Consumer Electronics Show 2011
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- Published on Sunday, 09 January 2011 03:54
- Written by Lynne Shannon
The 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is running January 6-9, 
2011 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Some events are also being held at the Las Vegas Hilton, the Venetian and the Renaissance Las Vegas hotels.
This is the largest consumer electronics trade show in the world, and this year’s event spares no effort to be even better than ever, on a variety of levels.
For openers, the keynote speakers include such leaders in the field as:
Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO, who kicks off the show with his keynote address.
Gary Shapiro, CEA President and CEO
Ivan Seidenberg, Verizon CEO
This year’s show marks the debut of a new program, "Entertainment Matters," to address the needs of Hollywood's film, television and digital communities. Sponsored by Variety and Cricket, this program is intended to unite the interests of both technology and content.
Numerous "Conference Tracks" have something for everyone, and indeed more than one thing for all, such as:
Digital Hollywood – the enormously popular track with such sessions as:
- Hollywood and the Digital Consumer: How Technology, Content and Services Establish the Next Level of Consumer Entertainment Experience
- Advertising Strategy, Expenditure and Analysis: Broadcast and Cable vs. the New Platforms
- Venture Funding, Investment & Mergers - Leadership in the Entertainment & Technology Space
Home Entertainment and Lifestyle Technologies – the track that discusses the ever-mo
re tech-savvy consumers as they vote with their dollars:
- In Search of TV's Next Big Thing
- The Great Slate Debate
- It's a TV. It's a Computer. No, It's a...
Media Money Makers – a matter of interest to all, especially at the nexus of Hollywood, Madison Avenue, Wall Street and Silicon Valley:
- Variety Presents: Tech You Can Take to the Bank
- Way Over The Top: Connecting TVs to Revenue
- Artists As Entrepreneurs
Silvers Summit – one of the biggest battle cries of the Boomers back in the 60's was “change”. The new frontier for Boomers now is aging, and they are revolutionizing that as well, as they absorb tech tools into many aspects of their daily lives. Sessions include:
- What Boomers Buy and Why
- The Power Technology in Senior Health
- Creating the Smart, Aware Home
Smartphone and Tablet Conference – the tomorrow-is-here-today tools that are redefining mobile communications:
- The Smartphone and Tablet Platform: Establishing the Personalized Entertainment and Communications Experience
- The HyperConnected Consumer - Mobile Device and Mobile Network - Integrating the Full PC Experience into a Personal Communications Device
- Video on the Smartphone and Tablet - Programming, Content Relationships, Dealmaking and Commerce
The free "SuperSessions" feature panels:
- Hollywood Creative Masters: A Media Money Makers SuperSession
- Got Game? The State of the Games Industry: View from the Top
- CNET's Next Big Thing: After the Computer
- Big Thinkers and Disruptive Technologies – Today's Thought Leaders, Tomorrow's Technologies
- One-on-One With FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski
- Consumer 360 – Gadgets Everywhere and the Role of Wireless
Again, the show includes "Last Gadget Standing," a competition to see just who demonstrates a product that is "most likely to change the face of technology.”
Celebrity guests include Tim Kring (Heroes), Gale Anne Hurd (Terminator), 50 Cent, Olivia Wilde (Tron), Kevin Pollack and the producers of Lost, and Rick Fox (NBA).
The Exhibit Hall especially is not to be missed, as myriad companies display and demo their newest, cutting edge products.
For more details go to www.cesweb.org.
2011 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES)
January 6-9, 2011
Las Vegas Convention Center
3150 Paradise Rd
Las Vegas, Nevada
(702) 892-0711
Las Vegas Hilton Hotel
3000 Paradise Road
Las Vegas, Nevada
Toll Free: (888) 732-7117
Main Line (702) 732-5111