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HOME TECHNOLOGY EVENT HOSTS “DESIGNING INTERIORS WITH TECHNOLOGY” CONFERENCE

16th February, 2010

Following the huge success of its first education conference dedicated to interior designers at last year’s CEDIA Expo, CEDIA (the Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association) has announced that this year’s Home Technology Event will also host training sessions for this important audience under the “Designing Interiors with Technology” banner at the show.

 
Over 110 design professionals made the trip to ExCeL for the first “Designing Interiors with Technology” conference, with another 50 designers attending the same event when it was held at the Decorex trade show in September.
 
At the Home Technology Event, the 2010 conference will follow a similar format with revised content to ensure maximum relevance and value to the interior design community.
 
It will be a free half-day education event aimed at informing designers on the benefits of including smart home technology in residential projects. It will also introduce CEDIA itself and the work of its members. The sessions will be followed by the opportunity for designers to take a guided tour of the show floor where they can meet and discuss technologies face-to-face with exhibitors. Details of the programme will soon be finalised and released together with information on how CEDIA members can get involved to support the conference.
 
The event will be sponsored by Decorex, idFX and the BIID (British Institute of Interior Design).
 
“Outreach towards the interior design community is massively important for CEDIA members”, comments Gary Lewis, CEDIA Outreach Chair and Director of Future Systems. “The first conference held at last year’s CEDIA Expo proved an excellent achievement in attracting this audience to the show. We are confident that, with a refreshed programme and a re-branded show, we can once again educate designers about our industry and bring them to ExCeL to learn and see our industry at first hand”.
 
For more information and to pre-register for a place, visit www.hometechnologyevent.co.uk.  

 
Comments from those who attended the first Designing Interiors With Technology conference.
 
Jane Ringe Director, Poised to Move
“Thank you CEDIA for a great 'Designing with Technology' conference.  I thought it was excellent! The lectures were pitched at exactly the right level and the content was well-balanced and informative.  It also gave an invaluable insight into future developments.  The guided tours of the exhibit floor were an inspired idea, and myself and members of my group were greatly enthused to see exactly how working with CEDIA members could contribute to a project.  Thank you again for such a fantastic day.”
 
Diego Ivan Correa B.
“Thank you very much it was a wonderful day. The seminars were great and suitably generic and very informative. Thank you very much, your support, it is invaluable.”
 
Ursula Wesselingh, Ursula Wesselingh Interiors
“First and foremost I think it was a very successful format – to get a number of experts together, each delivering information on different aspects of home technology, in just a single morning and all specifically targeted at interior designers & architects. I also thought the guided tour of the exhibition afterwards was a very successful way to introduce concepts, manufacturers and suppliers. Questions were asked and everyone learnt from it. Also it was really good to get the message drummed home about the importance of working with accredited/recognised professionals (such as CEDIA members) and to work on better relationships between the industries.”
 
Anouska Anquetil, Associate of BIDA and Interior Design Consultant at Gilt&Gloss Design Ltd
“I found the conference very interesting and insightful. The organisation on the day was excellent.”

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