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ISE Announces Selection Of Amsterdam RAI Centre as 2005 Show and Congress Site (30/3/2004)

Integrated Systems Europe (ISE), the new electronic systems integration conference and exhibitionshow, has announced it has selected the Amsterdam RAI Centre as the location for next year's eventshow. As a major international air and rail traffic hub offering low cost fares from many locations, Amsterdam was chosen as a result of numerous consultations with the requests from the showshow's exhibitors and visitors. ISE 2005 will be held Jan. 26-28, 2005. The RAI Centre is a state of the art exhibition hall which annually hosts many of Europe's premier trade shows. ISE will be held 26-28 January and will be an opportunity for exhibitors to launch their 2005 business plans and products.

ISE offers the latest electronic systems technologies, up to date market information, and the most comprehensive education program ever seen in Europe. The exhibition caters to systems integrators, consultants, installers, dealers, distributors as well as the buyers of professional audiovisual, residential systems, and electronic systems.

ISE 2005, now in preparation, will build on the success of this year's inaugural showevent at the Geneva PALEXPO in Geneva, Switzerland. This year's showshow attracted nearly 3,489 attendees from over 60 countries, as well as 120 exhibitors from 22 nations. While the largest numbers of attendees arrived from France, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States and the Netherlands, visitors to the show came from 80 countries in all, making ISE one of the industry's most international events in recent memory. In its inaugural offering, ISE demonstrated the strength of its Pan-European approach and the need for a trade show that focuses on systems, rather than instead of isolated products and services.

"We're very pleased with the success and acceptance of the initial showshow," said ISE Managing Director Mike Blackman. "ISE exceeded Eexhibitors' expectations. They were more than satisfied, and reported doing very good business at the event and are . We expectplanning to return for '05. With new companies joining the event, we expect to increase the number and size of exhibits in Amsterdam."

"I can confidently say that it was one of the best shows that we have ever attended." Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation

"We were pleased with the Show and would like to repeat it again in 2005." Mitsubishi Electric Europe

"The turn-out and the attendance were surprisingly good and the interest about our home theatre technology was great." Runco

"The ISE really is a good show - extremely busy, with a nice mix of many countries." Crestron International

ISE offers the latest electronic systems technologies, the latest market information, and the most comprehensive education program ever seen in Europe. The exhibition caters to buyers in the professional audiovisual, security, electronic systems, and home theater markets.

Highlights of ISE '2004 included a pre-show n opening day Business Conference focusing on market trends for the European industry that drew approximately a crowd of almost 100 attendees. The showshow's extensive program of more than 45 workshops and seminars offereding technical and business training to more than 300 for attendees was also well attended.

ISE '05 will continue with its emphasis on a trade show that has exhibitors which reflect the full array of products that make up integrated communications systems. It will also continue with education programs needed by attendees to make these systems work and to profit from them. Finally, the ISE Business Conference will return to further the inaugural efforts to define the size and opportunities in the European integrated systems market.

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