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Next week at the CES 2025 trade show in Las Vegas, we’ll once again be able to see and hear about the latest tech trends in person.
This year, the organizers of the big tech showcase expect more than 138,000 attendees through January 10, with hundreds of speakers and an estimated 4,500-plus exhibitors and 2.5 million square feet of exhibit space.
Attendance is expected to be more than the 138,000 people who came last year, according to Gary Shapiro, CEO of the Consumer Technology Association, the trade group that stages the event. Based on some of the tech I’m previewing, I feel like AI is starting to lead to products that are truly magical, like language translation, biological testing on smartphones and glasses that can tell you about the world. And groups like AARP are targeting the aging population with AgeTech innovations. There is much to feel good about. Let’s just hope we have enough electricity to do all that AI computing in a sustainable way.
“All signs point to a successful CES 2025. We had over 138,000 attendees at CES 2024 and we expect at least that for the 2025 show, with registration up for both industry attendees and media. CES 2024 had over 40% of attendees come from outside the U.S. and we are tracking at similar levels for CES 2025,” Shapiro said in a message to GamesBeat. “Of course, we can’t be certain until we’re onsite and the show is underway, but we anticipate that CES 2025 will welcome more than 4500 exhibitors, including 1400 startups. We expect that CES 2025 will bring together more than 2.5 million net square feet of exhibits.”
He said attendees will see new technologies across the show floor. Applications for the CES Innovation Awards 2025 reached a record level, with more than 3,400 submissions, making the CES 2025 honorees the most competitive group to date.
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