October 23, 2024 • 38 mins
Join Paul Amadeus Lane in the Tech Zone for an exclusive interview with Kinsey Fabrizio, the new president of the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), the organization behind CES. Kinsey shares her insights on what to expect at CES 2025, the latest trends in consumer technology, and her journey to the top of the CTA. Don't miss this opportunity to hear from one of the most influential leaders in the tech industry
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is me, Paul, I'm a Dais Lane and we're all
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hope you enjoyed our first segment of the show. We
talked about the metaverse, AI sustainable environment when it comes
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to all this tech. So I am just just so
so pumped. So before we get to our special guests,
I want to share with you why this topic is
so close to my heart. You see, CS isn't just
another event for me. It's been a pilgrimage, a source
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of inspiration and a testament to the power of innovation
for many, many years. I always call it the super
Bowl of technology. And if you have ever been there,
you know exactly at what I'm talking about. I mean,
it's like the equivalent of what Brazilian football field, so
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you get the football reference rate there. But back when
I owned my own cell phone and charadeo shop, CYES
was a place to be. I would go there to
find out different technology and just what's going on in
that space. It was where I discovered the latest trends,
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connected with the industry leaders. It really got my hands
on the hottest new gadgets those early days at CES.
It really fueled my passion for technology and really led
me where I am today. So what I say is
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there to me, I'm just not giving you a lot
of who shot John. I am keeping it one hundred,
I am keeping it, keeping it real. But since two
thousand and eight, I've had the incredible opportunity to broadcast
from CES, sharing the excitement and energy of the show
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with audiences around the world. And some of you remember
our early shows when I was doing the morning show.
Remember I took the morning show there each and every year.
And now as a member of the CEES Conference Advisory Board,
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I've had the privilege of contributing to the direction and
vision of some of the incredible topics that we have
been able to talk about. This magnificent event, and it's
truly surreal. Oftentimes I have to pinch myself just to
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as a reminder is is real or not? And then
as an accessibility ability consultant, sorry, CS holds a special
significance for me. Also, it's a platform where we can
showcase how technology can empower individuals with disabilities and really
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try to achieve that one size fit all, you know,
that inclusive world for everyone, And that's what I really
really love about Cees. Some of the things that were
introduced to me at that show has really really changed
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my trajectory and I really don't know how that even happened.
But last year was it was a really career highlight.
I had an opportunity and honor to MC the Eureka
Park Pitch Competition. My good friend Stephen Yule, the executive
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director of the Consumer Technology Association Foundation, allowed me to
do that and that was a blast. Now that competition
is where startups showcased their groundbreaking accessible and assistive adaptive
technologies and had an opportunity to moderate two panels on accessibility,
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and that's really an experience is that I will truly
never ever forget really sing firsthand how technology can break
down barriers and open up new possibilities. I'm telling you, folks,
when I say this, I'm trying not to get emotional
and choked up. It's been truly inspired. Now, don't at
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me because because I'm getting emotional. I remember Jesus wept,
so if he wept, he'd been like, give me no
hard time. Now, speaking of someone who shares this passion
and innovation and accessibility, I am absolutely thrilled to welcome
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the amazing, the beautiful, the person who I've known for years,
Kinsey Phlabrizio. She is the new president of the Consumer
Technology Association. And she's really she is really charting. Of course,
that's amazing, and I'm so delighted to have her on
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and chat with her. I hope you enjoy my chat.
I am so delighted to have with me right now.
My next guest, the awesome, the amazing Kenzie Frabizio, President
of the CTA. What's going on, canse? How you doing?
Speaker 4 (07:26):
I'm good. That's such a nice introduction. Thank you.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
How are you, Kensey? I am doing great. Before I
brought you on, I talked about just, you know, seeing
you for many years at ES and knowing you and
and just like your origin story and where you're at
today as president. Now I am like blown away. Congratulations
my first time speaking to you since you got the promotion.
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So congratulation, madam President.
Speaker 5 (07:55):
Thank you so much. That means so much coming from you.
I really appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (08:00):
You know, kids, I thought what we do just in
the beginning, because I mentioned a little bit about your
origin story and being with CTA. If you don't mind
sharing with your audience kind of like your journey with
CTA and now here you are.
Speaker 4 (08:15):
I'm happy to share my journey.
Speaker 5 (08:18):
I started at CTA, the Consumer Technology Association, sixteen years
ago in our Membership department, and CTA has over thirteen
hundred member companies. We represent the entire technology industry and
our mission is to foster innovation and to grow the
tech industry. And so I started working with our members
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and developing different programs that would help them meet their
needs and goals for all of the industries that they
were focused on. And through that, CTA started to become
involved and started to develop a portfolio of work in
a new segment of the industry that we hadn't been
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a part of, and that's the digital health tech industry,
and this became a really successful part of our organization.
We have a space at CEES dedicated to digital health
which showcases the latest and greatest and wearable technology and
remote technology and products that are bringing healthcare to underserved populations.
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And this whole industry just really took off within CTA
and CES and through that I was able to continue
to grow through different roles in the organization and with
the great support of our CEO, Gary Shapiro, and my
long term mentor, Glenna McMullen, our COO.
Speaker 4 (09:51):
I was able to.
Speaker 5 (09:52):
Continue to grow and take on new responsibilities and new
opportunities throughout the years, which ultimately led to me running
Membership the entire Membership department, and then all of the
cees teams and cees and then now into the role
that I'm in today. But it's been with the great
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leadership of Gary and Glenda and the amazing staff here
at CTA who are the smartest and the best in
the industry.
Speaker 2 (10:21):
That is so awesome. And though Gary, Gary is an
amazing person. That's been knowing Gary for years and interviewed
him on a number of occasions, and just his insight
has been so instrumental over the years. Just the vision.
I remember at Kinsey and you were there too when
it was when Sean Dubervac was getting ready to do
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his his his industry talk trends Yeah, and everybody was
looking at saying, well why does that sign say CTA
instead of CEA. And then when the rebrand happened from
Technology Association And could you see how forward thinking just
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the organization have been under under Gary's leadership and yeah,
now you have in this leadership role, it's really really amazing.
I'm gonna taky something to Kinsey when when when I
when I first met you, you know, sometimes you know,
you can just get a vibe about a person that
that they just have that that it factor and they
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have that that leadership quality. When I first met you,
I noticed that about you and see that you just
continue to grow with the industry. It's amazing. And yeah,
I'm looking forward just things.
Speaker 4 (11:37):
Thank you.
Speaker 5 (11:38):
Well, you know I have that same vibe about you. Always,
always good vibes, always good vibes.
Speaker 2 (11:42):
Thank you, thank you, thank you. And when you when
you look at going forward, were only a few months
away from CEES. I cannot believe. It seemed like it
was only yesterday when we had CEES twenty twenty four.
