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CEA’s Gary Shapiro to Keynote CONNECTIONS™: The
Digital Home Conference & Showcase
CONNECTIONS™ today
announced that
Gary
Shapiro, president and CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA®),
will present the Luncheon Keynote at CONNECTIONS™: The
Digital Home Conference and Showcase on May 3, 2006.
CONNECTIONS™: The
Digital Home Conference and Showcase, produced by Parks Associates in
partnership with CEA, is the largest executive conference and showcase
dedicated to advanced digital lifestyle solutions for residential and
mobile environments. In its 10th year, CONNECTIONS will be held from May
2-4, 2006 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, Calif.
Mr. Shapiro’s keynote,
Digital
Technology, Content & Consumers – Connecting the Dots, will
explore recent technology and content company partnerships and their
impact on the debate concerning consumers’ home recording and fair-use
rights versus the content community’s intellectual property rights.
“We are pleased to have
Gary
Shapiro present our Luncheon Keynote,” says
Tricia
Parks, CEO, Parks Associates. “The issue of digital rights is truly
significant, and Mr. Shapiro brings his expertise to explain these issues
and address the ways in which the industry can move forward with further
benefits for all.”
For more information, visit
http://www.connectionsconference.com, e-mail
sales@parksassociates.com,
or call 972-490-1113.
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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