Three Weeks Out, Wearable Tech Expo Pulls From Javits, Relocates to Las Vegas
Organizers of the Wearable Tech Expo July 13-15 at New York’s Javits Convention Center abruptly pulled the event from Javits and “relocated” it to Las Vegas where it will now be held “in conjunction” with the IoT Evolution Expo Aug.…
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17-20 at Caesars Palace, they said in Wednesday emails to preregistered Wearable Tech Expo attendees and in a notice posted at the show’s website. Organizers made the move “in order to give you the ‘whole picture’ view of wearables,” they said. “This coupling of events gives you access to even more companies, more education, and more networking opportunities.” Representatives of the organizer of both events, Technology Marketing Corp. of Norwalk, Connecticut, didn’t respond to queries about the business reasons for pulling the Wearable Tech Expo from Javits less than three weeks before it was to be held. As recently as June 18, organizers were inundating journalists with emails promoting the Wearable Tech Expo’s extensive conference and keynote lineups. Also not responding to queries were representatives of Javits, which was still listing an event called Fast Wearable Technology for July 13-15 on its website's calendar Wednesday. Clicking on the “Link to Event Website” brought one to the page announcing the Wearable Tech Expo’s move to Las Vegas.