CES is one month away and companies are rushing to complete all of their preparations for the most important consumer electronics show in the world. Many companies, including Icron begin preparations for CES in the summer in order to ensure everything is ready to ship to the show by late December.

This year expect to see lots of new connected TVs, 3D TVs, new mobile devices, and different sized tablet PCs. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will kick off CES this year with a preshow keynote address at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, January 5 in the Las Vegas Hilton Center. In previous years, Microsoft used the CES keynote stage to launch major products including Xbox, Windows Vista and its Sync technology partnership with Ford. Verizon CEO, Ivan Seidenberg, also has a keynote on January 6, no word if he’ll be announcing the rumored Apple iPhone for the Verizon network.

Rounding up the keynotes will be Boo-Keun Yoon, Samsung President and General Manager of Visual Display Business and Alan Mulally Ford Motor Company President and CEO. 2011 promises to be another year for amazing new technology and product announcements at CES.

Icron has two CES announcements about new products (USB 3.0 extension and uncompressed 1080p video extension) and we’re demonstrating them as well as USB over DisplayPort at our booth, LVCC South Hall 1, Booth #20560.  We also have a press event titled  “Future of Connectivity: Unveiling New Video and USB Technology”.  Write to us if you’re interested in viewing our new product demonstrations or attending the press event (no press credentials needed!).

If you haven’t registered for CES yet, you’ve missed the free registration period, but if you’re an Icron customer, write me and I’ll see if we have any passes left.

See you at CES 2011 and have a great holiday season!

Free registration is over but you can still sign up here.

Next week is the CES New York Press Preview where the hottest new products coming out for the holiday season are unveiled to more than 300 top-tier media (click here to see participating companies).

There are many interesting speaker sessions at CES and this SuperSession on Friday, January 7^th looks fascinating.Big Thinkers and Disruptive Technologies – Today’s Thought Leaders, Tomorrow’s Technologies

• 1:30-2:30 p.m. Friday, January 7, LVCC, North Hall, N255-257

Disruptive technologies often drive the industry. Back by popular demand, this SuperSession brings together big thinkers from CE, computers, media and telecommunications to discuss upcoming innovations and their impact on our digital lives. CES is a powerful venue for launching innovative products and technologies and an acknowledged forum for thought leadership. See it comes to life in this thought-provoking session.

Moderator: Tim Bajarin, President, Creative Strategies Inc.

Follow CES news on twitter at @intlCES and join the conversation by tagging all your tech tweets and updates with #CES.

See you at CES 2011.

Icron is at booth #: South Hall 1 Lower Level -20560

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Here’s a look at some of the events for technology companies to exhibit, attend meetings, or walk the floor in the US, Korea, and Japan.

IBC in Amsterdam took place September 8-11 with 48,000 visitors and over 1,000 companies. One of the highlights of the show was a new Connected World area featuring Digital Signage, IPTV and Mobile TV. Companies exhibiting at this show included manufacturers such as Panasonic, IBM, Gefen and ThinkLogical.

During September 22-26 there is the CEDIA event in Atlanta, Georgia that brings together companies and technologies interested in audio, video, lighting, security, home networking, environmental controls, and automation. This year they have a new future technology pavilion to showcase 3D video and 10.2 surround.

Next month, in Korea there is the largest IT show in Asia, the Korea Electronics Show (KES), October 14-18. The show draws more than 80,000 participants with exhibits showcasing home entertainment, PC & personal digital-info devices, semiconductors, communication/broadcasting equipment and industrial electronic goods.  Exhibitors at KES range from the large companies, such as LG and Samsung, to smaller more niche companies such as Icron.

In Japan, December 1-3, there is the Embedded Technology show. Exhibitors range from Hitachi, Microsoft to ARM.  Icron’s distributor partner, Bay Technologies, will be exhibiting USB extension products for industrial automation, medical and measurement markets.

December 8-10 in Japan is the ITE event (International Technical Exhibition on Image Technology and Equipment).  20,000 participants attend this event that’s been running for 32 years.

And of course the not to be missed CES 2011 event in Las Vegas, Nevada.  The show attracts 120,000 professionals and 5,000 media and bloggers. Check out the video about CES 2011:

CES 2011 speaker keynotes listed, so far, are Microsoft, Samsung and Verizon. To register for CES, click here.  See you at CES where Icron will be demonstrating new video and USB extension technologies at the show.

Will you be there as well?