Diary and Peoplewatch WORLD EVENTS CES


1 – 6 January 2020 Las Vegas Nevada USA Across three locations: Tech East Las Vegas Convention and World Trade Center (LVCC) Westgate Las Vegas Renaissance Las Vegas Tech West Sands Expo The Venetian The Palazzo Wynn Las Vegas Encore at Wynn (Encore) Tech South ARIA Park MGM / Park Theatre


CES is the world's gathering place for all those who thrive on the business of consumer technologies. It has served as the proving ground for innovators and breakthrough technologies for 50 years — the global stage where next-generation innova- tions are introduced to the marketplace. Owned and produced by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), it attracts the world's business leaders and pioneering thinkers.


BETT


22-25 January 2020 ExCeL London UK


Bett is the first industry show of the year in the education tech- nology landscape, bringing together 800+ leading companies, 103 exciting new edtech start-ups and over 34,000 attendees from the global education community. They come together to celebrate, find inspiration and discuss the future of education, as well as the role technology and innovation plays in enabling all educators and learners to thrive.


AV News Awards 11 February 2020 ISE 2020


RAI Amsterdam Netherlands The AV News Awards have a special place within Europe’s au- dio-visual industry, being focused on the people and communi- ty that make the business work. The Awards recognise the con- tribution made by the individuals in the labs and R&D centres, the sales and marketing teams and those involved in training and support for the technologies and services that comprise AV solutions.


ISE 2020


11-14 February 2020 RAI Amsterdam Netherlands Integrated Systems Europe is the world’s largest exhibition for AV and systems integration. The 2019 edition ran from 5 to 8 February at the RAI Amsterdam and was the largest to date in terms of both exhibition space and attendee registrations. Highlights of ISE 2019 included: the world premiere of Svi- atovid, a 360-degree projection sculpture by Bart Kresa, who also gave the Opening Address; a Closing Keynote by creative director Tupac Martir; ten conferences, including five in ISE’s new Hotel Okura venue; and a full professional development programme supported by the show’s association co-owners AVIXA and CEDIA.


PEOPLEWATCH


Signagelive has added two new technical team members to support


continued growth in


2020. Tim Furlong has joined as System Administrator/ DevOps with experience in im- plementing ISO:27001, which is a key objective for Signage- live going forward. David Blight has joined the Support Team working in 1st Line Support. "Both appointments ensure we continue to provide partners and customers with the high level of support we the compa- ny is renowned for as it grows in 2020 on the back of a very successful 2019." Tim Furlong, Systems Administrator/DevOps, commented: “I am honoured to join Signagelive as their Sys- tems Administrator. They are an ambitious and dedicated business,


delivering a first-


class product, which is clearly the result of hard work. I look forward to applying my experi- ence in supporting their cloud I.T. infrastructure and helping maintain a reliable platform on


Technological Innovations Group (TIG) has appointed Thijs Dalhuijsen as its new IT Manager. Thijs joins TIG from Creston Europe, so knows the staff and technology that TIG represents extremely well. His role will initially involve devel- oping TIG’s website into an even more easy-to-use portal for the company’s customers, as well as co-ordinating other internal IT projects and sup- porting TIG’s IT department. Thijs commented: "I am excit- ed to work with the dedicated and professional team at TIG and am certain that my expe- rience with Crestron will help me in my new role.”


TIG CEO Robin van Meeuw- en added: “Thijs already has a thorough knowledge of the company


and systems that


we work with, making him the hands-on IT Manager that we need. He is an excellent problem-solver, a great project manager, and I know that he’s going to play a big part in the exciting new plans we’re put- ting in place.”


which the friendly team can ap- ply their brilliant work.” Marc Benson, Chief Technical Officer, said: “Tim brings a wealth of IT experience and expertise to the Signagelive Technical Team which will be crucial in meet- ing our objectives for the Sig- nagelive business, solutions and our customers over the next few years. Key to this is implement- ing ISO:27001 and best practice which Tim has a great deal of ex- perience from previous positions in technology companies that Tim has held.”


David Blight, 1st Line Support, concurs: “I am very excited to be joining the Technical Support Team at Signagelive. It is clear that Signagelive is a company driven to provide the best digital signage software possible as well as


give extraordinary customer support. I am looking forward to starting work as 1st Line Sup- port.”


Finally, Ian Maison, Director


of Technical Services remarked: “David joining our Support Team


Crestron has announced the ap- pointment of Annelies Kampert as General Manager, Crestron Europe. “Up until the end of 2018, all Crestron activities in EMEA were handled by Future Vision Marketing,” explains Peter Ypsilantis, former interim GM of Crestron Europe. “Logistics, dis- tribution, customer support and training are now fully managed by Crestron Europe, headquar- tered in Belgium, while Techno- logical Innovations Group (TIG), evolved out of Future Vision Mar- keting, remains Crestron’s exclu- sive sales agent in EMEA. We’re committed to making sure that our customers all over the region receive the same great experi- ence and high level of support they’ve come to know.” Mr. Ypsilantis


temporarily


transferred from the Crestron U.S. offices to assume the role of interim GM and oversee the transfer of the departments, with no disruption to customers. In parallel, Mr. Ypsilantis led the search for a permanent GM, which resulted in the appoint- ment of Ms. Kampert.


Signagelive has added two new technical team members to support continued growth in 2020. Tim Furlong (left) has joined as System Administrator/DevOps: David Blight (right) has joined the Support Team working in 1st Line Support.


shows our continual commit- ment to improve our customer support experience, and it’s great to have someone with his IT Skills and enthusiasm to join our ever-expanding team. I look forward to work-


Kampert served as HR Direc- tor at Crestron Europe. “When this opportunity came along, I grabbed it with both hands,” says Kampert. “Crestron is ex- periencing tremendous growth, and that means a lot is chang- ing. I embrace the challenges that come along with it, and I’m confident that, together with the team, we will achieve great results.” Kampert will


ing with David to ensure he understands the various parts of our platform, and then how- to best help customers get the absolute best experience from Signagelive.”


spearhead the establishment of new Crestron Europe offices, first in the UK and next in Ger- many. “In just a short period, I’ve grown to rely on her wise coun- sel,” says Ypsilantis. “I am convinced she will do a great job growing our business and ensuring that our customers and employees are well taken care of.”


Annelies Kampert has been appointed General Manager of Crestron Europe.


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