Parks Associates hosts the CONNECTIONS SUMMIT

Parks Associates hosts the CONNECTIONS™ SUMMIT on January 7, 2010 in Las Vegas, NV.

CONNECTIONS™ SUMMIT features multiple sessions, held January 7, 2010, the first day of CES. Moderated by Parks Associates analysts, these sessions provide an interactive environment for networking and discussion.

http://www.parksassociates.com/events/connections/summit/2010/agenda/agenda.html

Speakers include:

- Bruce Anderson, General Manager, IBM
- Arlo Rose, Senior Dir., Product Design, Connected TV, Yahoo!
- Joly Benoit, Dir., Connected Home Applications, Thomson
- Lauren Thorpe, Senior Dir., Developer Relations, Qualcomm
- Scott Rosenberg, VP of Advanced Advertising, Rovi
- Susan Cashen, VP, Control4 Energy Systems, a division of Control4
- Steve Cashman, CSO, Exceptional Innovation
- Hope Fulgham, CEO/CMO, Piazza Advertising
- Peter Lude, SVP of Engineering, Sony

CONNECTIONS™ Summit at CES to focus on connected products and services and business strategies for 3D TV, advertising, and energy management

Parks Associates today released the preliminary agenda for CONNECTIONS™ Summit at CES, which focuses on new business strategies for connected CE, service providers, 3D video, Smart Grid technologies, and other connected home solutions.

The international research firm will host this event on January 7, 2010, in the Las Vegas Convention Center, on the first day of 2010 International CES. Parks Associates’ expert analysts will moderate the Summit sessions, presenting consumer research on buying habits, purchase intentions, and interest in a variety of connected home solutions. The sessions also feature executives in the digital living markets, who will discuss the challenges of today’s business climate and the areas of service and innovation that fit best with the changing needs of households throughout the world.

Summit Sessions:
• Consumer Electronics Purchases: Are Consumers Back in the Buying Mood?
• The Connected TV – Displays and Beyond
• Service Provider Strategies for the Connected Home
• The Mobile Aspect of Unified Infotainment: Opportunities and Challenges
• Advances in Television Advertising
• Bringing the Smart Grid to the Smart Home
• 3D: Adding New Dimensions to Entertainment

For more information, visit www.connectionssummit.com.

Parks Associates is also hosting CONNECTIONS™ Europe Summit, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on November 4, 2009.

CONNECTIONS™ Summit at CES provides insight into new market strategies, consumer trends, and industry perspectives

Parks Associates and CEA® announced they will again host CONNECTIONS™ Summit at CES, January 8-9, 2009, in Las Vegas, and are currently accepting speaker submissions for the event.

CONNECTIONS™ Summit features nine sessions on key digital-living topics during the first two days of 2009 International CES.CONNECTIONS™ Summit Sessions at CES feature nine sessions held the first two days at CES. Moderated by Parks Associates analysts, these sessions provide an interactive environment for networking and discussion.

Attending the sessions at the CONNECTIONS™ Summit offers the perfect start to CES – attendees receive consumer and industry data, insight from leading executives, and the opportunity to speak with Parks Associates’ analysts.

The sessions, moderated by Parks Associates analysts and featuring executive panelists, will examine growth in new markets like digital photo frames, new business models for service providers, and the ongoing changes in how consumers access content. Parks Associates' research indicates that remote, in-store, and at-home consumer IT support services will generate $1 billion in revenues annually in the next few years, a substantial market opportunity for many new and existing players.

CONNECTIONS™ Summit features commentary, insight, and debate on successful market strategies and deployment for the following areas:

• Customer Support for the Consumer at Home
• Connected CE
• GPS Market
• Digital Photo Frames
• Digital TV and Set-top Boxes
• Connected Gaming
• Home Management

CONNECTIONS™ Summit also features support from CONNECTIONS™ Europe Summit Sponsors, including Cisco Systems, Enure Networks, F-Secure Corporation, the Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA), support.com, Toshiba, WirelessHD, and Zilog, Inc.

Deadline to submit to speak at CONNECTIONS™ Summit is September 5.

Full press release available: http://newsroom.parksassociates.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=5088