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Vivint Smart Home To Keynote Parks Associates' 20th Annual CONNECTIONS(TM) Conference

DALLAS, TX--(Marketwired - May 18, 2016) - Parks Associates announced today that Vivint Smart Home Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer Matt Eyring will deliver a keynote on the evolution of the smart home, including strategies to create the best user experiences, at CONNECTIONS™, May 26 at 9:30 a.m. The 20th annual CONNECTIONS™: The Premier Connected Home Conference takes place May 24-26 at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport in San Francisco.

"The smart home is in the early adopter phase, and already usage is high, with 40-50% of owners of many different smart home devices interacting with these products on a daily or almost daily basis," said Tom Kerber, Director of Research, Home Controls & Energy, Parks Associates. "With multiple use cases driving the market forward, smart home products and services appeal to multiple consumer segments, and the emerging challenge is to create a unified, interoperable system while offering a customized solution that learns and even anticipates individual preferences. Vivint's insight into the evolution of the smart home will be valuable as we enter the next phase of the smart home."

From the press release "Vivint Smart Home To Keynote Parks Associates' 20th Annual CONNECTIONS(TM) Conference" by www.finance.yahoo.com

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