DOOH is embracing experiential fully now with lots of expansion still to come.
Well done and thank you NEC for choosing such a great venue and taking the jump to two days.
May 16th, 2014 at 14:07 @630
Surely people will only believe this number if an odd number is added,1503 for instance. Well done either way.
May 16th, 2014 at 15:27 @685
Brilliant event. Really informative with a great mix of technology and suppliers. Many thanks.
May 19th, 2014 at 09:19 @429
The entire event was very professionally. It was really fun to be able to show OPS Android with Leaf Engine.