The CEDIA Podcast

In this podcast Rich Green, founder and owner of Rich Green Design moderates a panel of industry heavyweights Alex Capecelatro, Co-Founder and CEO of Josh.ai, James Chen, Managing Director of Kordz, and J.B. Fowler, VP of Integrator Solutions at Domotz about AI and the home. They talk about what's happening now and where it might go in the very near future. To watch the video, it can be found here: https://youtu.be/6FUxWcq907I?si=z95kiktJt-pLD22K

In this podcast Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology and Standards at CEDIA and host of the CEDIA podcast talks with Ben Bard, VP of Luxury Residential at Lutron. We talk about Lutron's history and what they're about. We also get into their product lines, new releases and what to expect at the 2024 CEDIA Expo in Denver CO. Lutron was gracious enough to be a sponsor of the CEDIA Podcast. For more than 60 years, the same core belief has guided Lutron: that innovative design and the transformative nature of light have the power to enrich people’s lives. The Lutron luxury portfolio is the purest expression of that belief. Come visit us at CEDIA Expo 2024, booth number 1912 to experience Lutron for yourself, or visit Lutron.com/podcast now.

In this podcast Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology and Standards at CEDIA and host of the CEDIA podcast talks with Amanda Wildman, founder of TruMedia, Pete Trauth, founder of Nirvana Home Entertainment, and Matt Manalis, managing director of Experience One about being aware of the opportunities to design for different types of people. This was a stage talk from the 2024 ISE show. If you'd like to see the video, the link to the CEDIA YouTube channel is listed below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtQ-7k3GocQ&list=PLe2JwtEzqAPrCql4DAXqVG2EteaoEXzPi&index=5

In this podcast Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology and Standards at CEDIA and host of the CEDIA podcast talks with Andy Bull, Director of Design at Lighting Audio Video Projects, David Warfel, Founding Designer from Light Can Help You, and Gordon Petrie, Co-Founder of Eclipse Lighting Design about lighting design, pet peeves, and what it's like to be a lighting designer. Sponsor of this cast is Lutron: For more than 60 years, the same core belief has guided Lutron: that innovative design and the transformative nature of light have the power to enrich people’s lives. The Lutron luxury portfolio is the purest expression of that belief. Come visit us at CEDIA Expo 2024, booth number 1912 to experience Lutron for yourself, or visit Lutron.com/podcast now.

In this podcast Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology and Standards at CEDIA and host of the CEDIA podcast talks with Michael Hedges, Technical Director of the Monitor Audio Group and Nick Fichte, Business Development Director Home and Yacht of L-Acoustics about why they have embraced the Immersive Audio Design Recommended Practice and how they are incorporating it into their businesses.

In this podcast Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology and Standards at CEDIA and host of the CEDIA podcast talks with Leslie Shiner, owner of the Shiner Group, Rich Green, owner of Rich Green Design, and Jon Rehwaldt, Director of Curriculum at CEDIA about stuff and people. We get into employee retention, new generational issues, staffing, using AI and lots more.

In this podcast Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology and Standards at CEDIA and Host of the CEDIA podcast talks with Morgan Scarboro, Vice President of MultiState and Darren Reaman, Director of Government Affairs at CEDIA about how the latest legislative sessions have affected Tax and business policies that may affect you. We also talk about other issues that CEDIA's state wide advocacy work is concerned with. Interestingly, AI is top of mind of many of these legislators as well as data and digital taxes!

In this podcast Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology and Standards at CEDIA and Host of the CEDIA podcast hosts a panel at the 2024 Integrated Systems Europe Show (aka ISE) with Rich Green, Owner of Rich Green Design, Jeff Sonnnleitner, Cyber Security teacher and subject matter expert, and Giles Sutton, Sr. VP of Product & Business Development at CEDIA.

In this podcast Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology and Standards at CEDIA and Host of the CEDIA podcast talks with Bill Ekstrand and Alex Mondragon of Barrett's Technology Solutions, Carl Horne of AV Design & Sales and Hank Alexander of Oasys Residential Technology Group about what they saw, experienced and learned at the Chicago Tech & Business Summit that also hosted a two-day Immersive Audio Design Recommended Practice Workshop [RP22].

