CONNECTIONS™ Speakers to address new growth areas in Digital Living

Parks Associates and the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) today announced the preliminary agenda for CONNECTIONS™: The Digital Home Conference and Showcase. This executive marketing conference, to be held May 11-13, 2005, at the Hyatt Regency near the San Francisco Airport in Burlingame, Calif., combines Parks Associates’ market and consumer expertise with insights from key industry strategists to provide a comprehensive analysis of current and future “Digital Living” technologies.

Parks Associates’ research shows that roughly one-third of all U.S. households now have broadband access and nearly 20 million have a home network. The combination of these solutions is changing the paradigm for access to mainstream music, movies, television programs, and games. Currently one-third of all Internet households listen to online radio stations each month, and a comparable number download music files. Likewise, 10% of all Internet households access on-demand video content each month.

“The growth in these markets has created excitement from both consumer and industry perspectives,” said Tricia Parks, president of Parks Associates. “CONNECTIONS™ is a unique event that examines business models, marketing strategies, and consumer adoption patterns in formulating coherent strategies that will harness the inherent potential in these growing markets.”

The CONNECTIONS™ agenda addresses the following topics:
  Digital Entertainment and Multimedia Applications
  Home Networking and Residential Gateways
  Consumer Mobility and Device/Content Portability
  Applications, Services, and Consumer Value
  Home Management: Controls, Security, and Health

Confirmed CONNECTIONS™ Speakers include:

Keynotes
John Burke, Corporate Vice President & General Manager, Consumer Solutions Business, Connected Home Business, Motorola, Inc.
Kevin Corbett, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Desktop Platforms Group, Intel Corporation
Charlie Giancarlo, Chief Technology Officer, Cisco Systems, Inc.; President, Cisco-Linksys, LLC

Plenary Speakers
Peter Lee, Vice President, Disney
Lou Lenzi, Vice President, Advanced Products and Business Dev, Thomson Multimedia
Paul Marino, Vice President and General Manager of Connectivity, Philips Semiconductors
Patrick Moorhead, Vice President, Global Marketing, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD)

Visionary Speakers
Steve Canepa, Vice President, Media and Entertainment, IBM
Dan Gittleman, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, OpenPeak, Inc.
William Healy, Sr. Vice President, Consumer and Commercial HDD Business Unit, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies
Walt Megura, General Manager, Nortel Networks
Udi Yuhjtman, Vice President, Business Development, Jungo Software Technologies

