{"id":44292,"date":"2019-05-17T08:15:33","date_gmt":"2019-05-17T07:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automatedhome.com\/?p=44292"},"modified":"2019-05-17T08:15:33","modified_gmt":"2019-05-17T07:15:33","slug":"smart-home-week-2019-interview-5-simon-collinson-from-philips-hue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automatedhome.com\/lighting\/smart-home-week-2019-interview-5-simon-collinson-from-philips-hue.html","title":{"rendered":"Smart Home Week 2019 &#8211; Interview #5 Simon Collinson from Philips Hue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Smart Home Week is a marketing collaboration between industry stakeholders and it aims to &#8220;inform, educate and reassure UK consumers about the benefits and opportunities of living in a smart&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>In the lead up to this years\u00a0events I attended the press forum in the RIBA in London where a panel of experts discussed the current sate of the union in regards to smart home tech.<\/p>\n<p>That panel included <strong>Simon Collinson,\u00a0Commercial Director of Consumer and Home System for Philips Hue in the UK<\/strong> and we got some face to face time with him to chat\u00a0about integrating with more than 700 apps, affordability and adding Hue to John Lewis lighting.<\/p>\n<p>So here&#8217;s AH0030, the final interview from this years smart home week press event&#8230;<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-44292-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/automatedhome\/5.Smart_Home_Week_2019_-_Simon_Collinson.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/automatedhome\/5.Smart_Home_Week_2019_-_Simon_Collinson.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/automatedhome\/5.Smart_Home_Week_2019_-_Simon_Collinson.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a 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