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Electronic House Expo Fall Attendance Surges 43% Ahead of Previous Year; Nearly 6,000 Converge in Long Beach for Exhibits, Training, Keynotes and Fun! (19/11/2003)

Last week 5,748 industry professionals met at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, Calif., for the fourth annual Electronic House Expo Fall, making this event the largest in the show's history. The attendees took in dozens of product launches and hundreds of demonstrations by 235 exhibiting companies. EHX, the official event of CEA's TechHome Division, featured major product categories, including home networking, multiroom audio, home theater, home automation, lighting controls and security systems.

Among this year's highlights:

* 5,748 attendees -- a 43% increase over 2002 attendance

* 235 exhibitors in approximately 94,000 gross square feet of exhibit space (a 56% increase vs. 2002)

* 13 Distributed Audio Awards Winners Announced

* Informative, cutting-edge keynotes on builder relations, residential systems integration, open standards for control and IP-based products from AVAD, AMX, Xplore Solutions and CE Pro

* Professional certification training & testing by CEDIA

* Debut of the EHX Unplugged social event, a rousing California bash featuring live musical entertainment sponsored by SpeakerCraft

Among the 235 exhibitors were event sponsors: AVAD, AMX, Xplore Solutions, BOSE, DirectConnect, Electronic Stockroom, Furman Sound, HomeLogic, Leviton, OnQ Technologies, Premier Mounts, Russound, Smarthome and ZON.

The EHX conference program provided attendees with unparalleled education, including CEDIA regional training in three seminar tracks. In total, EHX offered 58 seminars and full-day boot camps, which were attended by more than 385 integrators looking to increase their knowledge of innovations and technologies for the fast growing electronic home.

"Once again the sponsors, endorsers, producers and participants of EHX have teamed to achieve our enduring goal -- to make each show bigger and better than the last," said EH Events & Education Vice President John Galante. "Our exposition was much broader and deeper in product coverage; our conference program, enriched; and the size and dynamism of our attendee audience, the best ever."

The next Electronic House Expo will take place March 10-13, 2004, at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla.

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