Smart Building Conference 2019 sets the in-building technology agenda
Senior executives from world’s highest profile smart building companies share their insights
ISE 2019 saw the Smart Building Conference run for the ninth year in a row at what has become one of the show’s ‘must attend’ conferences. Held the day before ISE 2019 opened, the twin-track event (commercial and residential) – ‘Making Buildings Smart, Making Smart Buildings’ – enabled delegates to explore the latest technologies, business strategies and market research through presentations from the world’s leading smart building experts and thought leaders.
Oliver Iltisberger, Managing Director of ABB Building Products and Gabriel Wetzel, CEO of Bosch Smart Home GmbH, opened SBC 2019 with their vision of a smarter future.
Michael Schneider, Creative Technology Director Hardware at the world’s largest global architectural design and planning firm Gensler, set the tone for much of the day’s discussion.
“Typical tools for smart buildings are sensors and interfaces, but what I would like to suggest is that, if we are really thinking about the performance of the space, then we need to think about the performance of the people in that space,” he argued. “It’s not just the lights, sound, temperature, but about people, storytelling, communities and social elements. We need to create immersive touchpoints which are the core endpoint for smart buildings.”
Other speakers included senior executives from some of the world’s highest profile residential and commercial smart buildings companies; from manufacturers; from integrators operating on the ‘front line’; from consultancies; and from real estate companies. Kathy Farrington, Technical Program Manager at Google, presented on interoperability for the next generation of IoT devices, while Sean Wargo, AVIXA’s Senior Director for Market Intelligence, chaired a panel of experts to provide a smart building industry overview.
“Once again, the Smart Building Conference was an enormous success,” said Bob Snyder, Conference Chairman. “It’s a unique event in its ability to draw together stakeholders from across the buildings industry. What’s fascinating about it is how it not only reflects the evolution in the industry, but also sets the agenda for the future, shaping the way that architects, consultants, manufacturers and integrators think about their customers and their business. As ever, it will be interesting to see what emerges from next year’s Smart Building Conference when we feature 5G, IoT & the Intelligent Edge.”
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Integrated Systems Events organises, manages and develops leading business-to-business events for the professional audiovisual, electronic systems integration and IT industries. Integrated Systems Events is a joint venture of the AVIXA and CEDIA trade associations.
Its flagship event, Integrated Systems Europe, is the world’s largest audiovisual and systems integration trade show. This attracts over 80,000 attendees and 1,300 exhibitors to its Amsterdam location every February.
Integrated Systems Events produces conferences that take place at Integrated Systems Europe and elsewhere, bringing together thought leaders and experts from around the world. These events include the Smart Building Conference, the Digital Signage Summit conference series (produced in association with invidis consulting), XR Summit (covering virtual, augmented and mixed reality), Digital Cinema Summit (in association with Digital Cinema Report), Hospitality Tech Summit (in association with HTNG) and the forthcoming Control Room Summit. Visit www.isevents.org