Pulling Wearables Show From NY Heeds ‘Many Requests’ To Move It Closer to West Coast, Promoters Say
“The goal of any trade show is to present a quality experience for all participants,” promoters of the Wearable Tech Expo emailed us Friday, explaining why they pulled the July 13-15 event from the Javits Convention Center in New York,…
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to hold it instead in conjunction with the IoT Evolution Expo Aug. 17-20 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas (see 1506240035). Combining the two shows in one venue “creates a more robust opportunity for networking” among the “various factions” of wearable technology, including those involved in the “exploding market” for IoT devices and services, they said. “There have been many requests from the Wearable tech community to bring the show closer to the West coast where so much of the industry is located.” Promoters had sidestepped our questions why they pulled the event from Javits less than three weeks before it was to open.