What are some amazing things we have to look forward to?
You know, I'll pressure for some good nuggets. Can you
share something?
Speaker 5 (12:03):
Yeah, well, CS twenty five is gonna be awesome. We've
made a few keynote announcements, So we announced the CEO
of Global CEO of Panasonic, mister Kasumi, who will be
the opening keynote, and then we also announced this week
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the CEO of Nvidia, Jensen Wong, who will also be keynoting.
And then we just announced today, like a few hours
ago that Julie Sweet, the CEO of Accenture, will also
be keynoting. So we've made three keynote announcements. We have
many more coming. But I'm super excited about our keynots
at CEES twenty twenty five. They are They're phenomenal, So
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looking forward to those. Some trends and exciting, you know,
new things that I'm looking forward to CEES. There's a
couple of new conference tracks that we're rolling out for
CEES twenty twenty five. The first what is in Quantum
And this is a topic that we haven't had dedicated
conference programming at ces before, and we're partnering with the
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Quantum World Congress to have a half day track on
the business of quantum and really looking at the future
and potential commercial use case applications and how quantum will
change the world. So that is something that is a
can't miss. The other session that I'm really looking forward
to as a topic that's becoming something that everybody is
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focused on today, and that's energy and the energy transition
and because of all these amazing new companies and technology
solutions like AI and blockchain and digital assets. We need
a lot more power and our power needs are growing,
but the power grid has stayed the same size, and
that's a challenge in the tech industry and other industries
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need to come together and work through this. And so
we will have a haptic conference program on this topic,
this topic of the energy transition at CES and you'll
hear from some really great speakers about how they are
looking at this and how they're starting to address it.
And I think it will help create a pathway forward
for the tech industry. So those are two programs I'm
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really excited about on Additionally, in the programming space, we
have created a new part of CEES for content creators.
And we know that content creators are so critical and
very important to the way that people view content, receive information,
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digest information, and the way brands even communicate information. And
so we want CEES to be a home for this community.
And we'll have a special area in the Grand Lobby
that'll be for this community. They they'll be different, you know,
products that will be available for demoing. There will be
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a stage where creators can share their stories and have
an opportunity to have a platform and share their share
you know how they got into the space that they're in,
and there'll be a great networking and convening space there.
So that is something new first time that we're really
looking forward.
Speaker 4 (15:21):
To that that's going to be at CEES.
Speaker 5 (15:24):
Some other things, just to mention, South Hall will be
back online, so we will have exhibits again in South
Hall in the upper and lower levels, so that that's
new back for CEES twenty twenty five. We also have
made a couple changes on the show floor. We've put
Health back in the Venetian. This is where the Health
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category started. It makes all the sense in the world
for Health.
Speaker 4 (15:50):
To be in the Venetian.
Speaker 5 (15:51):
The exhibitors like being over there because they're next to
smart home and their next to food tech, and their
next to lifestyle technology geez and you know, wearables and
sports tech and it really has developed this narrative of
smart living in the Venetian and so Health will be
over there and I think that's just going to really
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pull together that part of the show so nicely. We
have a other couple of new venues that will be
using Fountain Blue will have some exhibitors and meeting space
over there, I know, the Fountain Blue so nice, and
we also have hotel. You can book a room in
the Fountain Blue through the CES website, so that's that's
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very exciting. And then Resorts World will have some meeting
space over there, and of course you know, c Space
continues to be a huge part of the show. That
will have the Cosmo again as well as the Aria,
so definitely additional spaces will be occupying for CEES twenty
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twenty five.
Speaker 2 (16:58):
I am like blown away, Kensy, but you just said,
you know, wow in the Fountain blow result World now
and you know I remember at n c S and
it was just West Hall, South Hall, Central Hall, that
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was it, and that you know, all this explosion you
know everywhere else. I mean, this is this is really
and I really appreciate uh the content creator uh out
of Angle because a lot of us who have been in
the media field have started to transition to being constant.
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So I'm so glad to.
Speaker 6 (17:42):
See, like for you, yeah, to be able to be
there too, to be a part of this, because the
more we get the stories out, the better of these
amazing technologies.
Speaker 5 (17:54):
And there are some amazing technology solutions that content creators
are using, and it's amazing to see how creators and
influencers are driving the success of so many brands.
Speaker 4 (18:08):
And so that's you know, that's something we have to
showcase at CES.
Speaker 2 (18:11):
Yeah, I'm so glad you touched on that because technology
has made that possible. Yeah, coneguentreators that you know to
do that. And when you when you look at the
decisions Kinzie, that that have to be made when it
comes to offering these different spaces out there, something tells
me there's a million more ideas that you guys have,
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but there's only so much that you can put in
and put into the space. How do you decide, you know,
which idea is to implement now in twenty five and
other ideas said maybe twenty six or twenty seven. Yeah,
ideas there.
Speaker 4 (18:48):
Well, that's such a good question.
Speaker 5 (18:51):
We really look to the industry and our customers organically.
They drive us where we need to go. And an
example I'll give is mobility at CES. When you think
you've been coming to c S since nineteen ninety seven,
when you think way back, mobility at CES, you know,
first it started with this amazing technology that you would
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install aftermarket in vehicles, right, and then it shifted to
vehicles themselves coming and showcasing their capabilities and mainly focused
around like audio and safety. And then it shifted to
autonomous vehicles and electrification. And now the shift we're seeing
in mobility is even expanding bigger than vehicles. It's marine technology,
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so there's boats at CES. It's industrial and construction equipment.
You'll see Camboda and you know companies like that Caterpillar
that'll be showcasing technology solutions for their mobility equipment, which
is totally different than cars.
Speaker 4 (19:57):
It's ag tech.
Speaker 5 (19:58):
You know, John Deere is on the show floor. It's
flying cars. We have flying cars that see. Yes, it
blows my mind, but it's just amazing to see this
transformational shift and so we try to move with it
but also be in front of it. And so this year,
because the mobility conversation is expanding and changing, we put
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a stage on the mobility show floor area in West
Hall for brands to be able to talk about what
they're doing and showcase their innovative solutions because they're using
AI and they're using amazing technologies that are focused on
safety and autonomous driving.
Speaker 4 (20:38):
And really changing.
Speaker 5 (20:39):
The way that we will mobilize in all of these
different industries. And so we're that's something that you know
would be an organic shift that we're alongside it, but
we're also trying to be out in front of it.
Speaker 2 (20:52):
I love it. I love it, and you can always
tell you CTA is always up on the latest trends
and and spot On and Kinsey.
Speaker 5 (21:01):
We have an amazing team here that I mean Brian
Comsky who you know they are. They're so smart and
there they are doing so much research, They see everything,
they know everything, and they are driving and advising us
in so many ways that we couldn't do it without them.
