CEDIA Steps Back from Spring EXPO and Offers Table-Top Exposure Opportunity at Electronic Lifestyles Forum Instead
CEDIA notified members today that it is canceling plans for the Spring EXPO, and in its place offering manufacturers more intimate meeting opportunities at the Electronic Lifestyles Forum instead.
The association said that while there has been support for the spring tradeshow, "member feedback regarding market condition changes and other factors have prompted CEDIA to step back from Spring EXPO at this time and focus on education and expanding the exposure opportunities...at the third annual Electronic Lifestyles Forum."
CEDIA has ensured that 100 of the nation’s top architects, builders and interior designers will attend the Forum with the owners of electronic systems companies this spring. "[T]hat kind of cross-industry interaction isn’t available anywhere else in the electronic systems marketplace," the association said in an announcement today.
“The feedback from our members has changed over the past couple of months and they are no longer ready for a full-force tradeshow such as what was planned for the 2008 Spring EXPO,” says Don Gilpin, CEDIA Executive Director. “However, CEDIA members are still very interested in exposure to residential architects, builders and interior designers, and we have an opportunity to offer excellent interaction with the best-of-the-best in the design and build professions in an affordable, collaborative environment.”
Along with the Electronic Lifestyles Forum education opportunities and round-table discussions, CEDIA will be offering a new table-top display option for sponsoring manufacturers, Gilpin says.
The CEDIA Electronic Lifestyles Forum will be held April 30 to May 2, 2008 in Dallas, Texas at the Adolphus Hotel. For more information, visit www.cedia.org/elforum.
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