2006-09-01
IFA is the world's largest Consumer Electronics trade fair with 1,202 exhibitors from 40 countries (up 16%) and 245,849 participants (2005) on an exhibition space of 160,000 sqm, the industry's No. 1 place for orders, with a volume of 2.5 billion Euros. This fair is both for experts and the public. It features special services for trade visitors and a varied program with special events for consumers, 99,471 trade visitors including 14,523 from outside Germany (up 56%). It’s also an incomparable media event - 6,900 accredited journalists from 70 countries, 580 reports on German television and 14,100 articles published in Germany alone. This year it’s divided into six product groups – Television and Entertainment, Personal Computing and Games, Sound and CarMedia, Digital imaging and Digital music, Personal Communication, SNS Satellite, Networks and Cables. IFA 2006 offers two International Keynotes Sessions per day from 1 to 4 September.