CEA’s Gary Shapiro to Keynote CONNECTIONS™: The Digital Home Conference & Showcase

CONNECTIONS™ today announced that Gary Shapiro, president and CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA®), will present the Luncheon Keynote at CONNECTIONS™: The Digital Home Conference and Showcase on May 3, 2006.

CONNECTIONS™: The Digital Home Conference and Showcase, produced by Parks Associates in partnership with CEA, is the largest executive conference and showcase dedicated to advanced digital lifestyle solutions for residential and mobile environments. In its 10th year, CONNECTIONS will be held from May 2-4, 2006 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, Calif.

Mr. Shapiro’s keynote, Digital Technology, Content & Consumers – Connecting the Dots, will explore recent technology and content company partnerships and their impact on the debate concerning consumers’ home recording and fair-use rights versus the content community’s intellectual property rights.

“We are pleased to have Gary Shapiro present our Luncheon Keynote,” says Tricia Parks, CEO, Parks Associates. “The issue of digital rights is truly significant, and Mr. Shapiro brings his expertise to explain these issues and address the ways in which the industry can move forward with further benefits for all.”

For more information, visit http://www.connectionsconference.com, e-mail sales@parksassociates.com, or call 972-490-1113.

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.