On January 5, the
most important consumer electronics fair
, CES, is planning to occupy the congress halls and hotels of the city of
Las Vegas
.
It will do so with many precautions and social distancing measures, but without bowing, at least for now, to the omicron variant.
The CTA, the association that organizes the appointment every year, confirmed it again yesterday, after acknowledging that some large companies will cancel their attendance due to difficulties when traveling and the increase in infections in recent days.
"The only way that the CES is not held is for it to be expressly prohibited by the government,"
said Gary Shapiro, president of the CTA.
But the list of attendees shrinks every day.
Twitter, Nvidia, Meta, Amazon, AT&T or T-Mobile
are some of the companies that have already confirmed that they will not attend the appointment, or that they will substantially reduce the number of employees who will travel to the congress.
Lenovo
will also not attend and although
Samsung
, one of the main partners of the fair and that this year will give one of the opening speeches, has not canceled plans, it is also considering making changes if the situation worsens between now and the end of the year.
There are also exceptional cases, such as that of Israeli companies.
Many want to be present but could have problems attending due to the new
travel
restrictions
imposed by their country in the face of the new wave of infections.
And it's not just companies.
Some large technology media, such as
The Verge or Gizmodo
publications
, have also decided not to attend, considering that the risk of contagion for their workers is too high.
It is a jug of cold water for the CTA, which after having to settle for a virtual edition in 2021, hoped that the CES of 2022 would serve as a symbol of recovery.
Every year the fair attracted about 180,000 visitors
and more than 4,500 companies from around the world and although this edition, even without an omicron, was going to be less crowded, the hope was that it would serve as a catalyst for the rest of the technological events of the year. .
The organization has taken exceptional security measures for the event.
All attendees, for example, will have to be vaccinated with the full schedule to access.
The masks will be mandatory within the fairgrounds and during the different meetings, and all attendees are given
They will provide two antigen tests for testing before going to the fairgrounds and before flying back home.
It will also pay
PCR tests
to those assistants who need it to be able to return to their countries.
According to the criteria of The Trust Project
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