All Five FCC Commissioners To Appear At CES 2018

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All five FCC Commissioners -- Chairman AJIT PAI and Commissioners BRENDAN CARR, MIGNON CLYBURN, MICHAEL O'RIELLY, and JESSICA ROSENWORCEL -- will be appearing at CES 2018 in JANUARY, the CONSUMER TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION announced TODAY (11/9).  PAI will be featured in a talk with CTA Pres./CEO GARY SHAPIRO, while the other four members will be on the annual roundtable panel at the convention, coming on JANUARY 9th-12th in LAS VEGAS.

“We are excited to have FCC Chairman PAI kick off the new year by sharing his regulatory agenda for 2018,” said SHAPIRO. “This is an excellent opportunity for CES attendees to hear about the challenging issues the FCC is tackling, including the allocation of additional spectrum licensed and unlicensed bands to power consumers' growing demand for anytime/anywhere connectivity and expanding broadband access and digital opportunity to all Americans.”

The CTA also announced that HULU CEO RANDY FREER and TURNER Chairman/CEO JOHN MARTIN will be speaking at the "Reimagining Television" keynote.  FREER and MARTIN join the list of announced keynotes for the show, including FORD's JIM HACKETT, INTEL's BRIAN KRZANICH, HUAWEI's RICHARD YU, and LYFT's JOHN ZIMMER.

Also, former NBA player and current investor and entrepreneur BARON DAVIS will serve as CES Ambassador for 2018.

And the winners of the Innovation Awards for CES 2018, announced TODAY at CES UNVEILED NEW YORK, are:

• 3D Printing: ETHEREAL MACHINES PVT. LTD., Ethereal Halo
• Computer Accessories: KENSINGTON, Kensington VeriMark Fingerprint Key
• Computer Hardware and Components: AMD, AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
• Computer Peripherals: INSTRUMMENTS INC., InstruMMents 01
• Digital Imaging: KIGHT, Light L16 Camera
• Eco-Design and Sustainable Technologies: DELL, Dell Ocean-Bound Plastics Packaging Program
• Embedded Technologies: INTEL, Movidius Neural Compute Stick
• Gaming: MSI COMPUTER, Trident 3 Arctic
• Headphones: NAVER Corp., LINE Corp., and ORFEO SoundWorks, Mars; NURA, nuraphone
• High Performance Home Audio/Video: BANG AND OLUFSEN, BeoSound Shape
• Home Appliances: LANCEY ENERGY STORAGE, Smart/battery-equipped electric space heater
• Portable Media Players and Accessories: IRIVER, Astell&Kern A&ultima SP1000
• Robotics and Drones: BLUE FROG ROBOTICS, BUDDY
• Smart Cities: AMARYLLO INTERNATIONAL B.V., AR4
• Smart Energy: WI-CHARGE LTD., Long-range wireless power for mobile and IoT applications
• Software and Mobile Apps: HP, Camera 3D
• Vehicle Intelligence and Self-Driving Technology: NISSAN, 2018 Leaf
• Wearable Technologies: WILLOW, Willow Wearable Breast Pump; NUVIZ, Head-Up Display For Motorcyclists

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