{"id":36594,"date":"2025-01-08T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boxofficepro.com\/?p=36594"},"modified":"2025-01-09T14:42:10","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T19:42:10","slug":"the-2025-international-cinema-technology-association-icta-l-a-seminar-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boxofficepro.com\/the-2025-international-cinema-technology-association-icta-l-a-seminar-series\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2025 International Cinema Technology Association (ICTA) L.A. Seminar Series"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/share.transistor.fm\/e\/8302ab3b\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n\n<p>The 2025 trade show calendar kicks off in high-tech fashion with the L.A. Seminar Series. Presented by the International Cinema Technology Association (ICTA), the series runs from January 13\u201315 at the Universal Hilton in Universal City, California. Held in collaboration with The Cinema Foundation, a nonprofit group that collaborates with key industry non-profit players on projects that promote the cinema industry, the L.A. Seminar Series gives attendees the chance to experience the latest in cinema technology, from training software to the newest direct-view LED displays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2025 L.A. Seminar Series marks the first under the leadership of Carrie Dietrich, a cinema technology professional who, in August 2024, took over from Bob Sunshine of Film Expo Group as executive director of the ICTA. A former ICTA board member and longtime attendee of the L.A. Seminar Series in a sales capacity, Dietrich promises an event that will give guests the educational programming, cutting-edge demos, and networking opportunities that the series is known for\u2014all while expanding the scope of the event to bring a wider group of cinema technology providers into the fold. Attendees can look forward to an off-site excursion to demo the latest in audio\/visual technologies, as well as a consistent series highlight, the North American Cinema Awards, honoring theaters in the Best New Build, Best Cinema Refurbishment, and Best Use of Technology categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When the ICTA was created in 1971, explains Dietrich, its main goal was to facilitate communication between and represent the interests of cinema technology manufacturers and dealers. Dietrich says that at the L.A. Seminar Series, ICTA members \u201cwould all put their heads together and talk about about the industry.\u201d Dietrich credits Neil Campbell, president and CEO of Canada\u2019s Landmark Cinemas, with making his fellow exhibitors aware of the value of attending an event dedicated exclusively to technology. \u201cNeil started coming about 15 years ago, and he thought it was great, because you could have these in depth conversations that weren\u2019t always possible at other shows,\u201d says Dietrich. \u201cThis is where you come to make deals. The real decision-makers are here.\u201d Dietrich\u2019s appointment as executive director of the ICTA coincides with the election of a new executive committee, consisting of President Mark Mayfield of Meyer Sound, Vice President Beth Figge of Dolby, Treasurer Doug Sabin of American Cinema Equipment, and Secretary Theresa English of TK Architects, with Frank Tees of Moving iMage Technologies\u2014and ICTA\u2019s president from 2021\u20132024\u2014staying on as an honorary director. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This new executive committee will continue pursuing the ICTA\u2019s key priorities, one of which is educating the wider cinema community about the basics of cinema technology. Under Tees, the ICTA held a series of educational sessions at industry trade shows. Launched in October 2024, ICTA collaborated with CineTRAIN to bring the training courses online, starting with their introductory course, Fundamentals of Presentation of Technology. Making the world of cinema technology more accessible, explains Dietrich, helps the industry in the long run by fostering a spirit of collaboration and allowing nontech executives to better communicate with their technology vendors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Increasingly, those vendors operate outside of presentation technology, and Dietrich is excited to bring some of those vendors further into the ICTA fold. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of cinema technology that isn\u2019t in the auditorium, necessarily. Or it is in the auditorium, but it\u2019s related to something besides sound and projection\u2014call buttons in dine-in theaters, for example,\u201d Dietrich says. Seats, ticketing, operations, concessions\u2014every facet of the cinema experience is getting more and more technologically advanced. \u201cEverything is smart these days,\u201d Dietrich elaborates. \u201cWe have at least half a dozen members that provide POS [point of sale] systems. They have their own set of challenges, and I want to make sure they\u2019re represented.\u201d To find out more about the ICTA, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/internationalcinematechnologyassociation.com\/\">internationalcinematechnologyassociation.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2025 trade show calendar kicks off in high-tech fashion with the L.A. Seminar Series. Presented by the International Cinema Technology Association (ICTA), the series runs from January 13\u201315 at the Universal Hilton in Universal City, California. 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