Speaker 2 (21:19):
And you know, a Kinsey, I never want to play
poker with you. And I'm gonna tell you why. Take
it back to a conversation we had back in twenty
twenty two out here in Los Angeles at a luncheon
and I raised a question about accessibility. I said, it
would be nice if accessibility you know, had this, had that,
and you had a straight face. And then in twenty
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four explosion Accessibility System and Adaptive Technologies and Kinsey that
that just showed me that that that that you all
are working behind the scenes doing some things that we
never are seeing that that are there. And when it
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comes to like taking chances on these different tracks, like
talked about with content creators even like last year with
a lot of accessibility content, what what are some of
the challenges that that that that the organization face to
see Is this really going to catch on as CEOs
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and will the audience in the industry appreciate it?
Speaker 5 (22:27):
Yeah, Well, to go back to accessibility real quick, that's
a must have and the content is so important and
the technology is it's unbelievable. I mean when you some
of the products that we're at CEES twenty twenty four
and accessibility, I talked about them in the in the
opening keynote on stage.
Speaker 4 (22:47):
They were just phenomenal, whether it was for exercise or
the ability to get tasks done, or the ability to
receive and interact with technology and content in ways that
you know, users never thought that they could before.
Speaker 5 (23:02):
It's incredible and so accessibilities a must have in terms
of products on the show floor and programming. And we
will have an accessibility check again at CEES twenty twenty five.
I'm happy to share with you. You know, the biggest
challenge is how to fit it all in. We have
over three hundred sessions at ces We will have over
one thousand speakers at CEES twenty twenty five. It's just
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like it's crazy, and so the challenge is how to
fit it all in, and then how to make sure
that everybody who wants to see something can and you know,
post show, we post most of our content video on demand.
We make it available because it is so important to
us that we want you to come to the show floor.
We want you to be on the show floor, We
want you to be in the conferences that you want
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to be in, which we know you can't go to everything,
and so we want to make sure that people can
come back and view the.
Speaker 4 (23:53):
Content, hear the content post show.
Speaker 5 (23:56):
So I think that that would be probably about the thing,
squeezing it all in.
Speaker 2 (24:02):
Tell me about it, because I used to can go
well around to South Hall and North Hall and and
and be fine at Central Hall. But now with North,
Southwest and the other ones, I got it. You know,
I got it. I definitely got it. That's what I
love about the media days. That gives us a little
more time to be able to be a part of it,
and then fullus close to the audience. I am on
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the conference advisory board, but I did not set up
Kinsie with that question. She answered it. She answered it
truthfully and from the heart, So I had nothing to
do with that. But but but Mackensie, when you when
you look at leading up to twenty five, well, what
are some things that you can share with the industry?
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Ones out there who are in the tech world and
they're like, you know what, I think I may want
to exhibit at twenty five? Can they do that? And
even one who are part of the industry, ye, why
they should attend? And lastly, content creators who have a
slant towards tech, can they be a part of the
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CEES experience.
Speaker 5 (25:08):
Absolutely well, yes, there's still opportunities to exhibit. Of course,
I think you know our website. We just launched a
new website. By the way, I need to give a
shout out to our amazing marketing team here it's CES
dot tech And on the website there's kind of three
different journeys you can take. If you are interested in exhibiting,
you can learn how to do that through the website
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and it'll it'll walk you through some of those opportunities
that are available if you're interested in just attending, obviously
registration is open. We want you to sign up, and
so it'll walk you through how to do that. And
if you're media or content creator or influencer and you're
interested in attending in that capacity, you can apply to
do that as well through the website.
Speaker 4 (25:53):
So CES dot tech is a great resource there.
Speaker 2 (25:58):
You know.
Speaker 5 (25:58):
I will tell you some of the other things that
I think are going to be really big and exciting
for CEES.
Speaker 4 (26:07):
The topic of AI.
Speaker 5 (26:09):
It's of course, you know, we talked about AI at
CEES twenty twenty four, but I think AI is going
to be big in a different way at CES because
there's been so much investment and R and D in
AI over the last year. I think companies are going
to be showcasing some really innovative products, solutions, and actual
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use cases on how AI is going to change your life.
Whether you are a you know buyer or you're somebody
who sells direct to consumers, I think this is going
to be a great opportunity. And the other message I
would share to prospective exhibitors is that CES is a
business event. You know, consumers don't come to the show,
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but buyers come to the show, retailers come to the show,
and also the entire industry. So if you if you
make a prom that's direct to consumer, CEES is a
place for you. If you make a product that's an
enterprise solution, CEES is a place for you. And so
many companies in the enterprise space choose to launch their
products at CES, so much so that we have a
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whole section of North Hall that is centered on this,
and it's enterprise solutions, fintech solutions, AI solutions, cloud solutions,
software solutions that are you know, digital twin technology that
is taking businesses and traditional manufacturing and business operations and
using technology to make them more efficient, to make them safer,
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to make them more knowledgeable and more empowered and be
able to grow their businesses. So I think you know
both sides, whether you're direct to consumer or B to
b CS is a show for you. If you're an
exhibit in the space and an attendee in the space.
Speaker 2 (27:50):
Yeah, absolutely, I totally agree. And once we're listening, I
co sign on that with Kinsey because it is amazing.
I call it the super Bowl technology. It's an amazing
way to connect a network and if you're in tech,
you definitely need to be there, and in Kinsey, I
would be just doing it as service if I did
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not mention the amazing Eureka Park. Yes, let's talk about
why that's so important, why that's an integral part of CEES,
and just maybe even how that has really pushed careers
of different companies who exhibit there, who are now just
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blowing things up.
Speaker 4 (28:36):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (28:37):
Well, Eureka Park is one of the most exciting parts
of CEES. It's our area of the show dedicated completely
to startups.
Speaker 4 (28:46):
And what's special about it.
Speaker 5 (28:48):
Is that we have We had over fourteen hundred startups
at CEES twenty twenty four.
Speaker 4 (28:51):
This is a very global community.
Speaker 5 (28:54):
Ces is a global show we bring you know, forty
percent of our attendees come from outside the SEES twenty
twenty four we had one hundred and thirty eight thousand attendees,
fifty one thousand of them or from outside the US,
So it's a very global show. And Eureka Park we
have over twenty countries that are represented in Eureka Park,
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and it's groups of these startups who are creating the
most innovative solutions, whether it's in healthcare or food tech,
or AI, or mobility or entertainment and transportation. The startups
in Eureka Park are the They are just the brightest
and we make your Riga Park very attainable so that
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anybody with an idea with a product that wants to
launch it can do it at in Eureka Park.
