Jennifer Kent, Vice President, Research, will be speaking at the 2025 CSA Member Meeting at the Loews Chicago Hotel on Tuesday, March 18, 2025 from 8 am to 9 am CST.

The Connectivity Standards Alliance's mission is to ignite creativity and collaboration in the Internet of Things by developing, evolving, and promoting universal open standards that enable all objects to securely connect and interact.

Parks Associates is supporting the DISTRIBUTECH International® 2025.

DISTRIBUTECH International® is the leading annual transmission and distribution event that addresses technologies used to move electricity from the power plant through the transmission and distribution systems to the meter and inside the home.

Elizabeth Parks, President and CMO, Parks Associates, will be speaking at SECC’s 2025 Consumer Symposium in the session "Serving Small Businesses" on March 24, 3:30 pm to 4:00 pm.

Small and medium-sized businesses are often overlooked due to their unique challenges when trying to engage with them on new energy opportunities. Featuring insights from the “Understanding the SMB Landscape: New Need and Concerns” report, this session highlights programs, services and/or technologies that have successfully engaged SMB customers to help them achieve their organizations’ energy goals.

Through engaging sessions with industry thought leaders, Consumer Symposium attendees will gain actionable insights for developing innovative solutions to engage consumers in smart energy in 2025 and beyond.

Parks Associates has hosted this leading energy conference for 15 years. In 2025, we are collocating with DISTRIBUTECH for the second year in a row, March 25-26, at the Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center, Dallas, Texas.

Smart Energy addresses the evolution of the consumer energy markets and new opportunities to drive engagement in utility-sponsored programs, with panels and networking sessions discussing strategies for utilities, service providers, retailers, software providers, and manufacturers to expand and monetize energy management and other energy-focused offerings.

Elizabeth Parks, President and CMO, Parks Associates, will be speaking at the Wi-Fi World Congress USA 2025 in the "Analyst session: Present & future of smart home IoT, smart building IoT – with Elizabeth Parks" on April 29, "Day 2: Devices, evolution, & Wi-Fi for the smart home", from 1:50 pm to 2:00 pm .

Wi-Fi World Congress – organised by WiFi NOW – is the world’s only commercial expo and congress event entirely dedicated to the Wi-Fi industry. This year we are taking our event to back to the San Francisco Bay area for the first time since 2018. WWC USA 2025 offers an exceptional networking, learning, and showcasing opportunity for both US-based and international Wi-Fi professionals and organisations.

The event will be held at the iconic Computer History Museum on April 28-30, 2025.

Elizabeth Parks, President and CMO, Parks Associates, will be presenting on the "Smart Home Services – Safety, Prevention, Peace of Mind" in the TMA Virtual Mid-Year Meeting 2025 on April 29 at 10:25 AM PT.

This presentation highlights Parks Associates research and explores key findings on professional security services enabled by connected home technologies, addressing consumer demand, willingness to pay, and preferred service providers.  Key topics include fire safety monitoring, water leak detection, smart locks and access control, surveillance and alarm monitoring, and cybersecurity for connected devices.