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Dubbed ‘the father of home theatre’, Theo Kalomirakis of TK Theaters has designed private cinemas for world leaders, sporting legends and film stars. He is one of three experts giving CEDIA’s new full-day Home Cinema Design Masterclass. The association is also offering an extensive 36-course education programme; an All Access Training Pass gives unlimited entry to CEDIA courses of up to half a day’s duration. Chris Lange, Creative Director and head of the in-house creative and design department at Europe's second biggest theme park, Europa-Park, will be presenting at attractionsTECH by blooloop. LaTnge’s international work includes India’s first theme park project, as well as attractions in Singapore and South Korea. Hospitality Technology Next Generation, a trade association dedicated to driving best practice in the hotel industry through the adoption of technology, is presenting Hospitality Tech Summit by HTNG at ISE 2019. Its COO, David Sjolander, has worked on both sides of the industry: as a hotel IT executive he was responsible for technology at over 1,000 properties in 70 countries, and he has also worked in a product management role on a system connecting 90,000 hotels worldwide to over 1,000 online distribution channels. Emmy Award-winning sound designer Scott Willsallen will be giving a keynote at the AGORA conference on sports venue technology. A director of the Sydney-based consultancy Auditoria, Willsallen has worked on multiple Olympic and Commonwealth Games Ceremonies. Donato Masci is an acoustic designer and consultant, working for Florence- based company Studio Sound Service. He will be presenting at AudioForum @ ISE, which for its 2019 edition will discuss sound environments, the listening experience and psychological factors. The event is designed to appeal to those who manage spaces that feature audio systems, as well as to audio professionals. In addition, the Main Stage, located in the centre of Hall 8, will present a full programme of thought leadership sessions across the four days of the show, produced by ISE, show co- owners AVIXA and CEDIA, and AV Magazine. Speakers here will include: • Joseph Aamidor, a consultant specialising in the smart building market, who will discuss the application of blockchain to smart building; • Alex Sanfilippo, Director of Engineering at integrator Kraftwerk Living Technologies, who, in an AVIXA-hosted session, will describe how the company built its award- winning 007 ELEMENTS experience; • Ahmed Refai, Regional Commercial Director of Archimedia, who will reveal the secrets of a CEDIA Award-winning fully immersive home cinema project in a luxury new-build development in Dubai. Additionally, both AVIXA and CEDIA will be offering ‘bite-sized’ training on the show floor, with no need for advance booking. AVIXA’s FlashTracks are 20-minute education sessions held on the association’s stand (13-N110), covering topics within User Experience, AV/IT, Design and Emerging Trends. They are free to attend for AVIXA members. CEDIA Talks will be taking place on the CEDIA stand (1-E20), addressing ten different subjects across the four days of the show. Free to attend, these 20-minute sessions are designed to introduce attendees to new disruptive technologies – such as Web 3.0, Wi-Fi 6 and 5G – and challenge established ways of thinking. Mike Blackman, Integrated Systems Europe Managing Director, commented: “This is a compelling line- up for ISE 2019. With top-level speakers throughout the show, our biggest ever conference programme and a full roster of thought leadership sessions on the Main Stage, we’re delivering on our commitment to provide content tailored to our ever-broadening attendee base. I’m very grateful to AVIXA, CEDIA, our media partners and all the other content partners who are working with us to deliver this strong programme, which provides numerous opportunities for attendees to ‘Learn, Discover, Be Inspired’.” Full details of ISE 2019’s professional development programme can be found on the ISE website at www. iseurope.org, and also in RISE, the official magazine of ISE 2019. This is now available in a digital edition at http://bit.ly/RISE-2019. The Score Magazine highonscore.com 25