According to a recent schedule of events submitted by Microsoft, gaming is going to the primary focus of the CES. Half of all presentations given by Microsoft will be aimed at gaming from console wars to the hardware they contain.

Other topics being covered at CES will be UMPCs, robotics, and digital entertainment. The complete schedule is listed below:

Panels and Conferences With Microsoft Participants

  Sunday, Jan. 7

   *    Broadband Games Expand -- From the Casual to the Networked PC
        Universe. 10-11 a.m., LVCC, North Hall 259, Chris Early, studio
        manager, Microsoft Casual Games Group
   *    Next-Generation Power Gamer Platforms: More Entertainment, More
        Power, More Choice -- Consoles, PC and Mobile. 11:30 a.m.-12:30
        p.m., LVCC, North Hall 259, Chris Early, studio manager, Microsoft
        Casual Games Group
   *    Entertainment as a Franchise. 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., LVCC, North
        Hall 256, Aaron Greenberg, group product manager, Xbox 360(TM)
   *    Game Power on the Inside: Chips, Optical Technology and
        Microprocessors. 1-2 p.m., LVCC, North Hall 256, Chris Donahue,
        director of Business Development, Games for Windows(R) Entertainment
        and Devices Division
   *    The Massively Multiplayer Gaming Explosion -- From the PC, the
        Console and Mobile. 2:30-3:30 p.m., LVCC North Hall 259, Rich
        Wickham, director, Windows Graphics and Gaming Technologies
   *    PC and Mobile Games Expand Total Entertainment Market Share.
        2:30-3:30 p.m., LVCC, North Hall 256, Chris Early, studio manager,
        Microsoft Casual Games Group

  Monday, Jan. 8

   *    Hollywood and the Digital Consumer. 1:30-2:30 p.m., LVCC, North Hall
        259, Shari Barnett, director of Media Services, Microsoft TV

  Tuesday, Jan. 9

   *    Robotics -- A Microsoft Perspective. 10-10:45 a.m., Venetian Hotel,
        Titian 2303-2306, Tandy Trower, general manager, Microsoft Robotics
        Group
   *    Rethinking Advertising. Noon-1 p.m., LVCC, North Hall 256, Terri
        Richardson, group marketing manager, Microsoft TV
   *    The TV and Set-Top as the Consumer Gateway to Entertainment and
        Information. 3-4 p.m., LVCC, North Hall 259, Ed Graczyk, director of
        Marketing and Communications, Microsoft TV
   *    Ultra-Mobile PCs -- Can a 7-Inch Screen Survive? 3-4 p.m., LVCC,
        North Hall 254, Otto Berkes, general manager, Mobile Platform
        Division
   *    Battle of the Consoles in an Increasingly Online World. 3-4 p.m.,
        LVCC, North Hall 253, Chris Satchell, general manager, Game
        Developer Group, Microsoft

  Wednesday, Jan. 10

   *    What the Nerds Know. Noon-1 p.m., Venetian Hotel, Bellini 2003, Jim
        Baldwin, product unit manager, IPTV Program, Microsoft TV