CeBIT

CeBIT, Hannover

CeBIT is the world's largest trade fair showcasing digital IT and telecommunications solutions for home and work environments. The key target groups are users from industry, the wholesale/retail sector, skilled trades, banks, the services sector, government agencies, science and all users passionate about technology.

CeBIT offers an international platform for comparing notes on current industry trends, networking, and product presentations. Deutsche Messe AG has organized CeBIT in Hannover each spring since 1986.

For a number of years now CeBIT has been focusing not just on technologies and products, but also on complete solutions for concrete applications. An approach that has proved extremely popular with visitors and exhibitors alike.

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Review CeBIT 2009

CeBIT 2009 got off to a powerful start and ended on a successful note, boosting optimism in the world ICT industry. A majority of the 4,300 companies from 69 countries drew fresh optimism from being here at CeBIT. A huge number of exhibitors and visitors are now leaving Hannover with a renewed sense of buoyancy as well as bulging order books and a solid foundation for new business. The show had lived up to their expectations.

More than 400,000 visitors - a drop of just under 20 percent on the previous year's figure - came to CeBIT 2009 to generate new business. A marked increase in the trade visitor ratio however meant their expectations were often exceeded. Companies who came well-prepared reported a jump in significant business leads of more than 20 percent ted. This CeBIT has been a good investment for exhibitors and visitors alike, delivering real benefits to everyone.

The percentage of visitors from abroad remained steady at 20 percent. A decrease in attendance from Asia was offset by increased attendance from the Americas and the Middle East.

The spotlight this year was on higher efficiency and lower costs in all areas of business IT.

The next CeBIT will be staged from 2 to 6 March 2010 in Hannover.

Ernst Raue, the Deutsche Messe Managing Board member in charge of CeBIT, on Sunday in Hannover.
"The organization of a trade fair with a truly global impact, involving the participation of 4,300 exhibitors and more than 400,000 attendees - particularly in times like these - is a real achievement for us and the industry as a whole, underlining the drawing power of CeBIT." We are once more seen as a dynamic event. Several companies who decided against having their own stand this year have expressed a clear interest in rejoining the event in 2010."

Watch the end-of-show press conference on demand under the section "CeBIT Channel".

CeBIT Global Conferences, 2 - 6 March 2010 in Hannover, Germany

The CeBIT Global Conferences are taking place for the third time next year - parallel to the CeBIT show, which runs from 2 to 6 March. The focus at next year's conference is entirely devoted to issues involving economic transformation, as captured by the main conference slogan:

The challenges of a changing world - ICT for better lives and better business.

At a glance

Concept of CeBIT Global Conferences
Discussion forum for innovations and prognoses from representatives of the ICT industry, telecommunications and the new media.

Central theme in 2010
The challenges of a changing world - ICT for better lives and better business

Target groups
The CeBIT Global Conferences are geared to decision-makers from the ICT industry as well as industrial users and all interested parties who like to think outside the box.

Daily focus: