The National Electrical and Communications Association (NECA) has announced that it will be hosting an educational session at the 2017 Integrate show in Melbourne, in conjunction with its cabler registrar (ACRS).
The session is titled ‘Disruption may be the name game in today’s fast-paced technological world… but could we minimise the pain?’ and will be held on Wednesday, 30 August from 10.30 am–12 noon. In this session, NECA will invite integrators and end users to share the challenges they face when sourcing, and working with, electricians.
“As the electrician is often the last person to be brought into the process, we often find ourselves having to deliver bad news to either the integrator or the end user in regards to the compatibility, or applicability, of the proposed components,” said NECA in a statement.
“We believe that one of the fundamental problems is that the electrician is brought into the game too late. So we would like to open up the debate as to how this process could be improved to allow the electrician to bring his or her full set of skills and expertise to the table earlier in the process. NECA will be joined in this Q&A session by Philips, Siemens, Gerard Lighting, Liveability and CSIRO — all of whom are very active in the smart building and home automation world.”
Presenters include: Wes McKnight, former NECA national president; David Gardner, managing director, Philips; Cecille Weldon, CEO, Liveability; Rod Edwards, sales director, Gerald Lighting; Simon Morgan, sales director (energy), Siemens; and Glenn Platt, CSIRO energy expert.