Artificial intelligence is moving deeper into the infrastructure behind workplaces, classrooms, smart buildings and immersive experiences. That convergence will be a central theme at InfoComm India 2026, which returns to Mumbai’s Jio World Convention Centre from September 16–18 with an expanded education programme covering AI, enterprise IT, cybersecurity, digital signage, collaboration and immersive technology. The Summit will bring together 80 speakers across more than 50 sessions, reflecting how India’s professional audiovisual market is increasingly becoming part of the broader enterprise technology stack.
AI Is Moving From the Screen Into the Infrastructure Around Us
For years, professional audiovisual technology was largely treated as a specialist category: conference-room displays, microphones, projectors, digital signage and broadcast systems.
That distinction is becoming harder to maintain.
Modern AV systems increasingly depend on software, cloud connectivity, networking, artificial intelligence and enterprise IT infrastructure. The result is a market where an intelligent meeting room can be as much an IT deployment as an AV project, while a digital-signage network can become a data-driven platform rather than a collection of displays.
That convergence will be a major theme when InfoComm India 2026 opens in Mumbai on September 16.
The show’s Summit programme will feature more than 50 sessions across 10 tracks and three stages, bringing together practitioners from Pro AV, IT and enterprise technology. The official programme includes dedicated coverage of emerging technologies and AI alongside enterprise IT, cybersecurity, collaboration, digital signage, education, networking and immersive experiences.
The event itself is also expanding. Organizers say the 2026 exhibition is on track to be the largest InfoComm India edition yet, with more than 300 global brands and more than 14,000 industry professionals expected.
Intelligent Enterprise Becomes the Opening Conversation
The Summit’s opening session, “Leading India’s Next Digital Leap: Technology, Infrastructure and the Intelligent Enterprise,” puts the industry’s transformation into a broader business context.
The session is headlined by Gopi Thangavel, Group CIO of Larsen & Toubro, and focuses on how AI, automation, data-driven decision-making and intelligent infrastructure are changing industry and public services.
That framing is significant because enterprise AI increasingly depends on physical infrastructure.
AI-powered workplace systems require cameras, microphones, displays, networking and collaboration software to work together. Smart buildings need sensors and connected networks. Digital-signage platforms increasingly rely on centralized content management and analytics. Immersive environments require high-performance computing, visualization and sophisticated media systems.
In other words, the AI application may be visible on a screen, but the infrastructure underneath it determines whether it actually works.
AV and IT Are Becoming One Technology Conversation
Several sessions at InfoComm India illustrate this convergence.
A cybersecurity session will examine zero-trust security for AV, IT and collaboration, reflecting the growing attack surface created as traditionally isolated AV equipment becomes network-connected.
Another session, led by Jabra’s Holger Reisinger, examines workplace collaboration in the AI era. Microsoft’s Prashant Singh Bishnoi is scheduled to discuss AI-ready workplaces and how AV, IT and workplace leaders are redefining enterprise collaboration.
This is increasingly relevant for enterprise technology buyers.
A conference-room deployment can no longer be evaluated solely on microphone quality or display resolution. IT teams may need to consider device management, identity, software updates, network segmentation, data flows and cybersecurity alongside the user experience.
The same shift is visible in digital signage. Florian Rotberg of invidis consulting will address global trends, managed solutions and the future role of AI in digital signage.
For enterprises operating hundreds or thousands of displays, AI could potentially help automate content workflows, monitor systems and personalize experiences. But those capabilities also increase the importance of centralized governance and reliable data.
India’s Pro AV Market Is Drawing Global Attention
The market backdrop helps explain why the convergence is happening now.
AVIXA’s 2025 Industry Outlook and Trends Analysis forecast global professional AV revenue to rise from $332 billion in 2025 to $402 billion by 2030. AVIXA identified India as the standout growth market in Asia-Pacific, overtaking China in growth performance as infrastructure investment and demand for immersive technology accelerate.
AVIXA also identifies AV over IP, software and cloud, AI, and extended reality among the technologies reshaping professional AV.
That combination puts India at an interesting intersection of two technology cycles: rapid enterprise digitization and the migration of AI from experimental software into operational infrastructure.
