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PRESS RELEASE
WowWee Robotics Sponsors
RoboNexus 2005
Producer of Multi-Million
Selling Robosapien(TM)
Personal Robot Joins
International Consumer, Educational and Business
Development
Event for Personal, Service and Mobile Robotics
NORTHBORO, MA,
AND FRAMINGHAM, MA, June 23, 2005 - Robotics
Trends and IDG World Expo today announced that
WowWee Robotics has secured a sponsorship of
RoboNexus 2005 Conference and Exposition, the
international consumer, educational and business
development event for personal, service and
mobile robotics. The conference and exposition
will be held at the San Jose Convention Center,
San Jose, CA on October 6-9, 2005. The event
website is
http://www.robonexus.com.
According to Dan Kara, conference chairman and
President of Robotics Trends, "We are delighted
to have WowWee Robotics, recognized as one of
the pre-eminent companies in this exciting new
market, as a sponsor of RoboNexus. WowWee has
sold over 1.5 million of their biologically
inspired Robosapien robots and has won numerous
awards. In doing so, they have proven the
commercial and critical viability of the
personal robotics market."
"WowWee Robotics is excited to be a sponsor of
the largest robotics event in North America,"
noted Amy Weltman, Director of Marketing, WowWee
LTD. "The RoboNexus Conference and Exposition
has a large consumer robotics component to it,
and will draw massive media attention, both of
which are very appealing to us. But equally
important, the business-to-business component of
RoboNexus will attract many other types of
attendees that WowWee looks to for insight and
inspiration, to say nothing of partnership and
business opportunities."
RoboNexus sponsors include Foundation Sponsor
iRobot and Premier Sponsor Innova Holdings.
Joining iRobot and Innova Holdings as corporate
co-sponsors are Gold Sponsors HITEC RCD USA and
the Technology Collaborative, along with AA
Portable Power, Evolution Robotics, Electronic
School Supply, Fred Barton Productions, LEGO
Education, Machine Bus, OLogic, Openware
Robotics, RoboTech Center, Rogue Robotics, Shop
Bot Tools and Systronix.
RoboNexus association and media co-sponsors
include Premier Media Sponsor Popular Science,
along with Acceleration Studies Foundation,
Battery Power Products & Technology, Circuit
Cellar, eDrive, Entertainment Engineering,
Industrial Utility Vehicle, Institute for Global
Futures, Nuts & Volts, Popular Mechanics,
RobotBooks.com, Servo Magazine, Vision Systems
Design, the Global Emerging Technology Institute
and the Object Management Group. For information
on becoming a sponsor and exhibitor, please
contact Dan Kara, VP of Sales and Business
Development at 508-529-4197 or
dk[at]roboticstrends.com.
For more information on sponsorship, exhibiting
and speaking opportunities contact Dan Kara, VP of Sales and Business Development at
dk[at]roboticstrends.com or (508) 529-4197 .
About
Robotics Trends
Robotics Trends, a division of Trendsmedia,
is the world’s first integrated media firm
serving the burgeoning personal, service and
mobile robotics marketplace. Robotics Trends
serves their clientele through three major
business divisions:
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Publishing,
which produces
www.roboticstrends.com, an online
magazine generating over 450,000 page views
monthly;
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Events,
which produces
RoboBusiness and the
RoboNexus
conferences; and
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Analyst Services,
which serves the strategic consulting
needs of robotics manufacturers, investors,
business development groups and others .
About
IDG World Expo
IDG World Expo (www.idgworldexpo.com) produces
technology-focused tradeshows, conferences and
events for professionals seeking world-class
education, peer-to-peer networking and one-stop
comparison shopping. As the leading technology
event management company, IDG World Expo
leverages its experience and knowledge of
technology-focused events and conferences,
enabling technology companies to capture the
attention and loyalty of influential buyers. IDG
World Expo's portfolio of conferences and events
includes Macworld Conference & Expo®, LinuxWorld
Conference & Expo®, Bio-IT World Conference +
ExpoTM, Health-IT World Conference +
ExpoTM, Portable Power Conference &
ExpoTM, and Wireless Sensing
SolutionsTM and RoboNexus. IDG World
Expo is a business unit of IDG, the world's
leading technology media, research and event
company.
About
IDG
International Data Group (IDG) is the world's
leading technology media, research, and event
company. A privately-held company, IDG publishes
more than 300 magazines and newspapers including
Bio-IT World, CIO, CSO, Computerworld, GamePro,
InfoWorld, Network World, and PC World. The
company features the largest network of
technology-specific Web sites with more than 400
around the world. IDG is also a leading producer
of more than 170 computer-related events
worldwide including LinuxWorld Conference &
Expo®, Macworld Conference & Expo®, DEMO®, and
IDC Directions. IDC provides global market
research and advice through offices in 50
countries. Company information is available at
http://www.idg.com.
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