In this podcast Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology and Standards at CEDIA and Host of the CEDIA podcast talks with Owen Maddock, Owner of Cinema Works and Tom Dellicompagni, Director of Dellicompagni about their experience attending an Immersive Audio Design Recommended Practice [RP22] workshop and why everyone should do the same. The Immersive Audio Design Recommended Practice and the workshop is for everyone. Whether you just started in business, have ten years in or have been doing immersive audio systems for thirty years, this workshop is for you. This recommended practice was made through the R10 CEDIA/CTA standards group via the ANSI process which if consensus driven and balanced. This RP was also publicy peer reviewed before release and included comments form AES, CEDIA, CTA and SMPTE members. This work effort took over three years to complete and over three and a half thousand volunteer hours. For the first time, the Immersive Audio Design Recommended Practice will be taught in the USA in Chicago. Heres a link to the CEDIA Technology and Business Summits: https://cedia.org/connection/tech-business-summits/#summits

In this podcast Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology and Standards at CEDIA and Host of the CEDIA podcast talks with Owen Maddock, Owner of Cinemaworks, Ben Goff, Technical Director of Cinema Lusso, Mike Chorney, President of La Scala Media, and Eddie Shapiro, Founder and CEO of SmartTouch USA about the 2024 CEDIA awards program. We discuss what it does for your business when you participate and how being considered a finalist is a major win. We discuss how much you learn just by following the process for submitting a project and what it's like to be a judge. To find our more email: awards@cedia.org CEDIA Awards site: https://cedia.org/news/cedia-smart-home-awards-open-with-new-opportunities-for-individual-recognition/

In this podcast Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology and Standards at CEDIA and Host of the CEDIA podcast talks with Giles Sutton Sr. VP of Product & Business Development at CEDIA, and Jonathan Toomey, Director of Conference Strategy at CEDIA about CEDIA Tech Summits and how they are changing. Link to CEDIA Tech Summits: https://cedia.org/connection/tech-business-summits/

In this podcast Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology and Standards at CEDIA and Host of the CEDIA podcast talks with Michael Cogbill, Founder of Rev2 Consulting, Daren Reaman, Director of Government Affairs at CEDIA and Ken Erdmann, Director of Technical Education Programs at CEDIA about the latest NEC code updates that are coming up that will affect your business and how they dovetail into CEDIA's government affairs activities.

In this podcast Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology and Standards at CEDIA and Host of the CEDIA podcast talks with Manojkumar Soni of AV4U, Rich Green of Rich Green Designs, Amanda Wildman of TruMedia, Pete Trauth of Nirvana Home Entartainment, and Peter Aylett of Officina Acustica about all of their their experiences at the this years ISE show.

In this podcast Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology and Standards at CEDIA and Host of the CEDIA podcast talks with Rich Green of, Creator of Rich Green Design, J.B. Fowler, Chief Product Officer of Domotz, Simon Brown, Partner of Positive Momentum, and Matt Manalis, Managing Director of Experience One about their experiences at the ISE show on Day 3.

In this podcast, Walt Zerbe, Sr. DIrector of Technology and Stanards talks with Daryl Friedman, CEO of CEDIA, David Labuskes, CEO of AVIXIA, and Mike Blackman, Managing Director of ISE about the history of ISE and where it's going.

In this podcast Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Of Technology and Host of the CEDIA podcast talks with Rich Green of Rich Green Design, Leslie Shiner of The Shiner Group, Kris Hogg of Samsung and Amanda Wildman of TruMedia about their experiences at the ISE show on Day 2.

In this episode, Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology & Standards talks with Rich Green of Rich Green Design, Mike of Smart Live AV, Pete Trauth of Nirvana Home Entertainment, and Paul Skelton of CEDIA about what they did and saw during the first day of the ISE show in Barcelona Spain.

*corrected audio issue In this episode, Walt Zerbe Sr. Director of Technology & Standards at CEDIA Talks with Michael Heiss, of M Heiss Consulting and author/contributor for Residential Tech Today and Hidden Wires about some press events we attended focusing on video displays.

*corrected audio issue In this episode, Walt Zerbe Sr. Director of Technology & Standards at CEDIA Talks with Stuart Tickle, Managing Director and Owner of AWE Distributon and new CEDIA Board Member about his experience and perspective as a distributor catering to our industry of the 2024 CES show. A few links/notes: https://www.bluetooth.com/auracast/ https://pixiedusttech.com/technologies/iwasemi/ https://whispp.com/ Video about older adult who doesn't want to be a slave to technology, "Unvited Guest": https://vimeo.com/128873380