David Keene, June 4, 2024 – I’m looking forward to the Digital Signage Experience in Las Vegas, that is again co-located with the LDI show. The LDI show is the heavy weight show and conference, and DSE is a nice addition to the event. The combined show will run Dec. 7-10 and I admit to being intrigued by the potential crossover synergies between the LDI market and the DS markets. My experience with LDI goes way back – and it’s always been a very vibrant show, diving deep into much more than the “lighting” world that its title might imply. Case in point: lighting designers were the first professionals to really get a handle on integrating video into live productions with myriad sound, lighting, and staging elements.) And that dynamic is much stronger now: think major Broadway productions that are now video heavy, touring show of all stripes, corporate live events that bring concert touring tech to the stage, and much, much more.
And I’d posit that LDI and DSE have a couple of things that really set them apart from other industry events: LDI has about the best run technical training sessions for industry pros out there (for live event tech training). And DSE has a great digital signage industry awards program – their DIZZIE awards. That awards program really shines, with great entries including for design and installation (not just for products as are some other awards programs). In a world where awards can seem a dime a dozen, David Drain of Questex/DSE has done a great job of getting a great crop of entrants that tell a story about today’s digital signage, pro AV, and DOOH landscape.
Find out more about DSE/LDI, and register, here.
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