ISE MD Mike Blackman on
the show’s widening appeal
Mike Blackman, Managing Director of Integrated
Systems Events, talks about ISE 2020, and why the show
has become the ‘must attend’ event for users of AV
technology as well as for AV industry professionals.
ISE has enjoyed year-on-year growth since it began.
Will ISE 2020 be the biggest and best yet?
Unquestionably. At the last ISE, we had over 81,000 visitors –
and we expect more in 2020. In 2019, we had 56,100 sqm of net
exhibit space, and that will increase in 2020 by over 800 sqm. Our Opening Address will be given by Duncan Wardle,
former Head of Innovation and Creativity at Disney. He has
some really interesting ideas about how all businesses can
tap into their resources of imagination and creativity, and
I’m really looking forward to hearing what he has to say.
Two important changes for this year are that the Hall 5
extension has been made larger and permanent, while
Hall 14 will be the home of a new Innovation Zone – a
specially designed area for companies that are new to ISE
to showcase their technology. The ISE Main Stage theatre
will relocate to Hall 14, and will offer a full programme
of free-to-attend thought leadership and best practice
sessions from ISE, AVIXA, CEDIA and AV Magazine. What’s new in the way of conferences and professional development?
All the conferences held at ISE 2019 will be back in 2020 –
covering smart buildings, XR, digital signage, digital cinema,
hospitality, visitor attractions, stadiums and pro audio,
plus AVIXA’s two What's Next... conferences, focusing on
enterprise and higher education. In addition, we have a
couple of new ones – the Control Rooms Summit and the
CEDIA Design & Build Conference. Like in 2019, many of
the conferences will be held at the Hotel Okura, near the
RAI, which proved very popular with our attendees.
Following the success of our spectacular projection mapping on
the nhow Hotel during ISE 2019, there will be another exciting
projection showcase on another part of the RAI complex.
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As well as its conferences, AVIXA is running 20-minute
FlashTrack sessions on its stand. CEDIA has a four-