YouTube’s Robert Kyncl to Deliver CES Keynote

ARLINGTON: The Consumer Electronics Association has tapped Robert Kyncl, the VP of global content partnerships at YouTube, to deliver the Entertainment Matters keynote at the 2012 International CES.

The CES is scheduled for January 10 to 13 in Las Vegas. Kyncl will discuss at CES the opportunity for the web as a distribution vehicle and how the entertainment ecosystem will evolve over time. Other speakers on the CES roster include Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer, Ericsson’s Hans Vestberg, Daimler’s Dr. Dieter Zetsche, Qualcomm’s Dr. Paul Jacobs, Intel’s Paul Otellini, Xerox’s Ursula Burns, Verizon’s Lowell McAdam and Ford’s Alan Mulally.

“Since its founding in 2005, YouTube has come to define the convergence of entertainment and technology, which has changed the entertainment marketplace as dramatically as the advent of cable television,” said Karen Chupka, the senior VP of events and conferences for CEA. “We are thrilled to have Robert Kyncl deliver the 2012 Entertainment Matters keynote and look forward to hearing his outlook on the future of YouTube and consumer technology.”