Speaker 4 (29:44):
We subsidize the cost so it's a.
Speaker 5 (29:46):
Low entry and it really creates an opportunity for people
to you know, make their product known for the very
first time. And investors walk through Eureka Park and they
are looking for are the next great thing to invest in.
Large companies walk through your Rika Park because they're looking
for startups who can solve some of the challenges they
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have as companies, or they're looking for startups that they
want to acquire and invest in. So it's really just
this vibrant, amazing community of the coolest, most exciting technology.
Speaker 4 (30:22):
That you will ever see.
Speaker 5 (30:23):
We have a stage in Eureka Park where companies can
can showcase and talk about their products. Our foundation has
an accessibility contest for accessibility Tech in Eureka Park and
they do a competition on the stage.
Speaker 4 (30:39):
They'll be pitch competitions.
Speaker 5 (30:41):
Throughout so you know, think of, you know, an exciting
you know and exciting on the show floor, pitch happening
in real time with an inventor of an amazing product,
you know, showing how it's going to change the world.
And Shark Tank comes to CEES and they do a
casting call at CEO. They did that at CS twenty four,
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and they do it because they know that there's so
much innovation there that is so awesome.
Speaker 2 (31:07):
And Kinsey, that guy who MC the Pit competition last year,
don't ever get him back. He was a god awful
don't ever have him come back. I don't know. He
kind of looks like me a little bit, but he
was who was he was.
Speaker 4 (31:24):
He was a superstar.
Speaker 2 (31:26):
He wasn't good enough. But we appreciate that, Kidsy because
it's it's something that's needed out there, especially for startups
and everything so started and where we're so happy that
that that that's a part of CS. Last question, what
would the public the audience be shocked to hear of
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what type of industry is going to be at CEES
at a at a technology show and they're like, wow,
I didn't know that company did any anything in technology?
What what company was shocked? And one.
Speaker 4 (32:02):
Oh my gosh, Well there's so many.
Speaker 5 (32:04):
I mean, I think you know CS twenty four are
Loriel keynoted.
Speaker 4 (32:08):
That probably would have shocked a lot of people.
Speaker 5 (32:10):
That a beauty brand was keynoting at CEES and it
was phenomenal there. CEO Nicholas Aeronymus presented All Kinds based
with amazing tech solutions. John Deere, You probably nobody would
have ever thought, why would a giant tractor be at CES?
Speaker 4 (32:27):
You know, that's another one there.
Speaker 5 (32:30):
I think you can't pick just one because there's so
many different industries that come together at CES. You know,
fashion tech is a category that's starting to grow and
emerge at CES. We had an Innovations Awards category for
CES twenty twenty five in fashion Tech. So I think
we're going to see some surprises there at CEES twenty
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twenty five.
Speaker 2 (32:54):
Nice. Can't wait to hear, can't wait to see because
you have to do me this one favorite. As we
get maybe one month out of CEES, I'm sure there's
going to be a lot more announcements that'll be able
to make. If you are available, we'd love to have
you back on to talk about what's going to happen
to you know, anytime now so that we can just
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hype and hype it up and everything and have a
great old time. Give the website out again so once
can register who was part of the industry and content creators,
you know, all that great stuff.
Speaker 5 (33:27):
Yeah, so, first of all, Paul I will come back
anytime and chat with you and anytime. The website is
www dot ces dot tech.
Speaker 4 (33:35):
You can register online. Check out our new logo.
Speaker 5 (33:38):
We have a new logo and a new brand that
symbolizes humanity and tech coming together. This is an amazing
undertaking for our team and they did such a great
job with it. So you'll see the new logo. You'll
see the marketing campaign for CEES which is dive in
because we want you to dive in into all the
amazing innovation and technology that's showcased at the show and
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do it all at CEES dot Tech.
Speaker 2 (34:03):
Awesome. Hasn't ambassador been named yet? Not?
Speaker 5 (34:06):
No, we have not.
Speaker 4 (34:08):
We have many announcements coming.
Speaker 2 (34:11):
Okay, sounds good. We're looking forward to it. Kensie, thank
you so much. Always great to see you, my friend,
and please stay healthy, stay safe and congratulations once again.
Speaker 4 (34:21):
Thank you and right back at you.
Speaker 2 (34:23):
Wow, what an awesome and incredible conversation with the beautiful
Kinsey Phiblizio. Kinseie, thank you so much for joining me
on the show and sharing your thoughts on the future
of technology and the impact of CEES. And I think
I speak for all of our viewers and listeners out
there when I say that your passion for innovation and accessibility,
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it's a my drop. It is truly inspiring. Madam President
of the Consumer Technology Association Foundation, I'm amped up, I'm
hyped up, I'm ready to go. Let's do CEES today,
so looking forward to it, and it's a friends. Today,
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we've explored the rich history of CEES, from its humble
beginnings to its current status as a global tech extravagance.
We delved into the technology and the ways that it's
transforming every industry, how it's breaking down barriers, and how
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it's connecting us in unprecedented ways. And we've glimpsed into
the exciting possibilities that really lie ahead, a future that's
shaped by innovation, accessibility, and commitment to creating a better
(35:56):
and more inclusive world, not just for you and not
just for me, but for everyone. But hey, the conversation
doesn't have to end here, So I encourage you to
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continue to explore these topics that we talked about today,
the metaverse, AI and also E waste in ways that
we can combat that engage with the latest technologies, and
to be a part of really the exciting future that's
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unfolding right before our eyes. I mean, think back twenty
years ago, how the technology looked, maybe even thirty years ago,
maybe even forty years ago, and look where it's at today.
It is really, really, truly just amazing and mind Bob
and I can't wait to see where we go from here.
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So if you want to hear more from Kinsey and
other tech leaders, you know, you can always go to
cees dot tech. There's a lot of great articles, a
lot of great podcasts on there, and you can definitely
check it out. Now I'm just putting it out there,
put it out there the universe. If you ever need
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to fill in for for a podcast post, hit me up.
I'm always doing that. I'm always shooting my shot. But
like my mom said, my mom was ninety she'll be
ninety one and me, she said, how do you know
if you don't ask?
Speaker 7 (37:41):
So I'm putting, putting, putting it out there, so visit
the official CEES website at www dot Cees dot tech
and start planning your trip for next year's show.
