CONNECTIONS™ Europe Summit Series 2008 - hosted by Parks Associates and CEA

CONNECTIONS™ Europe Summit features Thomson, Pace, Microsoft, Tilgin, HGI, and more in agenda focused on digital living

Dallas, Texas, April 23, 2008 - Parks Associates today announced the speakers for the CONNECTIONS™ Europe Summit, taking place on May 19, 2008, in cooperation with TM Forum’s Management World 2008 in Nice, France.

The CONNECTIONS™ Europe Summit in Nice will address the new challenges to service providers in attracting and retaining customers in today’s hyper-competitive worldwide market. Research from Parks Associates indicates the number of households worldwide using telco/IPTV services grew from 4.7 million in 2006 to more than 14 million in 2007. Europe – with more than eight million households – experienced a 250% growth rate between 2006 and 2007.

Roger Pitton, Program Director, TV Business, Microsoft Corporation, will deliver the Summit’s Keynote address “IPTV and the keys to keeping customers.”

Keynote Speaker

Roger Pitton, Program Director, TV Business, Microsoft Corporation

Session Speakers

Fernando Gil de Bernabé, Managing Director, WW Strategy, Internet Business Solutions Group, Cisco Systems

Thierry Boudard, IPTV Strategic Innovation Manager, Thomson

David Gillies, Director of Technology, Pace Micro Technology

Stefan Jenzowsky, CEO, moreTV Broadcasting GmbH

Moti Kintzlinger, VP, Broadband Home Networking, Broadcom (MoCA)

Peter Kriens, Director of Technology, OSGi; CEO, aQute

Steve Moore, Founder, DigitalPlumbers.com

Frederic Onado, Vice President EMEA, HomePlug Powerline Alliance; Vice President, Marketing & Sales, SPiDCOM Technologies

Paolo Pastorino, Chief Technology Officer, Home Gateway Initiative

Eric Plesner, Director, Business Development, io-homecontrol

Robert Rodenbucher, Director Business Development, AwoX

David Sayag, Founder and CEO, Enure Networks

Nils-Petter Tisell, Senior Product Manager - Home Network Management Products and Solutions, Tilgin

Yoav Tzruya, CMO, Exent Technologies

Jim Warner, Vice Chairman, Content, Media & Entertainment Head, TM Forum

Parks Associates

Kurt Scherf, Vice President, Principal Analyst, Parks Associates

Tricia Parks, CEO, Parks Associates

CONNECTIONS™ Europe Summits, produced by Parks Associates, provide attendees with high-level analysis and consumer research from Parks Associates, networking opportunities, and information on emerging residential and mobile technologies and services. The next CONNECTIONS™ Europe Summit will take place in Nice, France, March 31, 2009. http://www.connectionseurope.com