The IP Showcase will focus on how open IP standards enable the Pro AV and broadcast industries to bridge deterministic real-time production with increasingly cloud-native and distributed workflows — with the recently finalized and certified IPMX standard taking center stage. At the 2026 NAB Show, educational opportunities will also extend beyond the IP Showcase itself with onsite training sessions and the introduction of AIMS’ IPMX Training Series online portal.

AIMS will feature demonstrations of certified IPMX products in booth W1355, highlighting interoperability and practical implementation across a range of use cases. In room W317, AIMS will present a series of IPMX training sessions, giving attendees an opportunity to gain hands-on insight into IPMX architecture and implementation.

“With IPMX finalized and an operational certification program in place, NAB 2026 marks the shift from roadmap discussions to real-world deployment,” said Andrew Starks, an AIMS board of directors member and director of product management for Macnica. “We’re no longer talking about what the standard could enable — we’re demonstrating a growing, deployable ecosystem that manufacturers and end users can build around today. Part of what makes that possible is IPMX’s ability to bridge accessible AV-over-IP systems and fully deterministic SMPTE ST 2110-class environments, enabling real-world deployments that can start simple and scale as performance and timing requirements grow, while aligning naturally with cloud and microservices-based architectures. And because successful IP workflows depend on both mature standards and a skilled workforce, we’re excited to debut the IPMX Training Series alongside the IP Showcase in Las Vegas.”

As in previous years, a core component of the IP Showcase at the 2026 NAB Show will be the IP Showcase Theater, where industry professionals will give presentations on a wide range of topics. Taking place in the Tech Chat Theater in the West Hall, this year the IP Showcase will feature 12 presentations. Topics will include overviews of SMPTE ST 2110, IPMX, AES67, AMWA NMOS, and VSF TR-1001, along with updates on monitoring, quality control, and post-deployment maintenance in IP-based environments. Additional topics explored in the Tech Chat Theater will include security across WANs, remote production, ground-to-cloud integration, dynamic media facilities (DMF), an emerging architectural model using XML-based descriptions to define and orchestrate media infrastructure, and communicating IP concepts beyond engineering teams, as well as real-world case studies on media organizations and facilities that have transitioned to IP.

The NAB Show 2026 will also mark the debut of the IPMX Training Series, a new educational program developed by AIMS to help the industry understand and deploy the IPMX open standard. Structured as a three-level curriculum covering foundations, systems design, and advanced networking concepts such as PTP and SMPTE ST 2110, the program provides a practical path for engineers and integrators building AV-over-IP infrastructures.