Aug 26, 2026 · 48 min · 11 segments
CEDIA Expo 2026 is almost here, and Rich Green & Michael Heiss are back with their pre-show rundown! These CEDIA legends break down everything you need to see, hear, and do at CEDIA Expo in Denver…
Michael HeissHostRich GreenHostOkay, you know, and back in the early days, Mike and I both served on the Technology Council, which was Mikey's brainchild, and I chaired for many years, and we built a very strong technology council for looking into the future, looking at technology trends globally.
We now call that, by the way, the Industry Foresight Council, and I'm going to mention some things about that a little bit later in the podcast.
But our insights from the Technology Council, which was a global entity, we had representatives from all over the world, were pretty darn interesting.
And the stuff that I find interesting is somewhat different from what Mikey finds interesting, which is why we have so much fun up there on the podium.
Now, people who know... you know, the world of Cedia, there are people that actually think that Rich and I, because we're always kidding, like, don't, yeah, that, you know, that there's a lot of Rock'em Sock'em robots.
And while I'm not doing the Mikey show anymore, I'm doing a different show, which is the ETF, what are the acronyms and abbreviations of our business, which is the latest incarnation of what used to be called the Mikey show.
But what I used to say is, if it's something that's going to happen in the next 24 to 36 months, come to my course.
If it's something that may or may not happen in the future, go to Rich's view from Silicon Valley, because he lives in another universe.
And between the two of us, the goal is to give you a near-term, mid-term, long-term view of both in our presentations as well as in the pregame and postgame show.
So, you know, I do like to live in the future, and it's something I've had a passion about.
My first presentation... which we call Future Technologies, the inside scoop from Silicon Valley, was in 1996.
Okay, you know, and back in the early days, Mike and I both served on the Technology Council, which was Mikey's brainchild, and I chaired for many years, and we built a very strong technology council for looking into the future, looking at technology trends globally.
We now call that, by the way, the Industry Foresight Council, and I'm going to mention some things about that a little bit later in the podcast.
But our insights from the Technology Council, which was a global entity, we had representatives from all over the world, were pretty darn interesting.
And the stuff that I find interesting is somewhat different from what Mikey finds interesting, which is why we have so much fun up there on the podium.
Now, people who know... you know, the world of Cedia, there are people that actually think that Rich and I, because we're always kidding, like, don't, yeah, that, you know, that there's a lot of Rock'em Sock'em robots.
And while I'm not doing the Mikey show anymore, I'm doing a different show, which is the ETF, what are the acronyms and abbreviations of our business, which is the latest incarnation of what used to be called the Mikey show.
But what I used to say is, if it's something that's going to happen in the next 24 to 36 months, come to my course.
If it's something that may or may not happen in the future, go to Rich's view from Silicon Valley, because he lives in another universe.
And between the two of us, the goal is to give you a near-term, mid-term, long-term view of both in our presentations as well as in the pregame and postgame show.
So, you know, I do like to live in the future, and it's something I've had a passion about.
My first presentation... which we call Future Technologies, the inside scoop from Silicon Valley, was in 1996.
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