AvantGuard PERS Summit looks at fall detection, other trends
By Spencer Ives
Updated Wed July 29, 2015
AvantGuard's PERS Summit is coming up at the end of September in Park City, Utah, and the company recently released the event's itinerary. This event is held every two years now, with the last being in 2013.
While MAMA is also hosting its annual meeting this fall, the two cover different areas of PERS monitoring, even complementing each other. “We've created this conference for specific PERS dealers. It's apples and oranges different from MAMA, where they're more focused on the government aspect,” Troy Iverson, AvantGuard's VP of sales and marketing. AvantGuard is a member and supporter of MAMA, he said, and isn't looking to compete with its efforts.
“Fall detection technology is going to be … a hot topic in the industry,” Iverson said. This year's summit has a panel specifically discussing the technology: “Fall Detection… Is it the 'Holy Grail' of PERS?” On this panel will be representatives from PERS manufacturers Climax, Mytrex, Numera.
Some of the other sessions are “State of the PERS Industry,” “PERS Monitoring Trends” and “PERS Contracts: Cover Your Assets.”
The keynote speaker for the event will be NFL's Steve Young, talking about his experiences as well as meeting with attendees.
The summit will start with a tour of Avantguard's facility. Networking and sharing best practices between PERS dealers is a big part of the summit, Iverson said. “Our whole goal of this is to bring … AvantGuard dealers, non-AvantGuard dealers, manufacturers, industry experts together for three days, and let's grow—let's grow together.”
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