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Dallas, Tex., June 5, 2009
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CONNECTIONS™: The Digital Living Conference &
Showcase, hosted by international research
firm Parks Associates, featured three days, June
2-4, of presentations and panel discussions from
service providers, CE companies, software and
middleware developers, and many other members of
the consumer technology value chain.
Glenn Lurie, President of
Emerging Devices and Resale, AT&T Mobility and
Consumer Markets, delivered the opening keynote
“Embedding Wireless in Consumer Electronics” on
June 2. In the following session, executives
from Qualcomm, TiVo, YouTube, and Cisco
addressed efforts from CE companies and content
providers to deliver new video experiences to
end users. PlumChoice hosted the evening
networking reception.
Tricia Parks, CEO, Parks
Associates, and Retrevo’s CEO Vipin Jain opened
the conference on June 3 with “Navigating the
Changing CE Purchase Process.” The presentation
offered insight into 2008 CE purchase patterns,
which showed consumers shifting away from
spontaneity in their purchase decisions. Then,
Kurt Scherf, VP, Parks Associates, moderated the
session “Connected TV Strategies,” featuring
IBM, AnySource Media, VIZIO, and Yahoo!, who
discussed the implications of adding Internet
connectivity to the televisions.
Joseph Ambeault, Director,
Product Development and Management, Video
Services, Verizon, provided the morning keynote,
where he discussed the disruptive force of IP
and the evolution of FiOS TV services to deliver
a more personalized video experience. Eyecon
Technologies sponsored the networking break.
The afternoon sessions featured
speakers from Paramount Digital Entertainment,
2Wire, Alcatel-Lucent, Motorola, uControl,
Macrovision, and more. The sessions focused on
service provider strategies, WebTV, home
monitoring, connected CE, and interactive
services. MoCA hosted the session “Truth in
Networking,” featuring executives from Actiontec
Electronics, NETGEAR, Best Buy, and D-Link.
Mitch Singer, CTO, Executive
Vice President of New Media and Technology, Sony
Pictures Entertainment, Inc., and President of
Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem (DECE),
delivered the day’s closing keynote
“Entertainment 2.0: The Future of
Entertainment.” He discussed DECE’s efforts to
remove the barriers for digital distribution of
content. The final session of the day, “Wireless
Networking & Video Consumption,” featured
executives from Aceurity, AMIMON, Quantenna
Communications, SiBEAM, ProVision
Communications, and Celeno.
Via Licensing opened Thursday
with the presentation “Ideas for addressing IPR
issues for technology standards,” which
described the collaboration between Via
Licensing and IEEE and discussed the benefits of
patent pools in helping technology companies
deploy digital lifestyle solutions.
Bill Ablondi, Director, Home
Systems Research, Parks Associates, presented
the firm’s residential energy management
research and moderated a session featuring
executives from Cisco, Direct Energy, and the
U.S. Department of Energy. Andres Carvallo, CIO,
Austin Energy, presented the morning keynote
“Building the Smart Grid,” discussing efforts in
Austin, Texas, to deploy intelligent electrical
systems that benefit utilities and consumers.
Thursday’s sessions featured
topics on remote technical support, mobile
multimedia, and wireless home controls, with
participants from support.com, Telcordia,
Pandora, Ortiva Wireless, Sigma Designs, and
Control4, among others.
The afternoon session “Building
the Holistic Support Environment” featured
executives from Retrevo, Alcatel-Lucent, and
Cisco Systems and discussed the expansion of
customer care services for PCs and other
electronics. The conference ended with the
session “What’s Coming Next?”, featuring venture
capitalists for the tech industry who discussed
the challenging economic climate and current
solutions with the best long-term outlook.
For information on
CONNECTIONS™, visit
www.connectionsus.com.
About CONNECTIONS™
CONNECTIONS™: The Digital Living Conference and
Showcase, hosted by leading research firm Parks
Associates with support from the Consumer
Electronics Association (CEA®), is the premier
executive event focused on the market
developments and growth factors for advanced
digital lifestyle solutions.
http://www.connectionsconference.com
For more information on CONNECTIONS™, visit
http://www.connectionsconference.com or
contact
sales@parksassociates.com, 972-490-1113. |
