Buzz: Associations
Feb 1, 2004 12:00 PM
Collaborative Conferencing Expands at InfoComm
The International Communications Industries Association and the Interactive Multimedia and Collaborative Communications Alliance (IMCCA) have renewed and expanded their partnership to hold a Collaborative Conferencing Technologies track at InfoComm in 2004 and 2005. The international trade show is an annual event for the audiovisual communications industry, with InfoComm 04 scheduled for June 5 through 11 in Atlanta. In addition to sponsoring the Collaborative Conferencing Technologies Pavilion on the InfoComm exhibit floor, IMCCA plans to hold a full-day workshop/tutorial on collaborative conferencing and a tutorial on collaborative conferencing integrated into InfoComm’s A/V communications systems conference program. IMCCA views InfoComm 04 as the platform for its annual conference and will feature its annual awards program for the collaborative conferencing industry at the show as well as hold the first annual meeting of the new Teleconferencing Users’ Group.
Registration Open for NSCA Expo
Registration is now open for the 2004 NSCA Systems Integration Expo. Badges and class tickets are available online (www.nscaexpo.org) or by using the faxable registration forms found in the 2004 brochure that was mailed December 1. Planned for March 19 through 21 in the Las Vegas Convention Center, the NSCA Systems Integration Expo offers attendees more than 500 exhibits of integrated systems technologies for the commercial marketplace. Exhibits target systems designers and installers and feature audio, A/V presentation, stage and lighting, tele/data, and video. New in 2004 is the addition of the Security/Life Safety pavilion sponsored by the PSA Security Network. The pavilion will feature more than 100 providers of security products.
ISAE Honors CEDIA
The Custom Electronic Design and Installation Association (CEDIA) has been honored by the Indiana Society of Association Executives (ISAE) for public policy work on behalf of CEDIA members. CEDIA received the society’s Top Association Recognition award for the best association government affairs program. The award category cited CEDIA for government affairs efforts that specifically lobbied elected officials or public agencies on issues relevant to association members.
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