With three weeks to go until the virtual CEDIA Awards ceremony, the association has announced the EMEA finalists in the trade supplier, architectural and sub-categories.

The shortlist is as follows:

Trade Supplier Categories

Best Trade Supplier

• Crestron
• Gallo Acoustics
• Habitech

Best Training

• AWE
• Control4
• Habitech

Best New Hardware

• Akuvox
• Cleerline
• Lithe Audio
• Polarbear Design
• Sonance

Best New Software

• Elan
• Trinnov

Architectural Categories

Technology Meets Design

• Cyberhomes
• Henri
• Perfect Integration
• SONA

Life Lived Best at Home

• Cyberhomes
• Henri
• Intuitive Homes & Ultamation
• Perfect Integration
• SONA

Sub-Categories

Best Dressed Rack

• Cyberhomes
• Perfect Integration
• SONA

Best Documentation

• Perfect Integration
• SONA
• Sound Sense

Lighting

• Perfect Integration
• SONA

“Momentum is building for our digital event, so we are excited to now reveal the names of the distributors, manufacturers, and integrators that have made this shortlist,” CEDIA EMEA managing director Matt Nimmons says.

“I’d like to congratulate all finalists for reaching this stage, and I look forward to announcing the winners next month. I hope you all have your outfits ready — no doubt you’ve already seen what I’ll be wearing on social media.”

The 2020 CEDIA Awards will be an all-virtual, global day of celebrations, with the Asia Pacific, EMEA, and Americas events all taking place on 8 October 2020. The EMEA awards ceremony is brought to you by Platinum sponsor, Monitor Audio, as well as Gold sponsors, Blustream, Crestron, Ring, and Samsung, and Silver sponsor, Habitech.