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Stage lighting plays a critical role in the quality of the video image. Proper use of key, fill, and backlight are essential for image magnification and video recording. This fundamentals seminar will address selection and placement of instruments, photometrics and techniques for enhancing the client experience with stage lighting. This seminar has been approved for CTS Renewal Units or 'RU's' and is worth 1.5 RU's. This is valid only for CTS holders, not the specialist CTS certifications CTS-I or CTS-D.

Speaker(s):

Andre LeJeune is a staff instructor at InfoComm International, specializing in training for live events.  LeJeune has over 30 years of staging and presentation expertise. He began his career in concert touring and later moved to AV staging for national touring accounts. He has produced events that incorporate the latest meeting techniques and technologies, sound, lighting and video presentation systems. He has been involved with InfoComm since the early 80’s, serving twice as chair of the Professional Education and Training Committee as well as authoring and presenting classes at the Institute for Professional Development and seminars at InfoComm. Most recently LeJeune was Senior Director of AV Training for an international hotel chain.

Audience:

Technicians involved with stage lighting or video in the live event environment from ordering/specifing to rigging and operation.

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Calculating labour requirements is based on comparing effort and duration against an allotted time frame. Fundamental project management principles will be applied including work breakdown schedules and logic networks to more accurately estimate labour needs. This seminar has been approved for CTS Renewal Units or 'RU's' and is worth 1.5 RU's. This is valid only for CTS holders, not the specialist CTS certifications CTS-I or CTS-D.

Speaker(s):

Andre LeJeune is a staff instructor at InfoComm International, specializing in training for live events.  LeJeune has over 30 years of staging and presentation expertise. He began his career in concert touring and later moved to AV staging for national touring accounts. He has produced events that incorporate the latest meeting techniques and technologies, sound, lighting and video presentation systems. He has been involved with InfoComm since the early 80’s, serving twice as chair of the Professional Education and Training Committee as well as authoring and presenting classes at the Institute for Professional Development and seminars at InfoComm. Most recently LeJeune was Senior Director of AV Training for an international hotel chain.

Audience:

Technical or production personnel who want to fine tune their skills in estimating and allocating stage labour.

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This panel discussion with key members of the AVnu Alliance will explore the role of the IEEE 802.1 Audio/Video Bridging [AVB] Standards in the professional AV industry, as well as consumer electronics and automotive applications. An in-depth explanation of AVB and related IEEE standards will be presented, followed by a discussion of the advantages of an open non-proprietary technology, the role of silicon makers to ensure a cost-effective solution, and the critical role a compliance program will play to ensure interoperability of AVB devices.

Speaker(s):

A panel of AVnu Alliance member companies

Audience:

Pro AV networked system consultants, designers

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While all live events utilize some type of sound reinforcement, the type and purpose of an event may dictate certain special practices and techniques. This fundamentals seminar will explore audio techniques for corporate presentations, which has its own unique requirements. This seminar has been approved for CTS Renewal Units or 'RU's' and is worth 1.5 RU's. This is valid only for CTS holders, not the specialist CTS certifications CTS-I or CTS-D.

Speaker(s):

Andre LeJeune is a staff instructor at InfoComm International, specializing in training for live events.  LeJeune has over 30 years of staging and presentation expertise. He began his career in concert touring and later moved to AV staging for national touring accounts. He has produced events that incorporate the latest meeting techniques and technologies, sound, lighting and video presentation systems. He has been involved with InfoComm since the early 80’s, serving twice as chair of the Professional Education and Training Committee as well as authoring and presenting classes at the Institute for Professional Development and seminars at InfoComm. Most recently LeJeune was Senior Director of AV Training for an international hotel chain.

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Audio engineers and technicians working in a speech reinforcement environment.

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The meeting has been arranged to explore the idea of all entertainment lighting manufactures and suppliers agreeing to a voluntary labelling system that could be used on lighting fixtures to demonstrate the safe working distances from the light source to aid the end users in their application of the new Artificial Optical Radiation Directive (AORD) which has now or should have been, implemented by all EU member states into their national regulatory systems this year.

Speaker(s):

Ron Bonner, PLASA

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This is a closed meeting by invitation only for manufacturers and suppliers. For further information please contact Ron Bonner at ron@plasa.org

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The Millennium Dome was a unique event that set a number of challenges both technically and for those involved with managing the project. Roland Hemming was Head of Sound for the project and will take you through the events of being there for nearly three years and gives an insiders view on how and why things turned out the way they did

Speaker(s):

Roland Hemming, RH Consulting

Audience:

Anyone interested in how large projects are managed

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This presentation will accurately portray the new EN54-16 and BS5839pt8 standards from a system designers point of view. The presentation will also address loudspeakers and the prescriptive placement method outlined in ISO7240-19 for approved speakers.

The presentation is focussed at what the standards state and the reasons why they state this, to dispel common myths and hearsay on the subject.

