You and the other department heads are gathered in the conference room. The president is in Paris for business and a spot of leisure, but he will be attending via Zoom. The vice president is running late, but he's on his way and will be dialing in from his phone while in transit.You're the person in charge. At 10 a.m. on the dot, you press "start video conference" on your conference room solutions control keypad. Almost instantaneously, the display monitors turn on, the sound system wakes up, the room lights turn on, the table lights turn off, the video conferencing camera pans out, and the meeting room signage shows occupied.The remote attendees join. One screen shows the president coming in and the vice president dialing into your meeting.

You cast your prepared presentation from your tablet onto the center display and share the same on the video conferencing platform for the remote participant to see. You say your greetings, and the meeting begins.

This is the future of meetings, thanks to enabling conference room technologies. Read on to find out which technologies you can use today to enhance the functionality of your conference room.