CEA Issues Call for Speakers for 2016 CES, Drops 'International' From Show Name

CEA issued a call for speakers for the 2016 CES Jan. 6-9 in Las Vegas. Speaker proposals will be accepted through June 30, it said. Information, including titles and descriptions of eligible sessions and the speaker submission form, is available online. CEA expects more than 3,600 exhibitors and 165,000 attendees at next year’s show, which spokeswoman Allison Fried told us will be called 2016 CES rather than International CES. With the advent of CES Asia in Shanghai, CEA has decided to call the two trade shows CES and CES Asia, said Fried. The "international" has been dropped "to simplify the event name," she said, saying with some 45,000 attendees from outside of the U.S. coming to CES in Las Vegas, "we feel that the international aspect speaks for itself." CEA announced last month (see 1505130030) it will cap attendance at 176,000 by instituting $100 registration fees and tightening qualification procedures.