11:00 a.m. EDT

Opening of LAVNCH WEEK 4.0!

with Ashley Zick

Gary Kayye’s Top 21 Products of 2021, So Far 

with Gary Kayye

Welcome to Gary Kayye’s Top 21 Products of 2021, So Far — an exclusive presentation to LAVNCH WEEK 4.0 that you don’t want to miss. It appears that 2020 put a lot of new products on hold, so 2021 is shaping up to be one of the biggest, ever, for new product launches in AV, UCC and digital signage. By our count, we’ve already seen over 700 new products debut since January!

So, which ones are the best of the best? Which should you be paying attention to? Which are true “game changers” for the markets in our industry? Gary Kayye will tell you in this opening keynote during LAVNCH WEEK 4.0.

12:15 p.m. EDT

XTEN-AV – The Only SaaS AV Systems Design Platform on the Planet

Vibhav Singh and Sahil Dhingra with Gary Kayye

Introducing the world’s only cloud-based AV design platform with artificial intelligence. XTEN-AV is a cloud-based software platform that will empower AV system integrators and designers to design system solutions as per AVIXA’s published standards and guidelines.

With drawing & editing tools, a proposal tool, a CRM tool, and an automation tool combined into one solution, XTEN-AV is the future of AV designs. Join us as we review the platform and introduce new updates!

12:30 p.m. EDT

Meet the New Solstice Conference

with Christopher Jaynes, PhD

Solstice Conference is a new class of video conferencing room system that enhances collaboration with rich content sharing, wireless connectivity to USB audio/video peripherals, and agnostic support for any PC-based video conferencing platform. Solstice Conference makes any room a Teams, Zoom, and Webex room by wirelessly connecting users’ laptops and conferencing services to the room display and audio/video peripherals.

12:45 p.m. EDT

GARY: Unscripted

Gary Kayye with Jon Sidwick, Janné Mummert and Mary Wurch

Literally, 10-minute interviews in which Gary Kayye will ask the guests questions and get totally unscripted answers — all LIVE too. Both “Unscripted” sessions will feature industry influencers you WANT to talk to, as well as some #AVtweeps doing really good, creative work!

1:15 p.m. EDT

The Future of Hybrid Work is Here. Introducing ScreenBeam Conference.

Mike Ehlenberger and Jay Taylor with Gary Kayye

ScreenBeam Conference delivers flexible and simple BYOM with agnostic support for video conferencing tools and contactless wireless display. ScreenBeam Conference ensures an engaging experience between remote and in-person meeting participants, supports the host’s choice of web conferencing tool, and provides flexibility beyond traditional UC room systems without technical limitations and added costs. Listen in as ScreenBeam’s VP/GM, Mike Ehlenberger, and Senior Director Strategic Alliances and Technical Marketing, Jay Taylor introduce this new solution!

11:00 a.m. EDT

How Design Thinking and Developing True Empathy Can Generate Winning Solutions

with Susan Greene

Creatives in advertising agencies have been using “design thinking” for decades to understand how to empathize with, persuade and communicate to audiences. Large corporations have been using design thinking to build better products, help with internal and external communications, and create cultural movements that ensure successful growth. And it all starts with empathy. 

Design thinking guru Susan Greene will explain what design thinking is and how you can apply it to everything you do — starting with empathy.

11:45 a.m. EDT

The Future of Digital Signage

with Rich Ventura and Gary Kayye

With the ever-increasing advances in technology, now is a pivotal time for Digital Signage.  And as new ways of communicating are being developed, rich media content has become essential, including the need for communicating critical information. This session will explore current trends and the tools needed to deliver content, products and services in a new and engaging way.

12:00 p.m. EDT

rAVe [TV]

Steph Beckett and Gary Kayye will give you a wrap-up of the latest news from the week and talk about all the hot topics in ProAV.

12:30 p.m. EDT

SpinetiX ARYA Enterprise: Experience 2021 Latest News

with Mariana MacLean, George Preston and Gary Kayye

Cloud-based Digital Signage is getting more and more popular in the market with customers asking for a solution evolving with their needs, offering a rich feature set as well as flexibility, reliability, security and scalability in their installation.

12:45 p.m. EDT

Enhancing the customer experience with displays and content management.

Shawn Budiac and Thomas Mckibben with Gary Kayye

Batteries Plus Bulbs understands the value in enhancing the retail customer experience. As the national brand looked to upgrade its in-store footprint, they sought solutions to draw attention to the latest products, promotions and informative content. Hear from Shawn Budiac, VP of Category Management at Batteries Plus Bulbs and Thomas Mckibben, Senior Retail Professional at Samsung as they walk through how Batteries Plus Bulbs took the customer experience to the next level.

