CEDIA Announces Two New Courses For ISE Attendees

Two New Courses Announced
 

At the heart of CEDIA is a commitment to provide high-quality education and training at every level. CEDIA’s education programme at ISE, powered by KNX, will help delegates achieve this.

The Science of Acoustical Absorbers and Diffusers: Selection and Placement
Tuesday 11th February  |  09:30 - 12:30  |  Elicium D302
Anthony Grimani, President, Performance Media Industries

Hosted by renowned home theatre design expert, Anthony Grimani, this session will give you the tools to learn about the vast array of choices in absorption and diffusion techniques. Just like spices in fine cuisine, there is a right type, quantity, and placement of these materials in order to make a listening environment taste just right! From frictional to membrane absorbers, and quadratic residue to polycylindrical diffusers, this course will explore the choices and results gathered from experiences of engineering from over 1000 rooms in the past 30 years.

The Future of Entertainment: Content, Distribution, and the Consumer  
Wednesday 12th February  |  16:00 - 17:30  |  Elicium D202
John Penney, Chief Strategy Officer & Business Development Executive, Twentieth Century Fox

This discussion will focus on the future of content, new forms of distribution, and global consumers entertainment and information needs. The worldwide media, information, and content industries are at a turning point as more global citizens are accessing content via smartphones and other mobile devices. What will be the business and creative impacts of this tsunami of new consumers accessing US, regional, and local content? How can we develop useful analytic and strategic frameworks to understand the rapid pace of change that we see enveloping the content industries?