CeBit 2007 Lives Up to Promises?

Having recovered from days of trekking the Hannover halls, it looks like CeBit 2007 confounded many prejudices about whether CeBit should continue.

Some quick thoughts are that the show was still relevant despite many big names not being there. There was alot going on and much of very interesting. Certainly it's really a huge German show but given Germany is Europe's biggest economy and enjoying an economic renaissance that's no bad thing. It also looks like numbers held up.

The show still attracts media as we found out for NZTE and our other clients. And the media seems to have a soft spot fot one of the last truly big ICT shows. We also detected UK media returning to CeBit compared to previous years - though the majority of the media is German.

So the show looks like running again next year. There's been some debate about whether it'll still roll over the weekend. The current planned dates - 4-9 March 2008 - suggest it will. Organisers are also chewing over whether to do separate business and consumer days.

Roll on 2008!