Your Guide to CES Las Vegas 2023

The Consumer Technology Association’s global tech event, CES, formerly known as the Consumer Electronics Show, opens Thursday, Jan. 5 in Las Vegas and runs through Sunday, Jan. 8. The show promises to be over 70% larger than CES 2022, with over 3,100 exhibitors representing 173 countries, territories and regions, and a show floor that is over 2 million square feet.

This year CES has a theme: how technology is addressing the world’s biggest challenges. CMSWire is going to tell you what you can expect this year, and we will keep you up to date with the latest and greatest technology announcements from CES.

For the First Time, the Metaverse Is on the Floor

This year, for the first time, CES 2023 will have a dedicated Metaverse area on the show floor. There will be exhibitors there, including Magic Leap, Microsoft, OVR Technology and SK, that will showcase groundbreaking sensory technology that is used to create immersive, interactive digital worlds.

A Web3 Studio — produced by CoinDesk — will be located in the Las Vegas Convention Center, Central Hall, and will be the focal point of the new Web3, Metaverse and Blockchain area at CES. Industry leaders and visionaries will discuss the most impactful Metaverse and Web3 developments across industries, technologies and capabilities. 

Web3 and Metaverse programs this year will include:

• XR/AR/Metaverse – Revolutionizing Retail on Jan. 4 at 10 a.m.
• The Road to the Open Metaverse on Jan. 5 at 11 a.m
• Creating Applications in the Metaverse on Jan. 6 at 2 p.m.
• In the Zeitgeist: Metaverse Strategies for the Media and Entertainment Industry on Jan. 6 at 2:50 p.m.

Diversity and Inclusion Take Center Stage

Industry leaders have recognized that for innovation to grow to its full potential, there must be diverse voices and perspectives in order for businesses in the tech industry to flourish. As such, CES 2023 will be showcasing D&I champions, funders, thought leaders and pioneers and amplifying innovative women and diverse voices through keynotes and across the conference stages. Keynotes and notable speakers include:

• Women in Tech Q&A with HP’s Stephanie Dismore, Thursday, Jan. 5 from 11:30 a.m. – 12:10 p.m.
• Women in Consumer Technology will host the organization’s annual awards reception on Thursday, Jan. 5
• Women and Drones will host the 6th Annual Global Awards Jan. 5–7 to celebrate women in emerging aviation technologies
• Tech’ed Up: Crypto Aftershocks – What’s Next? Live podcast taping with Niki Christoff on Friday, Jan. 6 from 3 p.m. – 3:40 p.m.
• Innovation for All LGBTQ Meetup on Friday, Jan. 6 from 12 p.m. – 2 p.m.
• The Women of Inforum @CES networking reception on Friday, Jan. 6 from 4 p.m. – 6 p.m.
• Women In Tech Brunch in partnership with The Female Quotient and Black Girl Ventures on Saturday, Jan. 7 from 12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
• How to Build a Billion Dollar Network with Omi Bell of Black Girl Ventures and Meetup on Saturday, Jan. 7 from 3 p.m. – 6 p.m.

Exhibitors From Across Industries

Featured exhibitors this year include global tech powerhouses and promising entrepreneurs from around the globe, including:

• Accenture
• Amazon
• AMD
• Canon
• Forvia
• Google
• Lenovo
• LG
• Microsoft
• Nikon
• Panasonic
• Qualcomm
• Samsung
• Sony
• Verizon

The full list of exhibitors is far too large to list, but the CES 2023 website has a full listing that can be filtered down into 47 categories. The marketing category, for instance, has 142 exhibitors from a wide assortment of industries, while the Metaverse category has 162 exhibitors ranging from blockchain to VR & AR and everything in between.

Related Article: Is It Really Time for Customer Experience Professionals to Explore the Metaverse?

The CES Innovation Awards and NVIDIA

The CES Innovation Awards showcase outstanding design and engineering in over two dozen categories of consumer technology products. NVIDIA is awarding six companies for their innovative products that were built using the NVIDIA Jetson edge AI platform.