Speaker 2 (37:53):
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Welcome back to the Tech Zone. What is up? It
is me, Paul, I'm a Dais Lane and we're all
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business man, Because I'm all about my business man. I
hope you enjoyed our first segment of the show. We
talked about the metaverse, AI sustainable environment when it comes
(01:54):
to all this tech. So I am just just so
so pumped. So before we get to our special guests,
I want to share with you why this topic is
so close to my heart. You see, CS isn't just
another event for me. It's been a pilgrimage, a source
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of inspiration and a testament to the power of innovation
for many, many years. I always call it the super
Bowl of technology. And if you have ever been there,
you know exactly at what I'm talking about. I mean,
it's like the equivalent of what Brazilian football field, so
(02:40):
you get the football reference rate there. But back when
I owned my own cell phone and charadeo shop, CYES
was a place to be. I would go there to
find out different technology and just what's going on in
that space. It was where I discovered the latest trends,
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connected with the industry leaders. It really got my hands
on the hottest new gadgets those early days at CES.
It really fueled my passion for technology and really led
me where I am today. So what I say is
(03:24):
there to me, I'm just not giving you a lot
of who shot John. I am keeping it one hundred,
I am keeping it, keeping it real. But since two
thousand and eight, I've had the incredible opportunity to broadcast
from CES, sharing the excitement and energy of the show
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with audiences around the world. And some of you remember
our early shows when I was doing the morning show.
Remember I took the morning show there each and every year.
And now as a member of the CEES Conference Advisory Board,
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I've had the privilege of contributing to the direction and
vision of some of the incredible topics that we have
been able to talk about. This magnificent event, and it's
truly surreal. Oftentimes I have to pinch myself just to
(04:33):
as a reminder is is real or not? And then
as an accessibility ability consultant, sorry, CS holds a special
significance for me. Also, it's a platform where we can
showcase how technology can empower individuals with disabilities and really
(04:55):
try to achieve that one size fit all, you know,
that inclusive world for everyone, And that's what I really
really love about Cees. Some of the things that were
introduced to me at that show has really really changed
(05:15):
my trajectory and I really don't know how that even happened.
But last year was it was a really career highlight.
I had an opportunity and honor to MC the Eureka
Park Pitch Competition. My good friend Stephen Yule, the executive
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director of the Consumer Technology Association Foundation, allowed me to
do that and that was a blast. Now that competition
is where startups showcased their groundbreaking accessible and assistive adaptive
technologies and had an opportunity to moderate two panels on accessibility,
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and that's really an experience is that I will truly
never ever forget really sing firsthand how technology can break
down barriers and open up new possibilities. I'm telling you, folks,
when I say this, I'm trying not to get emotional
and choked up. It's been truly inspired. Now, don't at
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me because because I'm getting emotional. I remember Jesus wept,
so if he wept, he'd been like, give me no
hard time. Now, speaking of someone who shares this passion
and innovation and accessibility, I am absolutely thrilled to welcome
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the amazing, the beautiful, the person who I've known for years,
Kinsey Phlabrizio. She is the new president of the Consumer
Technology Association. And she's really she is really charting. Of course,
that's amazing, and I'm so delighted to have her on
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and chat with her. I hope you enjoy my chat.
I am so delighted to have with me right now.
My next guest, the awesome, the amazing Kenzie Frabizio, President
of the CTA. What's going on, canse? How you doing?
Speaker 4 (07:26):
I'm good. That's such a nice introduction. Thank you.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
How are you, Kensey? I am doing great. Before I
brought you on, I talked about just, you know, seeing
you for many years at ES and knowing you and
and just like your origin story and where you're at
today as president. Now I am like blown away. Congratulations
my first time speaking to you since you got the promotion.
(07:52):
So congratulation, madam President.
Speaker 5 (07:55):
Thank you so much. That means so much coming from you.
I really appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (08:00):
You know, kids, I thought what we do just in
the beginning, because I mentioned a little bit about your
origin story and being with CTA. If you don't mind
sharing with your audience kind of like your journey with
CTA and now here you are.
Speaker 4 (08:15):
I'm happy to share my journey.
Speaker 5 (08:18):
I started at CTA, the Consumer Technology Association, sixteen years
ago in our Membership department, and CTA has over thirteen
hundred member companies. We represent the entire technology industry and
our mission is to foster innovation and to grow the
tech industry. And so I started working with our members
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and developing different programs that would help them meet their
needs and goals for all of the industries that they
were focused on. And through that, CTA started to become
involved and started to develop a portfolio of work in
a new segment of the industry that we hadn't been
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a part of, and that's the digital health tech industry,
and this became a really successful part of our organization.
We have a space at CEES dedicated to digital health
which showcases the latest and greatest and wearable technology and
remote technology and products that are bringing healthcare to underserved populations.
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And this whole industry just really took off within CTA
and CES and through that I was able to continue
to grow through different roles in the organization and with
the great support of our CEO, Gary Shapiro, and my
long term mentor, Glenna McMullen, our COO.
Speaker 4 (09:51):
I was able to.
Speaker 5 (09:52):
Continue to grow and take on new responsibilities and new
opportunities throughout the years, which ultimately led to me running
Membership the entire Membership department, and then all of the
cees teams and cees and then now into the role
that I'm in today. But it's been with the great
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leadership of Gary and Glenda and the amazing staff here
at CTA who are the smartest and the best in
the industry.
Speaker 2 (10:21):
That is so awesome. And though Gary, Gary is an
amazing person. That's been knowing Gary for years and interviewed
him on a number of occasions, and just his insight
has been so instrumental over the years. Just the vision.
I remember at Kinsey and you were there too when
it was when Sean Dubervac was getting ready to do
(10:43):
his his his industry talk trends Yeah, and everybody was
looking at saying, well why does that sign say CTA
instead of CEA. And then when the rebrand happened from
Technology Association And could you see how forward thinking just
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the organization have been under under Gary's leadership and yeah,
now you have in this leadership role, it's really really amazing.
I'm gonna taky something to Kinsey when when when I
when I first met you, you know, sometimes you know,
you can just get a vibe about a person that
that they just have that that it factor and they
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have that that leadership quality. When I first met you,
I noticed that about you and see that you just
continue to grow with the industry. It's amazing. And yeah,
I'm looking forward just things.
Speaker 4 (11:37):
Thank you.
Speaker 5 (11:38):
Well, you know I have that same vibe about you. Always,
always good vibes, always good vibes.
Speaker 2 (11:42):
Thank you, thank you, thank you. And when you when
you look at going forward, were only a few months
away from CEES. I cannot believe. It seemed like it
was only yesterday when we had CEES twenty twenty four.
What are some amazing things we have to look forward to?
You know, I'll pressure for some good nuggets. Can you
share something?
Speaker 5 (12:03):
Yeah, well, CS twenty five is gonna be awesome. We've
made a few keynote announcements, So we announced the CEO
of Global CEO of Panasonic, mister Kasumi, who will be
the opening keynote, and then we also announced this week
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the CEO of Nvidia, Jensen Wong, who will also be keynoting.
