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Record Attendance, Size for ISE 2014

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Over 50000 AV professionals and installers made it to Amsterdam for Integrated Systems Europe 2014 on 4-6 February, the highest attendance for the show yet according to the organisers.

ISE 2014The exact number of visitors totals 51003-- a 15% rise over 2013. The show housed 952 exhibitors, 200 of which new to ISE, within 36035 square metres of space at the RAI. However, one comment heard from a number of attendees is the show is growing slightly too much, bringing nostalgia to the smaller, more intimate ISE of earlier years.

“Our big theme this year was content," ISE director Mike Blackman says. "We believe we have delivered on our promise to enhance our event-– and attract more attendees-– by offering a combination of technical training, market intelligence, real-world case studies and networking opportunities that is unmatched by any comparable event in Europe.”

Kicking off the pre-show programme was the 3rd Smart Building Conference led by our own Bob Snyder, before the show started proper with an opening keynote by Cisco global manufacturing lead Dr Dirk Schlesinger. Titled "Kick-starting the Market for Building Automation," the speech detailed the cross-industry initiative set by Cisco, ABB, Bosch and LG.

ISE KeynoteAccording to Schlesinger the initiative will unite services as diverse as lighting control, energy management, security, healthcare, AV and communications under a common, standards-based (not open source) platform acting as the equivalent of "middleware" for automation.

Schlessinger also addressed potential privacy concerns-- the initiative foregoes selling customer data and platform partners will not access each other's data.

As for ISE 2015, also taking place at the Amsterdam RAI on 10-12 February 2015, rebookings are already going strong. On-site rebookings stand at 33450 metres, 10% higher than the 2013 equivalent.

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