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
