COMPUTEX TAIPEI has for the past decades successfully developed itself as Asia's biggest ICT exhibition and the world's leading ICT procurement platform. As the tradeshow approaches its 28th year in 2008, the use of a brand-new venue, Taipei World Trade Center Nangang Exhibition Hall, besides the other three venues, will allow more exhibitors from home and afar to showcase more state-of-the-art technologies and products. COMPUTEX TAIPEI has prospered with the ICT industry and as Taiwan transformed itself into the home of numerous global brands, the show has highlighted innovations while providing a presentation platform for demonstrating technological advances combined with outstanding design. To further encourage innovation and design, the show organizer, TAITRA, cooperates with iF International Forum Design GmbH for COMPUTEX TAIPEI design & innovation award, which will make its debut in 2008. The iF International Forum Design is considered one of the world's leading industrial design institutions. iF enjoys special recognition thanks to its iF design awards-one of the world's key design prizes-staged annually since 1953. As a service provider, iF conceives and implements corporate-centered competitions, seminars, workshops, conferences and more. The award covers the following product categories: Communication Products, Components & Parts, Computer systems, Peripherals, Data Storage Device/Media, Optoelectronic Display Product and Digital Audio /Video. The award ceremony is scheduled to take place in TWTC Nangang Exhibition Hall on June 2nd 2008, one day before COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2008. All prizewinners will be featured in a special exhibition at COMPUTEX TAIPEI, which runs from June 3-7 in the TWTC Nangang Exhibition Hall.

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