New York – The Consumer Electronics
Association (CEA) and Photo Marketing Association International (PMA) have
announced a partnership to move the September 2011 PMA International Convention
and Trade Show to
co-locate at the 2012
International CES,
scheduled for January 10-13 in Las Vegas.
will
offer industry-specific content and display products representing all aspects
of digital imaging. PMA will also offer its well-known educational seminars,
complementing and enhancing CES programming, the PMA said.
“PMA co-location
with CES creates a great opportunity for our combined audiences to learn from
each other, grow, and take full advantage of the integration and connectivity
of personal content (in the form of digital photography) and home
entertainment,” noted
Ted
Fox
, executive
director, PMA in a statement Wednesday afternoon. “This convergence will expand
with continued enhancements to camera phones and tablets.”
Gary Shapiro,
president/CEO of CEA, producer of International CES, said in a statement, “This
collaboration will significantly enhance the 2012 International CES digital
imaging product offerings for our retail and other audiences. Technology is
speeding the rapid convergence of digital photography and home entertainment
systems. The breadth and scope of digital imaging product offerings that PMA
will now bring to CES will complement and further expand the extensive growth
of CES in this product category.”
will be
located at the Sands/Venetian and will be sponsored by PMA. Companies
interested in exhibiting should contact
Melissa
Aldrich
or
Jeff Frazine
at 800-762-9287 or +1-517-788-8100
(internationally). They also can be reached by email at
or
, PMA said.
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