And then we just announced today, like a few hours
ago that Julie Sweet, the CEO of Accenture, will also
be keynoting. So we've made three keynote announcements. We have
many more coming. But I'm super excited about our keynots
at CEES twenty twenty five. They are They're phenomenal, So
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looking forward to those. Some trends and exciting, you know,
new things that I'm looking forward to CEES. There's a
couple of new conference tracks that we're rolling out for
CEES twenty twenty five. The first what is in Quantum
And this is a topic that we haven't had dedicated
conference programming at ces before, and we're partnering with the
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Quantum World Congress to have a half day track on
the business of quantum and really looking at the future
and potential commercial use case applications and how quantum will
change the world. So that is something that is a
can't miss. The other session that I'm really looking forward
to as a topic that's becoming something that everybody is
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focused on today, and that's energy and the energy transition
and because of all these amazing new companies and technology
solutions like AI and blockchain and digital assets. We need
a lot more power and our power needs are growing,
but the power grid has stayed the same size, and
that's a challenge in the tech industry and other industries
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need to come together and work through this. And so
we will have a haptic conference program on this topic,
this topic of the energy transition at CES and you'll
hear from some really great speakers about how they are
looking at this and how they're starting to address it.
And I think it will help create a pathway forward
for the tech industry. So those are two programs I'm
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really excited about on Additionally, in the programming space, we
have created a new part of CEES for content creators.
And we know that content creators are so critical and
very important to the way that people view content, receive information,
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digest information, and the way brands even communicate information. And
so we want CEES to be a home for this community.
And we'll have a special area in the Grand Lobby
that'll be for this community. They they'll be different, you know,
products that will be available for demoing. There will be
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a stage where creators can share their stories and have
an opportunity to have a platform and share their share
you know how they got into the space that they're in,
and there'll be a great networking and convening space there.
So that is something new first time that we're really
looking forward.
Speaker 4 (15:21):
To that that's going to be at CEES.
Speaker 5 (15:24):
Some other things, just to mention, South Hall will be
back online, so we will have exhibits again in South
Hall in the upper and lower levels, so that that's
new back for CEES twenty twenty five. We also have
made a couple changes on the show floor. We've put
Health back in the Venetian. This is where the Health
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category started. It makes all the sense in the world
for Health.
Speaker 4 (15:50):
To be in the Venetian.
Speaker 5 (15:51):
The exhibitors like being over there because they're next to
smart home and their next to food tech, and their
next to lifestyle technology geez and you know, wearables and
sports tech and it really has developed this narrative of
smart living in the Venetian and so Health will be
over there and I think that's just going to really
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pull together that part of the show so nicely. We
have a other couple of new venues that will be
using Fountain Blue will have some exhibitors and meeting space
over there, I know, the Fountain Blue so nice, and
we also have hotel. You can book a room in
the Fountain Blue through the CES website, so that's that's
(16:35):
very exciting. And then Resorts World will have some meeting
space over there, and of course you know, c Space
continues to be a huge part of the show. That
will have the Cosmo again as well as the Aria,
so definitely additional spaces will be occupying for CEES twenty
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twenty five.
Speaker 2 (16:58):
I am like blown away, Kensy, but you just said,
you know, wow in the Fountain blow result World now
and you know I remember at n c S and
it was just West Hall, South Hall, Central Hall, that
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was it, and that you know, all this explosion you
know everywhere else. I mean, this is this is really
and I really appreciate uh the content creator uh out
of Angle because a lot of us who have been in
the media field have started to transition to being constant.
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So I'm so glad to.
Speaker 6 (17:42):
See, like for you, yeah, to be able to be
there too, to be a part of this, because the
more we get the stories out, the better of these
amazing technologies.
Speaker 5 (17:54):
And there are some amazing technology solutions that content creators
are using, and it's amazing to see how creators and
influencers are driving the success of so many brands.
Speaker 4 (18:08):
And so that's you know, that's something we have to
showcase at CES.
Speaker 2 (18:11):
Yeah, I'm so glad you touched on that because technology
has made that possible. Yeah, coneguentreators that you know to
do that. And when you when you look at the
decisions Kinzie, that that have to be made when it
comes to offering these different spaces out there, something tells
me there's a million more ideas that you guys have,
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but there's only so much that you can put in
and put into the space. How do you decide, you know,
which idea is to implement now in twenty five and
other ideas said maybe twenty six or twenty seven. Yeah,
ideas there.
Speaker 4 (18:48):
Well, that's such a good question.
Speaker 5 (18:51):
We really look to the industry and our customers organically.
They drive us where we need to go. And an
example I'll give is mobility at CES. When you think
you've been coming to c S since nineteen ninety seven,
when you think way back, mobility at CES, you know,
first it started with this amazing technology that you would
(19:12):
install aftermarket in vehicles, right, and then it shifted to
vehicles themselves coming and showcasing their capabilities and mainly focused
around like audio and safety. And then it shifted to
autonomous vehicles and electrification. And now the shift we're seeing
in mobility is even expanding bigger than vehicles. It's marine technology,
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so there's boats at CES. It's industrial and construction equipment.
You'll see Camboda and you know companies like that Caterpillar
that'll be showcasing technology solutions for their mobility equipment, which
is totally different than cars.
Speaker 4 (19:57):
It's ag tech.
Speaker 5 (19:58):
You know, John Deere is on the show floor. It's
flying cars. We have flying cars that see. Yes, it
blows my mind, but it's just amazing to see this
transformational shift and so we try to move with it
but also be in front of it. And so this year,
because the mobility conversation is expanding and changing, we put
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a stage on the mobility show floor area in West
Hall for brands to be able to talk about what
they're doing and showcase their innovative solutions because they're using
AI and they're using amazing technologies that are focused on
safety and autonomous driving.
Speaker 4 (20:38):
And really changing.
Speaker 5 (20:39):
The way that we will mobilize in all of these
different industries. And so we're that's something that you know
would be an organic shift that we're alongside it, but
we're also trying to be out in front of it.
Speaker 2 (20:52):
I love it. I love it, and you can always
tell you CTA is always up on the latest trends
and and spot On and Kinsey.
Speaker 5 (21:01):
We have an amazing team here that I mean Brian
Comsky who you know they are. They're so smart and
there they are doing so much research, They see everything,
they know everything, and they are driving and advising us
in so many ways that we couldn't do it without them.
Speaker 2 (21:19):
And you know, a Kinsey, I never want to play
poker with you. And I'm gonna tell you why. Take
it back to a conversation we had back in twenty
twenty two out here in Los Angeles at a luncheon
and I raised a question about accessibility. I said, it
would be nice if accessibility you know, had this, had that,
and you had a straight face. And then in twenty
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four explosion Accessibility System and Adaptive Technologies and Kinsey that
that just showed me that that that that you all
are working behind the scenes doing some things that we
never are seeing that that are there. And when it
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comes to like taking chances on these different tracks, like
talked about with content creators even like last year with
a lot of accessibility content, what what are some of
the challenges that that that that the organization face to
see Is this really going to catch on as CEOs
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and will the audience in the industry appreciate it?
