AV’s institute meets again to mark anniversary
[ON 23 MARCH the Institute of Sound,
Communications and Visual Engineers (ISCVE) wound up its 20th-anniversary ISCVEx event at Coombe Abbey Hotel and Country Park near Coventry. Held annually, ISCVEx is open to members and non-members and is a mixed programme including a manufacturers and distributors exhibition, networking and seminar events. The event is preceded by ISCVE’s Annual General Meeting and Members' Day, which this year saw the appointments of Neil Voce as president and Jim Smith as vice-president – both for a term of three years. The Members’ Day this year also included a fascinating seminar from guest speakers Dr Mike Edwards and Mr Harry Coade of Sound Matters: Listening, for a better world: using sound, and the art of listening, to create a brighter future. The presentation was received with lots of enthusiasm and interest from those present, after which guests headed into the evening for ISCVE’s annual networking dinner event. Three seminars and an exhibition of 38 industry manufacturers and distributors followed on the second day, starting with John Adeleke, MD of Ampman Audio Services, presenting the Hopkins-Baldwin Lecture: Can our industry profit from a
sustainable circular economy?. Adam Harvey, solution architect for AV & Digital Media at the University of Hertfordshire, and David Amann, audio visual & multimedia specialist at the University of Cambridge, presented the Warren-Barnett Memorial Lecture on Audio Visual in Higher Education, which was followed by Gus Marcondes, technical
training manager from EMEA and Julian Carro, solution sales manager at Audinate, presenting the ISCVEx Lecture highlighting the consolidation of audio, video and networking within commercial installations and live applications. ISCVEx 2022, back for the first time in-person since 2020, was stacked with meetings, presentations, exhibits and networking opportunities. Neil Voce, newly-appointed president of ISCVE, commented: “The last few years have been really challenging for everyone both personally and in business. ISCVE members and supporting members always enjoy ISCVEx, so the show has been a real pleasure. It felt really good to be meeting up with everybody again.” The event’s organiser, Ros Wigmore, added: “Our last ISCVEx was in 2020, so it was fantastic to be back together after such a long time. We strive to keep ISCVEx as a very personal event and have really missed meeting up with our members and potential new members over the last few years. The energy and enthusiasm at this event have been brilliant and we’re really pleased to confirm the dates for ISCVEx 2023.” That event will take place on 22 and 23 March next year. For more information visit iscve.org.uk. q
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