Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick project—perhaps the foremost exemplar of the innovative thinking and brilliant design work of Toronto's Engineering Harmonics consultancy—was honored at this year's Infocomm International Conference as the "best healthcare AV project." ProAV and Architect magazines' Spotlight Award for 2011 was presented at InfoComm in Orlando June 11-17.

"This was perhaps the strongest field of entries we've ever had for the Spotlight Awards," said Brad Grimes, editor of ProAV. "It's clear from these winners–and from all the entries–that audiovisual systems continue to play a more prominent role in the way organizations communicate."

In line with the consistent architectural look and feel in all connected teaching rooms, the systems feature two-way interactive HD video conferencing, dynamic microphone queuing, programmable lighting, and live host transfer capability, all enabled via software written by Engineering Harmonics.

Large 11' projection screens in Theatre A at Dalhousie's Halifax campus show lecturer (left), course content (centre) and students in the remote classroom (right).

For more on the project: New hi-def distance education system links 19 sites in 2 provinces. Download a complete project description: Taking Down the Walls of Distance Education.

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