09/03/2026
Whether it’s your first CEDIA or your twentieth, by Thursday the show has a way of stripping everything down to what actually matters.
Coffee before conversation. An outlet before another brochure. Comfortable shoes before almost anything.
You stop pretending lunch is happening, start measuring distance in aisles, and every open chair suddenly looks like beachfront property.
By then, the real KPIs are pretty simple:
Coffee. Battery. Shoes.
Funny how a few days surrounded by the most advanced technology in the world can make the basics feel like luxury.