LAVNCH WEEK 1.0

Welcome to LAVNCH WEEK!

Thank you for taking part in the first-ever LAVNCH WEEK! We are grateful to everyone who attended our event and made it a success. Read more about the week below, or click on each day’s color-coded button to rewatch the LAVNCH WEEK 1.0 content.

What Is LAVNCH WEEK?

THE rAVe Agency, rAVe [PUBS] and Zoom partnered to bring you a unique virtual event focused exclusively on AV, UCC and digital signage education, aimed at both integrators and end users alike. LAVNCH WEEK 1.0 took place April 27-May 1, 2020, and it was like having a webinar, a new product launch event and a conference all in one. Each day during the week of April 27 focused on a different topic or vertical market. And, best of all, the entire event — every keynote and educational session, every product feature, every panel discussion — earned you AVIXA CTS RUs.

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Each LAVNCH WEEK day opened one by one as we progressed through week. It all started April 27, 2020, and concluded on May 1, 2020.

Want to watch replays of each day’s keynote, tech talk or panel? Click the buttons below to see each day.

Here’s a look at what LAVNCH WEEK 1.0 focused on — the live portion of each day ran from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. EDT (8 a.m. to 12 p.m. PDT and 16:00 to 20:00 GMT+1):

Monday, April 27: ProAV Day

Do you design, sell, install, specify or use commercial (pro) AV gear? If you said yes, you should sign up for ProAV Day, created in partnership with AVIXA. In fact, our keynote will be delivered by AVIXA’s own CEO, Dave Labuskes! All the products and tech sessions for the day will be focused on the commercial AV market and will appeal to system designers, integrators and end users of AV gear.

ProAV Day | Agenda at a Glance

Keynote – 11 a.m. EDT
David Labuskes – Doing #AVgood
William Ammerman – How AI and Voice Are the Future of Everything

Tech Talk – 12:30 p.m. EDT
Mark Coxon – Triggered! Using AV to Trigger Biology

ProAV Panel – 2 p.m. EDT
AV Careers, Workforce Development and Pivoting Your Products and Services
Alexis La Broi, Clint Hoffman, Kelly Perkins, Marika Aquino
Tuesday, April 28: Digital Signage Day

If you’re in the digital signage market or want to be in the digital signage market, Digital Signage Day (in partnership with DSE and the DSF) is THE DAY for you. The Digital Signage Day keynote speaker will be Mark Boidman, managing director, head of media & tech services, for PJ SOLOMON. In this important keynote, Mark Boidman will analyze the status and trends of the digital and media industries — including current challenges and potential opportunities post-crisis and for the future.

Digital Signage Day | Agenda at a Glance

Keynote – 11 a.m. EDT
Mark Boidman – COVID-19 Market Reactions and Forecasts in AV, Digital Signage and Advertising

Tech Talk – 12:30 p.m. EDT
Programmatic Essentials for Digital Out of Home (DOOH)
Matt Prohaska, Ameet Shah

Digital Signage Panel – 2 p.m. EDT
Leveraging Digital Signage in Times of Crisis
Helen Kang, Alisa Pinciotti, Dileep Varma, Eric Sherman, Georgio Burciaga, Ian Dallimore
Wednesday, April 29: UCC Day

Even before COVID-19, the collaboration market was booming. Now, everyone’s using Zoom. So, our keynote speaker for UCC Day is, you guessed it, Zoom Founder and CEO Eric Yuan. UCC (Unified Communications & Collaboration) Day, created in partnership with the IMCCA, is for both end users and integrators alike.

UCC Day | Agenda at a Glance

Keynote – 11 a.m. EDT
Eric Yuan and Harry Moseley – The Future of Collaboration

Tech Talk – 12:30 p.m. EDT
Dr. S. Ann Earon – Comparing All UCC Options – Where Are the Battle Lines Today?

UCC Panel – 2 p.m. EDT
NOW | NEXT | NEW – What’s Next for UCC Integrators and Power Users?
Jane Hammersley, Dana Corey, Dr. S. Ann Earon, Jim Morris, Wayne Driggers, Hans Dekeyser
Thursday, April 30: HOW Day

The House of Worship (HOW) market is thriving and, with a likely impending recession, it will only grow. In fact, HOW is the only segment of AV that grew both in 2008 and 2009 during the last recession. Many churches aren’t ready for the virtual worship market (but want to be) and will need to upgrade both their infrastructure and their AV gear. HOW Day will appeal to both integrators and the plethora of volunteers who run church AV systems. Our keynote speaker is digital sales and marketing consultant Anthony Coppedge, and his session will be followed by THE guy who, literally, wrote the book on church streaming — Chief Streaming Officer Paul Richards.

HOW Day | Agenda at a Glance

Keynote – 11 a.m. EDT
Anthony Coppedge – Stats, Facts and Opportunity in the Billion Dollar HOW AV Market

Tech Talk – 12:30 p.m. EDT
Paul Richards – How to Create a Scalable Worship Streaming System

HOW Panel – 2 p.m. EDT
Ways to Sell, Serve and Support AV in Churches
Anthony Coppedge, Frederick Ampel, Paul Richards, George Herbert
Friday, May 1: End User Day

This will be the first, ever, end-user-only AV event. Designed exclusively for higher-ed, corporate and enterprise AV specifiers and buyers in partnership with HETMA (Higher Education Technology Managers Alliance), End User Day will be keynoted by HETMA Chairman Joe Way, Ph.D., of the University of Southern California. End User Day will focus exclusively on issues that users of AV, UCC and digital-signage systems face and discuss how to overcome them. It’ll cover what new AV gear is likely to appeal to them and what technology trends and shifts they need to be aware of.

End User Day | Agenda at a Glance

Keynote – 11 a.m. EDT
Joe Way, Ph.D. – From Doom to Zoom: How the Last 60 Days Changed End Users’ Design and Install Priorities Forever

Tech Talk – 12:30 p.m. EDT
Scott Tiner – #DearVendor and #DearCustomer: The Two Sides to a Thriving Relationship

End User Panel – 2 p.m. EDT
“Hot Spots”: Insider Tech Tips From Industry Experts
Joe Way, Ph.D., BC Hatchett, Nyere Hollingsworth, Meg Sciarini Smith, Mark Consiglio, Dean Wentworth, Greg Baker, Brian Cockrell, Dr. S. Ann Earon