i3-Technologies has kickstarted RSC Anderlecht’s new collaboration age by upgrading its meeting rooms and devices infrastructure.

The historic Belgian football club collaborated with i3 last year to overhaul its meeting room technology, which saw the latter equip three meeting rooms at Anderlecht’s training ground, Neerpede, with i3 Touch interactive screen with Screens by Copytec.

Kenneth Bornauw, CEO of Non-Sports at RSC Anderlecht, commented to i3:

The touchscreens allow you to take notes, co-create, and share content remotely in a very intuitive way. This makes communicating and collaborating remotely much more productive!”

These screens have been used to boost collaboration and efficiency during brainstorming sessions and employee meetings and assist Anderlecht’s ambitions on the pitch by enabling tactical discussions and player and team scouting.

“Analysing players and runs and being able to draw immediately in the image with the markers is a very interesting feature for us,” an Anderlecht employee told i3.

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Two meeting rooms at the training ground, Zetterberg and Scifo, are equipped with an i3 Touch X2 75” display. These rooms host meetings with permanent staff, most commonly hybrid meetings.

Previously, a screen connected to a PC via HDMI was used, leading to sound issues due to interference with another PC. With the Logitech webcam, sound reproduction is flawless, as Anderlecht enthused to i3, and the camera zooms in on the speaker. Anderlecht stressed that hybrid meetings are now as seamless as their in-person versions and are more efficient, given they save travel time and enhance productivity.

Anderlecht emphasised that meetings have become significantly more efficient, noting that, while previous ideas discussed during brainstorming sessions could be lost, now the screen is fully utilised. Employees enjoy using markers to jot down notes that can also then be shared immediately. In the Lukaku room, the i3Touch allows notes to be applied directly onto images during tactical discussions, which is an advantageous upgrade when performing analysis.

Additionally, i3Cair, an indoor air quality sensor, is active in all rooms. This sensor enhances well-being, health, and safety by monitoring environmental conditions and analysing data. i3 and Anderlecht underline that working in a healthy environment benefits everyone, and i3Cair provides real-time feedback so that necessary actions can be taken promptly, allowing for continued efficient work and employee satisfaction.

Following the screen installation, all employees were offered training that allowed them to explore the features and experiment with them independently. Anderlecht highlighted that learning to utilise all options during meetings is an ongoing process for its employees, mentioning that new features are often discovered during presentations, sometimes unintentionally, such as through swiping.

Other Compelling New Collaboration Case Studies

It’s been an exciting time for organisations upgrading their meeting rooms and devices infrastructure, with last week Sennheiser and AVer publishing a compelling insight into how they enhanced the University of Greenwich’s hybrid learning experiences.

The higher education institution had been struggling to effectively engage its students since introducing remote teaching via Microsoft Teams during the pandemic, with concentration levels seeming to wane during longer sessions.

To solve this challenge, Mark Affection, Head of Digital AV Solutions at the University of Greenwich, and his team built the “HyFlex” initiative, which is an environment designed to maximise learning for both on-campus and remote participants.

The higher education institution leveraged AVer’s cameras and Sennheiser’s audio products and services, namely its TeamConnect Ceiling 2 (TCC 2) microphone, to create its innovative HyFlex solution.

Affection believes the new hybrid learning technology is here to stay: “Out of a dreadful situation like COVID-19, positive and intriguing developments have emerged in how people engage with these technologies, which I don’t see us reverting from. Necessity forced this change, and people have embraced and become accustomed to these technologies.”



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