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CONNECTIONS™ to host 150+ leading technology
companies discussing emerging trends in digital entertainment and
connectivity
CONNECTIONS™: The Digital Home Conference and Showcase,
produced by Parks Associates in partnership with the Consumer Electronics
Association (CEA®), is an executive conference and showcase to be held May
2-4, at the Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA.
This event combines Parks Associates and CEA’s market and consumer
expertise with insights from 100+ key industry strategists to provide a
comprehensive analysis of current and future “Digital Living”
technologies. CONNECTIONS™
will also host 100+ technology companies and media companies in the
event’s Showcase area.
With 850+ attendees, the conference will focus on the following market
areas:
Digital Entertainment and Multimedia Applications; Home Networking and
Residential Gateways; Consumer Mobility and Device/Content Portability;
Applications, Services, and Consumer Value; and Home Controls, Security,
and Health Management.
“CONNECTIONS™ topics
focus on areas of growth, current or forecast,” said
Tricia
Parks, CEO of Parks Associates. “Clearly, pay TV, whether via IPTV or
on-demand from current providers, garners attention because a reshuffling
to obtain a greater share of the revenue pie, along with the promise of a
growing revenue stream, is alluring. Home controls, a sleeper for the mass
market, is also attracting much more attention due to the search for new
revenue opportunities along with progress in communications standards. We
work to provide a holistic and absorbable portrait of opportunities…and
pitfalls…across the entire value chain.”
For information about CONNECTIONS™, visit
http://www.connectionsconference.com, e-mail
sales@parksassociates.com,
or call 972-490-1113.
DIAMOND
SPONSORS
Accenture
Panasonic
Siemens
ZigBee™ Alliance
PLATINUM
SPONSORS
iControl Networks
Intel Corp.
Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA™)
Philips Electronics
Pulse~LINK, Inc.
Zensys
GOLD
SPONSORS
Blue Peach
DivX Inc.
Echelon Corp.
Entropic Communications
Nortel
SmartLabs, Inc.
RECEPTION
SPONSORS
Atheros Communications
Hanley Wood's Digital Home Magazine
REGISTRATION SPONSOR
OpenPeak, Inc.
LUNCH
SPONSORS
Broadcom Corp.
Zetera Corp.
SILVER
SPONSORS
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
Affinegy
Allegro Software Development Corp.
AWOX
Axentra Corp.
Bedrock Learning
Consumer Electronics Powerline Communication Alliance (CEPCA)
DigiOn, Inc.
Digital Deck
DS2
Exent Technologies
Hewlett-Packard
Hillcrest Labs
Jungo
Maxtor Corp.
Mediabolic
Microsoft Corp.
NDS
Nero, Inc.
Pepper Computer
PiXPO
PsiNaptic
Quartics
Renesas Technology
Sereniti Inc.
Sonic Solutions
Streamload
SupportSoft
TwonkyVision
TZero Technologies
WiLife
Xanboo Inc.
BREAKFAST
SPONSORS
Paramount Pictures
Toshiba Storage Device Division
BREAK
SPONSORS
CyberLink Corp.
Integra5 Communications
PLATINUM
SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS
AeA, the American Electronic Association
The National Show
Wi-Fi Alliance
PLATINUM
SUPPORTING MEDIA
Digital Media Wire
EE Times
FierceWireless
Wireless Net DesignLine
SUPPORTING
ORGANIZATIONS
Broadband Services Forum
Broadband Wireless World
Business Wire
CEDIA
Circle F Media
Dempa Publications, Inc.
