CEATEC JAPAN 2012

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CEATEC JAPAN 2012 Web site

Duration

October 2nd - October 6th 2012

Location

Makuhari Messe

Exhibition Trends

Now in its 13th year, CEATEC JAPAN is the largest cutting-edge IT and electronics exhibition in Asia. This year’s CEATEC JAPAN 2012 featured exhibits from 624 companies/associations, and was held over 5 days from October 2nd (Tue) to October 6th (Sat) at Makuhari Messe in Chiba Prefecture, and was attended by 162,219 visitors.

This year’s CEATEC JAPAN opened under the theme “Smart Innovation – Creating a prosperous lifestyle and society,” and showcased to the world the increased energy efficiencies gained through wide-ranging smart IT and electronics made possible by the most recent IT and electronics technological advances.

The Lifestyle & Society Stage featured product and service proposals such as 4K televisions, high-resolution digital cameras and next generation imaging technologies, as well as the latest communications devices such as smartphones, smart houses, home energy management systems (HEMS) designed to control household energy and appliance use, home power storage systems, smart appliances, cloud services promoting the use of ICT, improved usability, and image, face, voice, text and palm recognition technologies indispensable for security applications, all created with aim of making peoples’ lifestyles richer and more comfortable.

The Key Technologies Stage featured exhibits of power modules designed to further advance electric vehicles (EVs) and hybrid vehicles (HVs), in-vehicle input devices for safe and convenient operation of a range of onboard devices, energy saving, storage and generation technologies for HEMS and social infrastructure support, miniaturization of terminals such as smartphones and tablet PCs, key devices for greater energy efficiency, energy harvesting technologies that require no batteries or power cables, and the world’s leading high-functionality components and applications.

The ICT Suite/Electronics Suite showcased cloud computing, power & energy, and wireless technologies. It also featured a theme plaza based on business trends such as M2M technologies and a BtoB zone presented by corporations and associations. Located next to the Life & Society and Key Technology stage, these suites attracted many business users as an area to energetically create businesses.

With the backing of The Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, the IT and electronics and automotive industries deepened their partnerships through a special event "Smart Mobility Innovation 2012" with the theme of "new merging of cars and IT/electronics that will bring about smart lifestyles and the societies of the future." In this special exhibit, visitors were able to actually test drive electric vehicles and enjoy hands-on experience of the many innovations that have been born through the partnerships between the IT and electronics and the automotive industries.

Admission to the final day of the show on October 6th was free of charge for all visitors including children and students as well as business users who were unable to attend the show during the week. Many Saturday-only events were held such as Electronics Workshops for Junior and Kids, as well as Robot Programming Workshop.

Exhibitors: 624

Visitors: 162,219