CES 2021 Is Now Cancelled As Well, Some Digital Activities Will take Place
With COVID-19 still raging across the globe, CTA the organisation behind CES has made the wise decision to cancel CES 2021, at least in its physical form. It's the first exhibition in 2021 that the virus has affected.
CES 2021 in Las Vegas was programmed to take place in early January, but with the disastrous pandemic response in the US, the CTA doesn't think the country will be ready to host international events by next year. CTA president and CEO Gary Shapiro sent out an email with the now all-too-familiar COVID cancellation language. "Amid the pandemic and growing global health concerns about the spread of COVID-19," Shapiro wrote, "it's just not possible to safely convene tens of thousands of people in Las Vegas in early January 2021 to meet and do business in person.”
Shapiro said CES 2021 is "shifting to an all-digital platform for 2021" and offering "a unique experience that helps our exhibitors connect with existing and new audiences." On its website, the CTA claims it will provide a rough online equivalent to the three major pillars of CES: "Keynotes and conferences," "Product showcases," and "Meetings and networking."
CES started in 1967, in a time before the Internet communication revolution, and today it regularly pulls in 150,000+ attendees from around the world. The CTA’s decision to discard the in-person version of CES is also more confirmation that even as the US economy reopens, it will likely be a long time before comprehensive events can resume with business as usual.
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Just watch as all the large events in 2021 get cancelled as well.
Maybe 2022 we get lucky enough for the primary waves to pass... but I wouldn't bet on that.
Fast-spread respiratory diseases don't just vanish because we want them to. Humans need to change their thinking, their acting, and that can take many years... at the moment too many are stuck either in "Denial" phase or "Anger" phase, it will take a while until they switch to "Acceptance" phase and start acting on it.
Eventually I expect everyone to wear face masks just like we wear pants and skirts. Eventually... not in 2020 or 2021.
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Just watch as all the large events in 2021 get cancelled as well.
Maybe 2022 we get lucky enough for the primary waves to pass... but I wouldn't bet on that.
Fast-spread respiratory diseases don't just vanish because we want them to. Humans need to change their thinking, their acting, and that can take many years... at the moment too many are stuck either in "Denial" phase or "Anger" phase, it will take a while until they switch to "Acceptance" phase and start acting on it.
Eventually I expect everyone to wear face masks just like we wear pants and skirts. Eventually... not in 2020 or 2021.
Dont forget the " i dont give a f**k and i`ll never get it" phase, still a lot of those around, a lot more young people hanging a round the parks huddled in groups with out a care or a clue that we still have a long way to go.
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Wonder what New TV tech comes out it? I starting to look at new tv cause I believe me TCL s515 is on verge of failing on top the possible failing MB i have.
Such a great year.
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Yes, because people have lives to live, people to meet and babies to make. Sitting in the basement with a mask on, while "working" from home is not the future of humanity.
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Bound to happen and it will keep happen to such event, And I sure people will rage about cause they just dont get why it happen cause they dont want too