InfoComm/LSA 2011 Staged Events Awards Submissions Now Accepted

Submissions are now being accepted for InfoComm's annual Staged Events Awards, sponsored by Lighting&Sound America at www.lightingandsoundamerica.com/infocomm/; please note the April 28 submissions deadline.

For the seventh year, Lighting&Sound America and PLASA are InfoComm's media partners for the Lighting & Staging Pavilion at the InfoComm trade show, June 15-17 in Orlando, Florida. InfoComm focuses on audio-visual, lighting, staging, and pro audio solutions for rental & staging and special events, including corporate events and industrials, live entertainment, retail, houses of worship, and more.

This year's InfoComm/LSA Staged Events Awards will recognize leaders for events held in 2010 in five categories:

• Best overall staging for a corporate or association event - Technology budget over $200,000
• Best overall staging for a corporate or association event - Technology budget $50,000 - $199,999
• Best overall staging for a Corporate/Industrial entertainment event
• Best use of A/V technology for a trade show booth for a corporate client
• Most innovative use of A/V technology for an outdoor event

Last year's InfoComm/LSA Staged Events 2010 winners and honorable mention awardees for 2009 staged events included:

• Riverview Systems Group for Columbia Sportswear's Columbia F10 Project
• Freeman for the Miller-Coors Distributors Conference Business Session and the American Library Association Annual Conference
• LIVE Technologies for YWCA of Columbus' Women of Achievement event
• DuoCom for the 20th World Diabetes Congress
• Blue Water Technologies for the GM booth at the North American International Auto Show and the Meijer "He Rides" Campaign project
• On Projecoes for the Coca-Cola Cluster Wall project in Brazil

The InfoComm/LSA Staged Events Awards and reception will take place on Wednesday June 15, 2011 in Orlando following the Rental & Staging Forum which will, once again, be moderated by LSA editor David Barbour.

InfoComm 2010 brought together 925 exhibitors and 32,000+ international attendees from over 90 countries. For more information, please contact Benjamin Le Hay, at benjamin.lehay@plasa.org or call 212-352-2334, ext. 14.