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CONNECTIONS™ announces early Keynotes and Sponsors,
featuring experts in Digital Living
Parks Associates announced today the early sponsors and Keynote
speakers for the tenth annual
CONNECTIONS™: The Digital
Home Conference and Showcase, which will take place at the Santa Clara
Convention Center, May 2-4, 2006.
Produced by Parks Associates in partnership with the Consumer
Electronics Association,
CONNECTIONS™ is the largest executive conference and showcase
dedicated to advanced digital lifestyle solutions for residential and
mobile environments.
This year’s conference topics include digital entertainment, mobile
platforms & services, home networking & infrastructure, home management &
digital health, and broadband & IP services. Recent research from Parks
Associates finds that annual revenue from bundled services in the U.S.
will reach $119.5 billion by 2010, as the landscape for residential
services continues to show increasing convergence among previously
disparate service sectors. Parks Associates’ analysts will present
research and analysis on these and other topics throughout
CONNECTIONS™, providing
a complete picture of the current challenges and future opportunities for
the “digital living” industries.
“Consumer technologies for the home are growing up fast,” said
Stuart Sikes,
president of Parks Associates. “CONNECTIONS™ is the premier forum to
discuss the future of digital living technologies, and we are pleased to
have the leading executives and visionaries in these industries presenting
at this event.”
The list of confirmed Keynotes for
CONNECTIONS™ includes:
Peter Barrett, Chief Technology Officer and General Manager,
Engineering, Microsoft TV Group
Allen Delattre, Global Managing Director, Electronics & High Tech
Industry Practice, Accenture
William O. Leszinske, Jr., General Manager, Networked Media Platform
Group, Intel Corp.
Gary Shapiro, President and CEO, Consumer Electronics Association
Early Sponsors of
CONNECTIONS™ include:
Diamond
Sponsors: Accenture; Myrio, A Siemens company; Panasonic; Zigbee
Alliance
Platinum
Sponsors: Intel Corp.; Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA™); Philips;
Pulse Link; Zensys
Gold
Sponsors: DivX Inc.; Entropic Communications; Insteon by SmartLabs;
Nortel
Silver
Sponsors: Affinegy; Allegro Software; CEPCA; DigiOn; Digital 5;
Digital Deck;
Exent Technologies; Jungo Software Technologies; Maxtor; Mediabolic; NDS
Technologies; Nero; Pepper Computer; Renesas; Sereniti; Sonic Solutions;
Streamload; SupportSoft; Xanboo
Reception
Sponsor: Hanley Wood's Digital Home
Break
Sponsor: Integra5
Platinum
Supporting Organization: Wi-Fi Alliance
Platinum
Supporting Publications: Digital Media Wire; FierceWireless
Supporting
Organizations: Broadband Services Forum; Broadband Wireless World;
CEDIA; Circle F Media; Dempa Publications, Inc.; FinPro; 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)
Supporting
Publications: ACM Computers in Entertainment; Automated Buildings;
Broadband Daily; Broadband Wireless Business; Casadomo; CEPro;
Consumer Electronics Vision; Construtech; Consumer
Technology Publishing Group; Dealerscope; Digital Connect;
Digital Home Singapore; Digital Lifestyles; Digital Music News;
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; Systems Contractor News;
Technology TNT; VTECH; WiMAX Industry
CONNECTIONS™: The Digital Living Conference and Showcase is
hosted by leading research firm Parks Associates with support
from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA®) and is the
premier executive event focused on the market developments and
growth factors for advanced digital lifestyle solutions.
This unique research-driven executive conference
and showcase, hosting close to 1,000 attendees each year,
delivers insight and recommendations for new business models and
opportunities in digital media/content, connected consumer
electronics, broadband and value-added services, and home
systems.
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™, with support from 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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