CES 2018 Includes AI Exhibit Space, Turner-Backed Sports Area, With Security Already Tight
CES will have a few firsts in Las Vegas in January, including new exhibit space for artificial intelligence, a high-tech retail conference and exhibit area, and a design and source marketplace and conference program, said CEO Gary Shapiro at a…
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CES Unveiled news conference (see 1711100003) in New York Thursday. The “booming” sports technology industry will have its own zone, reflecting growth projected to reach $76 billion by 2020, said Karen Chupka, CTA senior vice president-CES and corporate business strategy. Turner Sports is sponsoring that area. Responding to a question on possible security procedure changes at CES hotels, after last month’s mass shooting at a concert outside the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Chupka said the Las Vegas community is studying whether there are other measures organizers can take, with security measures already in place such as cameras in the casinos. She said the city has one of the few fusion centers that Department of Homeland Security describes as where many agencies including state and local ones trade threat-related information.