ISE 2023 Rewind: CI’s Exclusive Interview on Women’s Empowerment

Effi Goren-Goldstein, Gina Sansivero and Dan Ferrisi sit down during ISE 2023 to discuss amplifying women’s voices and creating equity.

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ISE 2023 Rewind: CI’s Exclusive Interview on Women’s Empowerment

Everyone might now be home from ISE 2023 in Barcelona, but the show’s effects continue to reverberate throughout our industry. To be sure, #avtweeps are excited about new products and technology advancements, but the ISE show also emphasized other key issues. One of those is diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), a topic that seems to be foremost in the minds of industry stakeholders. Women in AV/IT (WAVIT), a recently launched organization of some of our industry’s most powerful women, is helping drive the conversation.

These trends inspired Dan Ferrisi, editor-in-chief of Commercial Integrator, to chat with two powerful women in the AV industry during ISE 2023. Effi Goren-Goldstein, marketing director, Valens, is also marketing chair with the HDBaseT Alliance. Meanwhile, Gina Sansivero, vice president of marketing and corporate communications, AtlasIED, is also a founding board member of WAVIT. During this 10-minute chat, they explore why amplifying women’s voices, and creating a more equitable industry.

To watch the full ISE 2023 conversation, check out the embedded interview below.

During the conversation, Goren-Goldstein, Sansivero and Ferrisi touch on the following topics:

  • How WAVIT hopes to transform future commercial AV trade shows.
  • The skill sets, perspectives and values that women bring to industry conversations.
  • Female AV leaders’ feelings of responsibility to mentor others.
  • The power of leading by example.
  • The necessity to leave our industry better than we found it.

If you’d like to join the cause, sign up for Women in AV/IT at womeninavit.org.

In the weeks ahead, please check back on CommercialIntegrator.com regularly for more ISE 2023 content you won’t find anywhere else.

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Dan Ferrisi is the Group Editor for the Commercial and Security Division of Emerald. He has been covering the commercial AV industry as an editor, reporter and writer since 2004. He is the former editor of Sound & Communications. He joined Commercial Integrator as editor-in-chief in November 2021.

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