Traders' Schedule For CES Today

Find your tickered-and-tradeable CES schedule here! The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) gets underway in Las Vegas today with a slate of events and news conferences. The buzz is already generating plenty of content about the year's likely showstoppers. Several companies are expected to roll out tablets this year, including Toshiba and Asus. Important notes: Keynote address is Microsoft's MSFT president and CEO Gary Shapiro. This year there is no dominant theme- much more about evolution of existing products. Last year 3D TV was the flashy show-stopper, but this year several products are anticipated to share the spotlight. Tablets will be the big ticket item, but also new smart phones, 3-d TVs, and connected TVs. Tablets are the closest thing to a trend item at this years show, as several companies will be debuting tablets, such as Asus and Toshiba. Asus and Toshiba will most likely unveil three models: one for Android, one for Windows 7, and one using Google's Chrome. 120,000 people are predicted to come to the show, with some 2,500 exhibitors expected. Today's schedule reflecting Eastern Standard Time (EST): 11:00 AM – 11:45 AM – LG Press Conference LG 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM – Monster Press Conference – Invite only NTGR 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM – Netgear Press Conference NTGR 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM – Intel Press Conference INTC 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM – Pioneer Electronics Press Conference 3:00 PM – 3:45 PM -NVIDIA Press Conference – Invite only NVDA 3:00 PM – 3:45 PM – Sharp 2011 CES Press Conference – Invite only 4:00 PM – 4:45 PM – Casio Press Conference 4:00 PM – 4:45 PM – Cisco Press Conference – Invite only 5:00 PM – 5:45 PM – Samsung Press Conference MOT 6:00 PM – 6:45 PM – Panasonic Press Conference 7:00 PM – 7:45 PM – Motorola Press Conference – Invite only MOT 8:00 PM – 8:45 PM – Sony Press Conference – Invite only SNE 10:30 PM – 2:59 AM – Audi CES night 2011 – Invite only 10:30 PM – 2:30 AM – Gigabyte Press Conference – Invite only Highlights: LG Press Conference: LG is likely to announce a tablet device likely running the Android 3.0 Honeycomb operating system. Monster Press Conference: Monster will announce the “Miles Davis Tribute Head Phones” Intel INTC: is expected to talk about their newest line of CPUs, called “second-generation Core microarchitecture.” These chips, designed for use in both laptops and desktops, the new chips are intended to allow PCs to perform a wide range of activities while consuming less power. Other publicly-traded companies with market-moving appearances at the CES conference that may not be reflected in the above schedule: Apple AAPL Microsoft MSFT Netflix NFLX Motorola MOT Motorola Solutions MSI IBM IBM Intel INTC SanDisk SNDK Skype EBAY Sony SNE