IoT Conference Includes Two Sessions, Lunch Roundtable, Deeper Dive Panel Discussion and Exhibit Hall Tour Worth a Total of 3.5 CTS Renewal Units

Philadelphia, PA — March 15, 2017 — Almo Professional A/V, North America’s largest professional audio visual distributor is partnering with InfoComm International to deliver a half-day IoT Insights Conference at Almo’s spring 2017 E4 AV Tour, which travels to Chicago on March 22 and San Jose on April 19.

Worth a total of 3.5 CTS Renewal Units (RUs), the InfoComm IoT Insights Conference at E4 is based on the IoT Insights events InfoComm held in 2016 and focuses on raising awareness of the role of secure, connected, Internet-enabled devices in AV solutions and strategies.

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According to Melody Craigmyle, vice president of marketing for Almo Professional A/V, “We are very grateful for the opportunity to partner with InfoComm to host the IoT Insights Conference at E4 and to be able to help attendees understand the real impact of IoT on the industry and their businesses.” Craigmyle continued, “Each of our professional speakers brings a different perspective on IoT and will leave participants with an enormous amount to think about and put into action. We’ve always been a major advocate of certification and pride ourselves on having a purely educational curriculum at E4, which is why every section of this IoT event is worth CTS RUs.”

“We are proud to partner with Almo Pro A/V and its E4 AV Tour in maintaining the momentum of our IoT Insights series,” said Betsy Jaffe, senior vice president of Member Services, InfoComm International. “The E4 AV Tour has proven to be a popular, valuable series of education, information and technology exhibition for AV professionals across the country. By including InfoComm’s IoT Insights as a half-day conference in the larger E4 AV Tour program, we are able to continue an important conversation in the industry.” The InfoComm IoT Insights Conference at E4 is being led by Andrew J. Milne, Ph,D., CEO, Tidebreak, Inc.; Josh Srago, CTS, AV Design Consultant, TEECOM; and Richard A. Blackwell, Founder & Chief Visionary, Linked2 Software. The half-day conference includes the following:

Session: Digitalization and How the Internet of Things Changes Everything (1 RU) Focuses on the changes created by IoT, as well as how new capabilities have led to great opportunities for the AV industry.

Session: IoT In the Real World (1 RU) Discusses how the AV community is already using IoT, plus how to develop a business plan to enhance profit margins. Includes best-practice examples that can be used to relate to personal IoT daily uses.

Lunch Roundtable Discussion (.5 RUs) Topics include the positive influence of IoT in the AV community and how to talk to end users about IoT and security.

Panel Discussion (.5 RUs) Four focus groups take a deep-dive look at IoT to help overcome the challenges that the AV community needs to understand. Topics including security, data analysis, systems utilization and novel interfaces are open for discussion and audience participation.

Exhibit Hall Tour (.5 RUs) IoT Insights conference speakers have hand-selected some of the best products on the exhibit hall floor that relate to IoT and are taking attendees through a fun and interactive tour of how connectivity and the technology is making IoT within the AV industry a real business opportunity.

E4 Chicago and E4 San Jose Details

E4 Chicago is on March 22, 2017 at the Drury Lane Conference Center in Oakbrook Terrace, IL. E4 San Jose is on April 19 at the Doubletree by Hilton. Both events run from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and are entirely free — including parking — for Almo Pro A/V’s reseller, integrator and consultant partners. To register, click here.

About Almo Professional A/V Almo Professional A/V is the nation’s largest professional audio visual distributor with forward-thinking product integration, training and education, managed services, and technical support capabilities. With highly skilled sales and business development manager teams, reseller education programs, distribution centers across the U.S. and carefully chosen product lines for the Pro A/V channel, Almo Professional A/V provides customers with the full distribution experience on a local and a personal level. Almo Professional A/V is a division of Almo Corp., the nation’s leading independent distributor of consumer electronics and major appliances. For more information about Almo Professional A/V, please call 888-420-2566 or go to www.almoproav.com. Almo Professional A/V can also be followed on Twitter at https://twitter.com/almoproav and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/almoproav.

About InfoComm International InfoComm International® is the global trade association representing the commercial audiovisual and information communications industries. Established in 1939, InfoComm has more than 5,400 members, representing over 70,000 AV professionals worldwide, including manufacturers, systems integrators, dealers and distributors, independent consultants, programmers, rental and staging companies, end users and multimedia professionals from more than 80 countries. InfoComm International is the leading resource for AV standards, market research and news. Its training, certification and education programs set a standard of excellence for AV professionals. InfoComm International is the founder of InfoComm, the largest annual conference and exhibition for AV buyers and sellers in the Western Hemisphere. InfoComm also produces trade shows in China, Europe, India, Latin America and the Middle East. Additional information is available at infocomm.org.