Parks Associates is supporting ConnectivityWeek.

Bill Ablondi, Director, Parks Associates is moderating the panel, "Understanding Residential Energy Management" on Wednesday, May 26th from 3:30 - 5:00 PM. Getting consumers engaged will require a new generation of consumer products that are intuitive, affordable and practical. This panel will discuss the market opportunity and various approaches underway to cultivate this emerging market.

ConnectivityWeek is a collection of events that together focus on the application of Information Technology (IT) on the energy challenges facing the world, challenges as illustrated by climate change and the need for sustainability. Spanning all the major industries and energy consumption areas of commercial, residential, industrial and infrastructure, conference sessions at ConnectivityWeek will explore how IT can be leveraged towards the new energy paradigm facing the world.

ATA 2010

Parks Associates is a media sponsor of ATA 2010, and Harry Wang will moderate a "MarketWatch" concurrent session on Tuesday, May 18, 1:00 - 2:00 PM, with presentations on current and future market trends in the telemedicine/telehealth industry, followed by Q&A with the audience.

If you use telecommunications solutions for healthcare, the ATA Annual Meeting is the single-most important event of the year, keeping you up to date with the latest developments in your field. ATA 2010 will focus on outcomes and evidence for telemedicine and telehealth. The meeting will feature roughly 350 peer-reviewed presentations, covering the full spectrum of telemedicine-related subject areas and specialties, within eight concurrent tracks.. Presentations will include oral concurrents, poster presentations, pre-meeting courses and general plenaries. ATA 2010 will also include special Executive Roundtables, featuring top executives in the industry discussing the future of telemedicine from a corporate perspective.

Parks Associates is supporting The Cable Show 2010.

The Cable Show 2010, hosted by the National Cable & Telecommunication Association (NCTA), is your three-day immersion into everything cable can do. The people, the platforms and the potential for new business growth are all here, along with the invaluable attributes only a live event like The Cable Show can deliver.

Parks Associates is supporting The 4th Chronic Care & Prevention Congress.

The 4th Chronic Care & Prevention Congress brings together major stakeholders – employers, healthcare plans, providers and government agencies - in an executive networking environment to discuss best practices and partnership initiatives for the management of chronic disease and the implementation of prevention and wellness strategies.

Parks Associates is supporting SmartGrid RoadShow

Parks Associates is supporting Digital Hollywood Spring.

Heather Way, Research Analyst, Parks Associates, presented the session Advanced Advertising: Engaging the Digitally Connected Generation on May 5, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m., with lunch at 12:15 p.m.

Parks Associates is supporting the LA Games Conference.

Over 300 of the most influential decision-makers in the games industry gather for the LA Games Conference to network, do deals, and share ideas about the future of console, PC, online and mobile games. LA Games Conference – now in its fourth year – features a lively and fun debate on timely cutting-edge business topics, demos as well unrivaled access to some of the most progressive companies in Hollywood, Silicon Valley and beyond. We invite you to join us at the event and take part in the discussion with executives, creators, analysts, press and professional gamers who will be instrumental in shaping the future of this booming business. The event is designed to be interactive like the world we live in giving delegates the opportunity to share their ideas live at the event via text message and in moderated roundtable meetings.

Parks Associates is supporting Broadband Properties Summit.

Harry Wang, Director, Health & Mobile Product Research, Parks Associates, is moderating the panel, "The Growth of Telemedicine in FTTH Communities" on Tuesday, April 27 from 8:00 a.m. – 8:50 a.m.

Bill Ablondi, Director Home Systems, Parks Associates, is moderating the panel, "How FTTH Enables the Smart Grid" on Tuesday, April 27 from 3:50 p.m. - 4:50 p.m.

The 7th annual Broadband Properties Summit is the premier fiber-to-the-premises industry event. Each year, it enables a comprehensive look at the FTTP landscape, from today’s success stories to tomorrow’s deployments, technology, and consumer demands.

Parks Associates is supporting 3D Gaming Summit 2010.

The first ever 3D Gaming Summit™ will attract the brightest minds in the gaming industry to define the market opportunity for 3D stereoscopic gaming and entertainment. Delivering two days of packed in-depth discussions, the summit will help steer your strategy to capitalize on the next biggest thing in gaming!

NAB Show™

Pietro Macchiarella is moderating the Broader-casting track "Digital Shopping: Video Transforms eCommerce & the Retail Experience" on Tuesday, April 13, 10:30 - 11:30 a.m.

“All digital, everywhere, all the time” enables new networks to thrive and supports new outlets for syndication or licensing. Programming can be tied to video shopping, taking place on multiple devices within and outside of the home. And now other environments can support standalone video networks which allow sell-through to move products, expanding the notion of brand ROI. Even better for the consumer— video can also transform retail spaces into experiential marketing experiences.

IPTV World Forum

Stuart Sikes, President, Parks Associates will be hosting the Analyst Breakfast Briefing, "Service Providers and the Digital Home: The Role of Networks, Value-added Services, and Customer Support" on March 25 from 8 AM - 9 AM preceding the keynote presentation.

Stuart Sikes, President, Parks Associates will be moderating the session, "The Developing Standard Framework for the Connected Home" on Thursday, March 25 at 2:20 PM.

Stuart Sikes will also be moderating the session, "Creating the Home Network" on Thursday, March 25 at 3:10 PM.

As broadband and pay television service providers embrace home networking, they face both opportunities and challenges. The home network – delivered through manageable customer premise equipment opens up the opportunity for a service provider to establish a deeper relationship with the customer, expand customer support, and deliver multi-platform value-added services. At the same time, service providers must be prepared to deal with the challenge of increased support calls and technical support requirements. This briefing will provide perspective from Parks Associates primary consumer and industry research, examining the current and future roles of service provider-deployed home networks and related services.

Now in its sixth year, the IPTV World Forum has an established reputation for high-quality and sizeable yet focused audiences - the leading event for multiplatform TV. The IPTV World Forum is the only place to meet all the key decision makers from all the IPTV markets in one place.
 

Parks Associates is supporting The Burrill Consumer Digital Health Meeting.

Burrill & Company, in association with the University of Illinois, Mayo Clinic, and Pfizer, is for the first time holding The Burrill Consumer Digital Health Meeting to help prepare the life sciences community for this new era. Learn how PDAs and smartphones will become personal healthcare assistants capable of receiving vital signs and even body fluid samples for analysis and transmittal of results. Wherever patients are in the world, they will be able to connect with their physicians. And their doctors, in turn, will be able to practice medicine virtually anywhere and at anytime, with instant access to the information and systems they need—right at their thumbs.