The country’s large financial-services, telecommunications, education, healthcare, government and retail sectors create a wide range of use cases. Smart campuses, hybrid workplaces, connected retail environments and government infrastructure all require technology that crosses traditional AV and IT boundaries.
5G, IoT and Immersive Technology Expand the Opportunity
InfoComm India’s programme also reflects the growing role of connectivity.
A session featuring N Ramesh, Deputy Director General of Technology at India’s Department of Telecommunications, and Sandeep Arora of Capgemini will explore how 5G and IoT are transforming connected AV experiences, from smart workplaces to smart cities.
The significance extends beyond faster connectivity.
Low-latency networks and edge computing can allow connected devices to process information closer to where it is generated. For AV systems, that could support real-time analytics, interactive experiences and increasingly autonomous infrastructure.
Immersive technology represents another growth area. The programme includes collaboration with the Themed Entertainment Association, while education sessions will examine how AV technology is changing classrooms and higher education environments.
The result is a show that increasingly looks less like a conventional AV exhibition and more like a meeting point between AI infrastructure, enterprise IT, workplace technology and experience design.
The Skills Gap May Become as Important as the Technology
One of the more practical elements of the 2026 event is its emphasis on professional certification.
For the first time, AVIXA will offer on-site testing for CTS, CTS-D, CTS-I and ANP certifications, alongside preparation courses. The CTS credential is accredited to ISO/IEC 17024 and is held by more than 15,000 professionals globally, according to the event organizers.
That matters because increasingly software-defined AV environments require a workforce capable of understanding networking, cybersecurity, cloud systems and AI alongside traditional audiovisual engineering.
The industry is therefore confronting a familiar enterprise technology problem: sophisticated infrastructure is only useful when organizations have people capable of deploying and managing it.
Why InfoComm India Matters Beyond the Show Floor
The most important development at InfoComm India 2026 may not be any individual product launch.
It is the growing recognition that professional AV has become part of the enterprise technology architecture.
As AI becomes embedded in collaboration platforms, smart buildings, digital signage and immersive environments, the boundaries between AV engineers, IT teams, cybersecurity specialists and AI practitioners will continue to blur.
For enterprise buyers, that means future AV procurement decisions will increasingly involve the CIO, CISO and workplace technology teams—not just AV specialists.
For technology vendors, it means competing on interoperability, software, security and intelligence as much as hardware specifications.
And for India, the convergence could accelerate a market that is already one of the fastest-growing Pro AV environments in the world.
InfoComm India 2026 is effectively positioning itself around that transition: not simply showing what the next generation of audiovisual technology looks like, but examining the infrastructure and skills required to make intelligent experiences work at scale.
Market Landscape
The professional AV market is increasingly converging with enterprise technology across four major layers:
- AI and automation: AI is moving into collaboration, digital signage, analytics and workplace management.
- Cloud and software: AV systems are becoming software-defined, remotely managed and increasingly connected to enterprise platforms.
- Networking and cybersecurity: AV over IP, 5G, IoT and cloud connectivity are turning AV equipment into networked endpoints that require IT-grade security.
- Immersive experiences: XR, interactive environments and advanced visualization are expanding AV beyond conventional meeting rooms and displays.
AVIXA’s latest published IOTA research forecasts the global Pro AV market to reach $402 billion by 2030, while its 2026 research programme has transitioned toward a new Pro AV Industry Outlook developed with Caretta Research.
For enterprise technology teams, the implication is straightforward: AV procurement is increasingly becoming an infrastructure decision rather than a standalone equipment purchase.
Top Insights
- InfoComm India 2026 will bring AI, enterprise IT, cybersecurity and Pro AV together, reflecting the convergence reshaping intelligent workplaces and connected infrastructure.
- More than 80 speakers and 50 sessions will examine AI-ready workplaces, digital signage, 5G, IoT, immersive technology and smart learning environments.
- AVIXA forecasts global Pro AV revenue reaching $402 billion by 2030, with India emerging as Asia-Pacific’s standout growth market.
- Networked AV systems are expanding the responsibilities of CIOs and security teams as cameras, displays and collaboration devices become connected enterprise endpoints.
- New on-site AVIXA certification testing highlights the growing demand for professionals who can combine audiovisual expertise with networking, IT and emerging technologies.
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