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CES 2026 Concludes Annual Four-Day Run with Full Schedule of Programming
January 9, 2026
LAS VEGAS — CES 2026 concludes its annual four-day run in Las Vegas Friday with a Shark Tank pitch at the Venetian and a full day of panels, presentations and add-on (at an additional cost) training programs focused on AI, along with the trade show’s traditional closing party.
“Understanding AI Agents,” part of the CES AI Trainings program and moderated by James Poulter of Poulter Ventures, explores how agentic AI systems autonomously complete tasks, learn, and improve performance.
In the two-part “AI Strategy” program, also part of CES AI Trainings, AI Leadership Institute CEO Noelle Russell teaches attendees how to align AI with business goals, identify use cases, and build the right base to scale AI with clarity and purpose — and then implement AI from building teams to selecting tools and managing change-using a clear, step-by-step approach.
In the workshop Beyond Brainstorming: Creative Thinking for the AI Era, strategist HB Siegel shows attendees how to use provocation, abstraction, and disruption to unlock ideas with classic methods adapted to today’s AI landscape.
And in AI You Can Trust: The Adoption Checklist to Get Value in 90 Days, also part of CES AI Trainings, enrollees will be given a practical checklist and scorecards to de-risk deployments and scale with confidence. The instructors are Uvika Sharma, founder of INTLDA, a global data and AI advisory firm, and Padmini Soni, a senior AI strategist and founder of Rezonance.AI, which helps organizations build responsible AI tied to real business goals.
Also on tap for Friday is a Senate perspective on advancing tech innovation and federal priorities for Congress in 2026, featuring Sens. Jacky Rosen and Gary Peters.