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8:30 A.M.
Welcome and Introductions
8:45 A.M.
Identifying Trends in Residential Broadband
- Trends and analysis for broadband rollout;
- Examining case studies illustrating the gateway and network
rollout choices of different service providers;
- Examining the forces driving and inhibiting broadband deployment;
and
- Forecasting the growth in demand for broadband access.
9:45 A.M.
Public Hot Spots: Moving Beyond "Road Warriors"?
- Overview and analysis of U.S. and European landscapes;
- Primary consumer data on hot spot use and interest;
- Analyzing the true opportunities for hot spot services;
- Clearing up confusing business models; and
- Projecting market growth.
10:30 A.M.
Morning Tea/Coffee
10:45 A.M.
Mobile Phones and Personal Connectivity
- Analyzing the "disconnect" between mobile handset
vendors, service providers, and consumers;
- The potential and opportunity for mobile data services;
- Primary consumer research that points to true consumer desires;
- Targeted case studies; and
- Market forecasts.
11:30 A.M.
Trends in Data Networks
- Identifying appropriate solutions (wired and wireless) for
specific applications;
- High-speed personal area networks: the latest trend;
- Determining how chipset development will drive new networking
applications and services; and
- Forecasting the growth in the markets for PCs, networks, and
nodes.
12:30 P.M.
Lunch
1:30 P.M.
The Multimedia Experience: Cable Set-Tops and Media
Servers
- Identifying the significant factors governing the evolution of the
set-top platform and its role in the connected home;
- Analyze the drivers and inhibitors for "media servers"
among service providers and consumers;
- Providing a detailed analysis of the financial challenges facing
service providers;
- Examining new platform enhancements and identifying the types of
new services that will be enabled;
- Examining networking solutions for their strengths and weaknesses
in a CE-centric market;
- Overview of hardware and software players impacting the industry;
and
- Forecasting market growth for 'media servers.'
2:45 P.M.
Afternoon Tea/Coffee
3:00 P.M.
The Multimedia Experience: Why the PC?
- Identifying leaders in content provision;
- Consumer data: how is the home computer evolving into an
entertainment hub?;
- What technologies are required to turn the PC into the
entertainment hub?; and
- Forecasts for PC-centric entertainment networks.
4:15 P.M.
Wrap-up and Close
Please
contact Parks Associates
for more information or call 972-490-1113.
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