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AT&T EXECUTIVE EDUCATION AND CONFERENCE CENTER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN meetattexas.com The University of Texas at Austin’s new hotel and conference center is a residentially accredited International Association of Conference Centers facility that provides diverse technol- ogy options for meetings and events. The center offers 40,000 square feet of meeting space with 37 rooms, including a multimedia amphitheater with a video wall. Complimentary high-speed Wi-Fi, HD projectors, webcasting capabilities, a telepresence room, and on-site AV staff check off planners’ wish lists. The AT&T Executive Education and Confer- ence Center is also LEED Gold–certified, so it features motion-sensor lights and heat-sensor thermostats throughout.
HOTEL SAX CHICAGO hotelsaxchicago.com Every inch of the 14,000-square-foot conference center at the Hotel Sax is dedicated to matching the style and energy of downtown Chicago with the latest technology available. A 36-inch Vista Systems video wall greets con- ference attendees with promotion, branding, and sponsor information. Dusk-to-Dawn LED lights lend a sun- rise-to-sunset ambiance throughout the day. Each meeting room is detailed with built-in, high-res video and sound, and programmable lighting, which can be controlled from a tablet. On the sixth floor, The Studio is a multimedia room
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for attendees to relax, play, or catch up on news or work.
QUÉBEC CITY CONVENTION CENTRE convention.qc.ca The first convention center in Canada to offer free wireless, wall-to-wall high- speed Internet access, the Québec City Convention Centre strives to address planners’ concerns with specific solutions, always aiming to be at the forefront of technology trends. The center partners with its AV supplier, AVW-Telav, to provide SocialLive, a new social-network platform that allows attendees, whether they are present or not, to populate a live event by posting text, photos, and video via Twitter, Face- book, and email. The center also fea- tures dynamic digital signage with HD monitors in high-traffic areas to direct attendees, show video, or advertise.
JAVITS CENTER, NEW YORK CITY javitscenter.com The Manhattan convention center, or the “Marketplace for the World,” has undergone both expansion and renova- tion over the past several years, with the installation of the Northeast’s largest green roof scheduled for completion by
the end of this year. Wireless Internet service throughout the facility is a key benefit for planners and exhibitors.
“I love that the building has Inter- net either in your booth or throughout the building,” said Mitchell Merrick, vice president of sales at Jessie Steele Inc., who has been attending and exhibiting at events at Javits Center for 25 years. Additionally, “extra stations to print out boarding passes, the availability to get your [name] badges with ease as you enter, and improved cell-phone recep- tion throughout the building” are all perks that Merrick enjoys at the center.
BOSTON CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTER advantageboston.com The Boston Convention and Exhibition Center (BCEC) provides planners and attendees with the most advanced tech- nology options, including state-of-the- art networking, free Wi-Fi throughout the facility, and assistance from available on-site technology professionals. Tele- conferencing and videoconferencing services are available in all exhibit halls and in 82 meeting rooms, which cover 160,000 square feet of meeting space.