EVENTS
DISTRICT AND REGION ACTIVITIES
CALA
On 15 October, BICSI CALA hosted a Virtual ICT Forum—
Powered by BICSI. Presentations featured were "Installing AV
in New Age Collaboration Spaces," "Digital Transformation at
the Edge," and "Physical Security at the Infrastructure Layer."
Thank you to the sponsors: Extron, Chatsworth Products, and
Great Lakes Case and Cabinets, and to all those who
tuned in.
Mark the following upcoming CALA events on your
calendar and check your in-box for details:
• CALA District vICT Forum, 10 December 2020
• "Doctor's Orders – Prescribing Smaller Connectors
for Larger Networks, and Feeling Powerful at a Wireless
Site Without Power" CALA Webinar, 16 December 2020
(see page 21 for details)
• CALA Colombia Congress & Exhibition in Bogotá,
Colombia, date changed to 19-20 May 2021
EMEA
The BICSI EMEA Region recently hosted two webinars, open
to both members and nonmembers. Thank you to Trident,
sponsor of the EMEA Region Webinar on 26 August 2020.
Jeff Paliga, Director of Business Development at Panduit,
presented "Data Center Market Trends: Leveraging Hybrid
IT for Digital Transformation."
Then on 21 October, BICSI EMEA held at webinar titled
"Connecting Today's Network Devices." Thank you to
Tom Baum, Senior Product Manager – Copper Connectors
at Panduit, for presenting. We are grateful to Trident
Technology Services for their sponsorship. To all who
attended, we hope you found it valuable.
The next EMEA webinar takes place today, 4 November.
The subject will be "Analytics: Discovering a World
of Possibilities." Thank you to all who have registered.
Visit
bicsi.org/webinars for the latest schedule.
JAPAN
BICSI Japan held its Annual Business Meeting remotely this
year due to social distancing guidelines. Lead by Japan
District Chair Katsuji Furuichi, RCDD, the 17 September virtual
event generated many questions by the 28 attendees,
showing an increased interest in BICSI. Katsuji reviewed
2019 and 2020 BICSI events and gave a treasury report.
BICSI Japan Board Meetings have increased from once
a month to twice a month due to the increased planning
for the upcoming BICSI Virtual Japan Conference and the
additional webinars being
hosted by the Japan
District. The increased
frequency of meetings
is building a stronger
relationship between
the Board, volunteers,
and members.
A reminder that the 2020 BICSI Japan Conference &
Exhibition will be fully virtual. It will be held on 25-26 November
and will feature multiple ICT presentations, as well as a virtual
Exhibit Hall. Topics planned include Countermeasures for
COVID019 in Data Centers, Single-Pair Ethernet, and Airport
Facilities. Twenty-five sponsors have already confirmed, and
we expect more than 1,000 attendees. Registered delegates
who do not have time to access all the presentations during
the conference will have until 16 December 2020 to view the
videos. Please
click here for details.
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