Riedel Communications provided the communications infrastructure for the 14th World Live Neurovascular Conference in Lisbon, supporting live medical procedures streamed to the venue from five countries.
The conference’s “all live cases” format brought neurovascular interventions, including aneurysm treatments and stroke procedures, into the room in real time from operating rooms in Argentina, China, France, Turkey and the United States.
Riedel’s Artist intercom formed the core of the communications system, carrying on-site and intercontinental audio between the Lisbon venue and the remote hospitals.
The system allowed AV technicians, clinicians, moderators and panel members to coordinate between the conference stage and operating rooms during live procedures. Riedel SmartPanels were deployed on stage and used with Riedel intercom beltpacks, enabling moderators and panellists to direct questions to neurointerventionalists while procedures were taking place.
Remote sites were connected using low-latency SD-WAN links, while an end-to-end digital audio pipeline was used to preserve speech intelligibility from microphone to earpiece.
Technical production was delivered by PlayfulBits UK, with integration software running on cloud instances extending the role of the Riedel 1200 Series SmartPanels beyond intercom. Using the Control Panel App, operators could control local and remote devices, including PTZ cameras, tally lights and return monitors at each hospital site, from the same panel surface.
This allowed the Artist-based communications infrastructure to operate as a unified control layer for the wider production.
Prof Dr Saruhan Cekirge, WLNC, said: “In a medical setting, there is no room for communication errors. The Riedel intercom system provided both on-site organizers and our remote medical staff with the necessary flexibility and reliability.”
Ismet Bozkurt, senior regional sales manager at Riedel Communications, said the project demonstrated the role high-performance intercom and signal distribution systems can play in international collaboration and medical knowledge exchange.