The Consumer Technology Association (CTA)® announced its final attendance data for CES® 2024—the world’s most powerful tech event—revealing 15% growth in the number of senior-level executives attending the show compared to the previous year. 138,789 participants from across the globe converged in Las Vegas to explore groundbreaking technologies across 40+ categories. A record 1442 companies exhibited on the show’s startup floor, Eureka Park.

Bringing CES to Washington, D.C., the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)® will convene lawmakers and tech companies for CES® on the Hill to showcase the latest innovations in consumer technology from artificial intelligence and digital health to mobility and more.

The Consumer Technology Association (CTA)® is announcing a new addition to the 2024 Executive Board (EB). Effective immediately, CTA Executive Board Chairwoman Deena Ghazarian has appointed IBM Consulting Vice President and Senior Partner Debbie Taylor Moore to a vacant at-large position on CTA’s governing board.  

Statement attributed to Gary Shapiro, CEO, Consumer Technology Association (CTA)® regarding the Federal Communications Commission’s vote to establish final rules for a cybersecurity labeling program for smart products.

The Consumer Technology Association (CTA)®, together with a diverse group of health care associations and coalitions, is releasing “What is Health AI?”  brief. The paper is the first step in creating a common understanding among regulators, developers, and public health stakeholders about the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the health care system.   

The Consumer Technology Association (CTA)® will recognize U.S. Representatives Robin Kelly (D-IL) and Bob Latta (R-OH) and Co-founder of iRobot Colin Angle as Digital Patriots and induct Denise Gibson, former Motorola Vice President and co-founder of Ice Mobility, to the Consumer Technology Hall of Fame. 

The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) today is announcing a multi-faceted advertising campaign opposing the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act, a proposed federal mandate requiring that all new vehicles be equipped with analog AM radios.

Today, the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)^® is announcing Kinsey Fabrizio as president of CTA. Previously, Fabrizio served as Senior Vice President CES and Membership. In her new role, she will sit on the Executive Board and will be responsible for the following departments: CES, CTA Membership, CTA Conferences and Marketing and Communications. Fabrizio will also speak for the association on all matters.

The Consumer Technology Association (CTA)® is releasing a new study, Exploring Technology Preferences Among Gen Z, revealing how shifting interests among Gen Z consumers (11-26) in the U.S. are affecting the consumer technology industry. The study finds 86% of Gen Z agree that technology is essential to their lives, notably higher than older generational cohorts.

Thursday morning in the Rayburn Office Building on Capitol Hill, Consumer Technology Association® (CTA) President and CEO Gary Shapiro stood alongside Congressman Troy Balderson (R-OH) and Congresswoman Robin Kelly (D-IL) to announce the newly-established Congressional Digital Health Caucus.  

CTA and the ACC recognize there is strong potential for cardiac monitoring (through Consumer Cardiovascular Technology Solutions) to help identify and screen patients with Atrial Fibrillation (AFib) and related arrhythmias to alert the right clinical groups for early support and reduction in mortality rates. 

Today the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) is praising the creation of the new bipartisan Congressional Digital Health Caucus on Capitol Hill. The Caucus launched by U.S. Reps. Troy Balderson (R-Ohio) and Robin Kelly (D-Ill.) will help keep lawmakers up to date about new developments in digital health innovation to ensure all Americans will be able to access new life-changing - and potentially life-saving – health technology.

Today the Consumer Technology Association® (CTA) is recognizing Glenda MacMullin for her 20 years of dedicated service and announcing her retirement at the end of 2024.

CES^® 2024 closes today, after an exhilarating week that set the technology narrative for the year ahead. With 4300+ exhibitors, including a record 1400+ startups from around the globe in Eureka Park^®, CES showcased the innovative trends shaping tomorrow and solving the world’s most pressing challenges.

The Consumer Technology Association® (CTA) today announced the recipients of its CES® 2024 Green Grants, which provides $125,000 in total funding to three Nevada organizations focused on sustainability.

The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) today released a new report showing the dire consequences for American consumers if Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) status for China is revoked, as some in Congress propose.

CES^® 2024 opened today showing it is the venue to set the agenda for the year ahead in technology, business and entertainment, even powering a surge in global awareness as companies began debuting innovative technologies.

The Consumer Technology Association® (CTA) today launched the Consumer Technology Circularity Initiative (CTCI), a groundbreaking and voluntary industry initiative to reduce waste, encourage more reuse, enhance recycling, reduce climate impact, and see less disposal of consumer electronics.

Leading into CES® 2024, the Consumer Technology Association® projects retail revenues for the U.S. consumer technology industry will grow 2.8% in 2024 to $512 billion (up $14 billion from 2023).