IoT Insights from Parks Associates and 100+ speakers
Parks Associates today announced the release of the event summary for the 20th-annual CONNECTIONS™: The Premier Connected Home Conference, which featured keynotes from Amazon, Cablevision, Comcast’s Xfinity Home, Rovi, SmartThings, and Vivint Smart Home. The research firm hosted the conference May 24-26, 2016, in San Francisco, and the event summary discloses key points from over 25 sessions at the event, including consumer data, Parks Associates insights, and industry responses to audience polls during the event. Event topics include platform integration, consumer privacy, media piracy, big data, and the emergence of voice as a key user interface, with Amazon driving this change through Echo and Alexa.
“In the 20 years that Parks Associates has hosted CONNECTIONS™, the connected home has evolved from a high-end concept toward a mass-market opportunity with incredible revenue potential,” said Stuart Sikes, President, Parks Associates. “Adding connectivity to consumer electronics, security, and home controls is aggressively driving the evolution of the connected home ecosystems into what is now popularly termed the Internet of Things (IoT).”
At CONNECTIONS™, IoT leaders and analysts addressed emerging high-profile market disruptions from every aspect of the broadband household and connected consumer.
“CONNECTIONS™ continues to be the one event where leaders from different markets, all active in the IoT, can come together to discuss new use cases and emerging business models that will engage consumers and grow revenues,” Sikes said.
Over 650 executives were in attendance for CONNECTIONS™ from the following industries: IoT, new media, digital entertainment and gaming, home networks, Internet and television services, software and middleware, smart home, digital health, insurance, mobile applications and services, consumer electronics, home control systems and security, technical support, and energy management.
Parks Associates presented new consumer research at CONNECTIONS™ showing:
- More than two-thirds of U.S. broadband households now have an entertainment device connected to the Internet.
- Nearly one-fifth of U.S. broadband households own a smart home device, with nearly 50% planning to purchase one in the next 12 months.
- Smartphone ownership is at nearly 90% of all U.S. broadband households, and 58% own both a smartphone and a tablet.
CONNECTIONS™ Sponsorsincluded Reception Sponsors CEL and Zonoff; Session Sponsors Icontrol Networks and PlumChoice; Lunch Sponsors Coldwell Banker and NXP; Silver Sponsors Alarm.com, Assurant, Asurion, Centercode, ROC-Connect, Support.com, ULE Alliance, WiZR, and ZigBee Alliance; Bronze Sponsors Audio Analytic, Ayla Networks, Cirrent, EVRYTHNG, Flextronics, Honeywell, HP, iQor, mnubo, People Power, PlanetEcosystems, WeatherBug Home, and Z-Wave; Program Guide Sponsor Vivint; Breakfast Sponsors Greenwave Systems and leakSMART; and Break Sponsors Home8, HomeAdvisor, Nortek Security & Control, State Farm, and Tyco.
To download the CONNECTIONS™ Event Summary and to access video streams of some event sessions, visit www.connectionsus.com. To schedule an interview with an analyst or request specific research, contact Holly Sprague at hsprague@gmail.com, 720.987.6614.
About CONNECTIONS™
Parks Associates' 29th annual CONNECTIONS™: The Premier Connected Home Conference is hosted May 13-15 at Renaissance Dallas at Plano Legacy in Plano, Texas, and brings industry leaders together to provide insights and business forecasting about the adoption of technology including broadband, smart home, security, connected health, energy, and home automation.
CONNECTIONS™ provides ongoing insights throughout the year with virtual and in-person conference sessions. Parks Associates' analyst team leads the conference sessions, which are focused on technology innovations, consumer adoption and trends, product and service forecasts, and the evaluation of new business strategies, partnerships, monetization opportunities, and value-added service design.
CONNECTIONS™ is a pivotal platform for partnerships and exploring the future of technology adoption and its impact on consumers and businesses. www.connectionsus.com
