2005 in its 28th year, PLASA was a platform for 300-plus exhibiting companies to present new products and technologies. The exhibitors came over 1,000 new products - some delivering unique creative solutions, others improving the working practices adopted by the industry. The best new developments were nominated for the PLASA Awards for Innovation, all of which could be seen by visitors to the Innovation Gallery, an impressive display area at the entrance to the exhibition. The winners were announced on the Monday evening of the show. At the bottom of this page are links to some of the awarded products.
Providing a focus for professional development is another important element of PLASA and this year the show's seminar programme was designed to deliver practical skills - not just on the emerging technologies, but also on the creative ways in which they can be applied. The well-received DJ Turntablism session kicked off events on the first day attracting well over 50 attendees. This was just the first in a much wider programme of seminars and discussion sessions that covered everything from audio networking to the legislative impact of WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) regulation, attracting the largest ever seminar attendance in the show's history.
DJ Sunday, the show's opening shot for up and coming DJs, was also acclaimed a success as participants reported a high level of interest in new products. This key area of the show is aimed at bringing in a new generation of DJs to the world of PLASA, with more special features designed for this year's event than ever before. Now in its 11th year, the Gemini 'Extreme V' DJ Competition once again gave DJs the chance to show off their talents and, for the first time in the competition's history, there was a second-time winner, French DJ Kouadjo, who flew in from France to repeat his success of the previous year.
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