BURLINGTON, MA — Next month, Avid will host Avid Connect 2015, the second annual event of the Avid Customer Association. The event will take place from April 10th through the 12th at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, just prior to the NAB show, and will feature keynote speeches by Morgan Spurlock and Guy Kawasaki.
On Saturday, April 11th, Avid chairman/president/CEO Louis Hernandez, Jr. will reveal innovations and the next phase of the company's continuing expansion of Avid Everywhere. In addition, the event will include a slate of Avid Everywhere educational breakout sessions for media enterprises, video and audio creative teams, and individual artists. It will be followed by a night of entertainment at the Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas.
On Sunday, April 12th, Morgan Spurlock, who directed the feature Super Size Me, and is also the founder/president of New York-based production studio Warrior Poets, will share his insights on what it takes to succeed in today's industry. Also on Sunday, Guy Kawasaki, a former advisor to the Motorola business unit of Google, chief evangelist of Apple, and author of 12 books, will provide insight on creating new products for world-class companies and leveraging social media as a platform for promotion.