If you’ve ever walked the floors of CES, you’ll know there is too much to be seen. Let’s sum up what you can expect to come out of the massive show, in a nutshell.
New and Expanded Exhibit Areas
- NEW Resilience: Tech keeping the world healthy, safe, warm, powered, fed and secure.
- NEW Enterprise Solutions: Encompasses analytics, consulting, integration, cybersecurity, e-commerce and mobile payment.
- CES Sports Zone: The latest tech innovation impacting athletic performance to fan engagement and the business of sports on and off the field. The Gamespot eSports truck will also provide attendees with a firsthand experience of eSports.
- Self-Driving Technology: Ride-and-drive experiences.
- C Space: Tech and entertainment converge. How tech is changing the future of brand marketing and entertainment.
- Smart Cities: See how smart cities will influence policies, transportation, cities and towns, our industry and our planet.
- Eureka Park: 1,200 of the world’s most promising tech pioneers at CES’ home for startups— and maybe a few future unicorns.
Can’t-Miss Conference Sessions and Speakers
- Keynote Addresses
- LG Electronics President and Chief Technology Officer Dr. I.P. Park
- CTA President and CEO Gary Shapiro and CES Executive Vice President Karen Chupka
- IBM Chairman, President and CEO Ginni Rometty
- Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg
- AMD President and Chief Executive Officer Dr. Lisa Su
- U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao
- AT&T Communications CEO John Donovan and MediaLink Chairman and CEO Michael Kassan
- Conference Sessions
- AI Everywhere
- Daniel Hodges, CEO and Founder, CIM Tours; Eric Colson, Chief Algorithms Officer, Stitchfix; Allende Cornejo, Project Engineer, Drone Racing League; John Teeple, Director, Advanced Technology, John Deere
- Taking the Lead on Innovation in Cities
- Walter Alcorn, VP, Environmental Affairs and Industry Sustainability, Consumer Technology Association; Muriel Bowser, Mayor, Washington, DC; Joe Buscaino, Councilmember, City of Los Angeles
- CES 2019 Trends to Watch
- Steve Koenig, VP, Market Research, Consumer Technology Association
- C Space Storytellers
- Leading brands and CMOs take to our Story Tellers stage, including IBM’s Michele Peluso, Unilever’s Keith Weed and Proctor and Gamble’s Marc Pritchard
- CMO Insights: Technology’s Impact on Brand Strategy
- Jean Foster, SVP, Marketing and Communications, Consumer Technology Association; Jill Cress, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, National Geographic Partners; Meg Goldthwaite, Chief Marketing Officer, NPR; Raja Rajamannar, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, Mastercard
- #NBATwitter: A Conversation with Adam Silver and Jack Dorsey
- Rachel Nichols, Anchor, ESPN; Jack Dorsey, CEO, Twitter; Adam Silver, Commissioner, NBA
- Immersive Media
- Michael Davies, SVP, Filed and Technical Operations, Fox Sports; William Deng, VP, Media Strategy and Business Development, NFL; Danny Keens, VP, Content, NextVR; Sandra Lopez, VP, Intel Sports and Media, Intel; Geoff Reiss, GM, Yahoo Sports, Yahoo Sports / Verizon Media Group
- Technology to Feed the World
- Susan McPherson, Founder and CEO, McPherson Strategies, LLC; Jon Friedman, COO, Freight Farms; Dr. Laura Kliman, Senior Flavor Scientist, Impossible Foods; Brigid McDermott, VP, IBM Food Trust, IBM; Carl Vause, CEO, Soft Robotics
- Future Focus: With Forbes’ Most Influential CMOs
- Jenny Rooney, Editor, CMO Network Forbes; Aimee Lapic, CMO, Pandora; Susan Vobejda, CMO, The Trade Desk; Deborah Wahl, CMO, Cadillac
- Technology, Jobs and the Future of Work
- Jennifer Taylor, VP, U.S. Jobs, Consumer Technology Association; Charlie Ackerman, SVP, Human Resources – North America, Bosch; Robert Chiappetta, Director, Government Affairs, Toyota; Bonnie Lee, VP, Property Claims, Allstate Insurance Company; Monica Lucero, SVP, Client Services and Marketing, TeamPeople
- AI Everywhere
- SuperSessions
- Exploring Technology and Advanced Materials Innovation in Space
- Jeremy Wilks, Correspondent, Euronews; Dr. Mark Fernandez, Americas HPC Technology Officer, Hewlett Packard Enterprise; Andrew Rush, President and CEO, Made in Space, Inc.
- Technology’s Innovators and Disruptors
- Shelley Zalis, CEO, The Female Quotient; Patrick Brown, CEO and Founder, Impossible Foods; Arlan Hamilton, Founder and Managing Partner, Backstage Capital; John Padgett, Chief Experience and Innovation Officer, Carnival Corporation & plc
- Esports: Powered by Technology
- Kendra Johnson, GM, Global Content Development and Emerging Markets, Twitch; David Wan Tat Tse, Global Esports Director, Razer; Noah Whinston, Executive Chairman, Immortals
- Top Trends Shaping Global Innovation
- Exploring Technology and Advanced Materials Innovation in Space
Stay tuned for more CES updates all week long here at eeDesignIt.