A G7 Leaders Summit and a NATO Foreign Ministers meeting — each held in Romania at the end of 2022 — both relied employed the Bosch Dicentis conferencing platform to provide clear communications in multiple languages.
With an IP-based architecture, Dicentis is built on open standards to enable a high degree of flexibility,, quality audio performance for up to 100 languages, and stringent security protection to safeguard sensitive data throughout the conference chain. The meetings both had a requirement for ISO 20109 equipment, which made Dicentis the choice for Romanian Congress Rental Network partner Conference Systems, which supplied the equipment at both events.
While the agendas and locations for the two meetings were different, their conferencing needs were similar. As such, the Dicentis discussion device with touchscreen was the main component of both systems. Offering a 4.3-inch capacitive touch screen and built‑in NFC reader fast recognition of participants, the devices are configurable for single participants, dual‑users, or a chairperson.
“All the discussion devices were programmed in dual-use mode with the same camera prepositioning,” explains Conference Systems general manager Dan Pascu. “Camera control was done by our partner using a third-party system. We had to be sure that the system would switch every time, with the right camera and the right preposition. Both systems worked in tandem without any issues.”
Dicentis interpreter desks with interpreter headphones were used for the simultaneous translations, which were distributed to participants via Integrus radiators. The largest issue faced by the Conference Systems team came from a late change at the Romanian NATO conference.
“The biggest challenge was the fact that we had to connect two booths that had been located in another area of the Romanian Parliament,” Pascu explains. “This transformed the original setup from 10 booths plus the original language in one room to 10 booths plus two further booths in a side room, plus the original language with all the functions for the remote interpreter desk enabled.” Conference Systems found out about this change just five days before the event but quickly adapted to provide the desired successful result.
“These were both great events for us and for our partners, and we are pleased to have exceeded the clients’ expectations,” concludes Pascu. “As CRN representative for Romania, we have once again proved the quality of the services provided by any CRN member on five continents when we rely on Dicentis.”
