Annual NEC Display Solutions Summit and Vendor Fair Unite Industry Experts, Showcase Latest Digital Signage Technologies.Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. and Draftfcb Headline "Road to Digital Signage Digital signage is a form of out-of-home advertising in which content and messages displayed on an electronic screen, or digital sign, can be changed without modification to the physical sign, typically with the goal of delivering targeted messages to specific locations at " Event May 9-10 CHICAGO -- NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. Display Solutions of America, a leading provider of innovative LCD displays, professional grade plasmas and projectors, and integrated display solutions, today announced its 2007 Solutions Summit will take place May 9-10 at the Westin Hotel in Itasca, Ill., adjacent to its headquarters. This year's event is anticipated to be the largest yet with attendees from both the digital signage industry and Fortune 1000 companies. The Summit gives retailers, consumer products companies, service providers and others the opportunity to learn more about digital signage trends and applications in today's marketplace. To date, more than 50 NEC Display Solutions partners are scheduled to exhibit, in addition to a comprehensive line-up of speakers. "Last year's Summit introduced many of our attendees to the technologies and possibilities of digital signage," said Doug Albregts, Sr. Vice President, Marketing and Business Development at NEC Display Solutions. "This year's Summit will cover that and more. Our featured presentations and working case studies will take attendees further down the road of digital signage by presenting how this engaging medium can impact business, help promote brand and product advertising, and deliver the ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). and benefits so many experts believe it can." The Summit will include sessions focused on specific issues detailing all aspects of digital signage: * Alan C. Brawn of Brawn Consulting will address the state of the digital signage industry, how the industry has reached its current position, and future opportunities * Professor John Greening John Greening (born December 20, 1950 in Burnie) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the VFL. Tasmanian born Greening moved to Victoria in 1967 aged 16, after being recruited by Collingwood. of Northwestern University will discuss the need for digital signage and media in today's changing marketplace * Steven Hart and Chris Cicmanec of Draftfcb will present an advertising agency perspective on the emerging viability of the digital signage media * Craig Apatov, Executive VP/Chief Sales and Marketing Officer of Miller Zell, will discuss how digital signage is changing the retail buying experience * Carre Dawson of eVision and Laura Davis-Taylor of Retail Media Consulting, co-author of the upcoming book, Lighting Up the Aisle: Principles and Practices for In-Store Digital Media, will address content and digital media, and building the right message to effectively connect with advertising targets * Thomas Wyatt, Director and GM of Cisco Systems, will discuss how a network provides an ideal platform to support innovative applications that improve customer experience and create new revenue streams * Bob Tomko, Jim Drysch and David Alter of AVT AVT avian arginine vasotocin. See vasotocin. Communique, a division of Hospitality Partners, will present a working case study on the integration of a digital signage and way-finding solution at the Hyatt Regency Chicago The Hyatt Regency Chicago is a 246 foot tall Hyatt hotel on East Wacker Drive in Chicago, Illinois. The hotel operates around 2,000 guest rooms in two different towers. The towers are connected by both an above-ground skyway and an underground concourse. NEC Display Solutions partners slated to attend the Summit include: 3M Digital Signage, 42Media, AdFlow Networks, Alive Promo, Allen Technologies Group, Allure, AMX AMX American Motors Experimental AMX Aeromexico Aerovias de Mexico (ICAO code) AMX Air Mobility Express AMX Amberjacks (FAO fish species code) AMX Alabama Motor eXpress - Endeleo, Aurora Multimedia, Avocent, Broadcast Internations, BTV (Business TV) Using television to deliver company information and training to employees in remote branches. BTV uses satellite-based video to regular TV sets or IP-based video over the LAN/WAN to desktop computers and room monitors. +, Chief Manufacturing, Cisco, Comnet, Digital Factory, Display Devices, ECI ECI Employment Cost Index ECI Election Commission(er) of India ECI Enterprise Content Integration ECI Early Childhood Intervention ECI Environmental Change Institute Communications, Epicure Digital, Ergotron, eVision, Extron Electronics, Flightview, Gefen, GestureTek, GlobeCast, Helius, Horizon Technology, ITS Enclosures, Jelco, Inc., Kristel, Magenta Magenta, town, Italy Magenta (mäjān`tä), town (1991 pop. 23,667), Lombardy, N Italy, near Milan. Manufactures include matches, textiles, and machinery. , Matrox, Microspace, Miller Zell, Minicom, NEC Corporation of America, NEC Financial Services, NEC Unified Solutions, NextWindow, Newsight, NowMicro, Nvidia, Omnivex, Peerless Industries, Premier Mounts, Prism Technologies, RDM RDM Ring Deutscher Makler (German Realty Association) RDM Red Mage (Final Fantasy, gaming) RDM Remote Device Management (protocol used in theatre lighting equipment) , Richardson Electronics, RidgeLogic, RiseVision, Scala, Solaris Labs, TELentice, Tripp Lite, Ttuff Technologies, and USSI USSI Universal Synchronous Serial Interface (Adtran Inc.) . Registration information is available at www.necdisplay.com. About NEC Display Solutions of America, Inc. Headquartered in Itasca, Ill., NEC Display Solutions of America, Inc., is a leading provider of innovative LCD displays, professional grade plasmas and projectors, and integrated display solutions. NEC Display Solutions develops leading-edge visual technology and customer-focused solutions for the education, enterprise, government, professional, medical and digital signage markets. NEC Display Solutions ranked as the number one large-screen LCD monitor provider for the signage and professional displays market for CY2006, according to iSuppli. For more information, please call 1-866-NEC-MORE, or visit www.necdisplay.com. All trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Reseller prices may vary. For additional information about NEC Display Solutions of America monitors, consumers can call (866) NEC-MORE, or visit the Web site at: www.necdisplay.com/protectyourimage/. For digital images, please visit www.necdisplay.com/mml. |
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