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PRESS RELEASE

14  SEP 2006

 

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CONNECTIONS™ Europe announces preliminary agenda, featuring experts in the business of digital living

CONNECTIONS™ Europe today released the preliminary agenda and list of speakers for its upcoming digital living conference, November 14-16, 2006, at the Adlon Kempinski in Berlin, Germany. This new conference, produced by Parks Associates in partnership with the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA®), will offer the European continent a single, focal event examining the international trends, strategies, and key players pertinent to the development of digital living technologies.

The agenda for CONNECTIONS™ Europe: Strategies for Digital Living Markets includes Keynotes, Plenary Sessions, and Panel Sessions featuring strategic and marketing executives from global companies in the entertainment, telecommunications, controls, energy, and computing industries.

“Worldwide sales of MP3 players will exceed 100 million units by 2010. The potential for digital living products throughout the world is immense, but success can be elusive without the proper market intelligence,” said Stuart Sikes, President, Parks Associates. “We are pleased to announce the initial round of speakers for CONNECTIONS™ Europe, who reflect the global scope of this landmark event.”

Keynote Speakers

Anders Axelsson, Sr. VP, Sales and Marketing, Echelon Corp.

Bernd Kolb, Member, Board of Management, T-Com, Deutsche Telekom

Stefan Jenzowsky, VP & Head of Business Innovation, Siemens Communications

Matthew Theall, President, HomePlug Alliance

Parks Associates Pre-Conference Workshop Speakers

Andrew Cornford-Matheson, Global Services Architect, SupportSoft

Francois Kaplan, AVP, Product Marketing Mobile, Msystems

Heather Kirksey, Sr. Manager, Standards and Emerging Technologies, Motive Inc.

Fanny Mlinarsky, Founder & CTO, Azimuth Systems

David Sayag, Founder & VP Marketing, Enure Networks

Juha Stenberg, Managing Director, LiLLi Group Ltd

Ofer Vilenski, Co-Founder, President & Chief Executive Officer, Jungo

Keri Waters, Director, Strategic Marketing, Micronas USA

Plenary and Panel Speakers

Francisco Alija-Garmón, Engineer, CARTIF Foundation

Lars Bengtsson, President & CEO, Kreatel Communications, a Motorola Co.

Giovanni Benini, VP Home Entertainment, Siemens Communications

Erich Boehm, CTO, Audivo

Elena Branet, Sr. Marketing Manager, EMEA, Microsoft Corp.

Alexander Bruehl, Sr. Partner, Atlas Venture

Andrew Burke, Digital Plumbers

Alain-Gabriel Courtines, Investment Director, Intel Capital

Joe Dada, CEO, Smartlabs

Jeff Dean, Practice Lead - Rich Media Services, Cisco Systems

Vijay Dhingra, Director, Product Management, Echelon Corp.

Victor Dominguez, Director, Standards and Strategy, DS2

Meredith Flynn-Ripley, COO, Integra5

Samina Husain, Technical Marketing and PLM for the Cable Solution, SURPASS Home Entertainment

David Keeley, CTO, Europe, Middle East, and Africa, Motorola, Inc.

Menno Kleingeld, Sr. Marketing Director, BU Home, Philips Semiconductors

Donald Leka, Chairman & CEO, Transmedia

Cameron McCaskill, VP, Business Development, Intellon Corp.

Kevin Meagher, CEO, Intamac Systems Ltd

Andreas Neus, Media & Entertainment EMEA Lead, IBM Institute for Business Value (IBV)

Paolo Pastorino, CTO, Home Gateway Initiative

Reza Raji, President & CEO, iControl Networks

Stephen Reeder, VP, Business Development, EMEA, ICTV, Inc.

Scott Reeves, Technical Director, EMEA, Ruckus Wireless

Daniel Schellhoss, Executive Vice President, ProSyst Software GmbH

Georg Schwegler, CEO, T-Venture

Tony Shakib, CEO, Zensys

Eric Smith, CTO, Control4

Thomas Staneker, Vice President, Dual Play Plus, T-Com

Karsten Verhaegen, Vice President, Telephony & Mobile Business Unit, Thomson

Svein Vetti, ZigBee Business Development Manager, Europe, Texas Instruments

Barry Volinskey, Vice President, Wireless LAN Marketing, Metalink Ltd.

Gemini Waghmare, Vice President, Corporate Development, Casero

Ladd Wardani, VP Business Development & Co-Founder, Entropic Communications; President, MoCA

For more information, to view the preliminary agenda, or to register to attend CONNECTIONS™ Europe, visit http://www.connectionseurope.com.

View the Sponsor Benefits for more information about sponsoring CONNECTIONS™ Europe or contact sales@parksassociates.com or call 972-490-1113.

About CONNECTIONS™ Europe
CONNECTIONS™ Europe: Strategies for Digital Living Markets
, produced by Parks Associates in partnership with the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA®), is an executive conference and showcase that provides 250-300 attendees with high-level analysis and consumer research from Parks Associates, networking opportunities, and information on emerging residential and mobile technologies and services. This focused event provides a forum where executives can present and learn about vital international trends, successful strategies, and key players in the development of digital living technologies. http://www.connectionseurope.com

4-6 DEC 2007  |  Adlon Kempinski  |  Berlin Germany

About Parks Associates: Parks Associates is an internationally recognized market research and consulting company specializing in emerging consumer technology products and services. Founded in 1986, Parks Associates creates research capital for companies ranging from Fortune 500 to small start-ups through market reports, primary studies, consumer research, custom research, workshops, executive conferences, and annual service subscriptions.

The company's expertise includes new media, digital entertainment and gaming, home networks, Internet and television services, digital health, mobile applications and services, consumer electronics, and home control systems and security.

Each year, Parks Associates hosts executive thought leadership conferences CONNECTIONS™, in partnership with the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA®), and CONNECTIONS™ Europe. In addition, Parks Associates produces the online publication Industry Insights in conjunction with the CONNECTIONS™ Conference series.

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