About CEATEC JAPAN

CEATEC JAPAN
(Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies)

About CEATEC JAPAN

CEATEC JAPAN is the largest international exhibition in Asia featuring imaging, information and communications.
Every year in October at Makuhari Messe, companies and organizations representing the IT and electronics industries participate in CEATEC JAPAN. They announce cutting-edge technological advancements and demonstrate the latest products, while executives and other key people give lectures and seminars. Experience all the recent trends in IT and electronics, from technologies that showcase futuristic lifestyles to products that will be on store shelves during the upcoming winter season, all at CEATEC JAPAN 2006.

CEATEC JAPAN Exhibition Category

CEATEC JAPAN is built on two components, Exhibitions and Conferences:
Exhibitions
Exhibitions are divided into two stages. By dividing exhibitors into these two categories we are better able to get information about our exhibitors to the people it is most relevant to.
・Digital Network Stage
Finished products and services are exhibited based on their target: consumers or businesses.
・Electronic Components, Devices & Industrial Equipment Stage
Components and production techniques are exhibited based on product and service categories.
Conferences
Key industry people conduct lectures and seminars useful for business reform and advancement.

CEATEC JAPAN History

CEATEC JAPAN started in 2000.
・Electronics Show(1964-1999)
SPONSORSHIP:Electronic Industries Association of Japan(EIAJ) *1
・COM JAPAN(1997-1999)
SPONSORSHIP:Communications Industry Association of Japan(CIAJ) *2
Japan Electronic Industry Development Association(JEIDA) *1
Japan Personal Computer Software Association (JPSA)
・DATA SHOW(1972-1996)
SPONSORSHIP:Japan Electronic Industry Development Association(JEIDA) *1
・COMMUNICATIONS TOKYO(1972-1996)
SPONSORSHIP:Communications Industry Association of Japan(CIAJ) *2
・JPSA CONVENTION(1994-1996)
SPONSORSHIP:Japan Personal Computer Software Association (JPSA)
*1 The Japan Electronic Industry Development Association (JEIDA) and Electronic Industries Association of Japan (EIAJ) merged to form the Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA) in November 2000.
*2 Communications Industry Association of Japan (CIAJ) has changed its name to Communications and Information network Association of Japan (CIAJ) in 2003.

Sponsor of CEATEC JAPAN

・Communications and Information network Association of Japan (CIAJ)
・Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA)
・Computer Software Association of Japan (CSAJ)

CEATEC JAPAN Background

Information, communications and a wide variety of electronics technologies have converged with a high level of sophistication, giving rise to a new era of information technology (IT). To meet the new needs of the times, CEATEC JAPAN was launched in the year 2000 through the merger of two of Japan's leading trade exhibitions. The predecessors were COM JAPAN, which was designed in line with new information and communications needs, and the Japan Electronics Show, the oldest trade exhibition in Japan. CEATEC JAPAN 2000 opened as an integrated exhibition for the IT age, presenting not only the data people needed, but also the information they wanted. The show was highly evaluated by visitors in fields from researchers in IT-related fields and representatives of manufacturing companies to the consumers who use IT products.
・CEATEC JAPAN 2000
Period: October 3rd - 7th, 2000
Exhibitors: 748
Visitors: 172,053
・CEATEC JAPAN 2001
Period: October 2nd - 6th, 2001
Exhibitors: 833
Visitors: 158,830
・CEATEC JAPAN 2002
Period: October 1st - 5th, 2002
Exhibitors: 754
Visitors: 173,021
・CEATEC JAPAN 2003
Period: October 7th - 11th, 2003
Exhibitors: 667
Visitors: 191,528
・CEATEC JAPAN 2004
Period: October 5th - 9th, 2004
Exhibitors: 728
Visitors: 182,490
・CEATEC JAPAN 2005
Period: October 4th - 8th, 2005
Exhibitors: 788
Visitors: 199,680
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