Entertainment, business and technology innovators from around the world converge in Las Vegas every January for the annual International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), making it the place to be to preview the latest technologies and trends. 

Whether you're a CES regular or a first-time attendee, with more than 110,000 participants and 2,500 exhibitors, you won't want to miss the 2010 International CES, January 7-10.

For the first time, Tech Policy Summit is teaming up with CES and the Consumer Electronics Association to host a series of in-depth sessions. Taking place January 7-9, Tech Policy Summit @ CES will feature leading speakers from government, industry and the nonprofit community who are involved in shaping the future of telecom and tech policy.

Topics include:
• The Development and Impact of a U.S. Broadband Pplan
• Making Spectrum Available for Next-gen Wireless Apps and Services
• Digital Copyright and the Future of Content Creation and Distribution
• What Tech can Expect from Congress and the Administration in 2010

In addition, there will be a special one-on-one conversation between CEA president and CEO Gary Shapiro and Federal Communications Commission chairman Julius Genachowski.

Join us to learn how to better navigate the changing regulatory landscape. Admission to Tech Policy Summit sessions is free to all CES attendees. Just show your official CES badge at the door.

Registration is now open, and you can sign up for an Exhibits Plus pass for only $100 that includes admission to Tech Policy Summit, all CES exhibits, TechZones, SuperSessions, Keynotes and other select conference sessions (Keynotes include business leaders like the CEOs of Microsoft, Yahoo!, Intel and Nokia). You can also purchase an All Access pass for $895.

Produced by SageScape LLC, Tech Policy Summit is the only executive conference of its kind that brings together prominent leaders from the private and public sectors to examine critical policy issues impacting technology innovation and adoption in the United States and beyond.

The 3rd annual Tech Policy Summit was held May 11-13, 2009 at the San Mateo Marriott hotel in the San Francisco Bay Area, and details on the next edition of Tech Policy Summit will be announced here soon.

Tech Policy Summit's mission is to bridge the gaps that sometimes exist -- even between like-minded organizations with common goals -- and to encourage more dialog so that there is greater accord between what happens in D.C. and what matters in Silicon Valley.

The nonpartisan gathering provides an independent, balanced forum for learning and networking among an exclusive group of industry insiders, government officials, nonprofit leaders and academic experts who may have different perspectives but who share a common goal of enabling innovation.

Learn more about the speakers and agenda from the last Summit held in May, and join our mailing list to receive important updates and announcements on upcoming events.

We also invite you to visit the Media Vault for photos and podcasts from previous Tech Policy Summit conferences - the complete list of 2009 podcasts can be found here.

The producers of Tech Policy Summit (TPS) hosted the inaugural TPS: Broadband Innovation conference on Monday, May 11, 2009 at the San Mateo Marriott hotel.

Co-located with the 3rd annual Tech Policy Summit, TPS: Broadband Innovation was designed to assist community and business leaders by highlighting broadband applications and offering best practices for improving Internet access and adoption in the United States. TPS: Broadband Innovation also examined federal efforts to improve broadband deployment and the call for a comprehensive national broadband strategy.

App-Rising.com editor Geoff Daily, co-chair of the U.S. Broadband Coalition's implementation committee, served as emcee for the conference. For more information on the program, please visit the Speakers page and the Agenda page. We also invite you to learn more about the conference's sponsors, and videos of conference sessions are available in the Media Vault.