More than 130 cool companies with hot products are set to forecast the future of business, consumer, lifestyle and digital technologies for work, home and play to reporters and industry analysts pre-registered to attend the first ShowStoppers press event of 2007.

ShowStoppers at CES 2007 takes place Monday, Jan. 8, 2007, 6-10 p.m. at the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada -- immediately after the exhibit floor closes on the first day of the massive Consumer Electronics Show.

Nearly 1,400 reporters, editors, columnists, industry analysts and selected investment firms are signed up to attend, setting a new record for the invitation-only, private event.

"I don't schedule interviews. I do ShowStoppers," said Dick DeBartolo, "the Giz Wiz," ABC World News Now.

"ShowStoppers @ CES 2007 kicks off the new year with product debuts and sneak previews by companies you know, companies that reporters have not yet discovered, and discoveries outside the usual newsbeats," said Steve Leon, partner, ShowStoppers.

"This year's event also introduces the Startup Pavilion, focused on 11 new companies and emerging technologies that will debut at ShowStoppers," said Leon.

ShowStoppers is blogging a glimpse of the news to come from sponsoring companies at ShowStoppers NewsDesk, http://www.showstoppers.com/newsdesk. ShowStoppers NewsDesk also features a list of the participating sponsors.

Product demos include audio hardware and software, Bluetooth and broadband technologies, car audio, computer hardware and software, telematics and vehicle navigation, digital TV/HDTV, ecommerce, electronic gaming, handheld information devices, home theater and media servers, home networks & SMB appliances, healthcare, home and business security gear, Internet applications and services, mobile electronics, MP3/Internet audio, personal electronics, digital photography, robotics, speech technology, telephony, VOIP, video hardware and software, WiFi and WiMAX technologies, and more.

For the sixth consecutive year at ShowStoppers, PC World Magazine will present the "20 Most Innovative Products Awards," honoring trend-setting products that have emerged with the convergence of PC technology and consumer electronics.

Also exclusive to ShowStoppers, at least two NASCAR drivers are scheduled to demo hardware and software from Avis Rent-A-Car, Autonet and Delphi. Autonet and Avis are also bringing spokesperson Christopher Knight, best known as Peter in the TV Classic "The Brady Bunch," who now focuses on technology and consumer electronics. Bob Stuber, a family-safety expert, will help Concord Camera introduce wrist watches with emergency alarms and SOS signaling systems for children.

After ShowStoppers @ CES, ShowStoppers breaks new ground with the first US press event at CeBIT, the world's largest technology tradeshow, Mar. 16, 2007, in Hannover, Germany, produced in partnership with Hannover Fairs USA, a subsidiary of Deutsche Messe, which manages CeBIT.

The next invitation-only US press event is ShowStoppers @ CTIA Wireless, Mar. 27, 2007, in Orlando.

Companies interested in demonstrating to the press should contact Dave Leon, 845-638-3527. Working journalists are invited to register to attend by contacting Steve Leon, 512-288-0950.