The Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA, whose Representative Director/Chairman is Keiji Kojima, Director, Representative Executive Officer, President and CEO at Hitachi, Ltd.) has announced the conclusion of CEATEC 2023, which was held at Makuhari Messe from Tuesday, October 17th to Friday, October 20th. During the four days of the exhibition, the number of registered visitors was 89,047 (9.1% increase from the previous year) with over 20,000 innovators visited each day, including people from a wide range of businesses, industries, government agencies, and research institutes, as well as university students, technical college students, high school students, and more. The Association expresses its appreciation all those who attended the exhibition.

Next year, CEATEC 2024 is scheduled to be held again at Makuhari Messe for a four-day period from Tuesday, October 15th to Friday, October 18th. The call for exhibitors is scheduled to begin in February 2024.

■ CEATEC 2023 Registered Visitors

2023	Oct. 17 (Tue.)	Oct. 18 (Wed.)	Oct. 19 (Thu.)	Oct. 20 (Fri.)	Four-day total
Registered Visitors	20,505	20,301	22,666	25,575	89,047

[Reference] 2022	Oct. 18 (Tue.)	Oct. 19 (Wed.)	Oct. 20 (Thu.)	Oct. 21 (Fri.)	Four-day total
Registered Visitors	19,815	18,103	20,430	23,264	81,612

■ CEATEC 2023 Exhibition Scale in Numbers

• Total exhibitors: 684 companies/organizations (562 in 2022)
• First-time exhibitors: 305 companies/organizations, New exhibitor rate 45%
• Startup and university/research institutions: 153 companies/organizations
  (81 in 2022)
• Exhibitors from overseas: 21 companies/organizations from 195 countries/regions
  (146 from 27 countries/regions in 2022)