The Smart Building Conference [1] (SBC), a joint venture between InfoComm International and CEDIA, is to expand significantly in the coming months with the staging of four events addressing some of Europe’s most energetic markets for audiovisual technology and systems integration.
[1]Conference organiser Integrated Systems Events has announced a schedule that will see the SBC take place in London, Berlin and Milan this coming autumn, before returning to Amsterdam for #ISE2015 next February.
Mike Blackman, Managing Director, Integrated Systems Events, told us “After successfully staging SBC events at the last two ISE shows and in London last October, we believe the time is right to roll out the Smart Building Conference brand across Europe. Our strategy will be for our three events this autumn to have local content tailored to each country’s regional market, while next year’s Amsterdam SBC will serve as the brand’s international meeting point.”
Content for the SBC events in London, Berlin and Milan is being produced in close consultation with local partners in each country, while Conference proceedings in the three cities will be conducted in English, German and Italian, respectively (as in previous years, the Amsterdam programme will be conducted in English).
Content for all four events is being managed by Agata Pawlik, newly recruited Conference Manager at Integrated Systems Events.
Bob Snyder, Editor-in-Chief of Channel Media Europe and the moderator at all three SBC events so far, will continue in the role in London and Amsterdam, with local-market MCs being sought for Berlin and Milan.
The full SBC schedule and venue listing is as follows:
- Tuesday October 7. 2014 – Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London (note that the Ministry of New Media’s one day Employee Communications for Digital Signage event [2] takes place the day after on October 8, 2014 at One Drummond Gate, Victoria, London)
- Thursday November 6, 2014 – Mövenpick Hotel, Berlin
- Tuesday November 18, 2014 – nhow Hotel, Milan
- Monday February 9, 2015 – RAI, Amsterdam
The London, Berlin and Amsterdam events will both feature parallel tracks for residential and commercial building applications, with the first two also offering the option of full-day workshops at additional cost. i.e. the day after the SBC in London, the day before in Berlin.
The Milan event takes place in the same week as the SIEC industry gathering at which both CEDIA and InfoComm are expected to offer additional industry training and networking opportunities.
More information on the SBC 2014-15 schedule is available here [1].