Save the date: S4x16 is January 12-16

S4x16 is moving to the Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theater in the heart of South Beach. It’s literally 3 blocks from the beach, 1 block from Lincoln Road and right in the middle of all the SoBe restaurants, shops and night life.

This is a classic art deco venue where The Dick Clark Show, The Ed Sullivan Show and the Miss USA and Miss Universe Pageants were often filmed in the auditorium. In 1964, Jackie Gleason even moved his hugely popular tv show there, hence the name.

In 2007, the Jackie Gleason Theater underwent a major renovation and now has state of the art lighting, sound, video and just about any staging option we can think of — all without losing that cool art deco feel that is South Beach. In fact, the planning team is feeling the challenge of coming up with unique content, formats and staging worthy of this non-traditional ICSsec conference facility.

You often hear this security professional or that automation engineer is a “rock star”. At S4x16 we will see who the real rock stars are on a real stage that today is a major concert venue. Speakers will literally be in the spotlight on the big stage.

Fillmore

In addition to the main theater, the venue has so many interesting rooms for us to use. For example, the ICS Village will be held in the Red Star Lounge, a VIP lounge for concerts with coffee and cocktails and comfortable couches and tables to better get to know your fellow S4 attendees. Much like the staging, taking full advantage of all the rooms is a fun, creative challenge.

The Kimpton Surfcomber will again be an official S4x16 hotel, and it is only a 3 block walk to the Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theater. Attendees raved about this hotel last year … except for the bus ride to Kovens. No buses for S4x16!

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Note: We want to publicly thank the Kovens Conference Center that has been the home of S4 since the inaugural event back in 2007. They did a fantastic job for us each and every year. Unfortunately we outgrew the ballroom there and wanted to move somewhere that buses were not required. We highly recommend Kovens if you need a South Florida venue for an event.