For 2026, four areas of activity stand our, not because they are new, but because they are evolving in ways the ANZ AV community  is actively working through right now: Broadcast AV, digital signage, audio and systems integration. Here’s what to look for in each, on the floor and in the program.

From control room to content ecosystem: Broadcast AV comes of age

The line between broadcast and AV has been blurring for years, and 2026 is the year a lot of teams are formalising what that means for how they design systems. Enterprises, universities, sporting venues and houses of worship are all producing broadcast-grade content, but doing it inside AV and IT environments rather than traditional control rooms. Cloud production, virtualised infrastructure, and IP-based workflows are reshaping how live and hybrid content gets made.

The Friday program opens with Broadcast AV Reimagined: From Control Rooms to Content Ecosystems, a forward-looking panel on how AV professionals are designing systems that blend broadcast quality with AV and IT workflows, and what that means for skills, system design and audience experience over the next three to five years. It pairs naturally with the following session, Behind the Console: Engineering the Future of Live Production, which looks at how spatial audio, XR, virtual production and data-driven insights are shifting live production toward experience design. The SMPTE Oceania Industry Forum on day two adds a dedicated half-day for the broadcast community.

Exhibitors to map out in advance include Ross Video, Blackmagic Design, Panasonic Broadcast & Professional Video, Riedel Communications, Qvest, Magna Systems and Engineering, Studiotech, Agile Broadcast, Gencom Technology, Visionary Solutions, VITEC, Hollyland, Fujifi lm, Canon, Insta360 and Videocraft.

Beyond the screen: How digital signate is earning its place

Digital signage is the area of the show that has expanded most visibly in recent editions, driven by the availability and affordability of fine-pitch LED and the appetite for large-format displays in workplaces, campuses, retail and public spaces. The 2026 conversation is moving past the spec sheet. Integrators, end users and content teams are working out how to make LED installations earn their place over the long term, not just look impressive on day one.

That is the focus of Making Your Screens Work Harder: How to Design LED Experiences That Actually Deliver Value, on day one. The session brings integrators, technology specialists, creatives and end users together to talk about defining outcomes beyond the screen spec, where projects commonly run into trouble, and how to design installations that keep delivering across multiple users and use cases. The second Tech Talk in the AI Mini Conference, From Screens to Stories: AI-Driven Content & Experiences, picks up the content side, looking at generative content, signage and experience design.

The exhibitor line-up in this zone is one of the strongest in the show. Look out for Absen, ULA Group and VuePix Infi led, Dicolor, Aurora Signage, Yes Tech LED, Chipshow, Fabulux, Transtech, Ledman, LEDFUL, Leyard, Gloshine, Dakco, Besdled, Super Visual and IDS Digital Displays on the LED side, alongside Westan, Sharp, Epson, MAXHUB, CommBox and Sylvox on broader display formats. Novastar will be there for the control and processing side.

Smart sound: Audio’s software-defined shift

Audio at Integrate 2026 reflects how much the discipline has shifted in the last few years. Networked audio, software defi ned platforms, immersive sound and AI-assisted tuning and monitoring are changing how audio is specified, deployed and supported, particularly in workplaces, learning environments and public venues where the system is expected to do more than reproduce sound.

The Friday session, The Future of Audio: From Sound Systems to Intelligent Sound Experiences, brings industry leaders together to explore where adaptive audio systems, IT convergence and software-led design are taking the category, and what skills and strategies will future-proof investments and teams. For anyone working in live, the Behind the Console session on Thursday covers spatial audio in the context of live production.

The audio cohort on the floor includes Allen & Heath, Martin Audio and Q-SYS Australia (via Technical Audio Group), Biamp Australia, Jands, Yamaha, Sennheiser, Williams AV, MadisonAV with HARMAN, Audio Brands Australia, The P.A. People, Production Audio/Video Technology, Sound Control Technologies, Sound and Music, JS Audio Solutions and Audio Visual Distributors.

Connected by design: Systems integration in the age of AVoIP and AVaaS

If there is one thread running through the entire 2026 program, it is systems integration. AV-over-IP, AV-IT convergence, AV as-a-Service and AI-assisted operations are all changing how integrators design, deliver and support projects.

Three sessions are essential viewing. Designing the Future with Networked AV looks at how AVoIP is reshaping architecture and strategy across enterprise, higher ed and venues. AVaaS: From CapEx to Continuous Experience unpacks the shift from product procurement to managed, outcome based AV. And the opening panel, Intelligence Economy: Navigating the Next Frontier of AV, sets the strategic frame for the show, looking at how AI, data and human-centric design are converging into what the program calls “strategic experiences”. The CEDIA Industry Leaders Forum brings a residential and smart-home integration lens to the same conversations.

Integrators planning their floor route will want time with Crestron ANZ, Lightware, Logitech, Jabra, Neat, HP Poly, Yealink, Barco, MAXHUB, Biamp, Q-SYS, Lindy and Madison Technologies. On the design and operations side, XTEN-AV and Vectorworks are both showing. For procurement and channel, Midwich, Alloys, ADI Global Distribution, AVH, Avation, Corsair Solutions, Captivate AV, Technology Core and Design Quintessence will all be on stand.

Co-located with security and, for the first time, fire security expo

Integrate’s co-location with the Security Exhibition & Conference returns in 2026, and this year is joined for the first time by the Fire Security Expo, bringing three of Australia’s most active technology industries together under one roof at ICC Sydney. The expanded footprint reflects the ongoing convergence between AV, IT, security and life safety, particularly across smart buildings, digital signage, surveillance integration, networked infrastructure and connected fi re systems.

For end users, consultants, installers and integrators working across these spaces, the co-location is a practical advantage.

One registration provides access to all three shows, making it possible to compare solutions, talk to vendors across adjacent categories and find the connections between systems that increasingly need to work together.