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	Today is Earth Day CEA is celebrating Earth Day by providing green suggestions on how to be energy efficient and recycle your electronics. Visit GreenerGadgets.org/Earth-Day to find out how to be green, get involved and win prizes.	Physical Hardware and Digital Content: The Market Potential of CE in 2013 Wednesday, April 24 What Every Small Business Should Know About Intellectual Property - Patents and Trade Secrets Thursday, May 2 Absolute Technology Adonit Alarm.Com Angel Sound Ltd Arrayent ascendeo Automation Design + Entertainment, Inc. Autumn Horizons Inc Bell Marketing, Inc. Black Pearl Systems Bosign AB Brightpear Designs LLC Build Energy America Cannon Security Products Carson Optical CQ DARE GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES Echo Creative E-filliate Inc. EKEN (HK) Electronics Co. Ltd Elektrobit Automotive Fashion Tec USA Fusion Electronics HiFiMan I.C.E., Inc. Dba Infinite Therapeutics incarbite Istyc, Inc. ivee Keith McMillen Instruments Lifelogger Corp. Ningbo XIangyang Tech City Electronics Padholdr Phone2Action Pie Digital Planet Now Power 7 Technology (dong Guan) Co., Ltd. Remote Solution Co. Ltd. Replico Corporation Rix-Nielsen SHENZHEN BMORN TECH CO. Ltd Silicon Spread Corporation Sun Wireless TRG Zound Industries International AB For a complete list of members, please visit CEA's members-only website.
	Tell Congress Your Immigration Story This month, CEA's Board of Industry Leaders will be on Capitol Hill urging policymakers to embrace immigration reform that encourages foreign-born entrepreneurs, workers and U.S.-educated immigrants to stay in the United States to build businesses and create domestic jobs. We are looking for stories to highlight these points and have made it easy for you to tell your story on the 'I Am Innovation' app. It's easy to upload your photo or video and customize the template to best describe how you and your business are impacted by current immigration policies. Once completed, share your story with your social networks, and it will be added to the app so other users can see and share it. CEA will be sharing these stories with lawmakers in order to highlight constituent concerns on these policy issues. Visit the app online to add your story and join the conversation with #IAmInnovation.
	CEA Celebrates Ultra High-Definition TV Milestone The 2013 NCAA® men’s basketball Final Four® in Atlanta was the first major U.S. sporting event recorded in Ultra HD as part of a closed-circuit demonstration. The “4K” production of Final Four games is a milestone similar to the first experiments with college basketball in high definition over a decade ago. For the Final Four Ultra High-Definition demonstration in the Georgia Dome, LG Electronics worked with Turner Sports and CBS Sports to capture the game in Ultra HD for display on LG’s 84-inch Ultra HD TVs.

	CE Week 2013 The consumer electronics (CE) and technology industry’s annual mid-year event will be the largest and most robust to date. CE Week will bring together global companies and innovators for a week of conferences, exhibitions, workshops and networking events, June 24-28, 2013, in New York City. The CE Week Line Shows and Exhibits is scheduled for June 26-27, at the Altman Building and Metropolitan Pavilion. In addition to CE Week Line Shows and Exhibits, there are a range of sponsorships available for conference programs featuring digital health, the connected car and Ultra HD. Registration for CE Week 2013 opens on April 15. For more information about CE Week and the CE Week Line Shows and Exhibits, visit ceweekny.com or contact Shari Sally at 703-907-7025.
	CEA Industry Forum CEA Industry Forum is a key networking and educational event designed to inform and connect leaders in the CE industry. Scheduled for October 20-23 at the Century Plaza Hyatt Regency in Los Angeles, Industry Forum offers a chance to network with more than 400 of the industry's top executives and decision-makers from retail, manufacturing and service provider companies. Look for registration opening in late June.
	CEO Summit and Board Retreat The 2013 CEO Summit and Board Retreat will be held October 23-25, immediately following the CEA Industry Forum at the Terranea Resort, in Rancho Palo Verdes, CA. This invitation-only executive conference brings retailers and manufacturers together to discuss industry topics in a non-sales environment. For more information, visit CE.org/events.

	New Research: CEA Sports and Technology Study According to the new study CEA Sports and Technology Study V, nearly two-thirds (65 percent) of sports “Super Fans” describe themselves as early technology adopters. Correspondingly, those least enthusiastic about sports are more likely to identify themselves as late technology adopters (36 percent), strengthening the positive relationship between sports and technology. The complete report is available free to CEA member companies at members.CE.org. Non-members can purchase the study at store.CE.org.
	Are You Utilizing SearchLink? If you are following the fitness technology market, the CEA Librarians add items to the SearchLink news database each day. Use terms such as: ‘fitness,’ or ‘wearable,’ or ‘sports.’ Recent headlines include: Under Armour unveils its Nike FuelBand-killer; GPS Fitness Market to Grow 50% in 2013; Medical Wireless Market Set to Explode, Increasing 770% Annually. Email the CEA Library or call 703-907-7763 with any of your research questions.
	New Research: Mobile Devices Lead Electronics Purchases For the first time in the 15 years of conducting this survey, the top four products in terms of increased household penetration rates are mobile devices according to a new study released by CEA. Tablet computers were the leading CE growth driver this past year with a 17 percent increase in household penetration rates over 2012, followed by increased penetration rates for smartphones (12 percent), e-readers (10 percent) and wireless mobile hotspots (10 percent). The 15th Annual Household CE Ownership and Market Potential Study is available free to CEA member companies at members.CE.org. Non-members may purchase the study for $1,200 at the CEA Store.