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Sponsorships
The International CES delivers more distribution channels than any other industry event. Let this powerful audience know exactly how to find you at the International CES, through targeted or general sponsorships. Watch your ROI grow!
Your company name and our badge: a match made in branding heaven. Placed behind each attendee badge, these pre-printed inserts sit approximately 3/4-inch above the registration badge to catch the eye every International CES attendee. Your brand travels around every single venue of CES!
The sponsor is responsible for printing the inserts and delivering a specified amount to the Las Vegas Convention Center.
Badges must arrive on-site no later than Friday, December 29, 2012.
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The fashion statement of the tradeshow world, lanyards are the must-have accessory at CES. Hang your company name and logo on all International CES attendees. Lanyards hold buyers' badges around their necks, keeping pins and clips away from their clothes. The lanyards, imprinted with a company name, are distributed at all registration and badge holder locations. And they have a great shelf life! You'll often see people wearing CES lanyards at other events! The sponsor is responsible for obtaining stock and delivering a specified amount to the Las Vegas Convention Center. Call for details.
Lanyards must arrive on-site no later than Friday, December 29, 2012.
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This sponsorship is an absolute prime branding opportunity. Your logo and message is on the item that 150,000 consumer technology professionals take with them everywhere over their four days at CES. You provide the pre-printed stickers, and CES puts them on the back of every attendee registration badge holder. Size of the sticker is 2 1/2" high x 3 1/2" wide.
A great thing about this promotional opportunity:
Your logo goes where every CES attendee goes.
Contact
Manager, Promotional Opportunities, CES
Phone: 703-907-4324
Email: byb@CE.org
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Reach professionals in the market that matters to you. CEA hosts up to three member lounges located in high-traffic areas throughout the show. Sponsoring a member lounge aligns your brand with the pre-eminent authority and voice for the consumer technology industry the Consumer Electronics Association. Choose from the following locations:
Call for details
Contact
Manager, Promotional Opportunities, CES
Phone: 703-907-4324
Email: byb@CE.org
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Reach professionals in the market that matters to you. CEA hosts VIP lunches located in the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) and The Venetian the first three days of the show. Sponsoring this program aligns your brand with the pre-eminent authority and voice for the consumer technology industry - the Consumer Electronics Association.
The lunch program is offered:
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Reach professionals in the markets that matter to you. CEA hosts evening networking receptions for many of its divisions. Sponsoring a reception aligns your brand with the pre-eminent authority and voice for the consumer technology industry — the Consumer Electronics Association.
Sponsorship Benefits
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If your company aims to be the king of the Internet marketplace, then consider this promotional opportunity. Attendees rely on e-mail to keep in touch with daily business. Promote your company name, graphics and homepage at e-mail stations in the busy and popular lobbies of International CES venues.
Sponsorship Benefits
A great thing about this promotional opportunity:
CES attendees see your brand while they're actually plugged into the Internet. Expect a huge spike in your website's traffic from this sponsorship.
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Attendees depend on these kiosks to navigate the show floor and plan their strategy to see specific exhibitors and products. The kiosks allow attendees to search by company, booth number or product category and print a map of exhibitors they want to visit. As an official kiosk sponsor, your company name, logo and homepage shine on the interactive floor plan/product locator kiosks.
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If global expansion ranks high in your company's goals, then this promotional opportunity is perfect for you. Reach distribution channels from overseas, and target-brand thousands of global visitors and OEM contacts. Sponsor the International Commerce Center (ICC) to tap consumer technology professionals from 150 countries.
Located in the Las Vegas Convention Center, the ICC is a popular destination for non-U.S. attendees. The center includes:
A great thing about this promotional opportunity:
Reaching CE professionals from 150 countries without leaving the country.
Sponsorship Investment
$15,000
Contact
Manager, Promotional Opportunities, CES
Phone: 703-907-4324
Email: byb@CE.org
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The extremely popular International Reception, held the first night of the show, averages an attendance of 300 each year. All international attendees, exhibitors and press are invited to attend this event. It is promoted in various targeted EDMs to our international audience and delegation leaders. Invitations are also distributed on-site in the International Registration area and the International Commerce Center.
Sponsorship Benefits
Sponsorship Investment
$20,000
Contact
Manager, Promotional Opportunities, CES
Phone: 703-907-4324
Email: byb@CE.org
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The most distinguished event at CES, the Leaders in Technology (LIT) Dinner attracts 500 of the most influential industry leaders, including executive-level government representatives and policy makers. Aligning your company name and logo with this extremely exclusive, invitation-only event signifies excellence and prestige. Choose from five possible sponsorships.
