The 2009 Consumer Electronic Show, the largest consumer technology tradeshow in the world, is glad to announce that over 2700 exhibitors, including 300 new companies will gather in Las Vegas for the 2009 International CES, taking place from January 8^th to 11^th, 2009 at the Las VegasConvention Center. Three hundred new first-time exhibitors, including companies such as Blockbuster, Chumby, Electronic Arts, Eye-Fi, Huawei, Hyundai/Kia, Mattel, ooma, Phoenix Technology, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Verizon Wireless will take part in the exhibition, featuring products and services divided in more than 30 categories including gaming, in-vehicle electronics, information technology, content and broadband service providers, digital imaging, entertainment content and location based services (LBS) among others.

The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) expects a 5.6% growth for the gaming category, 6.9% growth for digital imaging and 30% growth in holiday sales for GPS/LBS products, with at list 13% more exhibitors compared with the 2008 edition of the famous Las Vegas convention show.

"The 2009 International CES momentum is strong. In this challenging economy, our industry knows that CES is more important than ever to grow business. With each CES attendee holding an average of 12 meetings at our tradeshow, there is no better strategy for generating leads and jumpstarting new business than attending the 2009 International CES. In tough economic times, tradeshows make the most business sense and CES is the must-attend event of the year for our industry." said Gary Shapiro, Consumer Electronics Association president and CEO.

The 2009 International CES will feature more than 200 conferences with 500 speakers and guests as well as full day of program sessions to inform the participants about the latest industry updates and marketing strategies. Another new conference program is the Cable Conference, with multi-day sessions January 7-9, geared to address key cable industry business issues. In addition, Scott McNealy, chairman of Sun Microsystems, is a featured speaker at the CES Government 2009 conference.

Exhibitors like NBC Universal and Sony Pictures Television will display and exhibit a broad selection of content on several digital platforms at the 2009 International CES. NBC Universal will broadcast several shows live from the CES show floor, including The Today Show, the NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams, Access Hollywood and CNBC with Maria Bartiromo. Sony Pictures Television will record several episodes of Jeopardy! on a set  specially built on the CES show floor.