# How InfoComm 2026 Reflects Pro AV's New Reality | TradeShowIntel > InfoComm 2026 runs June 13-19 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, drawing 30,000+ AV professionals from 95+ countries. For the pro AV sector, the decisions made URL: https://tradeshowintel.com/blog/how-infocomm-2026-reflects-pro-av-new-reality --- Trade Show # How InfoComm 2026 Reflects Pro AV's New Reality Jun 13-19, 2026 · Las Vegas, USA · 4 min read InfoComm 2026 runs June 13-19 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, drawing 30,000+ AV professionals from 95+ countries. For the pro AV sector, the decisions made on this floor carry consequences that last well beyond the show. Professional AV is no longer a peripheral infrastructure category. It sits at the center of how organizations build workplaces, broadcast content, manage public spaces, and deliver immersive experiences at scale. [InfoComm 2026](https://infocommshow.org), produced by AVIXA and running June 13-19 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, is where that convergence becomes visible in one place, at one time, with over 30,000 attendees from more than 95 countries on the floor. ## What's Driving Urgency at InfoComm 2026 Three intersecting pressures are reshaping the pro AV buying cycle right now, and each one is represented directly in what InfoComm 2026 covers across its exhibition halls and education program. First, **AI-driven control systems** are moving from demo-stage novelty to specification-ready product. Integrators and AV managers are under real pressure to understand which platforms are production-stable and which are still vaporware. Getting that wrong at specification stage is expensive. Second, **conferencing and collaboration infrastructure** is being renegotiated at the enterprise level. Hybrid work configurations that were provisional in 2022 are now being hardened into multi-year capital investments. The technology choices made in 2026 will anchor those environments for the better part of a decade. Third, **digital signage and intelligent displays** are converging with broadcast AV and command-and-control systems in ways that require integrators to think across previously separate product categories. A specifier who understood one segment two years ago may now be flying blind across adjacent markets. InfoComm's sector coverage across audio, broadcast AV, command and control, conferencing and collaboration, digital signage, and lighting and staging maps directly onto these pressures. This is not a general technology conference with AV as a sub-track. ## InfoComm 2026: The Concentration That Can't Be Replicated The core argument for attending InfoComm 2026 is a concentration argument. **Thirty thousand professionals** from 95 countries, representing every tier of the AV supply chain, are in the same building for the same three exhibition days. For system integrators and AV designers, this is the only setting where competing display manufacturers, audio platforms, and control systems can be benchmarked side by side in a single afternoon without booking separate vendor demos across a six-month calendar. The comparative evaluation that takes months in normal procurement cycles compresses to days. For manufacturers and solution vendors, the floor dynamic is equally significant. The buyers walking through are not casual browsers. They are project-stage integrators, enterprise AV managers finalizing vendor shortlists, and broadcast engineers evaluating platform shifts. This is a qualified pipeline walking through a door, not a webinar audience. The **geographic reach** matters too. Attendees from 95+ countries means that InfoComm is not a North American regional show with international flavor. It is a global procurement and intelligence event that happens to be anchored in Las Vegas. Distributors and regional channel partners making decisions about which product lines to carry into European or Asian markets are present on the same floor as the manufacturers those lines represent. For teams managing complex multi-day schedules across that floor, **[Habsy](https://habsy.ai/event-lead-capture?utm_source=tradeshowintel&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=infocomm&utm_content=analysis_body)** is worth having in place before the show opens. You meet a display systems engineer from a Singapore integrator, add a 10-second voice note about their Q3 project scope, tag the contact with the product line they asked about, and your follow-up is structured before the next conversation starts. Over three exhibition days with 30,000 people moving through, that discipline separates the leads you convert from the cards that sit in a jacket pocket. ## What Actually Gets Decided at InfoComm The education program runs June 13-19, six days before the exhibition opens. That sequencing is deliberate. **Specification decisions and vendor evaluations** happen during those sessions, not just on the show floor. By the time exhibitors open their booths on June 17, many attending professionals have already formed strong views on technology categories, compatibility requirements, and budget parameters. What the exhibition floor then does is finalize those evaluations into vendor relationships. This is where integrators meet the manufacturer reps who will support their project bids. Where enterprise AV managers get face time with the account teams they'll be calling when an installation goes sideways. Where regional distributors lock in product line agreements for the next cycle. **Competitive intelligence** is another output that rarely gets discussed explicitly. Walking a competitor's booth, seeing what they're demonstrating, understanding what claims they're making to shared customers: none of that happens on a product page or a press release. It happens at InfoComm. For teams covering multiple segments of the floor, **[Habsy Platform](https://habsy.ai/habsy-platform?utm_source=tradeshowintel&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=infocomm&utm_content=analysis_secondary)** gives managers visibility across what every team member is capturing in real time. If three reps have each spoken to different people from the same integration firm, the team sees that before the day ends, not after the show closes. ## InfoComm 2026: The Cost of Absence Pro AV vendors who skip InfoComm 2026 are not simply missing a trade show. They are absent during the window when integrators build their preferred vendor lists, when enterprise buyers finalize their approved supplier rosters, and when global distribution partners decide which product lines are worth backing. Those decisions do not wait. Competitors who are present on the floor will fill those slots, and the relationship work required to recover lost positioning takes years, not months. [Explore InfoComm 2026 on TradeShowIntel](https://tradeshowintel.com/events/infocomm) for exhibitor and attendee planning resources. ## Frequently asked questions ### When is InfoComm 2026? InfoComm 2026 runs June 13-19, 2026, with education sessions from June 13-19 and the exhibition floor open June 17-19. The event is held at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. ### How many attendees does InfoComm 2026 expect? InfoComm 2026 is expected to draw over 30,000 attendees from more than 95 countries. It is a B2B event attracting system integrators, enterprise AV managers, broadcast engineers, manufacturers, and regional distributors. ### Who organizes InfoComm International? InfoComm is produced by AVIXA, the Audiovisual and Integrated Experience Association. The official event website is infocommshow.org. ### Is InfoComm only for North American attendees or is it an international show? InfoComm is a global event, with attendees representing 95+ countries including distributors and channel partners from Europe, Asia, and other regions. AVIXA also runs sister shows in Asia, Europe, and other regions throughout the year. ### What technology sectors are covered at InfoComm 2026? InfoComm 2026 covers audio, broadcast AV, command and control, conferencing and collaboration, digital signage, and lighting and staging. It also features content on AI-driven control systems, intelligent displays, immersive audio, and multimedia technologies. ### Does InfoComm 2026 include education sessions or just the exhibition? InfoComm 2026 includes both an education program and an exhibition. Education sessions run the full week from June 13-19, while the exhibition floor is open June 17-19. ### Is InfoComm worth attending for AV system integrators? InfoComm is one of the few events where integrators can benchmark competing display manufacturers, audio platforms, and control systems side by side in a single day. Vendor meetings that would otherwise take months to schedule can happen in the span of three exhibition days. ### What's the best way to capture leads at InfoComm 2026? With 30,000 attendees across a multi-day show, a structured lead capture tool is essential. [Habsy](https://habsy.ai/event-lead-capture?utm_source=tradeshowintel&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=infocomm&utm_content=faq) lets you log voice notes, tag contacts by product interest, and organize follow-ups in real time so no conversation gets lost between sessions. ### How do I register for InfoComm 2026? Registration for InfoComm 2026 is handled through the official event website at infocommshow.org. The event is B2B, so registration is geared toward industry professionals including integrators, AV managers, manufacturers, and distributors.