Unesco's Paris headquarters adds Panasonic AV technology to its conference room

To optimize the functions carried out in the largest room of this headquarters, the DLP projector has been installed. 3 chip and 20.000 lumens PT-DZ21KEJ, the AK-HC1800G multipurpose camera, the AG-HPD24EJ portable recorder, AV-HS450EJ multi-format real-time video switcher and AW-RP50E remote controller.

Panasonic has installed a comprehensive AV solution in the central office that Unesco has in Paris. A project that, concretely, It has been made for the largest room in this building and can accommodate about a thousand people.. Called Room 1, This space is used to hold international conferences with ministers and secretaries of state.

The project, which was completed during the month of January, It has been carried out based on an agreement made between Panasonic and UNESCO.

To optimize the functions carried out in this room, the DLP projector has been installed. 3 chip and 20.000 lumens PT-DZ21KEJ, the AK-HC1800G multipurpose camera, the AG-HPD24EJ portable recorder, AV-HS450EJ multi-format real-time video switcher and AW-RP50E remote controller.

“With the new AV equipment we can organize many international events and cultural presentations that can be recorded or broadcast live to different media services., such as HD web streaming and TV channels. Besides, we can do all this with just one technician”, explica Ingrid Regien, Director of Informatics at UNESCO.

Twenty years of association

Panasonic has been collaborating with UNESCO since 1995 in the publication of the World Heritage Calendar, and in 2011 signed a strategic partnership agreement to promote sustainable development through World Heritage conservation and environmental education for future generations. Through this association, Panasonic promoted joint programs in the areas of education for the next generation, communication and technological support.

In the field of technological support, Panasonic supplied its High Definition video communication system and other audiovisual equipment to the UNESCO headquarters. Besides, established a project to replace incandescent light bulbs with energy-saving LED lights at global World Heritage sites such as Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto (Japan) and Hradčany Castle in Prague (Czech Republic).

In the area of ​​education for the next generation, Panasonic organized the “World Heritage Ecological Learning Program” (World Heritage Eco Learning Program) to offer children the opportunity to visit World Heritage sites around the world and learn about the work of this entity. From 2008, approximately 4.500 children of 16 countries in 23 cities have participated in this program.

Besides, Panasonic also organized the “Ecological Images Diary Contest” (Eco Picture Diary Contest), where children present their own global environmental conservation activities in the form of a picture diary.

In the area of ​​communication, Panasonic worked in collaboration with the National Geographic Channel to present the television program “World Heritage Special” that aired on 193 countries.