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ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Consumer Technology Association (CTA)®, owner and producer of CES®, the world's most powerful tech event, announces Accenture Chair and CEO Julie Sweet will share her insights on the keynote stage at CES 2025 on January 8 at 2 p.m. in the Palazzo Ballroom at the Venetian. Accenture is a long-standing CES exhibitor, showcasing how businesses can leverage emerging technologies, including AI, to enhance customer experiences and operational efficiency.
"Accenture continues to be a driving force in innovation, continuing a legacy in technology services with groundbreaking work in AI," said Gary Shapiro, CEO, CTA. "Under Julie's leadership, Accenture became a leader in cloud and AI solutions and scaled sustainable business models for some of the world's largest companies."
Sweet is a premier advisor to the world's most influential business leaders, guiding them through the AI-powered reinvention of their enterprises. Her leadership and guidance touch virtually every sector and region, helping companies harness the potential of AI, data and emerging technologies.
She has been recognized on TIME's 100 Most Influential People, as one of Fortune's Most Powerful Women in Business and by Forbes as one of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women. Sweet became CEO in September 2019 and assumed the additional position of chair in September 2021.
During CES 2021, Sweet shared her predictions on the next decade of tech trends, and how tech can help companies and society bridge gaps and divides.
Accenture is a talent- and innovation-led company with 774,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. The company has become the go-to partner for businesses seeking to reinvent using tech, data, AI and new ways of working. Accenture views generative AI as holding tremendous potential as a catalyst for reinvention; the company had $3 billion in new generative AI bookings in its recently completed fiscal year 2024.
"CES is the largest international business event in the U.S.," said Kinsey Fabrizio, President, CTA. "Accenture's leadership across every sector of the technology industry has increased adoption of innovations that drive global business forward. I look forward to hearing what Julie believes is next."
This announcement comes a week after Accenture and NVIDIA announced an expanded partnership, including Accenture's formation of a new NVIDIA Business Group, to help the world's enterprises rapidly scale their AI adoption. Earlier this week, CTA shared that Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA, will also be a keynote speaker.
DIVE IN to all CES 2025 has to offer—breakthrough innovations, top minds from every industry, and the unmissable connections that can only happen at the most powerful tech event in the world. CES 2025 takes place January 7-10, 2025, in Las Vegas.
About CES®:
CES is the most powerful tech event in the world – the proving ground for breakthrough technologies and global innovators. This is where the world's biggest brands do business and meet new partners, and the sharpest innovators hit the stage. Owned and produced by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)®, CES features every aspect of the tech sector. CES 2025 takes place Jan. 7-10, 2025, in Las Vegas. Learn more at CES.tech and follow CES on social.
About Consumer Technology Association (CTA)®:
As North America's largest technology trade association, CTA is the tech sector. Our members are the world's leading innovators – from startups to global brands – helping support more than 18 million American jobs. CTA owns and produces CES® – the most powerful tech event in the world. Find us at CTA.tech. Follow us @CTAtech.
ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Consumer Technology Association (CTA)®, owner and producer of CES®, the world's most powerful tech event, announces Accenture Chair and CEO Julie Sweet will share her insights on the keynote stage at CES 2025 on January 8 at 2 p.m. in the Palazzo Ballroom at the Venetian. Accenture is a long-standing CES exhibitor, showcasing how businesses can leverage emerging technologies, including AI, to enhance customer experiences and operational efficiency.
"Accenture continues to be a driving force in innovation, continuing a legacy in technology services with groundbreaking work in AI," said Gary Shapiro, CEO, CTA. "Under Julie's leadership, Accenture became a leader in cloud and AI solutions and scaled sustainable business models for some of the world's largest companies."
Sweet is a premier advisor to the world's most influential business leaders, guiding them through the AI-powered reinvention of their enterprises. Her leadership and guidance touch virtually every sector and region, helping companies harness the potential of AI, data and emerging technologies.
She has been recognized on TIME's 100 Most Influential People, as one of Fortune's Most Powerful Women in Business and by Forbes as one of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women. Sweet became CEO in September 2019 and assumed the additional position of chair in September 2021.
During CES 2021, Sweet shared her predictions on the next decade of tech trends, and how tech can help companies and society bridge gaps and divides.
Accenture is a talent- and innovation-led company with 774,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. The company has become the go-to partner for businesses seeking to reinvent using tech, data, AI and new ways of working. Accenture views generative AI as holding tremendous potential as a catalyst for reinvention; the company had $3 billion in new generative AI bookings in its recently completed fiscal year 2024.
"CES is the largest international business event in the U.S.," said Kinsey Fabrizio, President, CTA. "Accenture's leadership across every sector of the technology industry has increased adoption of innovations that drive global business forward. I look forward to hearing what Julie believes is next."
This announcement comes a week after Accenture and NVIDIA announced an expanded partnership, including Accenture's formation of a new NVIDIA Business Group, to help the world's enterprises rapidly scale their AI adoption. Earlier this week, CTA shared that Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA, will also be a keynote speaker.
DIVE IN to all CES 2025 has to offer—breakthrough innovations, top minds from every industry, and the unmissable connections that can only happen at the most powerful tech event in the world. CES 2025 takes place January 7-10, 2025, in Las Vegas.
