Location: Wavebreak Room

This intensive course, instructed by Michael Daly, Stuart Robertson and Amanda Wildman, takes participants beyond the basics, providing the skills and knowledge required to design, construct, document, and maintain professional-grade equipment racks for smart home and AV integration projects.

The course also covers creating accurate as-built documentation to support future service and upgrades, alongside proven strategies for ongoing rack maintenance, including service plan development and process management.

By the end of this course, participants will be equipped with the advanced techniques needed to deliver robust, well-organised, and easily serviceable racks that meet the highest professional standards.

Member $149 / Non-Member $249

Instructors

Michael Daly

Founding Director, Wired By MJD

Stuart Robertson

Owner, Sound Living

Amanda Wildman

Owner, CEO, TruMedia

Location: Burleigh Room

CEDIA’s latest Recommended Practice RP32 outlines objective, repeatable methods for measuring and verifying audio system performance. It provides a structured process to ensure that completed systems meet the intended design goals and client expectations.

Importantly, RP32 incorporates verification against the performance parameters defined in CEDIA RP22: Immersive Audio System Design, allowing integrators to demonstrate whether a system achieves the targeted RP22 performance level.

This hands-on workshop introduces the recommended procedures of RP32 and gives participants practical experience using a range of measurement tools and software. Attendees will learn how to gather reliable data, interpret results, and document system performance in a consistent and professional manner.

The course is suitable for both residential and commercial applications, and is designed to support newer practitioners as well as experienced professionals who want to adopt a Recommended Practice-based approach to system verification.

By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

• Describe and apply the RP32 methodology.
• Perform objective, repeatable system measurements.
• Verify performance against RP22 parameters.
• Document and communicate results clearly.

Member $149 / Non-Member $249

Instructors

Peter Aylett

Scott Sauer

Location: Novotel Surfers Paradise

Join SONOS for an evening of great conversation, drinks and connection as we kick off the 2026 CEDIA Australia Tech Summit by bringing together Australia’s leading integrators for an opportunity to relax, reconnect with industry peers and spend some time with the SONOS team ahead of the Summit.

Come along, raise a glass and get the Summit started with us.

We’d love to see you there.

Location: Wavebreak Room

Artificial Intelligence is moving fast — but what does it actually do for a technology integration business today? AI Live is a dynamic 90-minute session that moves beyond buzzwords and marketing hype. In real time, we’ll demonstrate practical, immediately usable AI tools that save time, improve service quality, and unlock new technical capability.

*Thought Leader Series pass: Members $99 | Non-members $149

Speaker

Amanda Wildman

Owner, CEO, TruMedia

Location: Burleigh Room

Location: Burleigh Room

Launchpad is a dedicated series of manufacturer product announcements - your first look at the brand-new solutions shaping the smart home industry.

Across the Tech Summit, leading manufacturers take the stage to unveil their latest products, giving integrators an exclusive, first-to-market view of what's coming next. From new hardware and control platforms to the technologies redefining how we design and deliver connected homes, Launchpad puts innovation front and centre.

Best of all, every Launchpad session is free to attend - no registration fee, no barriers. Just come along, see what's new, and get ahead of the curve before these products hit the market.

Location: Burleigh Room

Launchpad is a dedicated series of manufacturer product announcements - your first look at the brand-new solutions shaping the smart home industry.

Across the Tech Summit, leading manufacturers take the stage to unveil their latest products, giving integrators an exclusive, first-to-market view of what's coming next. From new hardware and control platforms to the technologies redefining how we design and deliver connected homes, Launchpad puts innovation front and centre.

Best of all, every Launchpad session is free to attend - no registration fee, no barriers. Just come along, see what's new, and get ahead of the curve before these products hit the market.

Location: Burleigh Room

Launchpad is a dedicated series of manufacturer product announcements - your first look at the brand-new solutions shaping the smart home industry.

Across the Tech Summit, leading manufacturers take the stage to unveil their latest products, giving integrators an exclusive, first-to-market view of what's coming next. From new hardware and control platforms to the technologies redefining how we design and deliver connected homes, Launchpad puts innovation front and centre.

Best of all, every Launchpad session is free to attend - no registration fee, no barriers. Just come along, see what's new, and get ahead of the curve before these products hit the market.

Location: Burleigh Room

Launchpad is a dedicated series of manufacturer product announcements - your first look at the brand-new solutions shaping the smart home industry.

Across the Tech Summit, leading manufacturers take the stage to unveil their latest products, giving integrators an exclusive, first-to-market view of what's coming next. From new hardware and control platforms to the technologies redefining how we design and deliver connected homes, Launchpad puts innovation front and centre.

Best of all, every Launchpad session is free to attend - no registration fee, no barriers. Just come along, see what's new, and get ahead of the curve before these products hit the market.

Location: Wavebreak Room

The best projects don't always go to the best integrator. They go to the integrator who has built the relationships, earned the trust, and become the first call.

Builders, architects, and interior designers can be your greatest advocates, most valuable referral sources, and strongest partners in growing your business. But how do you get their attention, earn their trust, and become the integrator they can't imagine completing a project without?

In this engaging 90-minute session, we'll move beyond traditional networking and explore proven, practical strategies for building relationships that turn into real business opportunities. Learn how to identify and connect with the right professionals, speak their language, understand their unique challenges, and position yourself as an indispensable part of their project team.

We'll walk through the entire relationship journey, from making a memorable first impression and securing that initial meeting to winning your first project, delivering an exceptional experience, and developing a follow-up strategy that keeps you top of mind for the next opportunity.

