Also, the annual International Tourism Exchange – ITB – in Berlin, is always marked thick and bold in our calendar. While our maindt is usually described as cosmopolitan, a state of emergency prevails during the ITB. Also in the form of a curved LED wall in the Hotel Intercontinental. Dhe leading tourism trade fair, which has been taking place since 1966, gives a platform to one of the most beautiful topics and desires – travel. Over the years, the exhibitor field has grown to nearly 10,000. The exhibitors from 180 nations include not only countries, sites and regions, but above all hotels, airlines, tour operators and offices. If you’re visiting the ITB, it’s best to pack your wanderlust along with you, because the trade show takes place in all of the 25 exhibition halls at the Berlin Exhibition Grounds.

Parallel to this, the IHIF, the International Hotel Investment Forum. Every year, more than 2,000 delegates and high-level decision-makers responsible for shaping the European hotel industry attend the International Hotel Investment Forum Berlin conference.

Thanks to our three branches at three of the most important trade fair locations in Germany – Frankfurt, Hanover and Berlin – we, AVMS Germany GmbH, can offer our services as flexibly as few others.

Just as flexible as we are, so is our INFiLED X3 3.9mm LED wall, which we contributed to the IHIF event at the Intercontinental Hilton Hotel in Berlin 2018.

On a width of 20m our 4m high X3 easily curved concave and convex to create a unique atmosphere. These 80m² offered guests an incomparably realistic panoramic view of the Côte d’Azur one moment and a relaxed evening atmosphere in the middle of Miami city life the next.

The secret of flexibility lies in the actual pliability of the modules. While other LED modules are only connected in an offset manner to create a stepped overall curvature of the wall, our X3 modules can be tilted up to 20° in five steps. This way, a real rounding can be created on a comparably short distance. In addition with our specially manufactured corner modules, the X3 becomes a real all-rounder.

For far too long, the straight, flat LED wall has been the solution to the big screen question. We want to bend (but not break), broaden horizons and whet the appetite for something new – just as the ITB celebrates.

The motto of the 3rd Ecumenical Church Day at the AVMS Studio was “Look” (Mk 6:38). “‘Look’ is an appeal – to all of us,” said the president of the
Ecumenical Church Congress, Bettina Limperg. “Looking is more than seeing. Look, perceives and does not pass. Looking stops and takes responsibility. Taking active responsibility is the mandate of every Christian.”

In this way, she provided the central theme for the programme of the major digital event in Frankfurt am Main. Many spiritual issues of the day were discussed and addressed. Justice, cohesion, sexual abuse, finance and climate change are just various topics covered during the event. Due to the pandemic, however, this did not all take place at one central location, but at around 80 different venues, digitally or in small circles (taking into account the hygiene regulations currently in force). The focus was on questions of faith and trust, social cohesion and growing global responsibility.

The technical realisation of the entire 3rd Ecumenical Church Congress was carried out with the latest technology in the AVMS Studio at the Frankfurt Trade Fair.

Perfect studio lighting, remote-controlled DomeCams, powerful media servers and people-guided HD camera trains ensured the good picture. Thus, a smooth image transmission could be guaranteed. External speakers, such as CDU chancellor candidate Armin Laschet or the mayor of the city of Frankfurt,
Peter Feldmann
, were integrated into the program via additional links. Consequently, they were able to join the discussion via video conferencing solution from their office and from home on an LED wall. Meanwhile, the entire broadcast was supported with sign language interpreters, audio description and live subtitles for people with physical disabilities. Accordingly, the participant could choose between two different streams.

Last but not least, the 3rd Ecumenical Church Day ended with an open-air service at the Wesel shipyard on the banks of the Main in Frankfurt. A little bit of church congress feeling came up after all – albeit with a mask and three empty chairs between them. A total of 400 participants, under the strictest regulations, could be present on site .In addition, the participants were with a 31m² LED trailer allows a better view of the stage. The service was led by the President of the German Bishops’ Conference (DBK), Limburg Bishop Georg Bätzing, the Church President of the Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau, Volker Jung, and the President of the Association of Christian Churches in Germany (ACK), Archpriest Radu Constantin Miron.

With the help of the latest technology in the field of video, sound and light, the AVMS team was able to guarantee a smooth flow of the client’s stream.

So everyone could “look”, true to the motto of this year’s Kirchentag.