Gary Shapiro President and CEO, Consumer Electronics Association Arlington, Virginia Gary Shapiro is president and CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), the U. S. trade association that owns and produces the world's largest consumer technology event, the International Consumer Electronics Show. The CES is over 1.2 million net square feet and attracts over 125,000 trade attendees to Las Vegas each January. Mr. Shapiro has been an active leader in the development and launch of HDTV. He co-founded and chaired the HDTV Model Station and has served on the Board and Executive Committee of the Advanced Television Test Center (ATTC). He is also a charter inductee to the Academy of Digital Television Pioneers. Mr. Shapiro has led the manufacturers' battle to preserve the legality of recording equipment and the consumer battle to protect video rental rights and the right to record. As Chairman of the Home Recording Rights Coalition, Mr. Shapiro has helped ensure the growth of the video rental market, VCRs, home computers and audio recording equipment, including MP3 technology. Mr. Shapiro has been a keynote speaker at numerous conferences and conventions, and published articles on legal, lobbying and electronics issues. His speech titled "Public Access, The First Amendment and IP" was featured in the September 15, 2000, issue of Vital Speeches. Mr. Shapiro serves as a member of the Commonwealth of Virginia's Commission on Information Technology. This Commission proposed, and the State legislature passed legislation allowing commerce on the Internet. Since then, some 17 states and several countries have passed legislation based on the Virginia model. He has served as a judge for Discover Magazine's Technology Awards since 1992. He has also been recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as a "mastermind" for his initiative in helping to create the Industry Cooperative for Ozone Layer Protection (ICOLP), founded to create industry cooperation in eliminating ozone-depleting solvents. Prior to joining EIA, Mr. Shapiro was an associate at the law firm of Squire, Sanders and Dempsey. He has also worked on Capitol Hill, as an assistant to a Member of Congress. Mr. Shapiro received a juris doctor degree from Georgetown University Law Center and is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate in Economics and Psychology from the State University of New York, Binghamton. ALPHA Bio List |||| AGENDA List

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