Ivanka Trump to provide excuse to boycott CES

Gareth Branwyn 12:22 pm Mon Dec 30, 2019

Looking for a reason to finally power down that annual orgy of future high-tech landfill poisons? Here ya go.

It’s official: Ivanka Trump, President Donald Trump’s daughter and adviser, will be on the CES 2020 keynote stage next month in Las Vegas.

Ivanka Trump will join a keynote discussion on jobs and the future of work with Gary Shapiro, president and CEO of the Consumer Technology Assn., which produces CES (originally known as the Consumer Electronics Show). The talk is scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 7, at 2 p.m. PT in the Venetian’s Palazzo Ballroom. Trump and Shapiro will discuss “employer-led strategies to reskill workers, create apprenticeships and develop K-12 STEM education programs,” according to the CTA.

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[Image: Screen capture of Ivanka's address to the RNC, 2016]

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