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KRAMER CONFERENCE 2014
– by Jason Johnstone (Kramer Product Manager)
Spring! That time of the year when the annual Pan-European
Kramer Seminar is held. This year the gathering took place in
Aranjuez, Spain.
This beautiful little town on the outskirts of Madrid was the setting for
the conference, which drew one hundred delegates from all of Kramer
Electronics’ European and African offices. Bruce Genricks (Managing
Member) and I represented South Africa on this three-day seminar.
The idea behind these annual Kramer seminars is to mix up the delegates
from the various offices and place them in separate break-away sessions.
During these sessions each product manager, from each of the Kramer
Electronics product categories, runs through the latest product offerings.
This year we were fortunate to discuss, and gain insights into, the Kramer
Electronics roadmap for the future. We also had the privilege of getting
hands-on experience on all the new products, most of which will only be
seen in public for the first time at InfoComm in June 2014 in Las Vegas.
After the break-away sessions we were privy to Dr Kramer’s famous
Look into the Future speech, where he makes his predictions about
the prospects of AV, points out new technologies on the horizon, and
predicts where Kramer Electronics will be in the future.
Of course, at the end of each day, Kramer Electronics treated us to dinner
at various venues around Aranjuez.
The Pan-European Seminars are always fantastic to attend, as they allow
for so much information sharing between offices and suppliers. This
ultimately leads to more innovative products for our end-users.
Photos by Adrian Volcoff
Dr. Joseph Kramer presenting his "Look into the Future".
Delegates gathering for dinner after the day's events.
HIPPOTIZER CHIPMUNK - LIVE DESIGN PROJECTION PRODUCT OF THE YEAR
Green Hippo staff recently received some fantastic news: their Hippotizer Chipmunk media server won the Live Design New
Projection Product of the Year Award in the Media Servers category!
The Live Design 2013-2014 Products of the Year are chosen by and voted for by a panel of industry experts; including lighting, projection and sound
specialists. As sole distributor of Green Hippo products in South Africa, the Electrosonic SA team is also excited about this news and proud to be part
of an excellent product line.
Contact the Entertainment Lighting Team at Electrosonic SA for a demo of the Hippotizer Chipmunk, or any other of Green Hippo’s state-of-the-art
media servers.
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PROMAG – second quarter 2014