The ECHONET Consortium
FinPro
Hawkeye Group
iHollywood Forum
Internet Home Alliance
InterStream LLC
JETRO (Japan External Trade Organization)
LonMark International
TAHI (The Application Home Initiative)
UHAPI Forum (Universal Home API Forum)
VESA (Video Electronics Standards Association)
The Wi-Fi Technology Forum (Wi-Fi-TF)
Z-Wave Alliance
SUPPORTING
PUBLICATIONS
ACM Computers in Entertainment
Antenna Systems & Technology
Automated Buildings
The BRIDGE
Broadband Daily
Broadband Wireless Business
Casadomo
CEA SmartBrief
CEPro
Consumer Electronics Vision
Constructech
Consumer Technology Publishing Group
Converge! Network Digest
Dealerscope
Digital Connect
Digital Home
Digital Lifestyles
Digital Music News
Domotique News
The Evening Bridge
Everything on Demand
Global Sources Publications Ltd.
HiddenWires
Home Toys
IPTV Industry
IP Television Magazine
JEI (Journal of Electronics Industry)
Kensei News & Information Services
Mobile Media
Residential Systems
SkyREPORT.com
Systems Contractor News
Technology TNT
Telco Media News
Ultimate Home Design
VTECH
WIMAX Industry
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Peter Barrett, Chief
Technology Officer and General Manager of Engineering,
Microsoft TV Group
Allen Delattre, Global Managing Director, Electronics & High
Tech Industry Practice, Accenture
Michael
Grasso, Assistant Vice President – Consumer Marketing,
AT&T U-verseSM
William O. Leszinske, Jr.,
General Manager, Networked Media Platform Group, Intel
Corporation
Gary Shapiro, President and
CEO, Consumer Electronics Association
PLENARY SPEAKERS
Will
Beals, Director, Hardware Systems Architecture,
EchoStar Technologies, Corp.
Jan-Luc Blakborn, Director of North
America Digital Entertainment Category, Digital Entertainment
Products, Hewlett-Packard Company
Charles
Cerino, Vice President, New Services Technology,
Comcast New Media Development
Joe Dada,
Founder, Chairman, and CEO, SmartLabs Inc.
Peter Daley, Equity Research Analyst,
Digital Media, Rutberg & Company, LLC
Eddie C.
Drake, CTO, Siemens Home Entertainment
Mark Francisco, Comcast Fellow,
Comcast
Bob Greene, Senior Vice President, Advanced
Services, Starz Entertainment Group
Bob Heile, Chairman, ZigBee Alliance
Amy Heller, Vice President, Business
Planning & Development, International Home Entertainment, Paramount Home Entertainment
Rob Herb, Managing Director, BA
Ventures
John Hildebrand, Vice President, Video
Technology Engineering,
Cox Communications
Allen Huotari, Director of Technology,
Linksys
Peter Lee, Vice President, Business
Development, The Walt Disney Company
Paul Liao, CTO, Panasonic
Alexander K. Marquez, Director,
Strategic Investments, Media & Entertainment, Intel Capital,
Intel Corporation
Joe Menard,
Corporate Vice President, Consumer Business Segment, AMD
Sheau Ng, Vice President, Consumer and
Broadcast Technology, Standards, and Policy, NBC Universal
Hyun Park, Vice President, Research
Fellow, and Head of Ubiquitous Solution Team, LG Electronics,
Inc.
Dick
Sillman, Chief Technology Officer, Communications, Media
and Entertainment, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Ladd Wardani, Vice President, Business Development,
Entropic Communications; President, MoCA
Brian
Whitton, Executive Director, Access Technologies,
Verizon Communications
J.D. Zeeman, Director, Digital Media,
Global Communications Sector Services, IBM Global Services
Oren Zeev, Partner, Apax Partners
Tony Zona,
Vice President, Motorola Wireline Networks, Marketing and
Product Management, Motorola, Inc.
PANEL PARTICIPANTS
Faraj Aalaei, CEO and Co-founder, Centillium
Communications Christopher Allen,
Head of Product Strategy & Product Marketing, Yahoo!
Music
David
Arfin, CEO, GlooLabs, Inc.
Mike Barlow, CEO, PacketVideo Network Solutions,
Inc.