Speaker(s):

Anthony C Smith, Managing Director, Current Thinking Ltd

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This seminar is aimed at those designing and commissioning voice alarm systems to the updated BS5839pt8 and the requirements of EN54-16 that invokes for central equipment.

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There are many rumours and myths surrounding the requirements and delivery of EN54-24 certification. The seminar will review the requirements and explain the standard. We will then look at particular pitfalls for products and how these may be overcome.

Speaker(s):

Helen Goddard, AMS and Daniel Griffin, Intertek

Audience:

Loudspeaker manufacturers, specifiers and Voice Alarm end users

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Sound systems have to meet an ever increasing number of standards and if the systems form part of a life safety or Voice Alarm / Fire Alarm system, the situation is even more complex. Peter Mapp is recognised as an international authority on sound systems design and testing as well as being a popular lecturer both in the UK and USA. He will lead attendees though the standards minefield and discuss the application of standards such as EN 54, BS 5839, BS 7827, BS 6259, BSEN 60849, ISO 7240 and IEC 60268-16.

Speaker(s):

Peter Mapp

Audience:

If you are a sound system installer or the person responsible for your venue’s life safety or sound system - then this is a seminar that should not be missed.

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Many sound engineers learned their acoustics whilst ""on the road"" and are usually glad to discover that what they found out empirically has solid roots in physics and more specifically electroacoustics.

John Taylor from d&b's education department plan's to revisit some of the fundamentals of basic acoustics, specifically the Frequency/Wavelength relationship and also Addition and Subtraction of Sound Waves with the aim of harmonising the physics with the real world of live sound engineering.

The aim is that working sound engineers will gain a little insight into sound and acoustic fundamentals so as to enrich their engineering skills. The session will include many practical demonstrations and experiments and is strictly non-product specific. Not intended to deliver or require a heavy theoretical understanding, John’s talk will illustrate the physical and acoustical mechanisms behind what we hear from our systems with sound examples and a clear understanding. If you think you know what you are hearing from your systems, this is the place to test if you really understand what you are hearing.

Speaker(s):

John Taylor, Education Development, d&b audiotechnik GmbH

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This talk, and the accompanying listening examples and demonstrations, will benefit live sound engineers of all levels of experience who can get good sound on a daily basis, but would like to understand more about the science behind the issues they are dealing with and the results that they get.

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Basic introduction to Wireless control with more advance “cellplanning” of antennas and co-existance of other wireless networks.

Speaker(s):

Ben Darrington, Wireless Solution

Audience:

Rental, theatre, TV, Installation and architectural lighting people. From technical to sales

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Prism Sound will be showing their SADiE LiVE location recording and editing systems, and discussing the technology behind their new Solid State DAW/recorder. Long-time SADiE owner and one of the country’s leading classical music recording engineers Tony Faulkner will be giving insights into his working practices.

Speaker(s):

Graham Boswell and Steve Penn, Prism Sound and Tony Faulkner, Green Room Productions

Audience:

Live Recording engineers

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A Masterclass from the 2009 Gottelier Award Recipient - Alex Cooper from Midas Klark Teknik. The masterclass willl be an appreciation of the power of Human perception and special awareness demonstrating how that can relate to audio – especially bring to people’s attention the fact that just because a piece of audio gear measures correctly does not necessarily mean it sounds any good

Speaker(s):

Alex Cooper, AVP Product Development, Midas Klark Teknik Ltd

Audience:

Anyone involved in audio product design, sound engineers and others with a general interest in sound

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How do you get the sound you've lovingly nurtured through the console to every member of the congregation? In this session, Steve Jones and Oran Burns of d&b audiotechnik will look at the acoustic signal path from the loudspeaker to the listener's ear, consider what part the room plays and show how you can minimise its detrimental effects.

Speaker(s):

Steve Jones and Oran Burns, d&b audiotechnik

Audience:

Pastors, leadership, audio technicians, sound engineers, musicians, volunteers

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In this seminar, we will study various broadcast formats. We'll talk about SD and HD, and how cameras, switching and distribution infrastructures can come together to enable you the ability to create high-quality video for your house of worship.

Speaker(s):

Dan Stark, President, Stark Raving Solutions

Audience:

Pastors, leadership, video operators, worship leaders, volunteers

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If your house of worship is looking to capture content to use in a broadcast setting (including web-streaming) or a multiste environment, what are the things you need to know about proper lighting, audio and camera techniques? Find out in this seminar.

Speaker(s):

Dan Stark, President, Stark Raving Solutions

Audience:

Pastors, leadership, video operators, camera operators, programme directors, worship leaders, volunteers

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Subwoofers typically radiate energy in an omnidirectional pattern leading to a number of potential concerns. Within this session Steve Jones of d&b audiotechnik will explore methods we can utilise to distribute low frequencies evenly over our audience area, whilst minimising unwanted energy elsewhere.

Speaker(s):

Steve Jones, d&b audiotechnik

Audience:

Pastors, leadership, audio technicians, sound engineers, musicians, volunteers