LIT Dinner: Two Sponsorships Available - $20,000*Logo recognition on signage at the dinner and directional signage for the dinner.
Logo and/or website in the dinner program.
Recognition in dinner welcome remarks made by Gary Shapiro, president and CEO of CEA.
Logo recognition on title presentation slide for the multimedia presentation shown before the dinner (if used).
Logo recognition on signage at the dinner and directional signage for the dinner.
Five (5) complimentary dinner registrations, including one (1) seat for an appropriate company executive at a head table. List of invitees is due for invitations no later than November 1 and name, title and company name list is due no later than December 15 to be included in the dinner program. Choice of one (1) ad in CE Vision Magazine or web ad on CESWeb.org.
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Follow Me, the official CES mobile application, is rife with opportunities for exhibitors to get their brand out in front of the 150,000 CES attendees expected at this year’s show.
Attendees will look to Follow Me for its interactive maps and MyCES schedules. Get your booth noticed! For just $25, you can add your logo and make documents available to attendees. The application will also be available after the show, giving attendees access to your information year-round.
Contact
Karina Zimmerman
Phone: 301-604-3055
Email: karina@core-apps.com
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What's a tradeshow without swag? Put your brand on the official show bags buyers pick up at registration and exhibit entrances and carry throughout the show to hold materials and giveaways they collect along the way. Your brand will be in thousands of locations throughout the show as people move from exhibit to exhibit carrying bags with your company's stamp. Exclusive distribution at:
A great thing about this promotional opportunity:
Seeing your logo in virtually every square foot of CES for the entire duration of the show.
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Enlist your company as an official corporate greeter, and be the first company to welcome International CES attendees to the show. Corporate greeters have space in the registration area, along with tables for literature and storage. Distribute giveaways, product information or incentives to visit your booth!
A great thing about this promotional opportunity:
Being the first friendly face attendees see at the show.
Sponsorship Investment
$6,000
Contact
Manager, Promotional Opportunities, CES
Phone: 401-849-9300
Email: byb@CE.org
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The VIP Buyers Sponsorship includes the VIP Buyer Car Service and the VIP Luncheons. Make your company name and logo visible to a select group of presidents, owners, CEOs, merchandisers and buyers from the top 150 consumer electronics retail companies.
The car service helps you reach more than 1,200 of the most important buyers in the business, those who represent an incredible 95 percent ($100 billion) of the consumer electronics retail market. VIP buyers use the car service to go to and from the show and many Vegas locations all four days of the show.
The invitation-only VIP Luncheons attract 700-800 guests per luncheon. Past guests include VIP buyers from Best Buy, RadioShack and Target as well as VIPs, state and federal government representatives, and policy directors from the FCC, FTC and other government agencies.
Sponsorship Benefits
A great thing about this promotional opportunity:
You ultimately claim responsibility for escorting and nourishing some of the most influential CES attendees.
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Badge Holder Inserts: $25,000
Your company name and our badge: a match made in branding heaven. Placed behind each attendee badge, these pre-printed inserts sit approximately 3/4-inch above the registration badge to catch the eye every International CES attendee. Your brand travels around every single venue of CES!
The sponsor is responsible for printing the inserts and delivering a specified amount to the Las Vegas Convention Center.
Badges must arrive on-site no later than Friday, December 29, 2012.
| A great thing about this promotional opportunity: Each time anyone glances down at a badge to check a name or title, they see your company name. Sponsorship Investment $25,000 for distribution Contact Manager, Promotional Opportunities, CES Phone: 703-907-4324 Email: byb@CE.org |
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Badge Lanyards: $40,000
The fashion statement of the tradeshow world, lanyards are the must-have accessory at CES. Hang your company name and logo on all International CES attendees. Lanyards hold buyers' badges around their necks, keeping pins and clips away from their clothes. The lanyards, imprinted with a company name, are distributed at all registration and badge holder locations. And they have a great shelf life! You'll often see people wearing CES lanyards at other events! The sponsor is responsible for obtaining stock and delivering a specified amount to the Las Vegas Convention Center. Call for details.
Lanyards must arrive on-site no later than Friday, December 29, 2012.
| A great thing about this promotional opportunity: You get to literally hang on the necks of 150,000 well-connected people. Sponsorship Investment $40,000 for distribution  Contact Manager, Promotional Opportunities, CES Phone: 703-907-4324 Email: byb@CE.org |
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Badge Stickers: $15,000
This sponsorship is an absolute prime branding opportunity. Your logo and message is on the item that 150,000 consumer technology professionals take with them everywhere over their four days at CES. You provide the pre-printed stickers, and CES puts them on the back of every attendee registration badge holder. Size of the sticker is 2 1/2" high x 3 1/2" wide.
