Start the day with a coffee, a bite to eat, and great conversation. Join fellow AV, ICT, and education technology professionals before the conference begins to reconnect with colleagues, meet new peers, and share ideas from across the K–12 sector. It's the perfect opportunity to fuel up, make new connections, and get the discussions started before the first session.

Trinity Grammar School's AV environment once consisted of a diverse mix of standalone systems spread across three campuses, more than 100 classrooms, and over 25 specialist venues. Limited standardisation, inconsistent user experiences, and a lack of centralised monitoring made support and future planning challenging. Following the integration of the AV team into ICT in 2020, the school undertook a comprehensive review of its technology environment, establishing a clear standards framework focused on reliability, simplicity, and functionality. This session explores Trinity's journey towards a standardised, networked AV ecosystem, including the development of an AV Standards document, the deployment of a dedicated AV network supporting more than 500 devices, and the adoption of a streamlined technology stack. Attendees will learn how standardisation has improved reliability, simplified support, enabled better remote monitoring, and positioned AV as a strategic enabler of teaching and learning rather than simply a reactive support service.

Over the past decade, classroom technology has transformed dramatically, and so has Vivi. In this session, Alysander reflects on Vivi’s journey from a simple wireless screen-sharing solution to a platform supporting teaching, communication, engagement, and school-wide initiatives. Drawing on insights gained from working with thousands of K–12 classrooms, the presentation will explore what truly drives successful technology adoption and why the most valuable solutions are often those that simplify life for IT and AV teams while helping teachers focus on student learning. The session will also examine how technology's role in schools has expanded beyond the classroom to support campus-wide communication, safety, and community engagement. Looking forward, he will discuss the growing impact of AI in education, sharing practical opportunities for schools while highlighting the importance of governance, privacy, and appropriate safeguards. Attendees will gain real-world insights into how schools can embrace emerging technologies in ways that are meaningful, sustainable,…

Schools are sometimes like Hogwarts: the walls move, the doors move, and what was a corridor last term is now a classroom and an office. The AV team at St Ignatius had to build a system flexible enough to keep up. A big part of their approach has been “Everything, everywhere” : being able to send audio, video, paging, alert tones, and control to any room or space that needs it. It started with one Q-SYS Core running bells at the college. Over time, that has grown into eight Cores across two campuses, covering theatres, classrooms, function spaces, school-wide PA, music, paging, emergency tones, SMS and email alerts, and a rapidly growing AV-over-IP network to keep it all in sync. Warren and Allan will share how a small team of two has used smart design, programming, and automation to solve complex AV problems in a school environment. They will also…

As classrooms become increasingly connected, AV technology has evolved from standalone hardware into network-connected infrastructure. Interactive displays, wireless presentation systems, digital signage, room booking platforms and video conferencing solutions now sit on school networks alongside traditional IT assets. While this convergence delivers significant benefits, it also introduces new operational and cybersecurity considerations that many schools are only beginning to address. This session explores how the role of AV is changing, the risks associated with unmanaged AV endpoints, and practical considerations for schools seeking to balance innovation, usability, and security.

The Wingaru project at Saint Ignatius’ College Riverview delivered a significant uplift in audio visual capability as part of a new five-storey STEM and student services building. The facility incorporates six house areas, four staff rooms, a senior student canteen, flexible event and presentation spaces, science laboratories, general learning areas, and design & technology workshops. The project provided an opportunity to establish new AV standards across the College, transitioning from a legacy FrontRow environment to a standardised Crestron ecosystem designed to improve consistency, simplify support, and provide a scalable foundation for future developments. This case study explores the AV journey from tender and solution selection through to construction, commissioning, and handover. Key themes include stakeholder engagement, accessibility and hearing augmentation, design decisions that balanced educational outcomes with operational requirements, and lessons learned from delivering AV systems within a major capital works project. The result is a future-focused technology environment that…