Beau Beck, Vice President of Business Development,
Airgo Networks
Gunjan Bhow,
Vice President, Marketing and Product Management,
Actiontec Electronics, Inc.
Michael Brochu,
President and CEO,
Loudeye
Lew Brown, Strategic Monster,
Monster Cable Products
Steve Brown,
President & CEO,
Health Hero Network
Maciek Brzeski, Vice President, Marketing,
Toshiba Storage Device Division
Drew Buckley, Vice President, Business Development, Synacor
Jack Buser, Director, Consumer Electronics,
Dolby Laboratories
Ron Cates, Vice President, North American Sales &
Marketing, Metalink Bill
Correll, Director, Corporate Development, Sun
Microsystems, Inc.
Steve Craddock, SVP New Media Development, Comcast
Tom Cullen, Co-founder & Vice President, Sales &
Marketing, Sonos, Inc.
Matt Cuson,
Vice President, Marketing, Minerva Networks, Inc.
Aaron Dagan,
President and CEO, PsiNaptic Inc.
David Davies,
Vice President of Strategy and Product Marketing, Subscriber
Networks, Scientific-Atlanta, A Cisco Company
Bill Diamond, President,
Xanboo, Inc.
Charles Dougherty,
Corporate Vice President and General Manager, Connected Home
Solutions, Motorola
Udo Eberlein,
President, Nero Inc.
Mike Einstein, Vice President,
Corporate Innovation,
Intermatic, Inc.
Ken Fairbanks,
Vice President, Sales and Business Development, SmartLabs,
Inc.
Mike Fidler, CEO, Digeo, Inc.
Doug Glen, Chief Marketing Officer, Zetera
John Graham, Vice President, Marketing, Entropic
Communications
Pete Griffin, Director of Corporate Technology,
Radio Shack
Manish Gupta, Vice
President, Marketing and Alliances, Aperto Networks
John Hannan, Director, Business Development,
Qualcomm
David Hanson,
Co-Founder & Senior Vice President, Business
Development, Promptu (formerly AgileTV)
Frank Hanzlik, Managing Director, Wi-Fi Alliance
Bill Holmes,
Vice President, Consumer Electronics, DivX, Inc.
Nassir Iravani,
Director, Americas, Forum Nokia
Greg Jones, General Manager, Worldwide Service Provider Strategic
Marketing, Texas Instruments
Tasos Kaiafas, Games Strategist, Intel Corp.
David Kaiserman, President, Lennar Communications
Ventures
Keith Laepple, Director, Consumer Electronics Partner
Team, Windows eHome Division (Media Center), Microsoft
Corp.
Ron Levin, Home
Networking Marketing Manager, ECI Telecom Ltd.
Al Lizza,
Director of Marketing, Residential Products, Honeywell
Security and Custom Electronics
Selina Lo, CEO, Ruckus Wireless, Inc.
Bob Long, Vice
President of Sales, Vantage Controls
Nicholas Longano, President, New Media, Massive
Vincent Luciano, Vice President, Marketing,
OpenPeak, Inc.
Ted Malone, Vice President, Corporate Strategy &
Marketing, Digital Deck
Mick McManus,
President and CEO, MAYA Design
Andy Melder,
Senior Vice President, Sales, Marketing, and Business Development, Intellon
Ted Michaud, Distinguished Member of Technical Staff,
Motorola
Philippe Mora, Director, Marketing and Business
Development, PortalPlayer, Inc.
Malachy Moynihan, Vice President & General Manager,
Home Networking, Linksys Division of Cisco Systems
Scott Nelson, Director, Business Development,
Business Products and Services, RealNetworks, Inc.
Richard Nesin,
Vice President, Marketing, CopperGate Communications
Jeff Oscodar,
CEO, HandHeld
Entertainment, Inc.
Peter Percosan,
Executive Director of Broadband Strategy,
Texas Instruments
Adam Powers, Chief Technical Officer, Coaxsys Inc.
