364: Live from the HETMA Roadshow at the University at Buffalo - Part 2

Live from the HETMA Roadshow at the University at Buffalo

Part 2

Higher Ed AV Podcast

The HETMA Roadshow at the University at Buffalo continues in Part Two of this special Higher Ed AV Podcast series, with more conversations from the show floor about the technology, partnerships, and people shaping today’s higher education AV environment. As attendees move between vendor exhibits, education sessions, campus tours, and lunch, Joe Way sits down with manufacturers, HETMA partners, and the University at Buffalo team to hear what they are learning from the event and the challenges institutions are working to solve. The conversations reinforce what makes the Roadshow model different: direct access to peers and industry partners in an environment built around collaboration rather than simply selling products.

The episode begins with Waves, where Derek Smith discusses voice regeneration and the potential for advanced audio processing to improve lecture capture, podcasts, streaming, and other educational content. The conversation explores how better voice intelligibility can improve the student listening experience and why audio quality becomes even more important as institutions address accessibility and digital learning requirements. Biamp’s Carrie Linda Martin continues the discussion around campus-wide technology management, remote monitoring, firmware management, voice lift, training, and designing solutions around the actual needs of each learning space rather than relying on a one-size-fits-all approach.

Other partners demonstrate how sometimes the biggest technology improvements come from solving seemingly simple operational problems. CableEasy discusses eliminating missing cables, reducing service calls, protecting connection points, and even creating more flexible spaces through dependable physical connectivity. Extron’s Bernie Farkas talks about the continued importance of support, training, standardization, AV-over-IP, and providing institutions with multiple technology paths depending on their infrastructure and organizational needs. ScreenBeam’s Nancy Blanchard adds another perspective around wireless presentation, security, remote management, and helping faculty move beyond the front of the classroom while giving support teams greater visibility into thousands of deployed devices.

At the center of Part Two is a conversation with University at Buffalo Principal Technology Architect John Pfeffer, who provides a deeper look at the collaborative phi