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TRACK A: DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT AND MULTIMEDIA
APPLICATIONS
Topic ideas:
- The set-top box as a home network hub
- Linking services to platforms
- Making sense of the middleware muddle
- Media server form factor and functionality
- Is "telco TV" the real deal?
- The evolution of last-mile technologies to meet on-demand
entertainment requirements
- Where is PC-to-CE convergence occurring?
- Bringing CE devices onto the network
- The importance of interfaces for video display
- Rights management and content protection developments
- Making content more accessible - user interfaces and remote
controls
- Audio applications in the digital age
- The role of distribution
TRACK B: HOME NETWORKING AND RESIDENTIAL GATEWAYS
Topic ideas:
- Service provider requirements and the evolution of the RG
- How wireless networks become more secure, robust, and
multimedia-capable
- The fit and opportunity for powerline, phoneline, and coax
networking solutions
- Market requirements for providing voice services on the home
network
- Is the hybrid network the next big thing?
- Case studies of success: service providers and home networks
- The role of the storage in the home network
- The model(s) for managed home network services
TRACK C: CONSUMER MOBILITY AND DEVICE/CONTENT PORTABILITY
Topic ideas:
- The mobile phone: a true convergence platform that consumers
actually want?
- Mobile ecosystems that do matter
- The role of wireless WAN solutions in driving mobile multimedia
content
- Storage requirements for mobile and portable platform
TRACK D: APPLICATIONS, SERVICES, AND CONSUMER VALUE
Topic ideas:
- How competition between and among service providers is
shaping new offerings
- Case studies of success: value-added service offerings of
note from the broadband industry
- The role of off-site content/data storage
- Is there money to be made in Internet safety/security
services?
- Lessons learned from early bundled services strategies
TRACK E: Home
management: Controls, Security, and Health
Topic ideas:
- The role of the home builder in marketing the digital vision
- The home security market at a crossroads – the marriage of
the Internet and security applications
- Making management easier – the role of touchscreens and
other displays
- The model(s) for moving home management beyond niche markets
- Home management: the next wave of devices for networks?
- Better health and independence via IP and networked devices
- The opportunity for digital home services (installation,
maintenance, and training)
- The expanded role for installing dealers
- Energy control and savings: a phoenix rising from the ashes?
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