CeBIT
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CEBIT | |
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Hanover fairground | |
Location(s) | Hanover |
Country | Germany |
Inaugurated | 1970 |
Most recent | 2018 |
Attendance | 120,000 (2018)[1] |
Organized by | Deutsche Messe AG |
Website | www |
CeBIT was a
With an exhibition area of roughly 450,000 m2 (4.8 million sq ft) and a peak attendance of 850,000 visitors during the
The final CeBIT took place from 11 to 15 June 2018.[4]
History
CeBIT was traditionally the computing part of the
The number of visitors for the new exhibition increased to 830,000 in 2001, but by 2007 the CeBIT expo attendance had shrunk to around 200,000,[6] then attendance rebounded to 334,000 by 2010.[7] The 2008 expo was marred by police raids of 51 exhibitors for patent infringement.[8] In 2009, the U.S. state of California became official Partner State of Germany's IT and telecommunications industry association, BITKOM, and of CeBIT 2009. focusing on environmentally-friendly technologies.[9]
From 2007 till 2013, the fair acted as the World Championship (Grand Final) of Intel Extreme Masters. The championship was reallocated to Katowice, Poland in 2014.[citation needed]
On 28 November 2018, Deutsche Messe AG announced that due to declining visitor and exhibitioner attendance, CeBIT would be canceled for the foreseeable future.[10][11] This makes CeBIT 2018 the final event.[12]
Other CeBIT-branded shows
As CeBIT continued to grow quickly and was becoming too big on its own, it was decided to concentrate on the professional market, while the home and entertainment market was given a separate show, CeBIT Home, during summer, planned to be biennial. However, after being held twice (in 1996 and 1998), the 2000 CeBIT Home (had originally been scheduled to be held in Leipzig due to the Expo 2000 being held in Hanover) was cancelled and the project was abandoned.
Since 1999 the CeBIT sponsor Deutsche Messe AG ("German Trade Show, Inc.") has organized trade shows outside of Germany bearing the CeBIT name:
- Internet +, powered by CeBIT (formerly CeBIT Asia), in Shanghai, China
- CeBIT Australia, in Sydney
- CeBIT Eurasia Bilişim, in Istanbul, Turkey
- CeBIT America/USA in New York City, United States.[13] It was held in 2003 and 2004, but subsequently cancelled in 2005.[14]
- CeBIT India, in Bangalore, India
- BITS Mexico, powered by CeBIT, in México City.
- CeBIT ASEAN Thailand, in Bangkok, Thailand.
CeBIT Global Conferences
Running over a five-day period in
Recent conferences have featured the following keynote themes:
- 2008: "Improving Life in the Global Village". This installment of CGC attracted 1900 visitors and 43 speakers attending the keynotes and discussion sessions.
- 2009: "How Will We Be Working, Living and Communicating in the Coming Years?" This CGC drew 3,133 visitors from 88 nations, with some 2,200 guests following the conference via live streaming.
- 2010: "The Challenges of a Changing World – ICT for Better Lives and Better Business", attracting some 4,000 guests from more than 100 nations. Just under 4,000 guests also visited the conference via live streaming.[citation needed]
The motto of the CeBIT Global Conferences for 2011 was "The Power of Creativity and Innovation".
Speaker list 2014
- Apple Computer
- Jimmy Wales, founder Wikipedia
- Eugene Kaspersky, CEO and Chairman, Kaspersky Lab
- Canonical
- Neelie Kroes, Vice President, European Commission
- Sir Nigel Shadbolt, Chairman and co-founder, Open Data Institute (ODI)
- Dean Douglas, CEO Unify
- Cristina Riesen, General Manager Europe, Evernote
- Mikko Hyppönen, Chief Research Officer, F-Secure
Over the past years, speakers at the CeBIT Global Conferences have included Gov.
CeBIT Awards
CeBIT was a platform for recognising achievement by ICT businesses, particularly in Australia.[15] The awards include the Excellence in Communications Award, the Advanced Retail Technology Award, the Innovative IT Security Award, and the Early Innovators Award. Notable past winners include Motorola,[16] McAfee[17] and eWAY.[18]
See also
- List of computer-related awards
- CES (Las Vegas, Nevada, US)
- COMPUTEX(Taipei, Taiwan)
- SIMO TCI (Madrid, Spain)
References
- ^ Heise Online: Positives Cebit-Fazit: Weniger, aber zufriedenere Messebesucher, accessed 2018-11-28
- ^ "CEBIT Events Worldwide". messe.de. Archived from the original on 2010-01-28.
- ^ "CeBIT – Daten und Fakten – Geschichte der CeBIT". Cebit.de. Archived from the original on 2011-11-01. Retrieved 2011-12-17.
- ^ "From Digital Trade Fair to Innovation Festival – CeBIT to take place in June". cebit.de. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
- ^ 20 Jahre Centrum für "B" und "IT": Die CeBIT hat Geburtstag Archived 2008-01-06 at the Wayback Machine (in German) – By Detlef Borchers, heise online, 8 March 2006
- ^ Attendance for CeBIT increases to 200,000[dead link]
- ^ "Cebit 2010: Besucherzahlen leicht angestiegen". Golem.de. Retrieved 2011-12-17.
- ^ "Authorities seize gadgets during patent raid at German tech fair". International Herald Tribune. 2009-03-29. Archived from the original on 2009-02-10. Retrieved 2011-12-17.
- ^ "Schwarzenegger goes to Cebit". Theinquirer.net. Archived from the original on 2009-08-21. Retrieved 2011-12-17.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Germany: CeBIT, world's largest IT conference, canned | DW | 28.11.2018". DW.COM.
- ISBN 978-3-88842-054-2
- ^ "Deutsche Messe restructures event portfolio – Trade fair news". Retrieved 2018-11-29.
- ^ "Techbrief – Cebit To New York". The New York Times. 2002-03-19. Retrieved 2011-12-17.
- ^ "CeBit America 2005 canceled – CNET News". News.cnet.com. Retrieved 2011-12-17.
- ^ "Australian companies fare well in CeBIT awards". Voiceanddata.com.au. 2007-05-21. Archived from the original on 2012-03-19. Retrieved 2011-12-17.
- ^ [1] Archived 15 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "CeBIT.AU Innovative IT Security Award 2010". Archived from the original on 2010-11-15. Retrieved 2011-02-02.
- ^ [2] Archived 26 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Cebit.de at the Wayback Machine (archived 27 January 2007)
- The history of CeBIT