Tricia
Parks, President, Parks Associates
Ron Zimmer, President & CEO, CABA
A variety of different companies will be instrumental in the increasing
distribution of home networks, which will create new category benefits
in applications ranging from communications to entertainment to premise
management. In this session, a chip and extended device manufacturer,
a service provider, and an entertainment giant offer their visions
of the opportunities and challenges. Hear timelines and strategies
to move the consumer beyond just PCs with new entertainment benefits
and services — and how to overcome the challenges of connecting multiple
services to consumers at home.
Moderators:
Ron Zimmer, President & CEO, CABA
Tricia Parks, President, Parks Associates
Tom Andrus
Vice President of Products and Services
EarthLink, Inc.
Dr. Paul Liao
President
Panasonic Technologies
Michael Noonen
Vice President, Wired Communication Division
National Semiconductor Corporation
To move home networking from niche to mainstream, developers must
focus on the basics – understanding fundamental consumer needs and
translating them into affordable and reliable products. In the world
of home networking, companies are beginning to address these needs
across a variety of applications – from data sharing to distributed
entertainment to communications functions. In this session, hear from
leading companies as they put “rubber to the road” in matching specific
consumer interests with home networking product solutions.
Moderator: Kurt
Scherf, VP of Research, Parks Associates
TK Chan,
President & CEO, Asoka USA Corporation
Bruce Eatroff, Executive Managing Director, BMO Halyard
Partners
Ron Glibbery, President & CEO, Cogency Semiconductor
Todd Johnson, Product Manager, PRISM Wireless Marketing
Group, Intersil Corporation
The “refrigerator that can talk to the toaster” is just a running
punchline until white goods manufacturers and service providers can
develop and test successful models that demonstrate real services
ranging from diagnostics over the Internet to better performance within
and among our appliances. In this session, leading players in consumer
products, white goods, and services discuss their strategies and solutions
for delivering connected appliance services, increasing revenue streams,
and enhancing value to the end user.
Moderator:
David Dern, Director of
Marketing, CABA
Duane Gauger, Future Home
Innovation Manager, The P&G Distributing Company
Peter Norman, President & CEO, nSine Limited
Shafiq Meyer,
Senior Consultant, ProSyst
Software AG
Randy Voss,
Sr. Brand Manager Retail and Energy Products, Integrated Home
Solutions Group, Whirlpool
The profitability of legacy infrastructures continues to
decline as traditional “cash cow” services become commodities differentiated
mainly by price. Increasingly, this trend is extending into the broadband
realm, where narrowing margins for raw transport and Internet access
services exacerbate the “profit squeeze.”
Service providers seek to combat this commoditization by leveraging
their existing backbone network assets in new ways. By finding cost-effective
ways to “add value to packets” (i.e., to deliver higher-margin IP
services) – including data, voice, and video services – companies
can attract and retain a lucrative customer base.
This session looks at technologies that turn the promise of IP into
reality, discusses the prime markets for such services, and provides
a roadmap for future service provisioning.
Moderator:
Parks Associates
Martin Cullum,
Director of Technology and Business Development, Bell Canada
Jeremy Friedlander,
Director of Corporate Marketing,
BroadJump, Inc.
Bernard Goffart,
Director, Gateway Product Line, Alcatel - Microelectronics
Division
Marco Graziano, President & CEO, MyCasa Network
The Internet Home Alliance is the only forum for broad cross-industry
collaboration to accelerate the connected lifestyle market. To achieve
this objective, the Alliance has established a rigorous pilot program
and has made it available to all of its members. Each Alliance pilot
includes customer-focused research studies and a complete end-to-end
solution development process, which tests real world products and
connected home solutions.
Hear Tony Barra, and other industry leaders discuss how they are
leading the industry through the Internet Home Alliance’s Listen,
Learn, Lead strategy. This strategy has generated new pilot opportunities
for current Alliance members, such as GM, Invensys, ADT, HP, and Panasonic
with the OnStar @ Home pilot.
You will hear additional insights about the consumers who are next
to adopt connected lifestyle products and services. Learn the benefits
that are important to consumers in a family communication solution
and gain insights on the Alliance’s next pilot program.
Moderator: Tony Barra, President,
Internet Home Alliance; President,
Barra Consulting
Ron Bellow, Chief Financial Officer, Internet Home Alliance; Senior
Manager of New Business Development, e-GM
David Edwards,
Founder & CEO, Zanthus
Kristine
Stewart, Vice President, Internet Home Alliance;
Director, Market Development, Worldwide Commercial Segment, Cisco
Systems
Tim Woods, President, Cookson Consulting
 Larry
Mondry
President, CompUSA Stores/COO
CompUSA
 CompUSA is a multi-service retailer that not only offers the latest
in convergent technology, but also a total solution for the consumer.
Hear how technologies such as PDAs, mobile phones, high-speed Internet,
and networking are key ingredients for the digital home. Also, hear how
CompUSA is educating the consumer by providing in-store demonstrations
and on-site support for the latest networking products.
Packing a host of capabilities into one box, the home server concept
is seen by many players – including content providers, peripheral
vendors, and service providers – as a valuable means of personalizing
and distributing the digital content coming into the home. This session
brings together a diverse array of companies that will discuss possible
form factors, the content that will inspire greater acceptance of
the home server, and the successful business models for distribution.
