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COMMUNICATES
WELCOME… …to the final issue of CEDIA Communicates for 2018. This edition illustrates CEDIA’s global reach: In these pages, you’ll find a profile of Mexico’s Inteligable, a dive into an award-winning project from two firms in the UK (Intuitive Homes and Ultamation), a look at the Indian firm Sound Sense, and a chat with our Lifetime Achievement Award Winner Joel Silver, who makes his home in Boca Raton, Florida. While we’re talking about CEDIA’s worldwide presence, you’ll also find a preview of the educational offerings that we’re working on for ISE 2019 in Amsterdam. By now, we hope you have heard that CEDIA acquired The Cinema Designer, now called The CEDIA Designer. We have a conversation with the brains behind this revolutionary software, Guy Singleton. We also check in with legendary speaker engineer Andrew Jones to discover how he defines high-performance sound. If you missed our keynote speaker at CEDIA Expo 2018, we’ve got you covered: There’s a recap here of the presentation on the intersection of content and tech 20th Century Fox EVP John Penney gave us in San Diego. We’ve also got the full details on the “CEDIA Best New Products” honored at this year’s Expo; learn more about these game-changing technologies and the new class of inductees in CEDIA’s Product Hall of Fame. Lastly, I’d like to ask a favor of all of you reading this: In 2019, CEDIA will celebrate its 30th birthday. I’d like each of you to please begin thinking about the memories (and perhaps photographs) you may have that reflect upon your time as a member. We’ll be asking you to share those in the coming months. This industry and association were built by you, and we cannot wait to dedicate this next year to honoring the collective achievements that have brought us here today. I can’t tell you how thankful I am to our CEDIA Community — you’ve taken the dreams of a few and made those dreams into reality for thousands of people around the world. All the best,
Tabatha O’Connor CEDIA Global President and CEO
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