Professional Sound - December 2019 | Page 15

QSC Acquires Attero Tech 2019 Event Safety Summit Hosts Record Number of Attendees A record number of nearly 400 attendees representing a broad range of the live event industry attended the 2019 Event Safety Summit in Lititz, PA, from Nov. 20-22, accord- ing to summit producer Event Safety Alliance. “Event safety has finally become a top concern in virtually every segment of the live event production community,” Event Safety Alliance Chairman and President Jim Digby says. “The professional diversity of those attending the 2019 Summit reflects this fact. Attendees from motorsports, sailing, venues, municipalities, and universities [joined] representatives from the live music production community in looking deeper into the changing reality of live events through the most intensive, broad-ranging series of sessions and workshops we’ve ever staged.” For more information, go to www.eventsafetysummit.com. QSC has acquired Attero Tech. This com- bines the growing portfolio of the Q-SYS audio, video, and control ecosystem with Attero Tech’s portfolio of networked AV endpoints and I/O peripherals and boosts QSC’s development capabilities, with Attero Tech’s Texas-based engineer- ing staff joining the multi- national QSC team. “This acquisition is a natural next step for our organizations given our long relationship, highly compatible portfo- lios, and the exceptional shared values and company cooperation that have developed over the last several years,” says Jatan Shah, COO and CTO at QSC. QSC and Attero Tech are both distrib- uted in Canada by SFM. For more information, contact QSC: 714-754-6175, www.qsc.com. PROFESSIONAL SOUND 15