As the world continues to battle on with SARS-CoV-2, massive public occasions and particularly commerce exhibits had been cancelled one after one other for 2020. Large computing exhibits similar to Computex, even after an tried delay to September, finally utterly cancelled their plans for the yr.
Today, the Computer Technology Association has introduced that subsequent yr’s CES 2021 occasion can even not happen in bodily kind, and as an alternative transfer to an all-digital format expertise. CES is often the world’s largest shopper electronics present with as much as 180,000 attendees assembling in early January in Las Vegas to showcase the most recent devices and electronics within the shopper market.
The new all-digital format shall be an enormous change for the present which doubtless will symbolize a herculean effort on the a part of the organisers. CTA President and CEO Gary Shapiro quotes:
“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,” said Gary Shapiro, president and CEO, CTA. “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. By shifting to an all-digital platform for 2021, we can deliver a unique experience that helps our exhibitors connect with existing and new audiences.”
We right here at AnandTech had low expectations of CES happening, so the transfer to a web-based format makes a ton of sense given the well being and security issues of such a big bodily occasion. The present pandemic state of affairs within the US and varied journey restrictions in addition to quarantine procedures can have performed a big position within the CTA’s resolution to cancel the bodily occasion. The CTA states that they’re planning to returning to Las Vegas in 2022.
With CES confirmed to transferring to an online-only occasion, in addition to yesterday’s announcement of Supercomputing 2020 (SC20) additionally going online-only, the AnandTech workforce is more likely to be staying at dwelling till effectively into 2021 as there’s no bodily occasions left to attend for the foreseeable future.