A great thing about this promotional opportunity:
Your logo goes where every CES attendee goes.
Contact
Manager, Promotional Opportunities, CES
Phone: 703-907-4324
Email: byb@CE.org
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CEA Member Lounges: Call to discuss details
Reach professionals in the market that matters to you. CEA hosts up to three member lounges located in high-traffic areas throughout the show. Sponsoring a member lounge aligns your brand with the pre-eminent authority and voice for the consumer technology industry the Consumer Electronics Association. Choose from the following locations:
- LVCC – North Hall, Outside of Room N250
- LVCC – South Hall Connector, Room S220
- Venetian Tower Suite #30-140
Product Sponsorships
CEA member lounge sponsorships are not limited to the entire lounge. You have the option of sponsoring certain products within the CEA member lounges such as HDTVs, computers, printers, routers, etc. In the past, we’ve also had other items such as massage chairs that were a huge hit with members.
- Signage throughout the lounge(s)
- Company/product literature distribution in a highly trafficked area(s)
- Access to the post-show attendee mailing list, through a third party mail house
This opportunity allows you to target a very select group of influencers from the market that matters to you most.
Sponsorship InvestmentCall for details
Contact
Manager, Promotional Opportunities, CES
Phone: 703-907-4324
Email: byb@CE.org
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CEA VIP Luncheons: Call for details
Reach professionals in the market that matters to you. CEA hosts VIP lunches located in the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) and The Venetian the first three days of the show. Sponsoring this program aligns your brand with the pre-eminent authority and voice for the consumer technology industry - the Consumer Electronics Association.
The lunch program is offered:
- Tuesday, January 8, 2013 in the LVCC, South Hall Connector and The Venetian*
- Wednesday, January 9, 2013 in the LVCC, South Hall Connector and The Venetian*
*Note: Dates and locations are subject to change
Sponsorship Benefits
- Log placement on 6,000+ printed luncheon tickets (logo due November 1)
- Signage throughout the luncheon(s)
- Company/product literature distribution in highly trafficked area(s)
- Access to the post-show attendee mailing list through a third party mail house
This opportunity allows you to target a very select group of influencers from the market that matters to you most.
Sponsorship Investment
Call for details
Contact
Manager, Promotional Opportunities, CES
Phone: 703-907-4324
Email: byb@CE.org
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Division Receptions: Call to discuss details
Reach professionals in the markets that matter to you. CEA hosts evening networking receptions for many of its divisions. Sponsoring a reception aligns your brand with the pre-eminent authority and voice for the consumer technology industry — the Consumer Electronics Association.
Sponsorship Benefits
- Two seven-foot, free-standing sponsor signs at the entrance and inside the reception
- Company/product literature distribution in highly trafficked area(s)
- Access to the post-show attendee mailing list, through a third party mail house
A great thing about this promotional opportunity:
This opportunity allows you to target a very select group of influencers from the market that matters to you most.
Sponsorship Investment
Call for details
Contact
Manager, Promotional Opportunities, CES
Phone: 703-907-4324
Email: byb@CE.org
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Email Stations: $25,000
If your company aims to be the king of the Internet marketplace, then consider this promotional opportunity. Attendees rely on e-mail to keep in touch with daily business. Promote your company name, graphics and homepage at e-mail stations in the busy and popular lobbies of International CES venues.
Sponsorship Benefits
- E-mail stations strategically located throughout high-traffic areas of the show
- Prominent, eye-catching signs
- Directional signs leading to the e-mail stations feature your logo
- Sponsor's website or CES booth message as the homepage
A great thing about this promotional opportunity:
CES attendees see your brand while they're actually plugged into the Internet. Expect a huge spike in your website's traffic from this sponsorship.
Sponsorship Investment Average fee: $25,000. Pricing varies, per quantities of stations placed. Price includes Internet, electrical, free-standing structures and graphics. Contact Manager, Promotional Opportunities, CES Phone: 703-907-4324 Email: byb@CE.org |
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Entertainment Matters at CES Sponsorships: Call for details
Entertainment Matters connects the entertainment and consumer electronics industries at the world’s largest technology event, the International CES. Through programs that highlight content, conferences sessions, special events and VIP tours, Entertainment Matters brings together entertainment and advertising thought leaders - who are at the forefront of developing digital content creation - with other executives who are charged with creating the devices that will land on every consumer’s wish list.
