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CPL supplies TGAIS conference

Central Presentations Ltd (CPL) supplied technical production and design to the Global African Investment Summit (TGAIS) event in central London, which attracted over 1,000 global investors, leaders and captains of industry. The two day conference took place in the main event space at Methodist Central Hall in Westminster.

CPL was working for Swindon-based Live Communications who managed the event production for the organiser DMG Events. CPL’s project manager Lee Gruszeckyj co-ordinated a crew of 20 including set carpenters and locals, and the first task was to construct the 16 metre wide set in the Great Hall.

A 20 ft wide projection screen was flown from the roof and fitted with a gold-painted scenic surround built by CPL, and just behind this was an angled backdrop made from a 14 ft high graphic wrap displaying all the sponsor logos. Downstage of this, and immediately below the bottom lip of the screen, was another 16 metre wide 10 ft high white and gold graphic wrap.

In front on the stage were eight ‘hot-seat’ chairs on house left and the branded lectern on house right.

The hot-seat chairs were fitted with 500 mm x 250 mm cubes complete with integral portrait orientated monitor screen which displayed the occupants name just to the side of the seat and also doubled as a water table. The hot-seat screens were hooked up to a laptop running all the information data overseen by a crew person.

A live relay of the action from the Great Hall was beamed downstairs via a fibre link to the Library Room, in which CPL installed another printed backdrop and at the back of the house stage with a 75 inch LED monitor in front to display the feed, complete with a D&B E6 PA system.

Utilizing the house projector in the Great Room, presentation materials stored on two laptops and a Mac running playback video content plus ISO feeds from two Sony HXC-100 HD cameras were all sent to the screen via a Barco PDS switcher. A series of comfort monitors installed around the stage and backstage in the ‘mic’ing-up’ room, where speakers were prepared before going onstage, also received ISOs.

A D&B E12 sound system was distributed around the space comprising six E12s with Q7s for front fills, two Subs and four E6s for fold-back, fed via a Yamaha QL1 desk. It was a spoken word event, so eight tie-clip mics on DPA headsets and four hand-held mics - Shure UR4s - were part of the package.

Another CPL crew member was dedicated to mic’ing up the speakers, some of which they could do personally, and others - due to the high levels of security and the profile of some of the guests -  was a case of instructing PAs and other key entourage members how to do it.

Three breakout rooms were fitted up with D&B E6 PAs, tie-clip and hand-held mics together with a technician, to facilitate additional meetings and discussions. CPL sent additional audio feeds to press and translation booths and provided an in-ear monitor mix for the producer and the onstage mediator. In total, over 30 channels of radio frequencies were utilised.

The lighting scheme was designed using mainly LED sources, both for simplicity and to reduce dimmers and other additional control devices. A combination of Arri L5 fresnels and Arri L7 floods were also chosen, combined with the new ETC Source Four 2550 LED profiles for key light. Clay Paky A.leda K20s were deployd to wash up the set elements. Martin LED PARs provided general stage lighting and washed the room and audience. All lighting was run from an Avolites Quartz console.

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