Speaker 5 (22:27):
Yeah, Well, to go back to accessibility real quick, that's
a must have and the content is so important and
the technology is it's unbelievable. I mean when you some
of the products that we're at CEES twenty twenty four
and accessibility, I talked about them in the in the
opening keynote on stage.
Speaker 4 (22:47):
They were just phenomenal, whether it was for exercise or
the ability to get tasks done, or the ability to
receive and interact with technology and content in ways that
you know, users never thought that they could before.
Speaker 5 (23:02):
It's incredible and so accessibilities a must have in terms
of products on the show floor and programming. And we
will have an accessibility check again at CEES twenty twenty five.
I'm happy to share with you. You know, the biggest
challenge is how to fit it all in. We have
over three hundred sessions at ces We will have over
one thousand speakers at CEES twenty twenty five. It's just
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like it's crazy, and so the challenge is how to
fit it all in, and then how to make sure
that everybody who wants to see something can and you know,
post show, we post most of our content video on demand.
We make it available because it is so important to
us that we want you to come to the show floor.
We want you to be on the show floor, We
want you to be in the conferences that you want
(23:47):
to be in, which we know you can't go to everything,
and so we want to make sure that people can
come back and view the.
Speaker 4 (23:53):
Content, hear the content post show.
Speaker 5 (23:56):
So I think that that would be probably about the thing,
squeezing it all in.
Speaker 2 (24:02):
Tell me about it, because I used to can go
well around to South Hall and North Hall and and
and be fine at Central Hall. But now with North,
Southwest and the other ones, I got it. You know,
I got it. I definitely got it. That's what I
love about the media days. That gives us a little
more time to be able to be a part of it,
and then fullus close to the audience. I am on
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the conference advisory board, but I did not set up
Kinsie with that question. She answered it. She answered it
truthfully and from the heart, So I had nothing to
do with that. But but but Mackensie, when you when
you look at leading up to twenty five, well, what
are some things that you can share with the industry?
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Ones out there who are in the tech world and
they're like, you know what, I think I may want
to exhibit at twenty five? Can they do that? And
even one who are part of the industry, ye, why
they should attend? And lastly, content creators who have a
slant towards tech, can they be a part of the
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CEES experience.
Speaker 5 (25:08):
Absolutely well, yes, there's still opportunities to exhibit. Of course,
I think you know our website. We just launched a
new website. By the way, I need to give a
shout out to our amazing marketing team here it's CES
dot tech And on the website there's kind of three
different journeys you can take. If you are interested in exhibiting,
you can learn how to do that through the website
(25:32):
and it'll it'll walk you through some of those opportunities
that are available if you're interested in just attending, obviously
registration is open. We want you to sign up, and
so it'll walk you through how to do that. And
if you're media or content creator or influencer and you're
interested in attending in that capacity, you can apply to
do that as well through the website.
Speaker 4 (25:53):
So CES dot tech is a great resource there.
Speaker 2 (25:58):
You know.
Speaker 5 (25:58):
I will tell you some of the other things that
I think are going to be really big and exciting
for CEES.
Speaker 4 (26:07):
The topic of AI.
Speaker 5 (26:09):
It's of course, you know, we talked about AI at
CEES twenty twenty four, but I think AI is going
to be big in a different way at CES because
there's been so much investment and R and D in
AI over the last year. I think companies are going
to be showcasing some really innovative products, solutions, and actual
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use cases on how AI is going to change your life.
Whether you are a you know buyer or you're somebody
who sells direct to consumers, I think this is going
to be a great opportunity. And the other message I
would share to prospective exhibitors is that CES is a
business event. You know, consumers don't come to the show,
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but buyers come to the show, retailers come to the show,
and also the entire industry. So if you if you
make a prom that's direct to consumer, CEES is a
place for you. If you make a product that's an
enterprise solution, CEES is a place for you. And so
many companies in the enterprise space choose to launch their
products at CES, so much so that we have a
(27:14):
whole section of North Hall that is centered on this,
and it's enterprise solutions, fintech solutions, AI solutions, cloud solutions,
software solutions that are you know, digital twin technology that
is taking businesses and traditional manufacturing and business operations and
using technology to make them more efficient, to make them safer,
(27:35):
to make them more knowledgeable and more empowered and be
able to grow their businesses. So I think you know
both sides, whether you're direct to consumer or B to
b CS is a show for you. If you're an
exhibit in the space and an attendee in the space.
Speaker 2 (27:50):
Yeah, absolutely, I totally agree. And once we're listening, I
co sign on that with Kinsey because it is amazing.
I call it the super Bowl technology. It's an amazing
way to connect a network and if you're in tech,
you definitely need to be there, and in Kinsey, I
would be just doing it as service if I did
(28:11):
not mention the amazing Eureka Park. Yes, let's talk about
why that's so important, why that's an integral part of CEES,
and just maybe even how that has really pushed careers
of different companies who exhibit there, who are now just
(28:35):
blowing things up.
Speaker 4 (28:36):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (28:37):
Well, Eureka Park is one of the most exciting parts
of CEES. It's our area of the show dedicated completely
to startups.
Speaker 4 (28:46):
And what's special about it.
Speaker 5 (28:48):
Is that we have We had over fourteen hundred startups
at CEES twenty twenty four.
Speaker 4 (28:51):
This is a very global community.
Speaker 5 (28:54):
Ces is a global show we bring you know, forty
percent of our attendees come from outside the SEES twenty
twenty four we had one hundred and thirty eight thousand attendees,
fifty one thousand of them or from outside the US,
So it's a very global show. And Eureka Park we
have over twenty countries that are represented in Eureka Park,
(29:15):
and it's groups of these startups who are creating the
most innovative solutions, whether it's in healthcare or food tech,
or AI, or mobility or entertainment and transportation. The startups
in Eureka Park are the They are just the brightest
and we make your Riga Park very attainable so that
(29:38):
anybody with an idea with a product that wants to
launch it can do it at in Eureka Park.
Speaker 4 (29:44):
We subsidize the cost so it's a.
Speaker 5 (29:46):
Low entry and it really creates an opportunity for people
to you know, make their product known for the very
first time. And investors walk through Eureka Park and they
are looking for are the next great thing to invest in.
Large companies walk through your Rika Park because they're looking
for startups who can solve some of the challenges they
(30:08):
have as companies, or they're looking for startups that they
want to acquire and invest in. So it's really just
this vibrant, amazing community of the coolest, most exciting technology.
Speaker 4 (30:22):
That you will ever see.