Entertainment Matters premiered at the 2011 CES, attracting close to 10,000 entertainment industry professionals, including influencers from the Back Lot to the Board Room. As a sponsor for Entertainment Matters, you’ll have an opportunity to deliver your brand message to this highly coveted group of tastemakers through all of the events, sessions and exhibits – and all of the marketing and promotional activity – that will be a part of an even more robust Entertainment Matters in 2012.
Sponsorship Investment
Call for details!
Contact
Manager, Promotional Opportunities, CES
Phone:401-849-9300
Email: ltardif@CE.org
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Floor Plan and Product Locator Kiosks: $25,000
Attendees depend on these kiosks to navigate the show floor and plan their strategy to see specific exhibitors and products. The kiosks allow attendees to search by company, booth number or product category and print a map of exhibitors they want to visit. As an official kiosk sponsor, your company name, logo and homepage shine on the interactive floor plan/product locator kiosks.
Sponsorship Benefits
Sponsorship Investment Average fee: $25,000. Pricing varies, per quantities of kiosks placed. Price includes Internet, electrical, freestanding structures and graphics. Contact Manager, Promotional Opportunities, International CES Phone: 703-907-4324 Email: byb@CE.org |
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International Commerce Center (ICC): $15,000
If global expansion ranks high in your company's goals, then this promotional opportunity is perfect for you. Reach distribution channels from overseas, and target-brand thousands of global visitors and OEM contacts. Sponsor the International Commerce Center (ICC) to tap consumer technology professionals from 150 countries.
Located in the Las Vegas Convention Center, the ICC is a popular destination for non-U.S. attendees. The center includes:
- Internet stations for e-mail and online access
- Private meeting rooms available by appointment
- A multi-lingual staff
- Complimentary coffee, tea and pastries, available every morning
- Complimentary refreshments during the afternoon
- U. S. Department of Commerce staff that provide export counseling and matchmaking services for U.S. exhibitors and foreign buyers
This promotional opportunity extends far beyond the walls of the centers. Get months of exposure when you receive:
- Recognition in all pre-show and on-site materials referencing the ICC
- Signs and banners in the ICC
- The opportunity to display literature in the ICC
- Your homepage up on the Internet stations in the ICC
- Electronic direct mail to all pre-registered international attendees (approx. 25,000) with your logo and information included
A great thing about this promotional opportunity:
Reaching CE professionals from 150 countries without leaving the country.
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Sponsorship Investment
$15,000
Contact
Manager, Promotional Opportunities, CES
Phone: 703-907-4324
Email: byb@CE.org
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International Reception: $20,000
The extremely popular International Reception, held the first night of the show, averages an attendance of 300 each year. All international attendees, exhibitors and press are invited to attend this event. It is promoted in various targeted EDMs to our international audience and delegation leaders. Invitations are also distributed on-site in the International Registration area and the International Commerce Center.
Sponsorship Benefits
- Electronic invitation sent to all pre-registered international attendees (approximately 25,000) with your name and logo included
- Your name and logo on the printed invitation for the international reception that is distributed on-site in the International Registration area and the International Commerce Center
- Reception sponsor recognition on CESweb.org
- Name and logo on signage at the reception
- Opportunities to distribute and display literature within the reception room
- Sponsor can bring 10 invited guests in addition to staff
- Recognition during brief remarks by CEA
Sponsorship Investment
$20,000
Contact
Manager, Promotional Opportunities, CES
Phone: 703-907-4324
Email: byb@CE.org
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Leaders In Technology Dinner: $2,500+
The most distinguished event at CES, the Leaders in Technology (LIT) Dinner attracts 500 of the most influential industry leaders, including executive-level government representatives and policy makers. Aligning your company name and logo with this extremely exclusive, invitation-only event signifies excellence and prestige. Choose from five possible sponsorships.
LIT Dinner: Two Sponsorships Available - $20,000*
LIT Dinner Reception (exclusive) - $10,000*
- Logo and acknowledgement in the dinner program.
- Recognition in dinner welcome remarks made by Gary Shapiro, president and CEO of CEA.
- Logo and acknowledgement on beverage station signs.
- Five (5) complimentary dinner registrations. List of invitees is due for invitations no later than November 1 and name, title and company name list is due no later than December 15 to be included in the dinner program.
- Opportunity to provide cocktail napkins with logo for use during cocktail reception.
LIT Dinner Dessert Reception (exclusive) - $10,000*
- Logo and acknowledgement in the dinner program.
