9:45-10:45 AM

Analyst Roundtable: The Connected Home is Here!

As digital technologies become more mainstream and product and service deployments reach critical mass, companies are developing new applications, services, and features to enhance how consumers create and share information.

Parks Associates analysts discuss key consumer and technology trends, providing insight from a number of new studies, including Consumer Decision Process 2010, All Eyes on Video, Customer Support in the Digital Home: U.S. and Europe, Digital Media Evolution II, Home Controls: Analysis and Forecasts, and Residential Energy Management: Consumer Motives, Actions, and Intentions. Key discussion points:

• Consumer electronics buying patterns and impact of the recession

• Broadband value-added services

• Key trends in video services

• Maturation of home networking technologies and applications

• Consumer demand and the business case for connected consumer electronics

• Mobile communications, broadband, and device trends

• The new era of 3DTV

• Trends in multiplatform, advanced, and interactive advertising

• Consumer technical support services

• Home systems

• Health, energy, and home monitoring

Speakers

Bill Ablondi, Director, Home Systems Research, Parks Associates

Pietro Macchiarella, Research Analyst, Parks Associates

Kurt Scherf, Vice President, Principal Analyst, Parks Associates

Harry Wang, Director, Health & Mobile Product Research, Parks Associates

Heather Way, Research Analyst, Parks Associates

11:00 am - 12:00 PM

Operator Strategies: Video, Services, and Support

As broadband service providers become consumer experience providers, they are adding sticky entertainment bundles as well as value-added and tech support services to their offerings. This session addresses how content operators can use their existing strategies to increase revenues and customer satisfaction.

• Digital home tech support

• Interactive video services

• Bundles

• Value-added services

Speakers TBA

Moderator: Kurt Scherf, Vice President, Principal Analyst, Parks Associates

12:15-1:15 PM

Monetizing Connected Consumer Electronics

As the entertainment habits of consumers shift to accommodate more music, video, and social networking applications, more of these digital media experiences will be brought into the realm of connected consumer electronics.

This session discusses consumption of interactive entertainment in the digital era and opportunities in connected gaming, personalization of applications, Internet video, and mobile applications. In this developing space, where are the next opportunities for technologies, video platforms, differentiated services, and business models?

Speakers TBA

Moderators:

Pietro Macchiarella, Research Analyst, Parks Associates

Heather Way, Research Analyst, Parks Associates

1:30-2:30 PM

Executive Roundtable: The Smart Grid and the Home Area Network

Utilities are deploying Advanced Metering Infrastructures (AMI) to improve management of their electricity distribution systems and enable alternative rate structures. To benefit from these deployments, consumers must have the appropriate infrastructure, including smart meters and control communication technology. This session explores the challenges in developing practical Home Area Network (HAN) solutions – from determining architectures to building consumer demand and developing viable business models.

Speakers TBA

Moderator: Bill Ablondi, Director, Home Systems Research, Parks Associates

2:45-3:45 PM

Anytime Anywhere Entertainment & Communication – Mobile Applications

Consumer demand for anytime/anywhere entertainment and communications is driving the mobile application market. These trends in mobile cloud media are spurring a battle over ownership of mobile consumers via business model innovations. This panel addresses these topics through interactive discussions on business opportunities and models in the mobile application industry.

Speakers TBA

Moderators:

Harry Wang, Analyst, Parks Associates

Heather Way, Analyst, Parks Associates

4:00-5:00 PM

Video Everywhere: Key Strategies

TV Everywhere initiatives, connected TVs, hybrid set-top boxes, and online offerings for VOD and catch-up TV are making the market for video services more competitive than ever. Which business models will win the day, and which players are the most at risk? This session addresses the trends that will impact video services in 2011 and the strategies for winning market share.

Speakers TBA

Moderator: Brett Sappington, Sr. Analyst, Parks Associates

5:00 PM