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Delivered on weekdays.<br><br><br><br>Jean Foster, the CTA's senior vice president of marketing and communications, predicts the technology industry is ready to meet in person again. That was the feedback from two CES preview events the organization held last week in and (it will hold another in next month) and from the industry in general. "We are very excited to be going back to a live event," she said. "This is an opportunity for people to get back and do business." <br><br>But while international borders and the , the pandemic may continue to restrict some international visitors from entering the US. And for people who can't attend, or just don't prefer to travel, the CTA on Tuesday announced a new cloud-based digital platform for experiencing the show and conducting that all-important networking from afar.<br><br>"We recognize that this will be a different year, just as CES 2021 was," Foster said. "We want to make a strong [https://Www.expatriates.com/cls/49015458.html digital marketing course and seo training in ahmedabad] component of the show where the audience can participate and engage digitally, not just to view the conference programs and the keynotes, but to really engage with the exhibitors."<br><br>Samsung will be back at CES 2022.<br><br>Sarah Tew/CNET<br><br>First held more than half a century ago, CES had long been the premiere event of the technology industry and one of the largest trade shows in the world; in 2019, the show and 4,400 exhibiting companies. Like other industry events, it's largely a place to make deals, form partnerships and tout your company's products. But for the media and the general public outside the convention center, it's also a window into what's next in tech. 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For both in-person and virtual visitors, it's also meant to replicate the show floor experience. <br><br>"The software isn't just capable of running online events," said Paddy Cosgrave, Web Summit's co-founder and CEO. "It handles everything a big in-person conference needs."<br><br>CES 2022 will occupy the new West Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center.<br><br>Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority<br>Plan, connect and participate<br>As this is the first time some people may be doing face-to-face business in almost two years, Foster said the platform and its accompanying app will give showgoers more than one way to meet. If they aren't able to talk in person they can schedule video chats. <br><br>Other features will be a recommendation engine that will suggest events and exhibitors based on an attendee's stated areas of interest and the ability to watch videos of companies talking about their products. It will all be a part of CES in future years.<br><br>"We wanted to create a different digital experience, which is much more of a broadcast experience," Foster said. "Digital plays a very important part in audience engagement. But it's not a substitute, it's an enhancement."<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>Now playing:<br>Watch this:<br><br>Road testing the Boring Company Loop under Las Vegas<br><br><br><br><br><br><br>3:50<br><br><br><br><br>More space...for space<br>Visitors to Las Vegas also can expect an enhancement to the convention center, including the new . Built across Paradise Road on a former parking lot, it connects to the North Hall through a pedestrian bridge and to the rest of the complex by . <br><br>The West Hall will be the new home of , which have consumed in recent years. Chevy, for one, will introduce its new at the show.<br><br>Emerging from The Boring Company's Vegas Loop, 40 feet beneath the Las Vegas Convention Center.<br><br>Oliver Padilla/CNET<br><br>Replacing cars in the North Hall will be digital health exhibitors, another area , particularly in a pandemic. There will be a stage and conference area focused on digital healthcare and Robert B. Ford, the president and CEO of medical device company Abbott Laboratories .<br><br>As Foster said, not having a physical show in 2021 gave the CTA a chance to take a step back and think about what new elements it wanted to bring to CES. One of those areas will be because as she put it, "everybody's in space these days." Among the exhibitors will be the Sierra Nevada Corporation, which .<br><br>Other at the show will be (think new systems for agriculture, and ) , and transportation including last-mile companies like and .<br><br>A lot can happen in the next two months but Foster is optimistic that CES will be back in a big way. <br><br>"We're social beings," she said. "We've seen downturns in the events industry before...think about after the [2008] market crash, think about after 9/11. Those are times when the event industry really took a big hit, but the good events came back because they've continued to grow and reinvent themselves." <br><br>CNET will have full coverage of CES 2022. Media Days will be Monday, Jan. 3, to Tuesday, Jan. 4, with the show floor open Wednesday, Jan. 5, to Saturday, Jan. 8.<br> '