For Immediate Release
December 13, 2005
Press Contacts:
Jamie Antcliff
CEDIA
317-328-4336
jantcliff@cedia.org
Learning About Home Entertainment and Automation
Will Increase Customer Service and Profitability for Architects, Builders, and Interior Designers
CEDIA Electronic Lifestyles® Forum
focuses on how technology
affects home design and construction
Indianapolis, Ind. – Homeowners want the
latest in home theaters, whole-house audio and video networks, and
automated control of just about everything. But technologies change
quickly and architects, home builders, and interior designers may miss
out on sales opportunities and customer service improvements without
proper education on residential electronic systems.
The Custom Electronic
Design & Installation Association (CEDIA),
the leading provider of residential technology education and certification,
invites forward-thinking architects, home builders, and interior designers
to interact with residential electronic systems contractors and discover
how technology will continue to change home design and construction.
The inaugural CEDIA Electronic Lifestyles® Forum will be held at
the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, February 23-25, 2006.
In addition
to exclusive educational sessions, panel discussions, and networking
opportunities, attendees will hear from preeminent futurist
Nicholas Negroponte, world-renowned architect William McDonough, and
many internationally recognized professionals and technology experts.
“Electronic systems contractors share the same
homeowner clients as builders, interior designers, and architects,” said
Utz Baldwin, the chairman of the CEDIA Electronic Lifestyles® Forum
and owner of AD Systems in Houston. “This one-of-a-kind event
from CEDIA will help all participants better meet their clients needs
and build
new relationships between the four home design and
construction
disciplines.”
For more information on the CEDIA Electronic Lifestyles® Forum,
call CEDIA headquarters at (800) 669-5329 or visit http://www.cedia.org/el_forum.
The CEDIA Electronic Lifestyles® Forum is being held
immediately following the CEDIA 2006 Management Conference, which will
also take
place at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. (See press release, "Annual
CEDIA Management Conference Delivers Top-Tier Industry Intelligence
and Tactical Insight," December 12.)
CEDIA is an international
trade association of companies that specialize in designing and installing
electronic systems for the home. The association
was founded in September 1989 and has more than 3,000 member companies
worldwide. CEDIA members are established and insured businesses with
bona fide qualifications and experience in this specialized field.
CEDIA members include residential electronic systems contractors who
have emerged as the “fourth contractor” in the building
and remodeling industries alongside electrical, plumbing and HVAC professionals.
For more information on CEDIA, visit the association’s Web site
at www.cedia.org.
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