You'll also discover how to leverage one of CEDIA's most powerful and often underutilized member benefits: the CEDIA Design & Build Outreach Program. Learn how to use its educational resources, accredited presentations, and professional outreach opportunities to open doors, build credibility, and establish meaningful connections with the design and build community.

Whether you're starting from scratch or looking to strengthen existing partnerships, you'll leave with actionable ideas and a clear strategy to stop chasing individual projects and start building the relationships that bring projects to you.

Because the ultimate goal isn't just to get on their next project. It's to become their first call on every project.

*Thought Leader Series pass: Members $99 | Non-members $149

Speaker

Amanda Wildman

Owner, CEO, TruMedia

Location: Burleigh Room

Launchpad is a dedicated series of manufacturer product announcements - your first look at the brand-new solutions shaping the smart home industry.

Across the Tech Summit, leading manufacturers take the stage to unveil their latest products, giving integrators an exclusive, first-to-market view of what's coming next. From new hardware and control platforms to the technologies redefining how we design and deliver connected homes, Launchpad puts innovation front and centre.

Best of all, every Launchpad session is free to attend - no registration fee, no barriers. Just come along, see what's new, and get ahead of the curve before these products hit the market.

Location: Wavebreak Room

This course gives you a standardised, repeatable process for closing out projects cleanly and profitably. You'll learn how to build a performance verification checklist and commission the systems integrators deal with every day — distributed audio, video distribution, networks, security, lighting and control. From there, the course walks through the practical steps that separate professional closeouts from painful ones: managing punch lists, redlining as-built documentation, calibrating for optimal performance, and delivering a client orientation and user guide that reduce callbacks and set up ongoing service revenue.

*Thought Leader Series pass: Members $99 | Non-members $149

Speaker

Michael Daly

Founding Director, Wired By MJD

Location: Burleigh Room

Launchpad is a dedicated series of manufacturer product announcements - your first look at the brand-new solutions shaping the smart home industry.

Across the Tech Summit, leading manufacturers take the stage to unveil their latest products, giving integrators an exclusive, first-to-market view of what's coming next. From new hardware and control platforms to the technologies redefining how we design and deliver connected homes, Launchpad puts innovation front and centre.

Best of all, every Launchpad session is free to attend - no registration fee, no barriers. Just come along, see what's new, and get ahead of the curve before these products hit the market.

Location: Wavebreak Room

When CEDIA published The Integrator of 2027, it challenged the industry to think beyond products, specifications, and installations. It argued that the future integrator would be defined not by the technology they deployed, but by the outcomes they created and the lives they improved. Four years on, that vision looks less like a prediction and more like a roadmap.

As interoperability matures, AI reshapes the way we work, and clients increasingly expect seamless collaboration with architects, designers, and other professionals, technical competenceis becoming the starting point rather than the destination. The differentiator is no longer who knows the most about technology. It’s who exercises the best judgement, communicates most effectively, and earns the confidence of clients and project teams alike.

This session revisits the ideas behind the original Integrator of 2027 white paper through the lens of today’s industry. We’ll explore the competency frameworks, certifications, and professional standards emerging across the CEDIA channel, but also the broader shift they represent: from product-led businesses to experience-led practices, from technical specialists to trusted advisers, and from delivering systems to shaping how people live. Because the future doesn’t belong to the integrator with the best equipment list. It belongs to the professional people trust to deliver exceptional outcomes.

*Thought Leader Series pass: Members $99 | Non-members $149

Speaker

Peter Aylett

Location: Burleigh Room

Launchpad is a dedicated series of manufacturer product announcements - your first look at the brand-new solutions shaping the smart home industry.

Across the Tech Summit, leading manufacturers take the stage to unveil their latest products, giving integrators an exclusive, first-to-market view of what's coming next. From new hardware and control platforms to the technologies redefining how we design and deliver connected homes, Launchpad puts innovation front and centre.

Best of all, every Launchpad session is free to attend - no registration fee, no barriers. Just come along, see what's new, and get ahead of the curve before these products hit the market.

Location: Burleigh Room

Most integrators are excellent at installing systems. Far fewer are excellent at designing and documenting them — and that gap is where margin disappears, disputes start, and callbacks accumulate.

You'll cover the complete documentation lifecycle: reading architectural drawings, producing the AV floor plan that wins the job, generating pre-wire schedules from your block diagram, and building the schematic set your rack builder and programmer can actually work from. You'll also cover rack drawings, power calculations, network design, and what to put in front of a client when you're pitching — including how to charge for the design work you're already doing for free.

Who it's for: Intermediate to senior residential AV integrators ready to operate at a higher professional standard — winning more work with visual proposals, protecting projects with signed scope documents, and handing over systems clients can understand.

What you'll leave with: A complete documentation workflow, and a framework for charging design fees as a professional service.

Member $149 / Non-Member $249

Instructor

Paul McLean

Cinema Innovation Manager, Kolosseum

Location: Wavebreak Room

You can be the best integrator in your market — but if nobody knows you exist, it doesn't matter. Marketing is the discipline most integration businesses know they should invest in, and the one most consistently pushed to the bottom of the pile. This full-day masterclass is designed to fix that.

Across the day, you'll hear from an integrator, a brand marketer and a communications specialist/former journalist — three distinct perspectives on how smart home businesses win attention, build reputation and convert interest into signed contracts.

You'll leave with a practical marketing framework you can start implementing the next morning: how to define your brand, where to spend (and not spend), how to generate and nurture leads, and how to turn completed projects into your most powerful sales asset.

This masterclass is for business owners, managers and anyone responsible for winning work — no marketing experience required. It would also be suited to suppliers as well as integrators.

Member $149 / Non-Member $249

Instructors

Amanda Wildman

Owner, CEO, TruMedia

Daniel Grozdan

Marketing Manager, Canohm