Computex Taipei
May 31 – June 4, 2011
About Computex
COMPUTEX Taipei, or Taipei International Information Technology Show (traditional Chinese: 台北國際電腦展), is a computer expo held annually in Taipei, Taiwan. Since the early 2000s it has become one of the largest computer and technology fairs in the world.
Computex Development
COMPUTEX is co-organized by government-funded Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) and private sector Taipei Computer Association (TCA). The first expo, then called Taipei Computer Show, was held in 1981 and started out as a place where small and medium sized businesses in Taiwan’s nascent computer industry could display their products. Until Stan Shih, former head of the TCA, proposed to changed the name to “COMPUTEX Taipei” in the 4th expo. As Taiwan’s information technology industry took off in the early 1990s, and the Foreign Trade Council Display Hall in Taipei Songshan Airport was put back into use in the 8th, 9th expo, COMPUTEX has since rapidly expanded and become an important showcase for the IT industry. Now it has become the second largest computer expo in the world (after CeBIT) and the largest in Asia, with participation from major manufacturers such as Intel, AMD, ATI, NVIDIA, and others, as well as Taiwanese brand names such as Acer and ASUS.
The Opening of the Computex Nangang Exhibition Hall
In 2008 the newly constructed TWTC Nangang Exhibition Hall entered as the latest addition to the ever expanding COMPUTEX venues, which now also include TWTC Exhibition Hall 1 and 3 and the Taipei International Convention Center on Xinyi Road, with more than 100,000 square meters of gross exhibit space.
Computex Transportation
Every year during the expo period, the roads surrounding the exhibition halls always fall into a state of chaos. The worst part happens around the Taipei City Hall, Keelung Road, and Sinyi Road. When the Taipei Rapid Transit System was still building the Taipei World Trade Centre station, it only increased the strain. In which caused several instances that pedestrians crossing the road island, making the local traffic police force very frustrated.
And due to the previous mentioned troubles, the expo have the bad record of it having traffic jams every time there’s an expo. Thus, the taxi shift area, Taipei City Traffic Department and several local mass transit companies re-designed their service routes and readjust their prices to accommodate the growing masses while suggesting the visitors to use more of the public transit system.
Computex Expo Shuttle Bus
Before the completion of the Taipei Rapid Transit System, the expo shuttle bus only provides rides between the exhibition halls. Then, following the MRT’s completion in 2001, the expo shuttle bus also adds the MRT station close by to their route, allowing the visitors to us the shuttle bus for easier access to the expo. Free shuttle buses run between Xinyi Road venues, Nangang Exhibition Hall, major Taipei Metro MRT stations, selected hotels, and Taoyuan International Airport (TPE).
More Informations of Computex
Computex 2011 Exhibitor list at Computex
Computex 2011 Floor Plan
Computex 2011 Free Shuttle Bus
Computex 2011 Show Guide (Flash needed)
Computex 2011 Scheduled Events (Tentative)
Computex 2011 Exhibitor List
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