Karen Chupka is executive vice president, CES for the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)® the US trade association representing more than 2,200 consumer technology companies which owns and produces CES® ? The Global Stage for Innovation. She oversees the sales, marketing, conferences, operations and management of CTA’s events including its annual tradeshows, CES and CES Asia. Under Chupka’s leadership, CES has been named as the largest annual North American tradeshow by Tradeshow Executive Magazine and Tradeshow Week since 2001. Chupka has been with CTA for 30 years and has held numerous roles within the organization including vice president of business development, director of industry relations and education, and director of marketing for CES.