Thank you to all our ADSO Conference Sponsors for their support. Please visit their conference stands to find out more about what they do.
Our Gold Sponsor
Civica (Modern.Gov) is ADSO’s current Gold sponsor and has been for many years. The Modern.Gov team and Civica have always been keen supporters of ADSO and the essential role it plays in supporting good governance.
With Civica Modern.Gov being the leading governance and meeting management solution and Civica continuing to work in partnership with ADSO, the sector can rest assured it will continue to access the help and support it needs.
Our Silver Sponsors
Kromers is an independent consultancy practice that specialises in Audio Visual solutions for local government. As consultants they simplify the process, reduce spend, mitigate the risk, and improve the speed of decision making. They do this by setting accurate early budgets, writing detailed technical specifications to procure against, and through their vast experience and knowledge of public procurement frameworks. Kromer’s services provide you with the technical expertise and knowledge to procure with confidence.
Kromers provide consultancy on hybrid & remote meetings, live streaming & recording, delegate systems and audio-visual solutions.
MVI AudioVisual is a conference automation software development company. They develop highly customizable and adoptable software for the conference market that combines workflow aspects, like agenda management, electronic voting, speech time, and speaker/ request lists, together with the control of PTZ cameras, allowing the software to automatically frame both in-room and remote participants via their microphone or touch panel activation.
MVI AudioVisual supports live streaming with customizable lower thirds and display participant information and activity on electronic nameplates. The software also provides purposeful automation which creates efficiencies in the workflow of the people in the room, this includes the ability to display agenda details, electronic voting with automated voting result to display and live streaming with customizable lower thirds
Unlike traditional video conference solutions that are simply glued on to AV solutions, MVI AudioVisual, EasyConf Connect is fully embedded and provides the remote user the same representation and experience as the in-room participant. Secure with full rights management and a controlled meeting order experience with request to speak and voting by webbrowser or app while ensuring the highest standards of privacy and security. Additionally, clerks can easily manage the agenda remotely through the webbrowser and view or download automated reports of past meetings.
Public-i are the leading provider of live-streaming and audio-visual services to the public sector, established in 2000. Their webcasting solution ‘Connect’ enables clients to demonstrate accessible and transparent decision making. Connect is user-friendly but feature-rich, and includes integrated transcription and live-subtitling.
Public-i’s full AV offering delivers the latest technology: from committee management systems to microphones, from digital voting to projectors. Public-i manage each stage of the AV process – design, integration, installation and support.
Trusted by over 100 councils, Public-i are the experts at improving meeting spaces.
VP-AV will deliver a comprehensive service to enable your Council to communicate effectively and manage your meetings. Our audio-visual technology will allow you to engage, communicate and collaborate.
To achieve these goals we provide:
- Sustainable Streaming: web-streaming of Council meetings to social media
- Conference Systems: providing press-to-talk, voting, ID registration and camera tracking
- Audio: speech intelligibility is maximised via sound reinforcement and assistive listening
- Visual: high definition displays are presented on appropriately sized screens to enable legibility – whether presentations or live camera stream
- AV Capture: HD cameras with automatic camera tracking and audio systems provide information rich video and/or audio only ‘webcasts’ and recordings
- AV Control: simple, intuitive control over all the different AV inputs and outputs/displays
- Distribution: delivering 4k enabled video and flexible distribution over structured cabling
Above all we provide Integration. It is essential that every element is tested and proven to be capable of integrating together to provide an effective and reliable solution. We have the integration know-how: VP-AV is a merger of two companies: VP Bastion and Sound Advice; together we have installed over 200 Chamber AV systems.
Please contact us to arrange a demonstration: Info@vp-av.co.uk or 01264 723400
Our Bronze Sponsors
Impamark is a renowned family business that has been supplying personalised merchandise and souvenirs for over 50 years, currently located at Dammerwick Farm in Burnham on Crouch Essex and also Valencia in Spain.
They are an award winning merchandise company providing promotional products to a wide ranging and prestigious clients. With more than 40 years experience supplying the MoD and Armed Forces, Impamark holds an official licence to produce their branded items and has also been involved in the change over of producing products now with the king’s crown.
At Impamark, pride is taken in being a one-stop shop for all your branding needs. Their expertise allows them to customise merchandise to suit any occasion and work closely with clients to meet their requirements and budget while delivering within designated timeframes.
