For gadget geeks and tech fans the biggest event of the year starts in three days. The International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) – the largest electronics trade show in the World – will begin in Las Vegas. Sony always has a large CES presence (literally, we’re taking up over 30,000 square feet) and every year we host tens of thousands of people who come to get hands on time with the newest innovations.
Since we know many of you don’t have a ticket for this, the mother-of-all gadget events, we want to make sure you have a front row seat to experience the news as it happens. And for those of you who will be there with us, we have some important info for you too.
So, without further delay, here are all the ways you can get your news, straight from us, during CES.
Sony at CES
The Sony CES Press Conference - On Monday, January 9th, come back to this post or go to Sony.com/CES to watch a live stream of the show starting at 5 PM PST. We also want you to be part of the conversation, so like last year, we’re taking your questions for a live Q & A just after the press announcements. SGNL by Sony Host, Anthony Carboni, and I will be talking with Sony Electronics President and COO, Phil Molyneux, who will answer many of your most pressing inquiries about our news. If you’d like to participate, you can ask your questions in the U-stream chat room or via Facebook® and on Twitter™ using the #SonyCES hashtag.
- Videos from Sony’s CES Booth – This year we also want to give you a chance to be in control of what you see from us from the show. Each day we’ll post a poll asking you what we should film that day and based on the most popular topic, we’ll create a video for you. You can find a new poll every day at 5 PM (Vegas time) at Sony.com/CES. Cast your vote by 9 AM of the following day and we’ll customize a video for you.
- Sony product demos at CES - The SGNL by Sony Team has 8 shows lined up for you, each with interviews, product demos and special insight about the Sony products at the conference. We can’t tell you what they’ll be covering yet, but check back on the blog after the press conference for a post that will include all of the product videos.
- Booth happenings for CES attendees – For the lucky few who are attending, we’ll have quite a bit going on at the Sony CES booth itself. Throughout the show we’ll have some special Foursquare opportunities. For the press conference on Monday, the first 10 people who check in after 3 PM, will become one of the very first owners of one of the products we’ll be announcing there. So, if you are planning on attending the press conference, get there early and makes sure you check in. Tues – Fri, we will also be running a check-in special and we’ll give a $25 E-gift card to the Sony Store for the first person every hour who checks in.
We’ll also have all sorts of music events throughout the conference, including Karmin and Kellie Pickler. To get the dates and times of all the performances we will publish a full line up of the Sony CES events here on the blog.
Our overall goal with the entire conference is to give you the best Sony CES experience possible (whether that be virtually or on the floor). But we can only do it with your help. So please tell us via Twitter, Facebook and the blog about what you want and we’ll do our best to deliver.
Finally, for those of you in Vegas for CES, let us know. We’d like the opportunity to meet you and give you a VIP tour of the booth. And PS we have a special Sony sticker made just for CES, so if you come find any of the social media team at the booth, we’ll have a sticker for you as long as supplies last. See you in Vegas!
