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The International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is a Trade Show held each January in Las Vegas , Nevada , and is sponsored by the Consumer Electronics Association . At the show, many previews of products are introduced, or new products are announced. The show is held at the Las Vegas Convention Center with additional venues used for specific specialties. The CES is now considered one of the major technology-related trade shows, following the cancellation of Comdex . HISTORY The first CES was held in June, 1967 in New York City . From 1978 to 1994, CES was held twice each year: once in January in Las Vegas known as ''Winter Consumer Electronics Show (WCES)'' and once in June in Chicago, Illinois known as ''Summer Consumer Electronics Show (SCES)''. In 1995, the show changed to a once a year format with Las Vegas as the location. In Vegas, the show is one of the largest, the other being CONEXPO-CON/AGG , taking up to 18 days to set up, run and break down."Grandest Gadgets", '' Las Vegas Review-Journal '', Page A1, January 6, 2007. SHOW HIGHLIGHTS 2005 The 2005 Exhibition was from January 6 2005 to January 9 2005 in Las Vegas. The event started off with a twist when the main keynote address by Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates went wrong as a device that was being demonstrated failed,1 much to the amusement of the onlookers. Samsung showed off a 102-inch Plasma Television .2 , 2006 ]] 2006 The 2006 International CES took place on showed a Rollable Display prototype whose screen can retain an image for several months without electricity . Attendance was over 150,000 individuals in 1.67 million net square feet of space making it the largest electronics event in the United States. 2007 In a break from recent tradition, the 2007 CES event did not begin on a Thursday, nor span a weekend. It ran from Monday , and the Sands Expo and Convention Center hosting satellite exhibitions. The location for the main keynotes was the other major change for 2007. Previously held at the Las Vegas Hilton's Main Theater, they staged for the first time at The Palazzo Ballroom in The Venetian. Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft, gave his ninth pre-show Keynote address on the Sunday evening. The opening keynote was presented by Gary Shapiro (President/CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association , which hosts the event), with Ed Zander , Chairman/CEO of Motorola . Other keynote speakers scheduled included Robert Iger from The Walt Disney Company , Michael Dell , founder of Dell Inc., and Leslie Moonves of CBS . Finally, Industry Insider presentations moved to the Las Vegas Hilton, with contributions from Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo , CEO of Nokia and John Chambers , CEO of Cisco . In the gaming section for and Crysis . NOTABLE PRODUCT INTRODUCTIONS Products and technologies introduced at CES include:
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