The International Consumer Electronics Show has grown to become the largest global hands-on showcase of emerging innovation under the helm of Karen Chupka, senior vice president of International CES and corporate business strategy with the Arlington, Va.-based Consumer Electronics Association. Since Chupka took the reins in 2000, CES has grown from approximately 120,000 attendees to 170,000 in 2015, the largest show in the event's history.

Chupka has always been a strong proponent of supporting women in the industry: All of her direct reports on the CES strategic team are women, and fully 50 percent of the CEA senior staff is female. Not coincidentally, this past April Chupka was named winner of the International Association for Exhibitions and Events' Woman of Achievement Award for her outstanding leadership.

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