Preparations for the Super Bowl were taking place around-the-clock at Dallas Cowboys Stadium when, amidst the excitement happening on the field, the Electronic Security Association (ESA) held its Leadership Awards presentation on a level of the stadium that overlooks the magnificent playing field and the world’s largest LED display made by Mitsubishi at 72-ft. high by 160-ft. wide on each of its two sides.
The Leadership Awards ceremony was one of the highlight of a four-day conference — now in its second year — the ESA Leadership Summit, which took place from Jan. 10-13, 2011, at the Omni Mandalay Hotel at Las Colinas, in Irving, Texas. A new aspect of the summit this year was the “Hosted Guest” segment. Security dealers who were invited as hosted guests participated in boardroom presentations, where small groups met with electronic security vendors who gave presentations on products and services they offered. Hosted guests also met one-on-one with the vendors. It was a format similar to the annual SecurityXchange conference.