Speaker 5 (30:23):
We have a stage in Eureka Park where companies can
can showcase and talk about their products. Our foundation has
an accessibility contest for accessibility Tech in Eureka Park and
they do a competition on the stage.
Speaker 4 (30:39):
They'll be pitch competitions.
Speaker 5 (30:41):
Throughout so you know, think of, you know, an exciting
you know and exciting on the show floor, pitch happening
in real time with an inventor of an amazing product,
you know, showing how it's going to change the world.
And Shark Tank comes to CEES and they do a
casting call at CEO. They did that at CS twenty four,
(31:02):
and they do it because they know that there's so
much innovation there that is so awesome.
Speaker 2 (31:07):
And Kinsey, that guy who MC the Pit competition last year,
don't ever get him back. He was a god awful
don't ever have him come back. I don't know. He
kind of looks like me a little bit, but he
was who was he was.
Speaker 4 (31:24):
He was a superstar.
Speaker 2 (31:26):
He wasn't good enough. But we appreciate that, Kidsy because
it's it's something that's needed out there, especially for startups
and everything so started and where we're so happy that
that that that's a part of CS. Last question, what
would the public the audience be shocked to hear of
(31:48):
what type of industry is going to be at CEES
at a at a technology show and they're like, wow,
I didn't know that company did any anything in technology?
What what company was shocked? And one.
Speaker 4 (32:02):
Oh my gosh, Well there's so many.
Speaker 5 (32:04):
I mean, I think you know CS twenty four are
Loriel keynoted.
Speaker 4 (32:08):
That probably would have shocked a lot of people.
Speaker 5 (32:10):
That a beauty brand was keynoting at CEES and it
was phenomenal there. CEO Nicholas Aeronymus presented All Kinds based
with amazing tech solutions. John Deere, You probably nobody would
have ever thought, why would a giant tractor be at CES?
Speaker 4 (32:27):
You know, that's another one there.
Speaker 5 (32:30):
I think you can't pick just one because there's so
many different industries that come together at CES. You know,
fashion tech is a category that's starting to grow and
emerge at CES. We had an Innovations Awards category for
CES twenty twenty five in fashion Tech. So I think
we're going to see some surprises there at CEES twenty
(32:52):
twenty five.
Speaker 2 (32:54):
Nice. Can't wait to hear, can't wait to see because
you have to do me this one favorite. As we
get maybe one month out of CEES, I'm sure there's
going to be a lot more announcements that'll be able
to make. If you are available, we'd love to have
you back on to talk about what's going to happen
to you know, anytime now so that we can just
(33:15):
hype and hype it up and everything and have a
great old time. Give the website out again so once
can register who was part of the industry and content creators,
you know, all that great stuff.
Speaker 5 (33:27):
Yeah, so, first of all, Paul I will come back
anytime and chat with you and anytime. The website is
www dot ces dot tech.
Speaker 4 (33:35):
You can register online. Check out our new logo.
Speaker 5 (33:38):
We have a new logo and a new brand that
symbolizes humanity and tech coming together. This is an amazing
undertaking for our team and they did such a great
job with it. So you'll see the new logo. You'll
see the marketing campaign for CEES which is dive in
because we want you to dive in into all the
amazing innovation and technology that's showcased at the show and
(34:00):
do it all at CEES dot Tech.
Speaker 2 (34:03):
Awesome. Hasn't ambassador been named yet? Not?
Speaker 5 (34:06):
No, we have not.
Speaker 4 (34:08):
We have many announcements coming.
Speaker 2 (34:11):
Okay, sounds good. We're looking forward to it. Kensie, thank
you so much. Always great to see you, my friend,
and please stay healthy, stay safe and congratulations once again.
Speaker 4 (34:21):
Thank you and right back at you.
Speaker 2 (34:23):
Wow, what an awesome and incredible conversation with the beautiful
Kinsey Phiblizio. Kinseie, thank you so much for joining me
on the show and sharing your thoughts on the future
of technology and the impact of CEES. And I think
I speak for all of our viewers and listeners out
there when I say that your passion for innovation and accessibility,
(34:49):
it's a my drop. It is truly inspiring. Madam President
of the Consumer Technology Association Foundation, I'm amped up, I'm
hyped up, I'm ready to go. Let's do CEES today,
so looking forward to it, and it's a friends. Today,
(35:10):
we've explored the rich history of CEES, from its humble
beginnings to its current status as a global tech extravagance.
We delved into the technology and the ways that it's
transforming every industry, how it's breaking down barriers, and how
(35:32):
it's connecting us in unprecedented ways. And we've glimpsed into
the exciting possibilities that really lie ahead, a future that's
shaped by innovation, accessibility, and commitment to creating a better
(35:56):
and more inclusive world, not just for you and not
just for me, but for everyone. But hey, the conversation
doesn't have to end here, So I encourage you to
(36:20):
continue to explore these topics that we talked about today,
the metaverse, AI and also E waste in ways that
we can combat that engage with the latest technologies, and
to be a part of really the exciting future that's
(36:41):
unfolding right before our eyes. I mean, think back twenty
years ago, how the technology looked, maybe even thirty years ago,
maybe even forty years ago, and look where it's at today.
It is really, really, truly just amazing and mind Bob
and I can't wait to see where we go from here.
(37:04):
So if you want to hear more from Kinsey and
other tech leaders, you know, you can always go to
cees dot tech. There's a lot of great articles, a
lot of great podcasts on there, and you can definitely
check it out. Now I'm just putting it out there,
put it out there the universe. If you ever need
(37:26):
to fill in for for a podcast post, hit me up.
I'm always doing that. I'm always shooting my shot. But
like my mom said, my mom was ninety she'll be
ninety one and me, she said, how do you know
if you don't ask?
Speaker 7 (37:41):
So I'm putting, putting, putting it out there, so visit
the official CEES website at www dot Cees dot tech
and start planning your trip for next year's show.
Speaker 2 (37:53):
Remember it's the industry show, so you have to your
part of the industry to be there. So if you
want to stay up today to the latest tech news
and trends, make sure that you subscribeing to the Tech
Zone with Paul Alma David Lane podcast. There's are all
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Paulamadea's Lane dot com is my website and social media
(38:16):
is just Paul Amada's Lane. All social media platforms even
LinkedIn because I'm a businessmania. Well, thank you for joining
us on this journey through the Tech Zone. Until next time,
Keep exploring, keep innovating, and keep your eyes on the future.
And remember stay healthy, stay safe, and I love you guys.
(38:37):
Life until next time. Folks, in this.
Speaker 3 (38:41):
World of technology is ever changing, rearranging.
Speaker 2 (38:45):
You need someone to help you out. I know someone
that can be alone.
Speaker 3 (38:50):
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