1:15 p.m. EDT

What’s Kramer Been Up To and What You Can Expect in 2021 & 2022

Clint Hoffman and Gary Kayye

rAVe’s own Gary Kayye has a casual conversation with Kramer’s President, Clint Hoffman, about what’s going on since the acquisition. What can we expect in 2021? How about in 2022? And, who might Kramer be looking to acquire? It’s all here; watch!

1:30 p.m. EDT

GARY: Unscripted

Gary Kayye with Brenda Brown, Pat Brown, Alexis La Broi and Hope Roth

Literally, 10-minute interviews in which Gary Kayye will ask the guests questions and get totally unscripted answers — all LIVE too. Both “Unscripted” sessions will feature industry influencers you WANT to talk to, as well as some #AVtweeps doing really good, creative work!

11:00 a.m. EDT

Here’s How to Execute a Return-to-the-Office Plan!

with Laurie Englert and Alec Vaughn

Laurie Englert has been a Design Thinking advocate and practitioner for years. And now she, along with her partner in crime, Alec Vaughn, has used Design Thinking to help craft a return-to-the-office blueprint for AV, UCC and digital signage integrators and dealers. How? Using empathy. Laurie and Alec have interviewed small, medium, large and giant-sized integrators of technology — people just like you — and created a guide to help us better understand how to bring our team back to the office without anxiety. This session is a real-world example of how Design Thinking, focused on the empathy-gathering mode, can solve virtually any problem and address any pain point you, your team or even your customers may have. 

This will be a session you won’t want to miss! It could help you craft your own back-to-work policy, saving you money while ensuring a happy workforce. 

11:45 a.m. EDT

Binary MoIP: Media over IP, Perfected

with Dan Griffin, Josh Litwack, Brandon Mortimer and Scott Normand

Binary MoIP is SnapAV’s proprietary AVoIP solution that delivers 4K HDR content over a standard Layer 2 network. With OvrC, SnapAV’s exclusive cloud management platform, MoIP devices are auto-discovered, can be set up in minutes and managed remotely. During this segment you’ll learn how Binary MoIP eliminates the major pain points integrators face with traditional AVoIP systems, you’ll see a demo of OvrC and hear about real-life project examples of integrators using Binary MoIP.

12:00 p.m. EDT

Vestel Visual Solutions introduces their New Interactive Display Series with an NFT Art Collection

Alicia Kennedy and Gary Kayye

Vestel Visual Solutions will talk about the launch of its next-generation IFX Series with 4K Interactive Displays, which offers a creative solution for education.

The new IFX Series, powered by Android 9 OS, is the second generation of Vestel’s cost-effective and highly interactive tailored design for education. The series includes powerful touch/pen tools with a light user experience together with all the fundamental features needed for teachers and students and manageability for school IT administrators.

12:15 a.m. EDT

The Importance of Flexibility, Simplicity and Creativity in Technology in 2021

Matt Griesert and Mark Knox with Gary Kayye

In this segment, watch an interactive discussion between Sharp NEC Display Solutions’ Mark Knox and Matt Griesert. They’ll join Gary Kayye to discuss the need for the ProAV market to consider the changing needs of technology, especially within the education market. Learn about flexibility, simplicity and the need for creativity in 2021.

12:30 p.m. EDT

The Way IT Leaders Think Impacts Your Business

Moderated by Merry McCleary, with Denys Lu, Vish Narendra and Brandon Van Orden

In this panel, AV industry veteran Merry McCleary will facilitate a conversation among CIOs about the shift in their stakeholders’ demands in video collaboration-enabled spaces. What new norms has this created for businesses of all sizes? Old barriers to the business case for video are broken, but what new challenges are emerging? The panel will discuss the impacts of newly distributed solutions for video, collaboration software, studio recording and more.

1:30 p.m. EDT

Making Fine Pitch LED Video Walls Accessible with Planar MGP Series

with Robert Detwiler

Modern, fine pixel pitch LED video wall technology isn’t as cost-prohibitive as it used to be. The new Planar MGP Series offers organizations a seamless, high-resolution visual experience, at a value similar to tiled LCD video walls. It’s ideal for education, worship and small/medium business.

1:45 p.m. EDT

GARY: Unscripted with HDBaseT

Gary Kayye with Gabi Shriki

Literally, 10-minute interviews in which Gary Kayye will ask the guests questions and get totally unscripted answers — all LIVE too. Both “Unscripted” sessions will feature industry influencers you WANT to talk to, as well as some #AVtweeps doing really good, creative work!

2:00 p.m. EDT

Meet the New Solstice Conference

Christopher Jaynes, Ryan Lee and Gary Kayye

Solstice Conference is a new class of video conferencing room system that enhances collaboration with rich content sharing, wireless connectivity to USB audio/video peripherals, and agnostic support for any PC-based video conferencing platform. Solstice Conference makes any room a Teams, Zoom, and Webex room by wirelessly connecting users’ laptops and conferencing services to the room display and audio/video peripherals.