In a recent press release to the public, Sony has confirmed that Kazuo Hirai (Sony President and CEO ) will be their keynote speaker for CES 2014. For those of you unfamiliar with Kazuo Hirai a.k.a Kaz, he is known worldwide for the famous Ridge Racer debacle. Where doing the show he had slightly too much enthusiasm for the games release. Check out the video below of the incident.
It’s Ridge Racer
Kaz will deliver the opening morning Tech Titans keynote address at the 2014 International CES. This address will be part of the Tech Titans keynote series, where CEOs from the most powerful companies in technology present their vision for revolutions in products, services and networks that will shape the next wave of innovation. Kaz’s address will start at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, January 7 in The Venetian’s Palazzo Ballroom, directly following a State of the Industry Address by Gary Shapiro, president and CEO, CEA.
Earlier in the year Kaz was the speaker during the International Franchise Association, where he spoke about the new line of digital equipment Sony plans on releasing during Q4 of 2013 and Q1 of 2014. You can view that video below.
The 2013 Sony Press Conference at IFA, Berlin