CONNECTIONS™ to address strategies to deliver superior user experiences with Alarm.com keynote and session featuring Google, IFTTT, Inspire, Resideo and Samsung
Parks Associates research shows 31% of US broadband households own a smart speaker with voice assistant and more than one-fourth of these owners use the devices to control a smart home device through voice commands. The international research firm will explore innovations to improve the smart home user experience at its 23rd-annual CONNECTIONS™ Conference, May 21-23, San Francisco, California, with a keynote from Alarm.com and a Smart Home Platforms session featuring executives from Google, Resideo, Inspire, Samsung, and IFTTT.
“Competing protocols and confusing controls continue to inhibit smart home adoption, as end users fear and ultimately avoid complexity,” said Brad Russell, Director, Connected Home, Parks Associates. “A growing number of consumers have a high number of connected devices, so innovations such as voice control, which promise to simplify the user experience, receive considerable interest. At CONNECTIONS™, we will explore strategies and innovations that expand the smart home ecosystem and its use cases.”
Russell will moderate the session “Smart Home Platforms: Building Service Revenues” at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 22. This panel addresses how companies in the smart home space can leverage platforms to provide a reliable, interoperable ecosystem with a simplified user experience, delivering expanded value through enhanced features, cloud intelligence, and security to protect user data and privacy.
Speakers:
- Alice DeBiasio, VP, GM, Pro Security Products, Resideo
- Wannie Park, VP of Corporate Development,Inspire
- Mark Spates, Product Lead, Google
- Kellen Xu, Director, Global Business Development, Samsung SmartThings
- Linden Tibbets, Chief Design Officer, IFTTT
"IoT is expected to deliver $350 billion in economic value within the residential market, driven by automation and seamless interoperability of everyday devices," said Wannie Park, VP of Corporate Development at Inspire. "This represents a massive opportunity to shift from retail energy to energy-as-a-service in the smart home. I’m looking forward to sharing more about the trends driving this shift, and the role energy management will play.”
Following that session is the morning keynote from Anne Ferguson, Vice President of Marketing, Alarm.com.
CONNECTIONS™ sponsors include F-Secure, Alarm.com, Rapid Response Monitoring, Verisk, Audio Analytic, Ayla Networks, Bitdefender, Cirrent, Johnson Controls, Lutron, Mnubo, Oak Labs, PassiveBolt, Schlage, Support.com, Trusource Labs, ULE Alliance, Universal Electronics, Control4, Zen Ecosystems, HP, HelloTech, and Inspire.
For more information, visit www.connectionsus.com. To schedule an interview with an analyst or to request specific data, contact Elizabeth Parks at eparks@parksassociates.com, 972-996-0202.
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
