The PLASA London show was founded in 1977 by PLASA and is the world’s premier pro audio and entertainment lighting event, held each year at ExCel London.
The show will be held from 5 to 8 October this year and is a driving force in supporting research and development and the development and promotion of the professional entertainment technology industry.
In addition to hosting exciting launches by the world’s greatest designers and engineers, PLASA’s worldwide reputation for attracting the most creative practitioners in show business has made PLASA London a must-attend event for international networking at the highest level.
The show is set to welcome an estimated 13 000 visitors. With over 250 exhibiting brands including Robe, Clay Paky, Philips, Sony, Shure, Highlite, Avolites, White Light and AC Entertainment PLASA London is the definitive UK trade show for the Live Entertainment Technology industries.
In addition to the product launches and demonstrations, PLASA London runs a comprehensive professional development programme (PDP) which involves four days of informative and practical content delivered on the show floor in the “Audio & AV’ and “Lighting & Stage technology’ seminar theatres, to which entry is free.
As ever, running alongside the main show are a raft of networking opportunities and a parallel conference, the PLASA Rigging Conference, which will take place on 6 October. The one-day programme will be packed with relevant content, once again curated by Chris Higgs of Total Solutions.
Also, the PLASA PDP hosts the exchange of hundreds of important ideas. Each session features a prominent member of the international pro audio or entertainment technology world, each offering their unique perspective on conceiving, producing, designing, programming, engineering and planning some of the world’s greatest live shows and installations. Over 300 speakers have taken part in these panels before and more than 3 000 practitioners passed through one or more free educational sessions in 2013.
There will also be awards evenings such as the PLASA Awards for Innovation and the Knights of Illumination (KOI) awards. The PLASA Awards for Innovation aim to emphasise this focus on true innovation. The awards will feature innovation that demonstrates a new style of thinking, improves technical practice, introduces new technology, new materials or new techniques, includes patents or unique intellectual property, offers a new commercial advantage and improves safety.
In addition to eight Awards for Innovation, the judges also present the PLASA Award for Sustainability. This award is to recognise products which claim significant reduction of power usage for its product type / application, effective use of renewable energy sources or significant reduction of environmental impact of product lifecycle.
The KOI awards, organised by STLD, ALD, Ambersphere and Clay Paky, provide public recognition for the outstanding achievements of experts in lighting design, video and graphic display and projection design who work for UK productions across a range of professional areas. The KOI awards will be held on 5 October at London’s art deco Troxy theatre.
With all of these activities on the go, PLASA promises to be a must-attend show to keep up to date with the latest products and industry developments, as well as for visitors and exhibitors to meet customers and suppliers.
Interest in PLASA London 2014 is strong with more exhibitors, more pre-registered visitors and more international visitors already signed up. To register for the event and to keep up-to-date with the exhibitors and content line up, visit: www.plasashow.com.
