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The “most influential tech event” in the world is officially in progress for 2021 Consumer Technology Association announced Wednesday It is planned to host a personal event in Las Vegas next year while addressing the challenges of the United States Coronavirus pandemic. While Event after event was canceled this yearThe CTA outlined some of the possible steps it would like to take to keep participants at the conference, which takes place every January, as healthy as possible.
These steps involve a lot more sanitation throughout the show. Participants can also expect wider corridors in the exhibition areas and larger seating distances for conference programs. cashless systems for purchases; thermal scans at entry points; and better health services and local medical help.
There will also be a wider selection of CES content with live streams, as well as other digital and virtual opportunities that enable exhibitors to present new products, technologies and ideas both physically and digitally, according to the CTA. It is also planned to “highlight technologies that help find solutions to some of the everyday challenges pandemic causes”.
In May, IFA, Europe’s largest annual electronics fair, announced It will take place in Berlin as a physical event in Septemberdespite the outbreak of the corona virus. The events are limited to 5,000 people, with a maximum of 1,000 participants per section of the event per day. It will also not be open to the public as usual and will be cut from a week-long conference to just three days.