Daniel Putterman,
President and CEO, Mediabolic, Inc.
Reza Raji, CEO &
President, iControl Networks
Stephen Reeder,
Executive Director, Product Strategy, ANT Software Limited
Bill Rehbock, Director of Developer Relations, NVIDIA
Corporation
Stefan Roever, CEO, Navio Systems
David Sandford, Director, Product Marketing, Service
Provider Division, TiVo Inc.
John Santhoff, CTO, Pulse~LINK, Inc.
Esteban Sardera, Vice President, IPTV Solutions,
OpenTV
Jim Sekinger,
Director, Business Development, Digital Systems, Philips
Lighting Electronics
Matthew Shoemake,
Founder, CEO, & President, WiQuest Communications
Dan Simpkins, Founder & CEO, Hillcrest Labs
Melissa Simpler, CEO, Affinegy
Eric Smith,
CTO, Control4
Larry Smith, COO, Archos Technology
Zachary Smith,
Director, Software, BM Group
Young-Sae Song,
Director, Corporate Marketing, Redback Networks
Michael Stelts, President, CEPCA
Sean Storin, President, TechConnectors
Jonathan Symonds, Vice President, Product and
Distribution, GoldPocket Interactive
Steve Tranter, Director, Interactive and Broadband
Delivery, NDS
John Traynor, Director, Business Segment Marketing, Microsoft Mobile and Embedded Devices, Microsoft
Steve Troyer,
Vice President, Marketing, Zensys
Yoav Tzruya, COO,
Exent
Jocelyn
Vigreux, President, U.S. Operations, TomTom
Ofer Vilenski,
Co-Founder, President, and CEO, Jungo
Mark Walters, Chairman of the Developer Forum,
Z-Wave Alliance; Director, Business Development,
Leviton Integrated Networks
Stephen Whalley, Manager, Business
Development, Consumer PC Platforms, Digital
Home Group, Intel Corp.
Raoul Wijgergangs, Vice President,
North American Business Development,
Zensys WORKSHOP
SPEAKERS
Anne Marie Biernacki, CTO and Founder,
Digiticians
Rich
Caballero, Director, Digital Services Product Marketing,
SupportSoft
Tim Dowling, President and CEO, Pure Networks
John Fisher, CTO, Peak8 Solutions
M. Fahim Siddiqui, CEO, Sereniti
MODERATORS
Bill Ablondi, Director, Home Systems Research, Parks Associates
John Barrett, Director, Research, Parks Associates
Yuanzhe (Michael) Cai, Director, Broadband & Gaming, Parks Associates
Deepa Iyer,
Research Analyst, Parks Associates
Patrick Mannion, Editor, EE Times
Tricia Parks,
CEO, Parks Associates
Kurt Scherf, Vice President, Principal Analyst, Parks Associates
Stuart Sikes, President, Parks Associates
Harry Wang,
Research Analyst, Parks Associates
About CONNECTIONS™
CONNECTIONS™: The Digital Living Conference and
Showcase, hosted by leading research firm Parks Associates in
partnership with the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA®), is
the premier executive event focused on the market developments
and growth factors for advanced digital lifestyle solutions.
CONNECTIONS™ sessions provide high-level
research, knowledge, and analysis to over 1,000 executives from
the converging industries developing products and services for
consumers. Topics include IPTV and “TV 2.0,” bundled services,
consumer storage, mobile applications and content, social and
digital media, and home and lifestyle management.
For twelve years, the following industries have
participated at CONNECTIONS™: new media, digital entertainment
and gaming, home networks, Internet and television services,
software and middleware, digital health, mobile applications and
services, consumer electronics, and home control systems and
security.
For information about CONNECTIONS™,
contact
sales@parksassociates.com or call 972-490-1113. For information on speaking,
sponsoring, or attending, please visit
www.connectionsconference.com.
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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