About CES®:
CES is the most powerful tech event in the world – the proving ground for breakthrough technologies and global innovators. This is where the world's biggest brands do business and meet new partners, and the sharpest innovators hit the stage. Owned and produced by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)®, CES features every aspect of the tech sector. CES 2025 takes place Jan. 7-10, 2025, in Las Vegas. Learn more at CES.tech and follow CES on social.
About Consumer Technology Association (CTA)®:
As North America's largest technology trade association, CTA is the tech sector. Our members are the world's leading innovators – from startups to global brands – helping support more than 18 million American jobs. CTA owns and produces CES® – the most powerful tech event in the world. Find us at CTA.tech. Follow us @CTAtech.
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ACCENTURE CHAIR & CEO JULIE SWEET TO DELIVER KEYNOTE AT CES 2025
ALULA, Saudi Arabia, Jan. 16, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Today marks the official opening of Desert X AlUla 2026, the landmark fourth edition of the international, open-air biennial exhibition. Arts AlUla, in collaboration with Desert X, welcomes visitors to experience a stellar line-up of Saudi and international multi-generational artists whose site-responsive earthworks, sculptures, and installations will engage in a powerful dialogue with the awe-inspiring landscapes and layered heritage of AlUla.
As a premier destination rich in ancient history and breathtaking nature, AlUla, located in Northwest Saudi Arabia, solidifies its position on the global stage as a dynamic, emerging land art destination with Desert X AlUla, the region's first public art biennale, and a key highlight of the AlUla Arts Festival.
The 2026 edition of Desert X AlUla brings together 11 acclaimed artists whose diverse works reflect a wide spectrum of ideas, materials, and traditions. From monumental kinetic sculpture to sound-based explorations above and below ground, each commission is deeply rooted in relationships to AlUla's distinctive environment, further cementing Desert X AlUla's reputation as a globally significant platform for site-responsive land art.
Desert X AlUla runs until February 28, 2026, as a cornerstone of the annual AlUla Arts Festival. Curated by Wejdan Reda, Zoé Whitley, with artistic direction by Neville Wakefield, and Raneem Farsi, its fourth edition explores 'Space Without Measure.' Inspired by Kahlil Gibran, the theme fosters contemplation of imagination within AlUla's natural settings. The exhibition, set in the desert canyons of AlUla, serves as a pre-opening programme for Wadi AlFann, offering a pivotal glimpse into AlUla's plans to create a permanent land art 'Valley of the Arts.'
Hamad Alhomiedan, Director of Arts & Creative Industries at the Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU), said: "At Desert X AlUla 2026, audiences will engage with art that deeply converses with AlUla's unique landscapes and rich heritage. These compelling commissions highlight AlUla's dynamic transformation into a major global destination, where ancient and contemporary expressions converge. This exhibition is part of our broader revitalisation of AlUla as a culturally rich destination to live, work and visit and integral to positioning AlUla in the global dialogue of contemporary art and as a precursor to monumental projects like Wadi AlFann."
Participating artist/artworks are:
- Sara Abdu, A Kingdom Where No One Dies: Contours of Resonance
- Mohammad Alfaraj, What was the Question Again?
- Mohammed AlSaleem, The Thorn, AlShuruf Unit, The Triangles, Flower Bud, and Al Ahilla (courtesy of Royal Commission for Riyadh City)
- Tarek Atoui, The Water Song
- Bahraini-Danish, Bloom
- Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Imole Red
- Agnes Denes, The Living Pyramid
- Ibrahim El-Salahi, Haraza Tree
- Basmah Felemban, Murmur of Pebbles
- Vibha Galhotra, Future Fables
- Héctor Zamora, Tar HyPar
For further information, please contact:
Sabrine.Shaw@bursonglobal.com
AlUlaArtsFestival@bursonglobal.com
Multimedia gallery:
High-resolution photos of all 11 artists and their artworks can be found here.
About AlUla and Arts AlUla
Located 1,100 km from Riyadh, in North-West Saudi Arabia, AlUla is a place of extraordinary natural and human heritage. The vast area, covering 22,561km², includes a lush oasis valley, towering sandstone mountains and ancient cultural heritage sites dating back thousands of years to when the Lihyan and Nabataean kingdoms reigned.
The most well-known and recognised site in AlUla is Hegra, the principal southern city of the Nabataean Kingdom and Saudi Arabia's first UNESCO World Heritage Site. AlUla is also home to ancient Dadan, the capital of the Dadan and Lihyan Kingdoms and considered to be one of the most developed 1st millennium BCE cities of the Arabian Peninsula, and Jabal Ikmah, an open air library of hundreds of inscriptions and writings in many different languages. AlUla Old Town Village, a labyrinth of more than 900 mudbrick homes was developed from at least the 12th century and has been revitalised as the vibrant hub for visitors and residents.
The creation of Arts AlUla within The Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU) is a commitment to crafting the next chapters in a millennia of artistic creation – celebrating cultural inheritance and shaping a future inspired by artists built be artists. The work of Arts AlUla seeks to preserve this legacy: fuse the old with the new; the local with the international, keeping the arts central to the spirit of AlUla as a place of extraordinary natural and human heritage.
Wadi AlFann, meaning 'Valley of the Arts,' will be a global cultural destination for land art, unveiling from 2028 onwards, where era-defining works by artists from around the world will be permanently sited in the monumental landscape of AlUla, the extraordinary desert region of north-west Saudi Arabia.
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Desert X AlUla 2026: monumental land art exhibition opens in the ancient oasis of AlUla
