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CES Asia Showcases
Innovation in Shanghai

ES Asia 2019 shined a spotlight on the transformative
technologies revolutionizing the Asian marketplace and
improving lives around the world. Held June 11 to June
13 at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC),
CES Asia featured 550 exhibiting companies, cementing itself as
Asia's most influential tech event for the fifth year in a row.

brands including Deloitte, IBM China
"CES Asia is the only event on the contiand others. Experts discussed important
nent that brings the entire consumer
tech trends, including smart mobility,
technology ecosystem together to better
our future," said Gary Shapiro, president machine learning and blockchain.
CES Asia also featured keynotes from
and CEO, CTA. "Globally, we stand at
industry visionaries, includthe precipice of great
ing Dr. Chang Huang, cochange, and we must
founder and VP of Horizon
embrace opportunities -
like this event - to unite CES Asia 2019 Robotics, who unveiled
around our shared promfeatured the advancements in edge comand the company's
ise of the future."
largest exhibit puting
strategy for the future of AI.
floor in the
Nobu Ide, president and
Breaking Records
show's five- CEO of Wacom spoke about
CES Asia 2019 featured
the largest exhibit floor in
year history the future of digital ink and
showed innovative solutions
the show's five-year hisin Extended Reality (XR)
tory thanks to a more
than 14% increase in
exhibit space compared to 2018. Some
40,000 attendees also came to see the
latest in innovation, including more
than 1,400 members of the global
media. The floor featured companies
developing cutting-edge products and
services around 5G, artificial intelligence
(AI), augmented reality/virtual reality
and vehicle tech with 115 startups participating from seven countries. Companies
from all aspects of the industry exhibited
including AIWAYS, Bose, Epson, iFLYTEK and Suning. CES Asia also featured
automobile companies, such as Audi,
Honda, Hozon, Hyundai, Kia and Nissan
highlighting the latest vehicle tech.

CES Asia Conference Program

The sessions covered all three days with
more than 150 executives from global
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that enable XR drawing in open and
3D environments. The show also featured keynotes from executives from
Audi, Delta, Hyundai and Huawei.
The Tech4Good panel addressed the
ability of technology to solve global
challenges. The panel was presented by
Citypreneurs, a UN-backed platform
for impact-driven innovation and
explored sustainable ventures and
technologies that aim to achieve sustainability through partnerships at
the city level.
The Power of Diversity, Innovation
and Sustainability panel, presented by
Ladies Who Tech, showcased China's
emerging role as an innovation hub.
The panel featured experts and visionaries who explored how the convergence of diversity, innovation and
sustainability can make the world a
better place.
CES Asia will return to Shanghai,
June 10-12, 2020.

AWARD PROGRAMS
CES Asia featured several awards programs to recognize revolutionary
products and technologies. The Best
of CES Asia Awards, presented by
ZOL, honored breakthrough innovation across product categories, including AI, vehicle tech and startups, with
Hisense taking home the top prize
with its 4K Laser Television 100L7.

CES Asia is the
most influential
tech event in Asia.

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