AV User Group

Next Meeting on 23rd July 2009

If you haven't yet received the notice, the next session is being held on Thursday 23rd july and is being hosted by Man Investments at their offices on London Wall. We will be running a case study from Man Investments, Presentation from Tandberg and our annual Reseller/Intergrator review - If you haven't complete the online survey yet, please contact mike@avusergroup.com and I'll send you a copy.

There will be the usual networking session from 5-8pm in the private bar onsite and if the weather is kind, we can use the terrace that overlooks the Thames.

ISE Feb 2009

If any member is going to the ISE in February, please use this link to gain free entry to the event

User Group ISE Free Registration

I will be confirming details for our session in the main theatre which is now scheduled for 10-11am on Thursday 5th February. Please let me know if you are able to attend this session  mike@tmarketing.co.uk

ISE in February

There will be a special one hour User Group session in the main seminar area at the ISE show in Amsterdam on 5th February. Would any members intending to go to the show let me know and I will send you the agenda. The aim is to attract new members from within Europe and to see what new products/services our sponsors are launching at the event.

Next meeting venue & special Banking session

The next regular meeting will be on 22nd October and is being hosted by Clifford Chance in Canary Wharf. I am currently working on the agenda and we have Avistar, Lifesize and Apple presenting.

There will be a special meeting during the first week of October for the Banking members of the group which will be hosted by Morgan Stanley in Canary Wharf. This will deal with the new FSA rules around the recording of Video Conferencing for complience and I will send out details shortly. Any other member that are interested are welcome to join this session.

WEEE - Whats it all about

A few of you have asked me to send my presentation from last week to you. I am putting together an guide on WEEE for you and if anyone has any areas they want me to look at, please contact me. I will publish the guide shortly.

Another great session

Thanks to all those that attended last Thursdays session and a special thank you to our hosts at Deutsche Bank. The next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday October 22nd at a venue to be announced. If you haven't already hosted a session and would like to voulenteer, please contact me. I already have Lifesize and AMX lined up and Roger from Barclays is also scheduled to give us an update on their digital signage project in Manchester. If you have anyone you would like me to bring in or if anyone else has an interesting project they would like to share with the group, please let me know.

Digital Signage

Barclays have just started a pilot of 40 systems and 60 screens in 12 branches in Manchester. The July session will review this work and get direct feedback from Barclays and the vendor on the progress.

July Session Confirmed

The next User Group session will be held on Thursday 17th July and is being hosted by Jon English @ Deutsche Bank in London. Currently on the agenda are Tandberg, Vidyo and Adobe and the full agenda will be posted here shortly.

If any of the members wish to add something to the agenda, please contact me on mike@tmarketing.co.uk

April User Group Session

The next User Group session is on 17th April 2008 and is being hosted by Vicky Neeson @ Dresdner kleinwort Wassertine in London. The full agenda will be posted shortly.

New York User group

We are currently setting up a AV User Group in New York to work in conjunction with the London one. If any of you have colleagues based in NY and think they may want to take part in this, please email their details to Mike.Parks@morganstanley.com