Panelists
Bob Van Andel, President, Allegro Software Development Corporation
Todd Basche, Sr. Vice President, Engineering & Products, Entertainment Technologies Group, Macrovision Corporation
Jim Behrens, Chief Executive Officer, ORB Networks, Inc.
David Britts, Partner, ComVentures
Anne Marie Biernacki, Founder & Chief Technology Officer, Digiticians, LLC
John Canning, Technical Evangelist – Apps & Services, Microsoft Corporation
Sanjay Castelino, Vice President, Industry Marketing, Motive, Inc.
David Cohen, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Broadcom Corporation
Arnon Catalan, Chief Operating Officer, Gteko
Rajeev Chand, Director of Research, Rutberg & Company, LLLC
Mark Francisco, Sr. Director, Advanced Technologies Projects, Comcast Corporation
Joe Dada, CEO and Founder, SMARTHOME, Inc.
David Davies, Vice President, Strategic Marketing & Subscriber Network, Scientific-Atlanta, Inc.
Eric Dewannain, Worldwide Director of Business Development, Broadband Communications Group, Texas Instruments, Inc.
Tim Dowling, Chief Executive Officer, Pure Networks
Richard Genece, Vertical Marketing Manager - Builders, Networked Solutions, GE Infrastructure Security
Josh Goldman, Chief Executive Officer, Akimbo Systems, Inc.
Jordan Greenhall, Chief Executive Officer, DivXNetworks
Frank Hanzlik, Director, Wi-Fi Alliance
Jon Hambidge, Head of Global Marketing, IPWireless, Inc.
Mike Harris, President, Digital 5, Inc.
Christof Heidelberger, CTO & Founder, BridgeCo
Marc Itzkowitz, Director, Digital Service Products, SupportSoft, Inc.
Steve Iverson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Streamload, Inc.
Seth Kenvin, Vice President, Strategic Marketing & Corporate Development, BigBand Networks, Inc.
Jeremy Levine, Principal, Bessemer Venture Partners
Robert Lilleness, President and Chief Operating Officer, Universal Electronics
Michard Mandeberg, Chief Executive Officer, Mirra, Inc.
Alexander K. Marquez, Strategic Investment Manager, Media & Entertainment, Intel Capital, Intel Corporation
Andreas Melder, Sr. Vice President, Intellon Corporation
Michael Miron, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman, ContentGuard, Inc.
Vivek Pathela, Senior Director of Product Management and Marketing, Home Products, NETGEAR
Jeff Paine, Vice President, Strategic Marketing, UTStarcom, Inc.
William Pence, CTO, Napster, LLC
Peter Percosan, Worldwide Director of Broadband Strategy, Broadband Communications Group, Texas Instruments, Inc.
Tom R. Powledge, Director of Product Management, Digital Home, Symantec Corporation
Dan Putterman, President & Chief Executive Officer, Mediabolic, Inc.
Reza Raji, President & Chief Executive Officer, iControl
Scott Smyers, Chairman, Digital Living Network Alliance
Dan Steere, Vice President, Marketing, Matrix Semiconductor, Inc.
Ron Stein, Chief Executive Officer, SercoNet, Inc.
Brian Sugar, Vice President, Marketing, 2Wire, Inc.
Sutton Trout, Director of Digital Content, Consumer Products, IGN Entertainment, Inc.
Yoav Tzruya, Vice President, Products & Markets Strategy, Exent Technologies
Chip Venters, CEO, DigitalContainers, Inc.
Michael Vergara, Director, RSA Security Inc.
Vivek Wandile, Group Head, Platform Solutions, Wipro Technologies
Will West, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, Control4
Mike Williams, Vice President, Maxtor Branded Products Group, Maxtor Corporation
Oren Zeev, Senior Partner, Apax Partners
Gabe Zichermann, Vice President, Strategy & Communications, Trymedia Systems, Inc.

Analysts
Tricia Parks, President, Parks Associates
Kurt Scherf, Vice President, Parks Associates
John Barrett, Director of Research, Parks Associates
Yuanzhe (Michael) Cai, Senior Analyst, Parks Associates
Will Cheek, Analyst, Parks Associates
Harry Wang, Analyst, Parks Associates

More information on sponsoring, speaking, and attending is available at http://www.connectionsconference.com. For information about sponsoring CONNECTIONS™, contact sales@parksassociates.com or call 972-490-1113. Early Registration Pricing Ends March 15, 2005.

About CONNECTIONS™
CONNECTIONS™: The Digital Living Conference and Showcase, hosted by leading research firm Parks Associates in partnership with the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA®), is the premier executive event focused on the market developments and growth factors for advanced digital lifestyle solutions.

CONNECTIONS™ sessions provide high-level research, knowledge, and analysis to over 1,000 executives from the converging industries developing products and services for consumers. Topics include IPTV and “TV 2.0,” bundled services, consumer storage, mobile applications and content, social and digital media, and home and lifestyle management.

For twelve years, the following industries have participated at CONNECTIONS™: new media, digital entertainment and gaming, home networks, Internet and television services, software and middleware, digital health, mobile applications and services, consumer electronics, and home control systems and security.

For information about CONNECTIONS™, contact sales@parksassociates.com or call 972-490-1113.

For information on speaking, sponsoring, or attending, please visit www.connectionsconference.com.