CES Keynote

CES 2019 officially began on Tuesday, with Consumer

Technology Association President and CEO Gary Shapiro

and CES Executive Vice President Karen Chupka highlighting

the rise of smart cities, artificial intelligence (AI), 5G, and

health tech at this year's show in their opening keynote address.

"Every company is or is becoming a tech company," Shapiro

said. This year's 4,500 exhibitors includes representatives

from every major and emerging industry across 155 countries,

regions, and territories, including companies like John Deere,

Proctor and Gamble, and Raytheon that are integrating

technology into their products and services.

"The only certainty about the future is disruption," Shapiro

said. The pace of technological change is accelerating faster

than anything we've ever experienced, and tech powers

everything we do, he added. This requires us to begin to

think horizontally to how tech can power an entire ecosystem,

from homes to cities to countries, and governments to create

innovation-friendly work and regulatory environments,

Shapiro said.