LAS VEGAS, NV – Sin City will become a bit more sinful in early January 2006, when the desert oasis once again inherits not only every major techno geek who attends the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), but also every adult webmaster who attends the AVN Internext Expo (January 5 – 7) and every adult retailer, professional, and fan who attends the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo (January 5 – 8).Each year’s January AVN expos are unique, and those held this coming year will be no different. Due to the enormous crush of visitors for CES, the powers that be have brought the two adult expos not only geographically closer to one another than last year but also concurrent to one another. While that may seem strange at first, a closer look reveals that it may good news for the content-minded web professional who’s looking to expand his or her market reach.
“The convergence of offline and online is one of the key reasons we chose to run the shows at the same time,” AVN Online editor Tony Lovett explains. “With so many video companies looking for online solutions that can introduce their content to a wider audience, and online businesses looking for replication and distribution as they move into the DVD market, it only makes sense to allow these two industries to merge and capitalize on each others’ opportunities.”
The availability of a “SuperPass” for those attendees seeking entrance to both expos makes the chance to network in both worlds a more economical possibility. Passes are available for both those industry professionals who wish to visit the exhibits as well as those who also want to take in the seminars and AEE parties.
Lovett is excited about the introduction of the SuperPass and its potential to bring the online and offline world of adult together. He points out that Internext especially has “some great seminars this year that really touch on some hot topics,” many with special emphasis on “Convergence, Crossover and Diversification.” Seminars will include discussion of podcasting and blogging, mobile devices, branding, extreme content, age verification, Parents in Adult, and a roundtable discussion on “Porn Under Attack” which will likely attract an opinionated and enthusiastic crowd of participants and listeners.
On the other side of the market, the AEE seminar track will offer interested webmasters an opportunity to learn more about marketing and selling novelties, 2257 compliance, retailing innovations, technological advances, genres and niches, obscenity law, and what the movers and shakers in the industry see ahead.
Since Las Vegas is famous not only as a place to do great work and make great professional contacts, SuperPass holders have yet another benefit available to them: twice the opportunity to party with their peers.
To learn more visit www.internext-expo.com and www.adultentertainmentexpo.com.