In November 2023, Impamark took a significant step towards sustainability by undertaking the Stepforward Pledge by the BPMA. This new initiative aims to help members take proactive steps to improve their sustainability performance, accelerating the pace of change towards a more sustainable future for their industry and assist with its transition to a low carbon future. Impamark is aiming to reduce the amount of ‘greenwashing’ currently within the industry, by offering clear and concise information, with regards to improved green promotional products that are better for the environment.
To celebrate their 55th anniversary in 2024, Impamark are launching the ‘5 every 55 promotion.’ Every 55 days, we will select five lucky customers to receive innovative ‘green and sustainable’ promotional products. These customers will be drawn from all orders placed in the previous 54 days, starting with the first draw on February 24th and continuing throughout the year.
Contact Impamark to discuss any of your branded civic merchandise or other giveaways.
FCS Software specialises in the development of web-based software for local authorities, providing its customers with over 80 years of expertise in the delivery of local government software, through a team of former democratic services officers and local government software development specialists.
The AppealsPro solution is our market leading suite of secure, web-based applications that are used by County Councils, Unitary Authorities, London Boroughs, and Academies throughout the UK. Come and speak to us to find out how we’re helping out clients to transform their appeal processes.
ComplaintsPro is the newest complaints management system available in the UK. Manage Adult’s, Children’s and all corporate complaints in one simple to use system. Designed for local government and featuring a fully automated reporting system to generate custom reports with a single click.
Over the next twelve months we will be continuing to evolve our product range with the development of CommitteesPro. Our standalone report management solution, with Sharepoint and Teams integrations, collaborative working, drag and drop workflow, Single Sign On, Automatic Out-of-Office notifications and Automatic AD Updating is available now. We’ll continue to develop the wider system over the coming months.
Catch up with us during the conference or email rickyc@fcssoftware.co.uk for more information.
Our Affiliate Sponsors
For over 30 years, Arbor has led software development for audio and video applications, delivering solutions that surpass customer expectations. Offering easy to use recording and streaming services, they simplify interaction in an increasing technological complex environment. Their software allows users and viewers to watch, listen, search and share content; easy, quickly and any time. Their easy-to-use solutions foster interaction by making streaming and recording accessible even in complex environments.
A skilled team of professionals serves a diverse client base including governments, local councils, municipalities and large institutions like the European Parliament, WHO and European Court of Justice. They offer high-quality video, multilingual support, accessibility, cross-platform functionality, security, and flexibility, for addressing the specific demands of various industries.
Headquartered in the Netherlands with locations in Brussels and North America, their 24/7 support team is known for its friendly, professional service, ensuring Arbor consistently meets the high standards of its clients.
Auditel stands as the leading provider of comprehensive AV solutions for UK Councils, boasting over 40 years of experience in manufacturing their conference systems right here in the UK, with a global reach. They are dedicated to delivering innovative technology tailored for Democratic Services, enhancing formal meetings nationwide. Their offerings include state-of-the-art microphone and voting systems, webcasting solutions, and their latest hybrid meeting and transcription platforms—ensuring your committee meetings run smoothly.
Auditel invite you to visit their stand at the conference for a friendly, informal chat with our representatives. They would love to hear about any challenges you’re facing and explore how they can assist you.
Bosch Security Systems has led the conference market for over 65 years by addressing customer needs with outstanding products. They are known for their quality, flexibility and reliability reflected in their conference system range. Bosch offers a range of highly secure and extremely versatile conference solutions for different application areas that vary from small local events to large international summits.
Their range, consisting of DICENTIS Conference System, DICENTIS Wireless Conference System, DCN Conference System, CCS 1000 D Digital Discussion System, and INTEGRUS Language Distribution System, is state-of-the-art equipment that has been designed based on an extensive history in conference solutions. These system designs are a result of intensive collaboration with experience delegates, interpreters and operators.
Bosch’s engineers and designers also helped in the finished product, by refining the user experience, to uphold their image of addressing customer needs. As well as this, with the result of their advanced engineering and customer input, Bosch’s systems not only meet the needs of the entire conference chain, but also with the ease of integration and maintenance it also benefits the system installer.
Civico is a Hybrid Committee Meeting and Audiovisual Systems Integrator for UK Local Government. They provide a single end-to-end IP solution for managing structured committee meetings of every type. This includes the design, supply, installation, live monitoring, and scheduled maintenance of audiovisual systems for Council Chambers and Committee meeting spaces.
