PAM Europe is the annual Predictive Aircraft Maintenance Conference. Airlines, maintenance providers and manufacturers meet there to share how aircraft data is changing maintenance decisions. In November 2026 it returned to the Stratocaster Suite at The Gibson Hotel for two days, with around 150 delegates.
AXL delivered the full technical production for the second year running, working alongside the event agency. We built on the Sunday and ran the conference on Monday and Tuesday.
The brief
The audience was international and technical, and the slides were full of data. Every speaker had to be heard clearly and every chart had to be readable from the back row. The room also had to look like PAM, not a hotel function room, and the show had to run to the agency's show caller across two full days of keynotes and panels.
A branded wall that framed every session
An 8m x 3m LED wall in 2.9mm pitch filled the back of the stage. The client supplied a branded PAM frame image, and we piped speaker content into the centre of it. The conference identity and headline sponsor stayed on screen through every talk, and the same frame carried the live Q&A code between sessions.
Playback ran from three laptops through a PixelHue P10 switcher, so each presentation was cued and ready before the speaker walked on. Presenters used a wireless clicker. Two 40" confidence monitors sat in a black hide at the front of the stage, and the glass lectern carried a portrait display with the PAM logo.
Every voice on a microphone
Every speaker was mic'd. Presenters and panellists wore headset or lavalier microphones across eight wireless channels. Two handhelds covered audience questions, and a gooseneck stayed on the lectern.
We mixed on a Midas M32R with a DL32 stage box. L-Acoustics WIFO focus loudspeakers on stands either side of the stage, with X8 speakers around the room, gave even, clear speech across the room without pushing level at the front rows.
Lighting a room with a view
The Stratocaster Suite has floor-to-ceiling windows over Dublin Port and a feature ceiling of hanging metal discs. We lit the room to suit both.
LED profiles and Fresnels on poles at the side walls gave presenters a clean front wash for the audience and the photographer. Moving heads on the stage threw texture across the ceiling around the feature fitting. Battery uplighters washed the walls in PAM orange, and LED tubes ran along the base of the LED wall. The whole rig ran from an Avolites console.
Staging for keynotes and panels
An 8m x 2m stage in black carpet held a soft seating set of a sofa, three armchairs and a glass table for panel sessions. Fabric-wrapped fronts, built for PAM, finished the stage and screen riser. Matching fabric hides masked the control position at the back of the room.
Two days, one show caller
The build was led on site by full-time AXL staff. We had 4 crew onsite throughout. The agency's show caller called every session over our wireless comms system, so sound, lighting and playback moved together on each cue.
The result
PAM ran on time across both days, with every session heard, seen and lit as the client intended. This was our second PAM Europe at The Gibson Hotel, following the 2025 edition.
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Key facts
Event
PAM Europe 2026, Predictive Aircraft Maintenance Conference
Venue
Stratocaster Suite, The Gibson Hotel, Dublin
Dates
Build 8 November, conference 9 to 10 November 2026
Delegates
Around 150
LED
8m x 3m main wall, 2.9mm pitch, client content in a branded frame
Visuals
PixelHue P10 switching, three playback laptops, wireless clicker, 40" confidence monitor
Audio
L-Acoustics X8, SB18 and WIFO Focus on LA8 amplification, Midas M32R and DL32
Microphones
Eight wireless headset and lavalier channels, two handhelds, lectern gooseneck
Lighting
Moving heads, LED profiles and Fresnels, battery uplighters, LED tubes, Avolites console
Staging
8m x 2m stage, screen riser, fabric-wrapped fronts, panel soft seating
Crew
Led by full-time AXL staff, show called by the agency over AXL comms
Frequently asked questions
Do you provide conference AV in Dublin? Yes. We deliver conferences, awards and launches across Dublin and the rest of Ireland. PAM Europe at The Gibson Hotel is a returning Dublin conference for us.
Do you work with event agencies and show callers? Yes. Much of our work is delivered for agencies. At PAM, the agency's show caller ran the show on our comms, and our team operated sound, lighting and playback to their calls.
Why use an LED wall instead of a projector for a conference? An LED wall stays bright in rooms with daylight, which matters in a space with floor-to-ceiling windows. A fine pitch, like the 2.9mm we used at PAM, keeps small text on data-heavy slides sharp for the front rows.
How do you handle microphones for panel sessions? We put a headset or lavalier on every panellist so no one has to share or hold a microphone. Handheld microphones are kept for audience questions.
Can you run a conference over more than one day? Yes. At PAM we built on the Sunday and ran Monday and Tuesday, with the same crew across both show days.
