CEDIA Tech & Business Summit: Edinburgh 2025
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AGENDA

Wednesday, April 30, 2025
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Arrivals & Coffee
 
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Welcome from CEDIA

Matt Nimmons

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Master the Profit Game: 6 Strategic Plays for Killer Cash Flow Management

Leslie Shiner

Did you know that many businesses that fail are actually profitable? Poor cash management is the culprit that drains the life out of many successful companies. This course helps you understand the importance and impact of managing cash flow to improve the bottom line. Cash flow does not equal profitability. To be profitable, you must have the cash needed to keep your business operating efficiently. You will learn how to create a system to forecast and monitor cash flow, as well as develop procedures to manage receivables so that you can effectively organize vendor payments

Session Objectives:

  • Determine importance and impact of managing cash flows and how it directly affects the bottom line
  • Create a system to monitor and forecast cash flows
  • Provide a procedure for managing receivables and payable
  • Learn 6 tips to take back to your office to immediately improve cash flow
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Lunch
 
1:30 PM - 2:15 PM
Smart Home Assurance Scheme

Steve Moore

CEDIA has developed a Smart Home assurance scheme for housebuilders, establishing CEDIA members as the leading Smart Home Professionals. This scheme supports housebuilders and property developers of all sizes in ensuring proper wiring for their projects. This initiative is a crucial part of our strategy to enhance the visibility of the CEDIA brand, ensuring homeowners maximize their technology use while providing significant value to our installers.

Interested in learning more? Join us for this insightful session.

2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
Paving Your Yellowbrick Road With Gold, Not Gloom: Crafting Your Exit Strategy Plan

Leslie Shiner

Most small integrators are an independent sort—they start their own business, begin small, and then over time grow. However, at some point every business owner faces an inevitable question: How do I leave my business, on my own terms, and in my best financial interests? Explore key considerations of the two primary exit strategies: liquidation or continuation. Whether you’re years away from exiting or preparing for an imminent transition, this session provides actionable steps to secure the legacy and financial outcomes you’ve worked hard to achieve

Session Objectives:

  • Understand the two primary strategies—a short-term solution (fast money, less risk, but less long-term potential) and the long-term solution (less immediate money, more risk, but also the potential for greater long-term gain)
  • How to choose between the two strategies
  • Key steps to take once an exit strategy has been chosen
4:00 PM
Show Floor Closes
 
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
(Live Audience Podcast) From Missteps to Milestones: Industry Lessons From The Front Line

Jeff Hayward, Ben Pratt, Stuart Lillis

Everyone’s journey in the smart home industry is a winding path of triumphs, detours, and the occasional spectacular failure. These moments often hold the most valuable insights. In this candid discussion for the Integrated Home podcast, presenter Jeff Hayward will unpack the real, raw lessons that only experience can teach with the help of Ben Pratt from White Onyx Automation and Stuart Lillis from Limitless Automation.

Join us for a conversation that will explore the defining moments that shape careers in a live audience recording of the podcast. We promise it will be honest, reflective, and full of the kind of advice that you might wish someone had told you sooner!

Wednesday, April 30, 2025
9:30 AM - 10:00 AMArrivals & Coffee
10:00 AM - 10:30 AMWelcome from CEDIA
11:00 AM - 12:00 PMMaster the Profit Game: 6 Strategic Plays for Killer Cash Flow Management
12:30 PM - 1:30 PMLunch
1:30 PM - 2:15 PMSmart Home Assurance Scheme
2:45 PM - 3:45 PMPaving Your Yellowbrick Road With Gold, Not Gloom: Crafting Your Exit Strategy Plan
4:00 PMShow Floor Closes
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM(Live Audience Podcast) From Missteps to Milestones: Industry Lessons From The Front Line