As a trade fair for the event technology industry, Prolight + Sound places a focus on promoting young talent.
At the centre of the career and training opportunities on offer at Prolight + Sound is the Future Hub in Hall 11.0. Divided into Campus, Career Center, Start-up Area and Networking Lounge, the area is the contact point for the professionals of today and tomorrow.
The latter is also the driving force behind a joint project with the Lycée Francais Victor Hugo in Frankfurt. Plants used as decorative and meta-story elements in the Future Hub will be given a permanent place in the school’s garden after the show.
At the Campus, educational institutions will provide information about training and further education opportunities in the event industry and advise young talent on career planning.
In cooperation with the VPLT (Association for Media and Event Technology), the Berlin University of Applied Sciences, the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, the RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau, the Technical University of Central Hesse and the Hanover University of Applied Sciences and Arts will be represented.
In co-operation with the BVFK (Federal Association of Television Cinematographers), Filmhaus Frankfurt, Macromedia and GPB Berlin will also be presenting their diverse educational programmes. Furthermore, the SAE Institute Frankfurt will give interested parties an insight into its training and further education programme as well as degree courses in the field of media production.
Also present will be the DHBW Ravensburg, in addition to lecturers, students will also be on hand at the DHBW stand to provide information about the courses on offer and their everyday university life.
With a good 1,600 event professionals seeking employment at last year’s show, Prolight + Sound has established itself as an attractive platform for companies looking for qualified personnel. Europa-Park, Robinson Club, House of Audio, Leyendecker, Aventem, Sinus-Eventtechnik, Riedel Communications and many others will be taking the opportunity to recruit new specialists at the upcoming event.
The focus is on innovative products and concepts that provide insights into the future of the event industry. Audio Zenit, Power on Tools, Dexa, Limbic Media and more will be among the young brands that will be presented.
Prolight + Sound has always placed a focus on young talent in the event technology sector. This was the motivation behind the creation of the Future Talents Day. This year, the VPLT (Association for Media and Event Technology) is in charge of realising the event in cooperation with the BDKV (Federal Association of the Concert and Event Industry) and EVVC (European Association of Event Centres).
“I believe that a passion for our industry should be sparked at a young age – that is our mission, our goal. That’s why the Future Talents Day at Prolight + Sound is aimed specifically at school pupils, students and trainees. With a varied programme, we want to show them the diverse career opportunities in the event industry and actively bring them into contact with companies,” explained Mira Wölfel, Director Prolight + Sound.
Prolight + Sound offers its visitors the entire range of event technology: from the international range of theatre and stage technology (ProStage) to Europe’s largest platform for lighting technology in the event sector (ProLight) and the innovations in professional audio (ProAudio) and AV technology (ProAV). Innovative solutions for the event sector will also be presented (ProEvent).
From 19 to 22 March 2024, visitors can also look forward to an training programme, new community nights in exclusive locations, emotional live performances by internationally renowned artists and a top-class lecture programme. The trade fair will focus on new technologies and fields of application as well as cross-industry topics such as recruiting, promoting young talent, sustainability and gender equality in the event and entertainment industry.
