AV Alliance Weekly News Round-Up | October 1-9, 2022

Weekly social media news round-up from the AV Alliance members

From award galas and open air concerts to product launches and expos, our AV Alliance members around the world have a busy week behind them! We have collected the top news and updates on social media from our global network from the past seven days, giving you a glimpse into the strong start to the month of October for some of our members.

Sound & Light Professionals | Mumbai, India

Our Mumbai-based member company SNL Pro provided lighting and truss and rigging services for the rally of Maharashtra state’s Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on the occasion of the major Hindu festival Dussehra, which fell on October 5th this year. The rally took place at Mumbai’s MMRDA Grounds and hosted almost 300,000 people. Check out some of the event’s photos below!

Smart Choice Audiovisuais | Porto, Portugal

Portuguese AV Alliance member shared news of its involvement with the international conference “The Future of Social Enterprise”, organized by the António Sérgio Cooperative for the Social Economy (CASES). The event took place two weeks ago at the Convento de São Francisco in Coimbra, Portugal, and Smart Choice was responsible for the audiovisual production of the entire conference. Take a look at their photos below!

satis&fy | Karben & Berlin, Germany

For the second time, AV Alliance member satis&fy provided full AV services for the EMOTION.award 2022 in Hamburg on October 5th. The award gala, which took place at the Curio-Haus Hamburg and hosted 350 guests, honored women that have achieved significant professional accomplishments and are an inspiration to the community.

Novatech Creative Event Technology | Underdale, Australia

As the Northern Hemisphere is slowly saying goodbye to outdoor festivals with the onset of autumn, Down Under everything starts to warm up again! For the first time, the wine and music festival Grapevine Gathering came to South Australia last week, and our local AV Alliance member Novatech provided AV technology to the event that celebrated the best fine wines with a line-up of local and international artists at Serafino Wines McLaren Vale.

Dorier SA | Geneva, Switzerland

Speaking of wine festivals, here on the Northern Hemisphere AV Alliance member Dorier SA contributed to making the Nyon Wine Festival a reality last week in the La Côte region with an elaborate and stunning video mapping solution that depicted the story and artistry of local winemaking. Take a look at the “making of” video below!

MoSound Events | Nairobi, Kenya

At the Magical Kenya Travel Expo 2022, which took place last week, our local member MoSound Events created the booth for Qatar Airways, which showcased QVerse, the airline’s first-ever VR Metahuman Cabin Crew, for the first time. Check out the video below to see the technology – including the VR headsets – delivered by the MoSound team!

MAXI Áudio Luz Imagem | São Paulo & Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Last week AV Alliance member MAXI threw it back to the Huawei Cloud LATAM Summit – which took place a week prior in the end of September – in Rio de Janeiro. The MAXI team delivered its complete technology solution for the event, including audio, video, camera systems, lighting, as well as simultaneous translation services. Check out their photos of the event below:

CEAVCO & AVFX | Denver, CO & Boston, MA, USA

Denver-based CEAVCO and Boston-based AVFX, joint companies within the AV Alliance worked together on the annual Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM) conference for statisticians in Washington DC back in August. This year’s event attracted more than 6,500 attendees from more than 50 countries. CEAVCO and AVFX provided AV production for the general sessions and 36 breakout rooms for the conference, in addition to recording over 600 hours of session content and managing the internet services of the event. Take a look below:

RLA LATAM | Medellín, Colombia

Our AV Alliance member RLA LATAM provided full audiovisual support to the International Pain Symposium 2022 on “Acute Pain Management”. The event, which  was organized by the Fondazione Internazionale Menarini and concluded on October 1st, was held at the Irotama Hotel in Santa Marta, Colombia, and was produced by the RLA LATAM team in cooperation with Studio Visio.

AV Concepts | Tempe, AZ, USA

Our Arizona-based AV Alliance member AV Concepts has been the in-house AV provider of the Phoenix Convention Center for the past 23 years, which almost half as long time as the PCC has existed, given that it celebrated the 50th anniversary of its groundbreaking ceremony last week. Congratulations to both the PCC and AV Concepts for such a long-standing and fruitful cooperation!

2MG.NET | Buenos Aires, Argentina

Our AV Alliance member 2MG.NET, based in Buenos Aires, was once again present at the International Tourism Fair of Latin America (FIT). This time the team provided the stand of Uruguay with LED screens and a comprehensive sound system.

MAXI Áudio Luz Imagem | São Paulo & Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

MAXI also threw it back last week to the Semesp Hacklab 2022, which took place in the last days of September, and where the team supplied full AV technology at the Golden Hall WTC in São Paulo. MAXI created a “making of” video of their work on this hackathon event, take a look below:

We will be back again next week with fresh news on the members of our global network.

Until then, we invite you to get in touch with us and find out what our AV Alliance members can do for you and your event!