CEDIA Expo 2022 will host its second annual IMCCA Work from Home Showcase through its partnership with the Interactive Multimedia & Collaborative Communications Alliance (IMCCA), bringing insights, subject matter experts and interactive demonstrations to the show.
Unified communications and collaboration technologies have emerged in the residential space as business professionals and students have established home offices and flexible workspaces.
During CEDIA Expo 2022, IMCCA will showcase work from home setups in mock home office demos. Interactive demonstrations will take place on sponsor’s exhibits and in the IMCCA Work from Home Showcase, focusing on the emerging home office market segment, including lighting fixtures and lighting control, sound control solutions, video and audio technology, collaboration software and hardware and home office furniture.
“The revolution of remote and hybrid work is reshaping communication and collaboration across business and education segments,” said Jason McGraw, CTS, group vice president for CEDIA Expo and KBIS, Emerald. “Users require high-quality and professional-grade technology. These evolving requirements drive new trends in lighting, audio and video, conferencing and collaboration, and networking technology and provide increased business opportunities for residential systems integrators, designers, distributors, architects, home builders and contractors. IMCCA will provide educational programming, resimercial technology insights and an interactive activation to support attendees’ knowledge in this growing market segment.”
Carol Zelkin, executive director at The IMCCA added: “As most enterprises have embraced hybrid working, and just about everyone understands that every meeting going forward will have at least one remote participant, the opportunity to develop and set standards for tens of thousands of work from home users is before us. It’s a natural fit for the resimercial space to lead the way in developing and implementing these needed work from home standards in a way that fits nicely with enterprise requirements. Both residential and commercial integrators will benefit from the demonstrations and the expert-led sessions at this year’s CEDIA Expo.”
A State of the Work from Home Industry session will be presented by the IMCCA on the CEDIA Expo Smart Stage on Thursday 29 September at 12pm CDT. The presentation will highlight trends for the future of remote and hybrid workplace technologies. Additionally, the CEDIA Expo Smart Stage and Innovation Hub will feature topics and brands highlighting best practices for design and installation, considerations for light commercial spaces and resimercial opportunities.