Innovation Park ISE 2027 returns to Fira de Barcelona, Gran Via, from 2 to 5 February 2027 as the area of Integrated Systems Europe reserved for AV start-ups, emerging technology companies, investors, buyers and systems integrators. The programme arrives at the next edition with a clear brief: turn four days of trade show into visibility, qualified contacts and business development for the companies that are still building their route to market.
It comes off the back of a strong ISE 2026, where the area brought together 130 exhibitors, 84 pitching sessions and more than 160 matchmaking connections. Those numbers matter less as a headline than as evidence of format: Innovation Park is built around structured encounters rather than stand traffic, which is what a young company with a small team and a limited travel budget actually needs.
For emerging manufacturers, AV software developers and companies working in immersive solutions, professional audio, visualisation, digital signage, connectivity, event technology and audiovisual integration, it is one of the few settings where a first conversation with a distributor, an integrator or an investor can happen in the same week.
Integrated Systems Europe confirms the return of its start-up area
Integrated Systems Europe has confirmed that Innovation Park will run again at ISE 2027, keeping its role as the meeting point between AV start-ups, technology companies, investors, buyers and audiovisual integrators. After the results recorded in 2026, the programme returns to Barcelona with the same objective: accelerate the visibility and the commercial opportunities of the next generation of audiovisual companies.
Innovation Park works as a launch platform inside the show. Rather than scattering emerging companies across the halls, it concentrates them in one area with direct access to the people who can move a product forward, and gives them formats designed for that access rather than for footfall.
What ISE 2026 delivered for the audiovisual start-ups that took part
At ISE 2026, several of the fastest-growing companies in the professional AV market used Innovation Park to reach an international audience, hold conversations with investors and open distribution routes. With 130 exhibitors, 84 pitching sessions and more than 160 matchmaking connections, the area consolidated its position as a destination for technology discovery inside the wider show.
The feedback from participants points in the same direction. Fabien Rolland, co-founder and managing director of Losonnante, described returning for a second year as a straightforward decision, given the value of the contacts made previously, and set out the 2026 objective as connecting with international investors and integrators in order to expand into new markets through distribution channels.
Alberto Paccagnella, co-founder of amperry, attending for the first time, reported that the company identified ISE as the right platform from day one, connected with people from around the world and saw clear opportunities to scale internationally beyond Italy. Chris White, EU territory manager at Turtle AV, returning a year after launching the company at the show, pointed to close to 40 distributors worldwide, significant industry recognition and strong momentum in Europe, with ISE 2026 generating hundreds of new contacts.
How the programme connects start-ups, investors, buyers and integrators
Innovation Park is structured as a meeting point between AV start-ups, investors, buyers, audiovisual integrators and innovation managers. It combines presentation formats, networking and matchmaking so that each conversation has somewhere to go afterwards, which is the part that usually decides whether a trade show visit pays for itself.
For an emerging company, that model allows a solution to be validated in front of working professionals, potential partners to be identified, and conversations with distributors to be opened inside the international ecosystem that Integrated Systems Europe brings to Barcelona each year.
Plug and Play Pitching Stage
The Plug and Play Pitching Stage was one of the main drivers of participation, with 84 presentation sessions that gave AV start-ups a direct forum in front of investors, partners and buyers. Around it, guided tours, networking events and the Speed-Dating Evening Event helped participants start commercial conversations and explore collaborations across the industry.
The Matchmaking Area and the partner sessions behind its reach
The Matchmaking Area, powered by Ambivation, added more than 160 potential one-to-one connections between investors, AV start-ups, innovation managers and corporate representatives. It is the piece that extends the programme beyond the stand and the pitch, structuring higher-value meetings with people who hold budget or decision-making capacity.
Seven partner-led sessions, with BCN Health Hub, Youz Talent, Barcelona Activa, EIT Culture & Creativity, CETT and SETT, added further depth, and the programme closed with the ISE Hackathon, linking entrepreneurial talent with the wider show.
Mike Blackman, managing director of Integrated Systems Events, has framed Innovation Park as a way of shaping the future of the AV industry by giving start-ups direct access to investors, partners and sector experts. In his account, its alignment with the ISE Foundation and its commitment to innovation also helps entrepreneurial talent bring new ideas to market, and connecting emerging companies with the right organisations creates real commercial opportunities for the next generation of the industry.
Dates, venue and how AV start-ups can apply for a place
ISE 2027 takes place at Fira de Barcelona, Gran Via, from 2 to 5 February 2027. Dates, opening hours, venue details and travel information for the whole show are collected in our ISE 2027 visitor guide, which is updated as the organisers release further detail.
Applications for Innovation Park ISE 2027 are already open, and after the level of demand recorded in 2026 companies are booking early. Places are requested through the official form on the Innovation Park page of Integrated Systems Europe. It is worth treating the application as a positioning decision rather than a formality: the technology area a company sits in shapes the type of visitor it meets.
Why Innovation Park matters for the next generation of AV companies
With growing involvement from investors and buyers, Innovation Park ISE 2027 concentrates in four days the access that would otherwise take a year of travel: visibility in front of the global industry, conversations that can open a funding round, and distribution channels that shorten the path to a new market.
For the wider industry the value runs the other way as well. Integrators and consultants working in professional audiovisual production get an early look at technologies that have not yet reached the main halls, which is often where the useful part of a trade show is.
Frequently asked questions about Innovation Park ISE 2027
What is Innovation Park at ISE 2027?
It is the area of Integrated Systems Europe dedicated to AV start-ups and emerging technology companies, giving them direct access to investors, buyers, integrators and industry leaders to build visibility and open international business opportunities.
When and where does ISE 2027 take place?
ISE 2027 runs at Fira de Barcelona, Gran Via, from 2 to 5 February 2027.
How can start-ups take part in Innovation Park 2027?
Applications are already open. Interested companies can request a place through the official form on the Innovation Park page of the Integrated Systems Europe website.
What did Innovation Park deliver at ISE 2026?
ISE 2026 brought together 130 exhibitors, 84 sessions on the Plug and Play Pitching Stage and more than 160 matchmaking connections, alongside tours, networking, the Speed-Dating Evening Event and the ISE Hackathon.
Who is Innovation Park aimed at?
Audiovisual start-ups looking for international growth, and the investors, buyers, integrators and innovation managers who want an early view of the technologies shaping the AV market.
