Dec
2010
What Is CES?
“What is CES?”
I have been getting this question a lot as of late as I prepare to head off to the event next week. CES is the abbreviation or the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. It is a trade show that covers all of the Las Vegas Convention Center and spills over into several of the casinos. For four days a year the electronics companies descend on Vegas and show off all of their wares for the upcoming year, announce new services and basically make you drool all over yourself with all of the pretty new gadgets.
The show officially runs next Thursday through Sunday, but those of us in the press get in earlier in the week for press briefings, keynote speeches, preview events and so on. I will actually be getting into town Monday afternoon and start things off bright and early on Tuesday morning. From there on out its a rocket sled ride until I leave the following Monday.
While I have attended many trade shows over the years, most notably the International Toy Fair in New York City, this does sound like the largest I will have ever attended clocking in at 1.8 million square feet of display space. Comfy shoes will definitely be in order.
I’ll be covering the show for TechnoBuffalo.com, so you can follow all of my posts over there, but I wouldn’t be surprised if some thoughts don’t spill over to here also.
