Short definition
Event technology is the umbrella term for all the technology at an event – sound, lighting, video, staging, and media – within which meeting and interpreting technology form one specialized part.
Detailed explanation
Event technology considers the big picture: sound reinforcement, lighting design, video and LED technology, stage construction, rigging, media technology, and power supply. It spans everything from congresses to concerts to product launches, ensuring an event can be seen, heard, and experienced.
Meeting and interpreting technology is a specialized subset of this, focused on intelligibility and multilingualism. In practice, both worlds need to work together: stage sound reinforcement supplies the original audio interpreters work from; the video image also needs to reach the booth; and safety-related requirements – such as those from the Assembly Venue Ordinance – apply to the technology as a whole. Clean coordination between trades prevents quality loss at the interfaces.
Relevance in this subject area
Interpreting technology never exists in isolation. Planning it as part of event technology avoids the typical interface problems between stage, sound, and booth.
Practical example
At a large brand event, the event technology team handles staging, lighting, and show elements – interpreting technology is integrated as its own trade, with audio tapped from the main sound system and video signal routed into the booths.
Related terms
Meeting technology, Presentation technology, Transmission technology, Assembly Venue Ordinance, Interpreting system