ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Consumer Technology Association (CTA)™ today announced that the fourth annual Gary’s Book Club will feature eleven celebrated authors engaging in one-on-one interviews on the CES® 2017 CTA Center Stage in the LVCC Grand Lobby. Sponsored by Barnes & Noble, Gary’s Book Club provides CES attendees the opportunity to meet the authors, purchase books and have them signed.
“For 50 years, CES has served as a celebration of the visionary minds growing the consumer technology industry,” said Gary Shapiro, president and CEO, Consumer Technology Association. “The accomplished authors included in this year’s Book Club are the epitome of what this innovative industry represents beyond the show floor. The extensive research, thoughtful insights and powerful storytelling in their work proves how the products and ideas that come to life at CES continue to touch our lives, establish a blueprint for creative leadership, and change our world for the better.”
The CES 2017 Gary’s Book Club author lineup includes:
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Dan Ackerman, The Tetris Effect: The Game That Hypnotized
the World
- Thursday, January 5: Interview – 2 PM, Book Signing – 2:30 PM
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Frank Aycock, Ph.D, 21st Century Television: The Players, the
Viewers, the Money
- Saturday, January 7: Interview – 1 PM, Book Signing – 1:30 PM
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Rohit Bhargava, Non-Obvious: How to Think Different, Curate Ideas &
Predict the Future
- Saturday, January 7: Interview – 11 AM, Book Signing – 11:30 AM
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Darrell Issa, Watchdog: The Real Stories Behind the Headlines from
the Congressman Who Exposed Washington's Biggest Scandals
- Saturday, January 7: Interview – Noon, Book Signing – 12:30 PM
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John Johnson, Ph.D, EVERYDATA: The Misinformation Hidden in the
Little Data You Consume Every Day
- Friday, January 6: Interview – 1 PM, Book Signing – 1:30 PM
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Jason Kelly, Sweat Equity: Inside the New Economy of Mind and Body
- Thursday, January 5: Interview – 11 AM, Book Signing – 11:30 AM
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Brett King, Augmented: Life in the Smart Lane
- Friday, January 6: Interview – 3:30 PM, Book Signing – 4 PM
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Seth Shapiro, Television: Innovation, Disruption, and the World's
Most Powerful Medium: Volume 1
- Thursday, January 6: Interview – 11 AM, Book Signing – 11:30 AM
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Michael Smith, Streaming, Sharing, Stealing: Big Data and the
Future of Entertainment
- Friday, January 6: Interview – 2 PM, Book Signing – 2:30 PM
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Rick Smith, The Great Disruption: Competing and Surviving in the
Second Wave of the Industrial Revolution
- Thursday, January 5: Interview – 3:30 PM, Book Signing – 4 PM
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Amy Webb, The Signals are Talking: Why Today’s Fringe Is Tomorrow’s
Mainstream
- Saturday, January 7: Interview – 2 PM, Book Signing – 2:30 PM
Learn more about Gary’s Book Club authors on CES.tech.
Owned and produced by CTA, CES will run January 5-8, 2017 in Las Vegas, NV and feature more than 3,800 exhibitors unveiling the latest consumer technology products and services. Visit CES.tech for more information.
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About CES:
CES is the world’s gathering place for all who thrive on the business of consumer technologies. It has served as the proving ground for innovators and breakthrough technologies for 50 years—the global stage where next-generation innovations are introduced to the marketplace. As the largest hands-on event of its kind, CES features all aspects of the industry. Owned and produced by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)TM, it attracts the world’s business leaders and pioneering thinkers. Check out CES video highlights. Follow CES online at CES.tech and on social.
About Consumer Technology Association:
Consumer Technology Association (CTA)TM, is the trade association representing the $287 billion U.S. consumer technology industry. More than 2,200 companies – 80 percent are small businesses and startups; others are among the world’s best known brands – enjoy the benefits of CTA membership including policy advocacy, market research, technical education, industry promotion, standards development and the fostering of business and strategic relationships. The Consumer Technology Association also owns and produces CES® – the world’s gathering place for all who thrive on the business of consumer technologies. Profits from CES are reinvested into CTA’s industry services.
UPCOMING EVENTS
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CES Unveiled Las Vegas
January 3, Las Vegas, NV
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CES 2017 – Register
January 5-8, Las Vegas, NV
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Winter Break
March 9-12, Snowmass, CO
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Digital Patriots Dinner
April 4, National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC
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CES on the Hill
April 5, Washington, DC
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CES Asia 2017
June 7-9, Shanghai, China
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CEO Summit
June 21-24, Amalfi Coast, Italy
