Samsung's Woo To Keynote 2013 CES

TWICE Staff On Aug 1 2012 - 2:19pm

Arlington, Va. - Stephen Woo, president of Samsung Electronics device solutions business, will deliver a keynote address at the 2013 International CES, according to the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), producer and owner of the show.
 

Stephen Woo

CES will be held Jan. 8-11, 2013, in Las Vegas. Woo's keynote address is scheduled to open Day Two at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 9, in the Venetian's Palazzo Ballroom.

Woo will present his insight on the role of components in enabling consumer product innovations.

Gary Shapiro, president and CEO, CEA, said in a statement, "Samsung captures global attention when it launches its dynamic products at the International CES. We all look forward to hearing Dr. Woo share Samsung's vision from across Samsung device solutions, the world leader in advanced semiconductor and display solutions for the IT industry."

At Samsung Electronics since 2003, Woo was appointed general manager of the system LSI business in 2008. He currently oversees all activities surrounding the system LSI business, including logic solutions that provide next-generation features in consumer and mobile products. Under his leadership, revenue has nearly tripled to more than $10 billion in 2011, making it one of the fastest-growing businesses in Samsung Electronics. Samsung's system LSI business has maintained its lead in global market share for several major products, including mobile application processors for smartphones, complementary metal oxide silicon-based camera image sensors, flat-panel display driver ICs (integrated circuits) and smart card ICs for SIM (subscriber identity module) cards.

He joins Kazuhiro Tsuga, incoming president of Panasonic, as a CES keynote speaker. Tsuga will deliver the opening keynote address at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 8, in the Venetian's Palazzo Ballroom, immediately following a State of the CE Industry keynote address by Shapiro.