October 24, 2007
We’re your CES watchdogs. Read this issue of CES Up to the Minute to learn about five new key attractions coming to the 2008 International CES, hotel solicitors you need to be careful of and a bunch of money-saving deals that won’t be around much longer. But first, register. Going to the 2008 International CES, January 7-10, Las Vegas, Nevada, is the smartest business decision a consumer technology professional can make.
Five new key attractions at CES let you get up close and personal with some of consumer technology’s most promising markets, companies and technologies. 
This must-attend hub for Hollywood companies that create, deliver and distribute content in one central location featirung exhibitors like EchoStar, Intel, Microsoft, Motorola, Panasonic, Philips, Samsung, Sony, Toshiba and TV Guide.
See more than 30 companies, including ATP, Delkin, Fidelity, KIS, Lucidiom, Noritsu and Wacom on 7,000 square feet of exhibit space.
Get in the game with exhibitors such as Lumisource, Metino Group, Commodore Gaming, Red Lion Interactive and Robonica. 
Connect with prominent industry leaders like Nokia and Blackberry. Additionally, Qualcomm
offers the Discovering Wireless Mobility TechZone in this all-new attraction.
Watch live racing and stunt action along a 90-meter track from both the BMW Sauber FI and Formula BMW race teams, plus experience race, game and technology zones.
See a list of all key attractions and special displays.
The most trusted brand in the music industry is offering an unprecedented opportunity to learn how technology is affecting every aspect of the music industry. Get ready for a truly immersive digital entertainment experience. Sign up by November 2 to save $50 off the advance price.Today’s top music managers, touring agents, record label executives, publishers and artists will reveal their digital outlook, and leading technology innovators will discuss the contentious and symbiotic relationship between these two industries. Listen and learn from the best. Details.
Billboard’s Digital Music Live! Program Pricing
Advance: $499 (Purchase by November 2 for $449)
On-site: $599
Upgrade to Ultimate Pass: $550
Has someone called you about receiving discounted hotel room rates during CES dates? If so, beware. Please keep in mind no representatives of the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), CES, Las Vegas hotels or Las Vegas housing companies are authorized to contact you directly for CES sleeping room reservations unless you have contacted them first.
CEA, producer of the International CES, would like to remind CES attendees that CES does not use or endorse housing agencies or bureaus. CES attendees and exhibitors are to contact the CES hotels directly to receive the contracted CES rate. Claims by housing agencies/bureaus that they are the official CES housing agency are untrue. Please feel free to contact CEShotels@CE.org for further information.
To book singles or large room blocks for the 2008 International CES, please visit CESweb.org/hotel.
Over the next five years, mobile Internet will be the fastest growing marketplace in the telecommunications industry – and you can see why at the 2008 International CES. At the Sands Expo and Convention Center, step into the Mobile Internet & WiMAX TechZone to step into the entire mobile Internet ecosystem of enabling technologies, software, solutions, content, media and application providers needed to achieve success in consumer and business markets. TrendsMedia is packing the Mobile Internet & WiMAX TechZone with service providers, device manufacturers, radio manufacturers, network equipment manufacturers, infrastructure providers (tower, base station and CPE manufacturers), chip manufacturers, systems integrators, media/content and applications providers, software and software development companies (middleware, database…etc), mobile broadband technology providers (Wi-Fi, WiMAX, 3G, LTE, CDMA, EVDO…etc) and mesh network providers.
Learn more about this and other TechZones.
MyCES Personal Planner is your online tool for searching the 2008 CES event community, connecting online with others, and building your Event Plan around the knowledge, people, and products that are important to you. Starting the last week of October, the MyCES Personal Planner will begin to alert you via email about people, products and knowledge precisely matched to your objectives. Use the MyCES Personal Planner search engine to quickly find everything you’re looking for to help you plan your time at the top event for the CE industry. Not registered for MyCES Personal Planner, or want to know more? Visit http://www.CESweb.org/myces today.
You can buy a one-day Las Vegas Monorail pass for less than the cost of one trip from the MGM to the Las Vegas Convention Center. What a deal. Purchase your LV Monorail one-day pass for only $9 – 40 percent off the regular price. Offer valid through October 31, 2007. Buy your pass today and learn about other ways to get around Las Vegas and CES. Go.
We want to know. If you have questions, we have answers. Send any CES-related an e-mail to AskCES@CE.org. Help us make the 2008 International CES right for you and your business.
Here are a few other ways to get the information you need:
- Want a general history of CES? Try the CES Fact Sheet.
- Need to know about registration and other logistics? Check out the FAQs.
- Interested in late-breaking news? Read the press releases.
- Do you have your own portal? Let our RSS feed bring the info to you.
And as always, check http://www.CESweb.org/ each week for breaking news about the upcoming show, January 7-10, 2008, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
