Consumer Electronics Show

The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is one of the most influential trade shows in the electronic world. At the CES Convention Las Vegas visitors and residents scour the floors for the latest and greatest offering a huge variety of the newest technological products. At each Consumer Electronics Show, trade show participants from the biggest names in the industry often announce or debut their newest product lines. This brings about major exposure to new products all around the world. Tech-junkies from near and far all head to Las Vegas each January for a week of the biggest head liners in the tech world. Las Vegas hotels and casinos fill up fast as thousands clamor to get to the trade show.

At the CES Convention Las Vegas trade show organizers have created a large number of categories in which to organize all the newest products. Since the trade shows debut year it has officially grown more than ten times in size, attracting industry leaders and many famous faces. Since the first Consumer Electronics Show in the 1960s, the, divisions have been expanded as the number of electronics have grown. A select number of categories include:

• Computer Hardware & Software
• Broadband Technology
• Photography/Digital Imaging
• Global Positioning Systems
• Home Theater & Custom Installation
• High Performance Audio and Home Theater
• Wireless/Mobile Communications
• In-Vehicle Technology
• Satellite Systems
• Robotics

There are several additional categories that are anticipated to grow over the years as technology advances in the future. Registrants at the Consumer Electronics Show represent more than 150 countries and include retailers, manufacturers, cable and satellite providers, content creators and providers and engineers. There are also a large number of financial analysts, government leaders, and world-wide media. The official trade show takes place at the Las Vegas Convention Center between January 7, 2008 and January 10, 2008 and is one of the largest and ever-growing Las Vegas attractions to date.

The 2008 Consumer Electronics Show will also have exhibits at the Sands Expo and Convention Center at the Venetian and the Las Vegas Hilton, as it has in prior years for a total of 1.7 million square feet of exhibition space. The 2008 Consumer Electronics Show is one of the most highly anticipated trade shows in the world. One of the biggest announcements CES Convention Las Vegas organizers made was the dedicated effort of the trade show to “go green” by reducing it’s carbon footprint, increasingly efforts to recycle, reducing the consumption of energy, offsetting emissions and improving efficiency.

Highlights of the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show include:

• Exlusive use of Blu-ray announced by by Warner Bros. Entertainment in May 2008
• Vodafone’s 2008 sequence of smartphones including the RIM Blackberry Pearl 2
• The diNovo Mini Keyboard/Windows Media center remote by Logitech
• Celestron’s full size microscope with LCD display and mini USB microscope
• The Tribot by WowWee
• New HD Technology
• Touch Technology
• Green Technology
• Gaming Hardware and Software
• Digital Imaging Showcase
• New BlueTooth Technology
• BlackJack II by Samsung
• SPOT Satellite Messenger
• Photoskins wallet-size digital photo frames