- Recognition in dinner welcome remarks made by Gary Shapiro, president and CEO of CEA.
- Logo and acknowledgement on dessert reception signage.
- Five (5) complimentary dinner registrations. List of invitees is due for invitations no later than November 1 and name, title and company name list is due no later than December 15 to be included in the dinner program.
- Opportunity to provide cocktail napkins with logo for use during dessert reception.
LIT Partner Sponsorship - $2,500*
- Logo and acknowledgement in the dinner program
- Four (4) complimentary dinner registrations.
List of invitees is due for invitations no later than November 1 and name, title and company name list is due no later than December 15 to be included in the dinner program.
*Sponsor must be a CEA member and all agreements are subject to federal ethics guidelines. All items are subject to Sponsor meeting deadlines as outlined in the contract.
A great thing about these promotional opportunities:
The unprecedented chance to brand your company to the most elite and influential CE and government leaders.
Sponsorship Investment
$2,500 - $20,000
Contact
Manager, CES Promotional Opportunities
Phone: 703-907-4324
Email: byb@CE.org
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Official CES Mobile Application - Follow Me: Call for details
Follow Me, the official CES mobile application, is rife with opportunities for exhibitors to get their brand out in front of the 150,000 CES attendees expected at this year’s show. Attendees will look to Follow Me for its interactive maps and MyCES schedules. Get your booth noticed! For just $25, you can add your logo and make documents available to attendees. The application will also be available after the show, giving attendees access to your information year-round.
Contact
Karina Zimmerman
Phone: 301-604-3055
Email: karina@core-apps.com
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Official Show Bags: $25,000 (for distribution only)
What's a tradeshow without swag? Put your brand on the official show bags buyers pick up at registration and exhibit entrances and carry throughout the show to hold materials and giveaways they collect along the way. Your brand will be in thousands of locations throughout the show as people move from exhibit to exhibit carrying bags with your company's stamp. Exclusive distribution at:
- All registration and badge holder areas
- All entrances to exhibit halls
- The escalators that lead to exhibits and meeting rooms in the North Hall/Central Hall complex and the South Hall
- A variety of other heavily trafficked locations
A great thing about this promotional opportunity:
Seeing your logo in virtually every square foot of CES for the entire duration of the show.
Sponsorship Investment $35,000 does not include production The sponsor is responsible for producing the bags Contact Manager, Promotional Opportunities, CES Phone: 703-907-4324 Email: byb@CE.org |
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Registration Greeters: $6,000
Enlist your company as an official corporate greeter, and be the first company to welcome International CES attendees to the show. Corporate greeters have space in the registration area, along with tables for literature and storage. Distribute giveaways, product information or incentives to visit your booth!
A great thing about this promotional opportunity:
Being the first friendly face attendees see at the show.
Sponsorship Investment
$6,000
Contact
Manager, Promotional Opportunities, CES
Phone: 401-849-9300
Email: byb@CE.org
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VIP Buyers Sponsorship: $40,000
The VIP Buyers Sponsorship includes the VIP Buyer Car Service and the VIP Luncheons. Make your company name and logo visible to a select group of presidents, owners, CEOs, merchandisers and buyers from the top 150 consumer electronics retail companies.
The car service helps you reach more than 1,200 of the most important buyers in the business, those who represent an incredible 95 percent ($100 billion) of the consumer electronics retail market. VIP buyers use the car service to go to and from the show and many Vegas locations all four days of the show.
The invitation-only VIP Luncheons attract 700-800 guests per luncheon. Past guests include VIP buyers from Best Buy, RadioShack and Target as well as VIPs, state and federal government representatives, and policy directors from the FCC, FTC and other government agencies.
Sponsorship Benefits
- Sponsor signs on both sides of each car in the VIP Buyer car service (approximately 100 cars)
- Logo on luncheon invitation (subject to print deadline)
- Display table at entrance to lunchroom and product information in the room
- Logo on signs inside luncheon room and on directional signs leading to lunch room
- Sponsor logo on promotional materials
- Brochure insertion in VIP Buyer Welcome Package (subject to mailing deadline)
- Logo and URL on CESweb.org
- One-time use of VIP Buyer mailing list, through a third-party mail house
- Lunch invitations for up to five company reps or sponsor guests
A great thing about this promotional opportunity:
You ultimately claim responsibility for escorting and nourishing some of the most influential CES attendees.
| Sponsorship Investment Call for details! Contact Manager, Promotional Opportunities, CES Phone: 703-907-4324 Email: byb@CE.org |
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