Las Vegas, NV (June 19, 2026)—Borrowing its concept from TV shows like Shark Tank and American Idol, the first-ever Vision Stage Showdown closed out Wednesday’s offerings on the Central Hall Vision Stage with an old-fashioned pitch fest, looking at media systems that scale.
The Vision Stage Showdown featured representatives from four different InfoComm exhibitors who each took the stage and extolled the virtues of their latest product for seven minutes (though often more).
At the side of the stage were three industry expert panelists who asked pertinent questions about each presentation. Among the panelists were Robin Raskin, founder of Virtual Event Group; Shelly Sable, creative producer at Fuse Technical Group; and AVIXA’s own Samantha Minish, VP of Content Delivery.
While panelists on reality TV shows can go for the jugular, the team of industry pros were congenial and positive as they asked questions to gain more clarity on the products being pitched.
Abe Abt, sr. product consultant at AJA Video Systems, was the first to take the stage, as he discussed “Navigating a Hybrid IP World with AJA Video Systems.”
He was soon followed by Christian Struck, senior product manager, Audio Infrastructure at Lawo AG, who explored “Accelerating the Move to IP with Edge ONE.”
Next up was Edgebeam Wireless’ Steve Brumer, chief revenue officer and Ryan Lush, sales director, who traded off on the topic of “Hybrid Broadcast Data Delivery with EdgeBeam Wireless.”
Closing out the lineup was Samantha Potter, manager – installation & commercial audio at Allen & Heath USA, who discussed “Smarter Control for Modern Audio Systems with Allen & Heath.”
Informative to a fault, the hour-long panel closed out the day on a gentle, informative note.
