Macworld Expo veteran exhibitors sign-up for New York

IDG World Expo today released a partial list of companies that have already committed to exhibit at the upcoming Macworld Expo & Conference in New York.

While many of the companies have exhibited at Macworld Expos in the past, IDG said there would be a few new names as well.

Joining the Expo for the first time will be Celartem Technology USA, Dynamic Graphics, Oxford Semiconductor and Techknowsphere.

Veteran exhibitors attending this year’s summer Expo include Apple; Canon USA; Canto Software; Connectix Corp.; EarthLink Inc.; Eovia; Epson; FileMaker Inc.; Harman Multimedia; Hewlett-Packard; IBM; Iomega Corp.; Microsoft; Mindavenue; NewTek Inc.; Procreate; SmartDisk Corp. and Sonnet Technologies Inc.

Macworld will also showcase up-and-coming developers through its newly expanded Special Interest Pavilions, as well as:

The Digital Art Gallery, highlighting winning masterpieces from the 2002 Digital Art Contest, which draws hundreds of entries from students, professionals and hobbyists

The Macintosh Gaming Area, which features top game publishers revealing the best new titles for Mac OS X, as well as the Hands-on Games Arcade and the Mac Gaming Theater

MacTech Central, the headquarters for technical products relating to programming and development, Web development, network administrator tools and services, and other related products

MacBeginnings, free educational classes open to all Macworld attendees to help them get the most out of the Mac

The official Macworld Conference & Expo store, a one-stop shopping location for Mac-related merchandise at special show rates

More information on Macworld Conference & Expo is available from the show’s Web site.