TWICE - August 5, 2002

CEA has announced two new keynote speakers for the 2003 International CES, to be held in Las Vegas January 9-12. Kunitake (Kuni) Ando, president and COO of Sony Corporation, will deliver the opening keyonte address on Thursday, January 9 at 8:30 a.m. in the Las Vegas Hilton Theater. Tom Engibous, chairman, president & CEO of Texas Instruments, will deliver a CES keynote address on Friday, J...

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