ISE Daily Tuesday 9 February 2016

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Tuesday 9 February 2016 SHOW HOURS:

Tuesday 9 February 10:00-18:00

Wednesday 10 February 09:30-18:00

Dawn of the sensor age

David Rowan moderated a panel comprising (L-R) Toni Barnett, managing director, CDEC; Kevin Morrison, EVP, HARMAN; Bernd Eberhardt, president and CEO, NEC Display Solutions Europe; Mark Grady, channel sales lead, EMEA, Google, Android & Chrome for Work; and Jonathan Wagstaff: country manager, Context

BY ADRIAN PENNINGTON The interplay between AV and IT, a key theme of ISE 2016, was explored in depth by an Opening Panel yesterday evening. The Internet of Things and

the rapid sensorisation of buildings, objects and infrastructure were highlighted as areas where significant progress is being made. Leading business and technology

experts were quizzed and shared insight into how AV and IT share today’s voice/video/data networks. The inescapable conclusion was that as IP touches the very fabric of

Thursday 11 February 09:30-18:00 installation from smart buildings and mobile video to unified communications and collaboration, the opportunities and challenges are exciting, wildly diverse and demand even greater pan-industry cooperation. “IP has proven to be the ‘Great Unifier’, bringing together many diverse industries onto the network,” said David Rowan, editor-in-chief of Wired UK, who moderated the discussion. “We are witnessing an exciting moment of two worlds colliding – the sensorised connected world with the storytelling tools of AV. This represents a big moment of potential growth for a lot of people’s businesses here at ISE.” Rowan cited drones, selfdriving cars, virtual reality, artificial intelligence and emotion detecting technology as examples of a connected world where everything is online. “There is no offline any more,” he

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Friday 12 February 09:30-16:00 declared. “We have video from every dashcam, sensors falling in price and computing which is essentially becoming free. This is just the beginning and it’s about to hit AV.” He added; “In a world where screens are ubiquitous it will change our behaviour and change the way people expect to receive AV content. We have not yet worked out what will work and what will not, but we do know that this is where engagement is, and the AV and IT industry have to be where people are.” He also had this warning: “In a world where every physical thing is wired, if something is not wired it becomes irrelevant. On the other hand, beware the internet of stupid things. Just because you can put sensors in things doesn’t mean you should.” This event was followed by the official Opening Reception, a welcome curtain raiser to the show and an ideal opportunity to network over refreshments.

Watch out: the Smart Home is coming BY GEORGE COLE Within the next decade and a half, many people will be living in smart homes, but many providers are not prepared for this revolution. That was the conclusion of Daniela Tenger, researcher at Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute (GDI), a Swissbased think-thank that conducts research into consumer trends. Tenger was delivering the closing keynote at the Smart Building Conference at ISE 2016. Her speech, ‘Smart Home 2030: How digitisation

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is changing the way we build and live,’ was based on a GDI study. “Last year, we talked to providers in Switzerland – such as architects, electricians and real-estate traders, about the smart home,” said Tenger, “we also researched market trends. We think the results apply to European markets generally. We found that although providers were aware of the smart home, they did not see it as a disruptive technology – there was a gap between what is possible and what people think will happen.” This is partly because the smart

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home debate has tended to be about the technology and not the services it will bring, added Tenger. “The smart home is not about gadgets in the home, but the convenience it will bring in how we build and live. It’s a bigger picture.” Market fragmentation is also causing some complacency: “Providers see that today’s smart home market is flooded with gadgets, but nobody knows what is good. We will see integration happening in the market, so consumers won’t have to handle tons of apps.” Tenger sees the

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smart home market consolidating into five or six major players, such as Apple and Google. Three things will drive the smart home market, added Tenger: “Safety, especially for Europe’s ageing population. Smart homes will enable older people to live on their own. It will

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also help us live a greener lifestyle, with energy saving. It will also make our lives more convenient. Imagine a smart lock that lets the postman deliver a parcel when you’re not at home. This will be the reality for future generations.”

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