UK - PLASA 2004 has now opened and promises to be another successful event: even this morning the stands were buzzing, with a vast range of the latest pro lighting and audio, video and digital media, rigging and staging products on show. The Innovation Gallery, where this year's nominations for the PLASA Awards for Innovation are displayed - 67 products in total - provides a popular draw for visitors at the front of the hall.

Seminars kick off today with a fascinating discussion on DJ/VJ technology and how club land is being transformed by user-friendly media servers and DJ-friendly CD decks. This will all happen in the seminar theatre on the top deck from 2 - 3pm, and will be closely followed at 3.30pm by a presentation on digital media servers, offering a comparison of the features of some of the systems available today and a demonstration of two of the current systems from High End Systems and Martin Professional. Aimed at lighting designers for television, theatre and conference, the discussions will be led by Paul Middleton, and will feature contributions from David March and Rob Fowler of Projected Digital Image, Hugh Davies-Webb of High End Systems and Christian Krause, Marc Colemont and Simon Allan of Martin Professional.

(Sarah Rushton-Read)


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