The hotel's conferencing facilities are some of the most technologically advanced in the country and they were specifically designed to create an optimal environment for meetings and seminars of all kinds. The New York consulting firm, CMS, was contracted to help design the audio-visual equipment for the facility, making it one of a kind in the country.

Amphitheater

• LCD Video / Data Projector 5000 Lumens
• Slide-to-Video Converter
• Touch Screen Video Pointer
• Presentation Computer
• SVHS / DVD Player
• Two 11 x 24-foot Projection Screens
• Podium Panel Lighting
• Microphones for Panel
• Video Magnification of Presenter
• Audience Response System
• Surround Sound System with Podium Microphone
• Computer Controlled Ceiling Spotlights
• Podiums - Ten Locations
• Wiring

Special Features

• Ten Nighthawk DLP Projectors
• BOSE system, ten podium positions
• Each seat has high-speed Internet access, regular modem and a push-talk microphone
• Activities broadcasted to CCF campus, 100 operating rooms, surgeon can hear questions
• Ability to teleconference to other facilities
• Screens mounted on six-ton metal frames, pivot
• Screens can be covered with sliding wood panel
• Divisible in two with soundproof wall
• Video production system
• Responses shown on 6 x 8-foot screens, image magnification
• Two LCD panels that reproduce screen image
• Accommodate five laptop computers
• 20 miles wire, 30 more miles for computers
• Ameritech fiber optic cables, broadcast quality
• Registration on 3rd level