Organizers of the Consumer Electronics Show, the major annual tech trade show in Las Vegas, announce next year's fair will be an 'all-digital experience' as a result of the pandemic.
"Amid the pandemic and growing global health concerns about the spread of COVID-19, it's just not possible to safely convene tens of thousands of people in Las Vegas in early January 2021 to meet and do business in person," Gary Shapiro, president and CEO of the Consumer Technology Association, which operates CES, said in a statement Tuesday.
Attendees walk through the Las Vegas Convention Center, Jan. 10, 2020, on the final day of the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Attendees walk through the Las Vegas Convention Center, Jan. 10, 2020, on the final day of the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas."Technology helps us all work, learn and connect during the pandemic -- and that innovation will also help us reimagine CES 2021 and bring together the tech community in a meaningful way," Shapiro added.
The CTA said the all-digital event still will give attendees a"front row seat to discover and see the latest technology" and that the group plans to return to Las Vegas for CES 2022.The announcement highlights the ongoing uncertainty of the conference and trade show circuit, which has been pummeled by the COVID-19 pandemic. Without a vaccine or treatment, mass gatherings long seen as essential in the tech industry remain on hold.
A handful of major conferences in 2020 already were forced to cancel or turn all-virtual as a result of the health crisis, including Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference and the
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