• Posted 03-Jan-2022

European Networking Event at CES 2022

For the first time during CES 2022, representatives from European National Pavilions join forces to organise a European networking event to promote European excellence.

This invitation-only event will bring together delegates from 17 European countries exhibiting at CES and the world’s most-influential leaders and industry advocates in technology in Las Vegas (USA), on 5-8 January 2022.

On 5 January 2022, opening day of CES 2022, 400 people, including high level representatives and companies from 17 countries – Austria, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom – will attend the event to network and establish connections.

Florent Bernard, Science Counsellor to the EU Delegation in the USA, will host a panel on tech to touch on global and regional tech trends and to discuss what is new for CES 2022.

We will be hearing the opinion of top European leaders:

• Viorel Peca, Head of Unit Transition activities and Business Acceleration Services - EIC, European Commission
• Karen Chupka, Executive Vice President - CES for the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) (USA)
• Special Envoy Techleap, H. R. H. Constantijn van Oranje – Nassau (NL)
• André Kudelski, Chairman of the Board and CEO of the Kudelski Group. President of the Board of Innosuisse - the Swiss Innovation Agency (CH)
• Carlo Ferro, President, Italian Trade Agency (IT)
• Clara Chappaz, Director, Le French Tech (FR)

The networking event will provide a unique opportunity to connect the European tech ecosystem from different national pavilions with each other and with EIC-selected SMEs, start-ups and scale-ups from EU Member States and associated countries.

About CES

The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is a global consumer electronics and consumer technology tradeshow that takes place annually in Las Vegas, USA.

CES participants:

• 1900+ exhibitors
• 2400+ members of the media
• 195 Fortune Global 500 Companies
• 77 Interbrand 100 Companies
• 66 top 100 retailers (Based on Twice 2020 Top Retailers)
• 55% of registered attendees are senior-level
• 160 countries represented
• 200+ automotive brands

Background information

The European Innovation Council’s Overseas Trade Fairs 2.0 Programme (OTF) will showcase innovative technologies, products and services at the EU-EIC Pavilion at CES 2022.

Discover the delegation of EU innovators to CES

Source: European Innovation Council I News (https://bit.ly/3EN6zx9)