kotra IT / Exhibition The China International Optoelectronic Exposition (CIOE) 2006 will be held in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China, at the Shenzhen Convention & Exhibition Center from September 6, 2006, until September 9, 2006. A total of 1,600 companies will participate. The items on display will be telecommunications equipment, electrical and electronics products, solar energy products, and recycled energy products. The exposition is the largest optoelectronic exposition in China. The number of participating companies in 2005 increased by 21% from the previous year. The number of foreign companies that took part in the event reached about 30% of the total number of participating companies. Although the China International Optoelectronic Exposition had begun in 1998 on a small scale, with around 30 participating companies and around 50 exhibition booths, in only seven years the exposition has grown to be the largest among optoelectronic expositions in the whole world, with around 1,600 exhibiting enterprises and around 2,600 exhibition booths. The Pearl River Delta (PRD) region, with Guangdong in the center, is a region concentrated with China's IT and electronics industries. Industries related to electronics information telecommunications and optical communications are especially developed in this region, and therefore have been receiving the attention of the world. Las Vegas International Consumer Electronics Show 2007 Invitation to participate in the Las Vegas International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2007 has started. The time period of the show is from January 8, 2007, until January 11, 2007, and the venue is the Las Vegas Convention Center. A total of 2,500 companies will be participating. The show will be managed by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) and the EIA. The items on display will be IT and home appliances. In the Korean pavilion, a total of 65 Korean firms will participate. Some promising product items are digital TVs, small home audio and video appliances, security devices, broadcasting machines, appliances for cars, peripheral devices for computers, and home appliances for life. CeBIT 2007 CeBIT 2007 will be held in Hannover, Germany, at the Hannover Exhibition Ground from March 15, 2007, until March 21, 2007. CeBIT is one of the world's leading events for information technologies, telecommunications, software, and services. Over 6,200 enterprises from 71 countries will be participating. It will be managed by Deutsche Messe AG. Items on display will be products related with overall information communications. A total of around 100 Korean companies will be participating.