Lighting&Sound America and InfoComm Announce Winners of 2009 Staged Events AwardsLighting&Sound America magazine and InfoComm International announce the winners of the InfoComm/LSA Staged Events Awards 2009. Freeman was a big winner this year, taking top honors in three categories. They will receive the award for Best Overall Staging for a Corporate or Association Event - Technology Budget $50,000 - $199,999 for their work on the Miller Brewing Annual Distributors Conference. Dodd Technologies will receive an honorable mention for their work on the Golden Goggle Awards. Freeman will also be awarded in the Best overall staging for a corporate or association event - Technology Budget over $200,000 category for their work on the Microsoft Management Summit. They also will receive an award in the Best Use of A/V Technology for a trade show booth for a corporate client category for their work on the National Association of Cable Television 2008 booth. Etech will receive an honorable mention in this category for their work on the Gartner IT Expo. On Projecoes will receive the award for Most innovative use of A/V Technology for an outdoor event for their work on the Roda Skol event. The InfoComm/LSA Staged Events Awards Judges were David Barbour, editor-in-chief of Lighting&Sound America magazine; Tom Stimson, MBA, CTS, president of The Stimson Group; Janne Mummert, director of business development, VER/Video Equipment Rentals; Jack Kelly, owner and designer of Eye Dialogue; and Bob Leon, president of Colortone Staging & Rentals. The awards ceremony will take place at the annual InfoComm Awards, Wednesday, June 17 at 4 p.m. in Room W414D of the Orange County Convention Center (following the Rental and Staging Forum). If you have any questions about the awards, please contact Caroline McGraw at caroline@plasa.org. 
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