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Tech agenda: high tech products at SINOCES

Get ready to see the next generation of high-tech gadgets and devices at China’s SINOCES. This year there are eight different tech zones and more than 500 global tech companies ready to unveil new consumer electronics products.

SINOCES
July 5-8
Qingdao, China

SINOCES is the Chinese leg of one of the world’s largest technology events, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). It serves as a launchpad for for the latest high-tech products. The event is expected to attract more than 80,000 visitors and 500 exhibitors in 2012.
http://www.sinoces.com/


Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference
July 8-12
Toronto, Canada

The Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) is an annual event run by Microsoft. Expect to see the company unveiling brand new programs, strategies, and cutting-edge technologies. WPC is akin to RIM’s BlackBerry World, Nokia World and Google I/O. It features keynotes from Microsoft executives, hundreds of sessions, product demos and more than 500 related events.
http://www.digitalwpc.com/Pages/Home.aspx
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5th MobileBeat & GamesBeat
July 10-11
The Palace Hotel
San Francisco, CA, USA

The MobileBeat conference is a two-day event focused around the future of mobile computing. The event covers new device form factors such as tablets, 4G phones, HDTVs, and connected devices, plus mobile payments, e-commerce, the Cloud and mobile gaming. MobileBeat's startup competition and the GamesBeat conference will be held concurrently.
http://venturebeat.com/events/mobilebeat2012/


43rd Annual San Diego Comic-Con
July 12-15
San Diego, California, USA
The USA's biggest comic convention extends its reach to cover video games, especially where those games feature super-powered heroes and heroines or have some other link to the world of comics and graphic novels, as they often do.
http://www.comic-con.org/
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OSCON
July 16-20
Portland, Oregon, USA

OSCON (short for Open Source Convention) is an event that covers the entire spectrum of open source -- including software, applications, cloud computing, products, and services. The event spans hundreds of sessions, hands-on demos, practical tutorials, keynote presentations, an expo hall showcasing the latest open source tools, services, projects and products.
http://www.oscon.com/oscon2012
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Black Hat USA
July 21-26
Caesars Palace Hotel
Las Vegas, NV, USA

The Black Hat series of security conferences are the biggest and most important in the world. They provide attendees with useful and relevant information about pressing internet security issues and discuss viable solutions to combat any foreseen security threats.
http://www.blackhat.com/usa/
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39th SIGGRAPH
August 5-9
Los Angeles Convention Center
Los Angeles, CA, USA

Computer graphics, technology and art collide at the International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques (SIGGRAPH). The event mixes computer graphics and interactive techniques with digital art, technology and multimedia. The latest gadgets, hardware, software and technology will also be presented at the event. SIGGRAPH Asia will take place in Singapore from November 28 - December 1.
http://s2012.siggraph.org/
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4th Gamescom
August 15-19
Cologne, Germany

The world's largest trade and public video games expo took no time at all to establish itself, branching off from the old Leipzig Games Convention in 2009 and offering hands-on time with new games and games devices.
http://www.gamescom-cologne.com/en/gamescom/home/index.php
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Integrate
August 21-23
Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre
Sydney, Australia

The Integrate Expo is the biggest and only national expo in Australia for audiovisual enthusiasts. Visitors can view the latest technologies and demonstrations from over 500 companies producing equipment for the entertainment, DJ, recording, concert production and lighting industries.
http://www.integrate-expo.com


Ars Electronica Festival
August 30 - September 3
Various venues in Linz
Linz, Austria

The Ars Electronica Festival is an annual event that harnesses innovative collisions between state-of-the-art technology, provocative art, and intellectual thinking. It is considered to be the most important digital arts festival in the world and attracts 35,000 visitors annually.
http://www.aec.at/festival_about_en.php
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52nd IFA
August 31 - September 5
Messe Berlin GmbH exhibition center
Berlin, Germany

Alongside CES, CeBIT and Computex, IFA is one of the world's biggest consumer electronics trade shows. IFA attracted 1,440 exhibitors and 238,000 visitors in 2011, generating 3.7 billion euros worth of orders. The event is a technology lover's paradise and also serves as a launchpad for many new innovative consumer appliances.
http://www.ifa-berlin.com


Nokia World 2012
September 5-6
Helsinki, Finland

Nokia World is the Finnish-based phone maker's annual gathering to showcase new products and outline technological developments that are crucial to the company's future. The event will highlight forthcoming trends in the mobile arena and will give participants the opportunity to go hands-on with the company's latest products. Like Research In Motion’s BlackBerry World (May) and Dell World (December 11-13) the event also includes hands-on sessions for developers.
http://events.nokia.com/nokiaworld/
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IBC
September 6-11
RAI Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Each year over 1,300 leading electronics companies from more than 140 countries exhibit at IBC -- a leading international forum for the electronic media industry. The event combines a conference dedicated to the broadcasting, mobile TV, IPTV, digital signage and electronics industries with exhibitions and technical demonstrations from leading art, movie, media and technology innovators.
http://www.ibc.org/
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