Discussion Systems

Silkross events provides you with suitable equipment so you can make different ideas converge in direct talks.

Our 3 Key Points for Discussion Systems

• Your desired discussion environment,
• Conference microphones for all participants,
• The requirement—what balance between closeness and distance do you wish to create?

What Is a Discussion System?

A discussion system comprises the interconnection of strategically placed conference microphones via an audio network. The conference microphone includes a switchable microphone, an illuminated activity indicator, and a built‑in loudspeaker (the loudspeaker is automatically muted when the microphone is activated).

The discussion system is the core component of multimedia conference systems. These Conference systems can have an expanded range of functional areas, including weighted and personal voting, listening to language interpreters through headphones, management of speaking rights, integration of video content, and area control for automatic cameras.

There are wired and wireless discussion systems. SILKROSS events uses discussion systems from manufacturers Braehler Systems and Bosch Security Systems—they were the first to equip wireless discussion systems with dense WLAN clouds and secure them against eavesdropping and unauthorized access.

This way your discussion within the conference room stays confidential at all times.

Use and Handling of a Discussion System

Individual discussion systems can be combined with each other. This is really handy when the conference situation changes between plenary sessions and working groups. The number and layout of conference microphones depends on the seating of the participants who may take the floor. In a standard setting, two seat neighbours share one conference microphones.

The operating mode of a discussion system determines what happens if someone wishes to take the floor. Let us briefly consider three different desired discussion types—and let us put a special focus on what a participant has to do to get the floor:

A dynamic discussion:

Strictly speaking this setting does not require that anyone applies for the floor. Anyone who speaks directly into a microphone automatically has the floor.

An orderly discussion:

A person who wishes to have the floor gets it by pressing the microphone button. Within the group the number of conference microphones that can be active at the same time is restricted to two, three or four. If desired the chair has an autonomous right to the floor at any time.

A regulated discussion:

A participant presses the microphone button on his conference microphone to apply for the floor. The leader of the discussion can then grant the floor, grant it at a later point in time, or refuse it. The chair can override anyone who has the floor.