It’s just six weeks until ISE 2022 opens its doors for the first time in Barcelona, and with seven conferences, around 800 exhibitors across six Technology Zones and a whole host of lounges, experiences and showfloor features, it’s shaping up to be an engaging, informative and eye-opening week at the Fira Barcelona, Gran Via.

Visitors will find it particularly easy to navigate the showfloor this year, thanks to the dedicated Technology Zones that group together exhibitors in major technology areas, including newly combined categories for unified communications and education technology, and residential and smart building, both of which will be in Hall 2.

Conference Programme

This year’s conference programme covers a whole host of hot topics across multiple verticals, starting with the full day Smart Building Conference on 9 May, the day before ISE opens its doors.

The Control Rooms Summit will kick off the content programme on 10 May. This half-day event will explore the way control rooms are changing and how the community must work together to deliver appropriate and outstanding new models.

It will be followed by the first standalone Smart Workplace Summit, which will delve into the innovations reshaping the workplace.

The Digital Signage Summit will return on 11 May with a packed agenda covering green signage, industry consolidation, best practice and the latest tech trends.

On the afternoon of 11 May, the Digital Learning Summit will look at digital transformation within higher education. The following day, the first Superyacht Technology Summit will host inspiring global technology speakers and thought leaders discussing the integration process, immersive hands-on demos and workshops, and Tech Talks explaining how to succeed in the industry and highlighting how blue-chip companies can work successfully with superyacht R&D teams.

Finally, at the Live Events Summit, experts from the world of pro audio, top manufacturers and professionals at the coalface of the live events industry will be sharing their expertise on topics including immersive audio, remote mixing and networking.

Association Activities

In addition to these conferences, AVIXA and CEDIA will also be hosting extensive education programmes and special events.

CEDIA’s comprehensive offering will be delivered by subject matter experts from across the globe and also includes the opportunity to take CEDIA training in Spanish along with a wide range of opportunities to learn new skills.

Sessions begin on the morning of 10 May with a Future Technologies Update led by Rich Green. Other topics up for discussion include design documentation, power and energy storage, WiFi6 and WiFi 6E, and video technologies. CEDIA will also host a number of more business-focused sessions, including 20 Ways to Increase Profits, A Project Manager’s Guide to the Financial Stuff, and Building your Business with Training.

AVIXA will kick off its ISE offering on 9 May with a regional meetup for the French AV community and stage similar events throughout the show for Italian and German attendees.

Other AVIXA-led events include the AVIXA Women’s Council Shared Expereinces Panel, two Diversity Council panel discussions on ‘Designing for Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility’ and ‘Intersectionality and AV/IT/AI’ respectively.

AVIXA is also organising the AV Experience Zone. Featuring Spanish-language content showcasing cutting-edge AV solutions and the latest trends within the industry, different sessions will be held for targeted vertical market audiences, professional technicians and students.

Finally, focusing on students, AV Career Day will return with panel sessions and presentations.

Show features and experiences

There will also be a host of unique events and experiences dotted around the exhibition halls.

The ISE Sound Xperience will give attendees a taste of how various audio brands products work in a cinema setting.

The Live Events Arena will have various product demonstrations and networking space while visitors looking to unearth new technology and identify opportunities for collaboration should head to the Discovery Zone which will host everything from young ground-breaking companies to prestigious PLCs.

A new event this year is the Retail Experience/Digital Signage Avenue which will present a selection of the world’s leading digital signage and DooH technologies.

ISE attendees will also be able to explore IOT Solutions World Congress (IOTSWC), the largest international event devoted to industry transformation through disruptive technologies, which runs from 10-12 May at the Fira.

Integrated Systems Europe, ISE 2022, will take place at the Fira de Barcelona Gran Vía on 10-13 May 2022. The ISE Conference programme runs from Monday 9 May through to Thursday 12 May. For more information, please visit  www.iseurope.org