Moderator: Rawlson King, Director of Communications,
CABA
Donald H. Apruzzese, Vice President of Broadband Market
Development, Cirrus Logic, Inc., Wireless Networking Division
Marc Cetto, General Manager, Wireless
Networking Business, Texas Instruments
Jed Johnson, Director of System Engineering -
Advanced Home Services, Motorola BCS
Steven Saunders,
Project Director, Home Networking Software,
CableLabs
*Special BUILDER Track*
Home builders remain a key channel for the deployment of new residential
technologies. This session brings together leading U.S. home builders
to discuss how they are implementing new solutions that deliver greater
value to the end-user while boosting their home sales and profits
at the same time. Join them for a discussion of the issues and opportunities
affecting new starts and technology infrastructure.
Co-Moderator:
Boyce Thompson, Editor-in-Chief, BUILDER
Magazine
Co-Moderator:
Charlie Wardell, Senior
Editor, BUILDER Magazine
Robert Deane, Director
of Marketing, Newhall Land & Farming Company
Richard Holtz,
President, InfiniSys Inc.
Randy Luther, Vice President, Construction Technology,
CENTEX Homes
Jack Merrow, Director of
Strategic Marketing, Leviton Integrated Networks
Duane Paulson,
Vice President of Strategic Ventures,
GE Interlogix Security & Life Safety
Group
Robert Zambie, VP, Home Owner
Services, Pulte Homes
Join this panel session to learn the status of important standards
efforts for networks and gateways. To most end-users, terms such as
"home networking" and "residential gateways" will
mean very little in any marketing campaign. Instead, only by focusing
on the best attributes of the home network and residential gateway
– seamless connectivity between and among digital devices and
systems – will connected homes reach larger appeal. This session
brings together leading companies and organizations that are cooperating
to increase easy connectivity.
Moderator:
Kirk McElwain, Technical Director, CABA
Salim AbiEzzi, Manager of
Business Development, Microsoft Corporation
Max Artigalas, General Manager,
Advanced Development, Thomson Multimedia
Raj Mata, VP Strategic
Marketing, Gatespace
Homeowners want more and better control over their home systems and
energy bills. And both manufacturers and service providers seek
business opportunities by answering this consumer desire. And with
deregulation, energy service providers are now planning for a variety
of residential services to offer beyond-commodity value to retain
customers and avoid churn. Join these innovators to hear about new
products now on the street.
Moderator:
Chandler Eaton, Business
Development, Parks Associates
Bill Diamond, Co-President,
Xanboo, Inc.
Paul Ehrlich,
Business Development Manager, Trane BAS
John Geiwitz, President &
Founder, Smart Systems Technologies
Stuart L.
Melnick, General Manager and Managing Director, ITRAN
Communications, Inc.
Now in the very early stages of rollout, residential gateways
are very application-specific. This session focuses on which applications
will be the true drivers for the deployment of these devices and brings
together market leaders from a variety of residential gateway manufacturers
and developers to discuss the timeline for rolling out more advanced
residential gateways to meet customer needs and demands.
Moderator:
David Dern, Director of
Marketing, CABA
Craig Hurst, Product Manager,
Residential Access Division, Intel Corporation
John Marshall,
VP of
Marketing, 2Wire, Inc.
Chip Schooler,
Manager, Consumer and SMB Marketing,
Check Point Software Technologies
Ofer Vilenski, President & CEO,
Jungo Software Technologies Inc.
*Special BUILDER Track*
Research of both home buyers and builders indicates that certain
technology amenities differentiate residential developments and provide
a substantial boost in home builder profits. From home offices to
high-end entertainment centers to specialized communications services,
which technology trends will be fundamental for home builders in strengthening
their position? This panel looks at increasing end-customer comfort
through a variety of solutions.
Moderator:
Kurt
Scherf, VP of Research, Parks Associates
Doug Fikse,
President & CEO, OnQ
Technologies, Inc.
Jack Merrow, Director of
Strategic Marketing, Leviton Integrated Networks
Jacqueline E.
Soechtig, Chief Executive
Officer and President,
FutureSmart
Dan Tarkoff,
Vice President, Operations,
Greyfox Systems
A key challenge in reaching a greater market for connected
home solutions is appropriate positioning of products and services
in the distribution chain. This session looks at the trends that are
shaping the introduction of home networks through service providers,
retailers, and other entities. Consumers, as always, want choice not
just in the products themselves, but in where and how they obtain
and pay for these networking products.
Moderator:
Laura
Heller, Senior Editor,
DSN Retailing Today
Yehuda Binder,
CEO & Founder, SerCoNet
Helen Heneveld, The Training Dept.
Mark Jansa,
Director of Internet Services, Best Buy Co., Inc.
James Kenny,
General Manager - Marketing, Sales, and Business Development,
Verizon Connected Solutions Inc.
Duane Paulson,
Vice President of Strategic Ventures,
GE Interlogix Security & Life Safety
Group
Home networking and related services will mean different things
to customers across broad geographic regions. This session looks at
how markets outside the U.S. and Canada will develop across applications,
targeting early-growth areas such as data and communications networking
and energy management solutions.
Moderator:
Parks Associates
Cliff Dive, Business Manager,
Wireless Connectivity Business Group,
Tality Corporation
Stephen Page,
Senior Director Sales,
ACUNIA
Roger Torrenti,
CEO, Sigma
Consultants, Inc.
Juliet Ward, Director, Skilltrack
CompUSA's
Digital Living Center in Plano, Texas, provides the consumer a complete
and unique interactive experience with home controls, networking, home
theatre, and other digital products. The Digital Learning Center
is meant to immerse the consumer in all of the options and concepts
that digital technology has to offer. CompUSA will also be available
as a single point of contact for the convergence of all the latest technology.
Location:
CompUSA,
721 Central Expressway, Plano, TX 75075
Interested in more information? Please contact Sammy Saloum, Director
of
Business Development, CompUSA; Sammy_Saloum@compusa.com
972-528-3605
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