Avixa Congress 2021: a bridge between the AV industry and the educational sector

In it Avixa Congress The need to maintain a constant dialogue between professionals in the audiovisual industry and educational institutions has been confirmed..

The second edition of the Avixa Congress, which was celebrated from 27 al 30 and that he has organized Avixa (the Audiovisual and Integrated Experience Association), meeting, remotely, to professionals in the audiovisual industry and those responsible for innovation and technology in the educational sector in Latin America, Spain and Portugal. Participants were able to learn about the most innovative technological solutions for new teaching and learning models..

Under the motto “Technologies for education today and tomorrow”, The Avixa Congress has been presented as a bridge that should serve to maintain an uninterrupted dialogue between actors from both worlds.

Baumgratz advocates a conceptual bridge

During the inaugural conference, Nelson Baumgratz, CTS-D, Avixa regional manager for Mercosur, highlighted the importance of a conceptual bridge that allows society to move towards the education of the future with the help of AV technology.

Besides, He stated in a simple way the basic points of the relationship between technology and education and called on professionals in these sectors..

“The world of professional AV and the world of education need to learn to talk to each other, understand your needs and possibilities, "they require knowing the potential and limitations of both sides", pointed out.

According to Baumgratz, Education professionals should consider AV technology as a mature discipline that is part of their strategies and processes. While members of the AV industry will need to watch and listen to the education sector to develop solutions that articulate the best of remote learning with the primary value of the in-person experience..

The idea of ​​this constant dialogue is clearly exemplified by reviewing the content of the different discussion panels, success stories or the Virtual Tech Tour itself, in which renowned professors and heads of AV and IT departments from different educational institutions shared both their experiences and their vision of current and future education.

Hansen: the data-driven market

Peter Hansen, Avixa Market Intelligence analyst, presented an overview of the audiovisual industry in relation to the educational sector supported by data from the most recent studies.

At his conference, He pointed out that during this year the 69% of educational institutions will invest in the integration of conferencing solutions and the 86% they will do it in audio equipment. Regarding trends for the near future, Remote education is expected to continue growing, but it will not replace face-to-face education, since the latter offers benefits and a unique experience that cannot be replaced.

The congress offered conferences on best business practices, current technologies and specific solutions such as network audio system design or unified communications, but it also focused on trends that can be seen in the future.

The Spanish Ricardo Montesa (Brainstorm), explored the idea of ​​using Augmented Reality for education, while the Colombian Juan Motture (Smart Environments) explained how to use a multi-camera system to bring more life to remote classes and, from Brazil, Gabriel Branco (Class TechExperience) showed how touchless technology can help the safe development of personalized experiences within the school environment.

Extended Program

The first stage of the congress consisted of 43 sessions in which conferences and discussion panels on the various topics mentioned were presented.

The sessions included the participation of 54 presenters, coming from 14 countries, which helped to offer a broad overview of the current relationship between the educational market and the audiovisual industry..

At the time of the closing of the 'live' stage, last friday 30 April, more than 6.250 sessions viewed by 3.277 people who joined the Avixa Congress since 31 different countries, among which were both professionals from the AV industry and the educational sector.

Thanks to the response and interest received, Avixa has decided to expand the offer of knowledge with an Extended Program of on-demand conferences that will be released weekly during the month of May.

The Extended Program has more than 20 conferences in which technological solutions and best practices will be presented that will serve to strengthen knowledge on topics such as acoustic design, network management or space administration for hybrid or virtual classrooms.

every monday, during the month of may, New conferences will be released that will be available to all people registered for the Avixa Congress.

On-demand content

Those who previously registered, will be able to access, during this month, to the recordings of all the conferences of the Avixa Congress and the Extended Program.

Registration is still open, so anyone can register for free to enjoy the conferences and expand their knowledge up to the 31 of may. You do not need to be an Avixa member. Simply fill out the form on this link.