CEA and Parents' Choice Foundation to Launch Sandbox Summit at the 2008 International CES.New Conference and Exhibition Bring Tech and Toy Industries Together to Showcase Creative Play in a Digital World ARLINGTON, Va. -- The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA CEA carcinoembryonic antigen. CEA abbr. carcinoembryonic antigen CEA (Carcinoembryonic antigen) ([R])) and Parents' Choice Foundation today announced the creation of the Sandbox A restricted environment in which certain functions are prohibited. For example, deleting files and modifying system information such as Registry settings and other control panel functions may be prohibited. Summit: A Playdate With Technology. The conference and exhibition will debut at the 2008 International CES([R]) in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. , running from January 7 to 10, 2008. The conference portion of the Sandbox Summit[TM], scheduled for January 8, will bring together educators, toy manufacturers, consumer electronics companies, policy makers and media to discuss how technology is changing the ways kids play, learn and connect in the new digital world. A program packed with industry insights, demonstrations and audience participation makes this a must-attend event. The Sandbox Summit's exhibition, which runs for the entire four-day CES event, will showcase the latest high-tech toys and media that children are using today, and explore toys being designed for the kids of tomorrow. "The relationship between the worlds of play and technology has grown stronger as the market for high-tech toys gains momentum," said Karen Chupka, senior vice president of events and conferences at CEA, producer of the International CES. "The 2008 International CES will be the global destination where attendees will witness the true merging of creative digital play with consumer technology." "Kids are consuming technology as fast as we can produce it," said Claire Green, president, Parents' Choice Foundation. "We have a responsibility to learn what it's like to participate in our youngsters' digital world and to help these kids to become critical and creative consumers of technology." To create Sandbox Summit: A Playdate with Technology, Parents' Choice and CEA have joined forces with toy authority Wendy Smolen and digital kids expert Robin Raskin. Smolen said, "Technology can open new opportunities for innovative toys. The best tech toys are a catalyst for creative play and learning." Raskin added, "After watching the CE and toy industries grow up side by side, I'm convinced that the Sandbox Summit will be that magical place where the two intertwine to create a new generation of products and services that are innovative, inspiring and safe." The exhibition in the Sands Convention Center will feature products that engage kids and their families from cradle through college. Miss America Miss America annually selected most beautiful young woman in America. [Am. Hist.: Allen, 56–57] See : Beauty, Feminine Miss America winner of beauty contest; femininity high among virtues desired. [Am. Hist. 2007 Lauren Nelson Lauren Nelson (born 1986) is a beauty queen from Lawton, Oklahoma who holds the Miss America 2007 title. Nelson is the second consecutive Miss America and sixth in the history of Miss America to hail from this state. will be making special appearances in the Sandbox to discuss Internet safety. The conference speakers' roster is filled with some of the best minds in the toy and technology marketplace. Gary E. Knell knell v. knelled, knell·ing, knells v.intr. 1. To ring slowly and solemnly, especially for a funeral; toll. 2. To give forth a mournful or ominous sound. v.tr. , president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Sesame Workshop Sesame Workshop: see Cooney, Joan Ganz. and Sesame Street's Elmo, the icon of creative play, will be the keynote speakers. Other prominent speakers include: Lisa Guernsey, education, science and technology journalist and author of Into the Minds of Babes Babes is an American situation comedy series that ran for one season on the Fox Television Network from September 13, 1990 to August 10, 1991. It was produced by Dolly Parton and Sandy Gallin's Sandollar Productions for Twentieth Century Fox Television. (Basic Books, 2007); New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times columnist Michelle Slatalla; Alice Cahn of Cartoon Network For Cartoon Network outside of the United States, see . Cartoon Network is a cable television network created by Turner Broadcasting which primarily shows animated programming. ; YPulse founder Anastasia Goodstein Anastasia Goodstein is the publisher of Ypulse, a Forbes magazine Best of the Web blog. She is also the author of Totally Wired: What Teens and Tweens Are Really Doing Online (St.Martin’s Press), which will be available March 20, 2007. ; Ellen LaPointe, vice president of Strategic Partnerships at HopeLab; Symantec's Internet Safety Advocate Marian Merritt and Sree Sreenivasan, WNBC-TV tech reporter, professor of new media and Dean of Students at Columbia Graduate School of Journalism are all scheduled to participate. Warren Buckleitner, Ph.D., Editor, Children's Technology Review, will present "The Tech Toys PlayOffs," a no-holds-barred video demonstration where tech "toys" get a thumbs up or down from kids. Sandbox Summit sponsorship, exhibition and registration information is available at www.sandboxsummit.org. Information about the 2008 International CES is available at www.CESweb.org. About the Parents' Choice Foundation: Parents' Choice Foundation is the nation's oldest nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. service organization devoted to advancing parents' informed participation in their children's learning. Parents' Choice offers consumers the information they need to help ensure that learning doesn't stop when schools and daycare are over for the day. Employing a national network of educators, librarians, pediatricians, journalists, critics, musicians, celebrities, and children, Parents' Choice evaluates the entire scope of children's media, and every year recognizes the very best with its coveted cov·et v. cov·et·ed, cov·et·ing, cov·ets v.tr. 1. To feel blameworthy desire for (that which is another's). See Synonyms at envy. 2. To wish for longingly. See Synonyms at desire. Parents' Choice Awards. About CEA: The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) is the preeminent pre·em·i·nent or pre-em·i·nent adj. Superior to or notable above all others; outstanding. See Synonyms at dominant, noted. [Middle English, from Latin prae trade association promoting growth in the $148 billion U.S. consumer electronics industry. More than 2,200 companies enjoy the benefits of CEA membership, including legislative advocacy, market research, technical training and education, industry promotion and the fostering of business and strategic relationships. CEA also sponsors and manages the International CES - Where Entertainment, Technology and Business Converge con·verge v. con·verged, con·verg·ing, con·verg·es v.intr. 1. a. To tend toward or approach an intersecting point: lines that converge. b. . All profits from CES are reinvested into CEA's industry services. Find CEA online at www.CE.org. Upcoming CEA Events
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