Latest & Unique Tech Innovations from the 2026 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 

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Valley Research Park
319 North Bernardo Avenue
Mountain View, CA CA 93043
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AGENDA
6:30 Door opens, SFBAY ACM 69 anniversary Cake and networking (we invite honor system contributions)
7:00 SFBay ACM 2025 Slate of board members and annual election, upcoming events.
7:15 Speaker presents
8:25- 8:40 finish, depending on Q&A

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Abstract
This is a summary of the latest and unique tech innovations from the 2026 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. CES's focus has expanded beyond consumer electronic devices to many categories including wearables, smart homes, robotics, drones, medical and healthcare devices, etc.

Speaker Bio:
Avery Lu is one of the leaders in the Valley in tech business development, and is current Chair of the IEEE Santa Clara Valley Section.
As Partner & Head of Business Development, Investments for Aventurine Capital Group, LLC (www.aventurine.com), Avery Lu leverages his
30+ year’s experience as a high-tech business executive in both large corporations and startups. He works directly with
partners in venture capital, universities and startups as well as scientists to identify high value intellectual property for
investment and commercialization. Avery is also Senior Director of Program Development and Interest Groups at the
Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) (www.gsaglobal.org), a global platform “Where Leaders Meet” to establish an efficient, profitable, and
sustainable high technology global ecosystem encompassing semiconductors, software, solutions, systems, and services.

He has previously co-founded 3 startups; Palo Alto Scientific (AI sports analytics/ wearables/IoT), ActionSpot Startup Studio
(venture studio & co-working space) and WBGlobalSemi (SiC power management solutions). Early in his career, Avery held
various senior level roles in Business Development, Segment Marketing, Product Marketing, Global Account Management
and Field Applications Engineering at NXP Semiconductor, Infineon Technologies, Toshiba Semiconductor, Winbond Electronics,
American Microsystems Incorporated, Cypress Semiconductor, Viewlogic Systems and Xilinx.

Avery is a Senior Member of IEEE (Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers) and Professional Member of IEEE Eta
Kappa Nu Honor Society who is the current Chair of IEEE Santa Clara Valley (SCV) Section in Silicon Valley, a former
2015-2016 Chair of IEEE SCV Consumer Technology Society Chapter and an Executive Committee Member of IEEE SCV
Startup Special Interest Group. Since 2011, he has served on the Board of Directors of CASPA (Chinese American
Semiconductor Professional Association), and has served on the Advisory Board of the Center for Innovation and
Entrepreneurship at his alma mater, Santa Clara University, where he earned his B.S. in Electrical Engineering.
www.linkedin.com/in/averylu
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