A record-setting crowd jammed a year’s worth of networking, education and business improvement into three days just outside D.C. at the fourth annual CI Summit. The event, which is co-located with the CE Pro Summit, attracted 90 integrators and gave all of them something to think about and bring back to their colleagues who weren’t fortunate enough to be included in the invitation-only event.
Among the myriad topics discussed by a prestigious collection of industry leaders were the future of wearables, awareness of OSHA regulations and digital marketing to Millennials. That session was especially intriguing, we’d imagine, to members of the original CI 40 Influencers Under 40, many of whom were part of the high-energy crowd. After hours, many attendees took to the AV Nation airwaves for a special broadcast to talk about the industry’s strength and the future of the business they love.
We expect the discussions to be even more lively for next year’s CI Summit if members of the 2015 CI 40 Under 40 are included on the guest list. It’s an impressive group with plenty of cool perspectives they can add to any discussion about the future of the industry.
And who knows what sort of partnership we’ll hear about coming out of that Potomac River boat cruise after USAV and ProSource used last year’s CE-CI Summit as a springboard to working together?