Uniquely Civico hybrid seamlessly integrates the Councils existing : –
- Modern.gov Committee Information Management System
- Microsoft 365 (M365) and Microsoft Teams
- Microsoft Teams Committee Room systems
- Council Chamber audiovisual systems
- Live Webcast and recording platform
Seamless integration with Modern.gov and AstechCMIS streamlines meeting preparation and live operational workflows, as meeting details and information are dynamically syndicated across the entire meeting ecosystem.
Civico hybrid has been developed in direct partnership with Microsoft to give Councils confidence they are integrating with a Microsoft Approved and Certified compliant Committee Meeting solution, purpose bult for local government. Microsoft Partner ID
With AV meeting templates, deep integration with existing Council Chambers and Committee Room audiovisual systems means meeting preparation and live operational workflows are automated and streamlined: hybrid registration, speaker management, voting, signage display, and live webcasting.
To enable Councils to increase public involvement and engagement, Civico hybrid provides a Council branded and enriched ‘Online Public Gallery’ where citizens can alternatively review and attend public meetings with supporting information.
CloudyIT understand the unique challenges faced by councils and recognize the need for reliable, efficient, and user-friendly IT solutions. Theyhave been working with councils for over a decade and provide suite of Microsoft 365 / cloud focused solutions.
CloudyIT’s agenda and meeting management solution from partners Decisions will enable your council to harness the power of Microsoft 365 to work smarter, collaborate more effectively, and engage better with your communities.
Key features of Decisions include:
- Integrate into Microsoft 365, so you do not need to invest in a 3rd party cloud or added software.
- Advanced AI features to assist with generating agendas and minutes
- Use Decisions to create a streamlined process for planning and running your meetings.
- Create structured, collaborative agendas in Teams or Outlook. Those invited to the meeting can add files, suggest agenda items, and ask questions of the organiser.
- Advanced collaboration over Microsoft Teams and fully cloud hosted.
Please visit click here for more information on CloudyIT and Decisions, or come and see us at this year’s ADSO conference.
Visit Decisions: Making Council Meetings Matter – Cloudy IT
Link Support Services (UK) Ltd provides lively, interactive and bespoke training and coaching for councillors and officers. This year, Link celebrates 30 years of training delivery and 10 years as an ADSO sponsor.
As one of the longest established and most respected member training providers, Link supports over 150 Councils, Combined Authorities, Police and Crime Panels and Fire Authorities. They also provide training for national organisations with community and service values such as the Co-op.
Link was founded by qualified trainer, author and former Birmingham City councillor David McGrath (BA Hons, Chartered Fellow IPD), who leads an experienced team of member trainers. Link’s courses for councillors include all of the skills required by modern members including: Chairing, Scrutiny Skills, Robust Planning Decisions, Licensing Skills, Committee Skills, Safe and Confident use of Social Media, Equality and inclusion, Budget Scrutiny, Personal Safety Skills, Media Skills, Public Speaking, Casework and Advocacy Skills and First Citizen coaching.
Link also provides bespoke training support for Executive members, and Political Groups. Courses for officers includes: Report Writing Skills, Speaking and Presenting at Committee meetings, Team Development etc. Training is delivered online or in-person.
Link would be delighted to chat with you at conference so please visit them at their stand.
Thriving communities are built on the ability to talk and listen across divides. In governments, institutions, businesses, or courts worldwide, progress often depends on the constructive debate that leads to effective decisions. Televic is committed to empowering decision-making through moderated meetings: live or hybrid, regardless of venue or size. Our ambition is to make sure that everyone can hear and be heard. Understand, and be understood.
For over fifty years, Televic has been the global reference for formal or managed meetings, from local city councils to international parliaments. In these critical settings, speech intelligibility and effective moderation are key. By continuously developing innovative solutions tailored to both formal and informal meetings, they have evolved to meet the growing needs of diverse sectors. Televic’s corporate identity aligns with this evolving landscape, reflecting their dedication to creating better understanding in every meeting scenario.
From local city councillors to world leaders, from CEOs to ministers, from judges to scientists – they all rely on Televic Conference technology. Whether it’s Unesco, Nato, the European Parliament, or companies like Deutsche Börse, our solutions drastically enhance the intelligibility, moderation, and simultaneous interpretation of any meeting, anywhere, anytime. With decades of experience and a commitment to innovation, Televic develops and manufactures the world’s most advanced conferencing solutions right here in Europe.
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