WELCOME TO
THE AV USER GROUP
A thriving community of over 1700 members of AV end user professionals benefitting from each others extensive knowledge and experiences and who meet engage and network at our regular, local AV User Group meetings and networking events.
We are a non-profit organisation whose activities and events are financed by supplier sponsorship who get to present to, and network with, our members. All funds are used to deliver User Group meetings, evening networking sessions and other industry events.
The group currently operates in New York, San Jose, Toronto, London, Scotland, & Sydney
Our next events...
Want to join the User Group?
Membership of the group is free to qualifying end users.
The current membership includes technology managers from the financial services community, government and the public sector, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, telecoms, professional services (including legal services, accounting and management consultancy), higher education, retail, business services and manufacturing.
Would you like to sponsor us?
There are many benefits to becoming an AV User Group Sponsor.
Whether you wish to become a ‘Presentation’ or ‘Platinum’ sponsor and take advantage of the presentation opportunities these afford, or simply sponsor our informal networking events as an ‘Evening Networking’ sponsor, please follow the link below to see all the benefits and to apply.
Our Team...
The AV User Group was originally formed on an ad hoc basis in the late 1990s and a more formal structure was put in place in 2009….
Our aims & vision...
The AV User Group is a forum for ‘end users’ responsible for their organisations AV communications, including AV in meeting…
What we do...
The group meets up to four times a year in each of it’s operating locations for a series of presentations that include formal…
Our current industry partners
AQAV (Association for Quality in AudioVisual Technology) is non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation that is dedicated to improving the operational art of designing and installing audiovisual technology.
Audio Visual and Integrated Experience Association. AVIXA™ is the Audiovisual and Integrated Experience Association, producer of InfoComm trade shows around the world, co-owner of Integrated Systems Europe, and the international trade association representing the audiovisual industry.
The Institute of Sound, Communications and Visual Engineers is a professional body of members and supporting members working in the sound, communications and visual industries, promoting technical excellence worldwide.
Together For Cinema is an AV industry good cause enterprise that designs and installs home cinema rooms in children’s hospices and other suitable locations across the UK.
A few things our members have said
On behalf of myself & James, I just wanted to thank you all very much for hosting and accommodating us yesterday at the AVUG meeting.
We really appreciated all your efforts, especially in the background to provide all the facilities that made it possible for the presentations and the whole event to run smoothly, which indeed in did.
I was just speaking with Scott (Srolis) who is just now flying back from Toronto.
He was telling me what a huge success your kickoff event was for everyone involved.
The network that you have built is an impressive group…
You should know how great a job your folks here in Toronto did in organizing, the attendance was great and the overall experience was super.
Kudos….
As a global brand, the team behind Philips Professional Displays recognises the AV User Group’s dedication to bringing world class AV professionals together to network, share and grow.
Committing to a full, worldwide sponsorship for the first time in 2023, enabling us to present our solutions to the community…
Harper Adams University joined the group back in 2012. Since that point, we have attended most of the quarterly meetings hosted in a wide range of extremely interesting and varied locations. Being able to be informed about, investigate and scrutinise systems and ideas in an unpressurised environment has proved invaluable to us.
I had been aware of the AV User Group for some time but for various reasons I had not had a chance to engage with it.
I finally got the chance to sign up and attend as a user group meeting coincided with another meeting I had at the QEII in London.
What first struck me was the wide range of sectors that members came from…
The AV User Group event allowed me to discuss my ideas and concerns regarding devices and software directly with suppliers with no pressure to purchase, as we can only purchase through our frameworks.
I believe that these types of events provide local government and the AV industry vital insight into upcoming technologies.
I thought the meeting was great. The location was perfect, and I really enjoyed the tour of Microsoft. I think there was a good diversity of AV users in attendance, which was great for networking and contrasting our experiences during group discussions.
Not much to say about what didn’t go well. I really enjoyed it and got a lot out of the whole experience.
I attended the event and it was great. Loved the interactions with vendors / other end users. It was helpful to share thoughts and have a better understanding of the current / future AV market industry.
Thank you for putting this together in Toronto.
