Harry Wang, Director, Health & Mobile Product Research, Parks Associates is presenting on the session “Incentives For Reimbursement of Personal Health Technologies” from 2:15 PM - 3:00 PM. Parks Associates is supporting VITAL.

Healthcare is at the crossroads of a consumer revolution. As the patient moves to the center of healthcare delivery, innovative personal health technologies empower the consumer with a wealth of data and information. This new consumer is responding by changing their behaviors and taking ownership over their own health outcomes.VITAL brings together all the key stakeholders shaping this revolution to evaluate consumer preferences, and the impact consumer health technologies have on health outcomes to meet the needs of an empowered digital health consumer.

Parks Associates is supporting Digital Music Forum West. Over 300 of the most influential decision-makers in the music industry gather in Los Angeles each year for this incredible 2-day deal-makers forum to network, do deals, and share ideas about the business.

With increasing digital connectivity and intelligent devices in and around the home, the time is right to examine the key trends and influences within the Connected Home proposition. The Connected Home Summit will explore whether the evolution of Broadband Access, the emergence of Converged Digital Devices and advances within Home Entertainment is ripe to explode into a full blown Connected Home revolution.

Parks Associates is supporting Connected Home Global Summit.

Kurt Scherf, VP, Principal Analyst, Parks Associates will be participating on the panel, "TV retakes center stage" on Thursday, September 23 at 10 AM.

This two-day interactive marketing event is featuring the latest innovations in cable marketing and technology, branding and product trends, best practices, competitive strategies, customer care, customer lifecycle management and other key issues. Highly engaging, interactive and fun.
 

Stuart Sikes, President, Parks Associates will be presenting "Value-added Services to Enhance the Service Provider Ecosystem" and "TV and Online Video Advertising Metrics: Managing the Data." John Barrett, Director of Research, Parks Associates will be presenting on "Monetizing Connected CE" and "The Marriage of Online Video to CE." The Summit brings together service providers and the research community for an exploration of broadband with an emphasis on consumer acceptance and adoption of applications, devices, services, pricing, and bundling. This unique industry opportunity showcases top research firms at one time and under one roof for one event, saving you time and money.
 

Bill Ablondi, Director of Home Systems Research, Parks Associates is moderating the keynote panel, "The Future of Energy Management" on Friday, September 24th at 8:45 AM.

Consumers are growing more aware of their energy consumption. Eighty percent of U.S. households are interested in learning more about how to cut their energy costs. Over one-half already have a programmable thermostat, meaning the majority of U.S. households have at least one energy-saving device in their home. Energy management is undeniably one of the most talked about topics in the ESC industry. This is one topic that all electronic systems contractors need to have the right information in order to stay informed and be proactive. Leaders in consumer technology, energy management, and smart grid technology will deliver the state of the union as it relates to energy management and the electronic systems industry at the CEDIA EXPO Keynote. Learn how emerging technology will affect your business, your clients and your life.

CEDIA provides top-ranked educational conferences, industry professional training, and certification focused on the installation and integration of residential electronic systems that consumers use to enhance their lifestyles. One of CEDIA’s key missions and driving forces is public policy representation. CEDIA’s public policy efforts are designed to support CEDIA members and ensure that their abilities to own and operate their businesses are not impeded.

Parks Associates is supporting NY Games Conference. The most influential decision-makers in the digital media industry gather at NY Games Conference to network, do deals, and share ideas about the future of games and connected entertainment. NY Games Conference – now in its 3rd year – features lively debate on timely cutting-edge business topics. Executives from publishers, developers, advertising, investment firms, social networks, technology providers and content companies mingle together at this top industry event.
 

Parks Associates is supporting the GamePlan Summit. The EMA GamePlan Summit is a high level industry only conference for key retailers, retailers and game publishers enabling publishers and retailers to replace three months of sales tours with 3 days of consolidated retailer-supplier meetings, timed to support year-long strategic planning.
 

Kurt Scherf, VP, Principal Analyst, and Pietro Macchiarella, Research Analyst, will host the Parks Associates workshop "Monetizing the Digital Lifestyle" on September 20.

Kurt Scherf, VP, Principal Analyst will also be chairing and presenting on "Examining recent and forecast deployments of connected home services by operators and service providers" on September 21 at 9:30 AM.

Parks Associates is supporting the Connected Home World Summit. Connected Home World Summit, Part of the IPTV World Series, home of the world's leading IPTV events, will bring together all the key players in the connected home value chain to evaluate the commercial potential of Connected Home services and to clearly understand the technical and financial challenges of supporting them.

Brett Sappington, Senior Research Analyst, Parks Associates is presenting on TV Services and consumer habits during the Research Session "Learnings from the Research Community" on Wednesday, September 15 from 12:10-1 PM.

Digital Media Pipeline offers an opportunity for digital retailers, content owners and aggregators, and technology and service providers to share learnings and experiences in the business of retailing digital entertainment. This young industry is growing quickly, and new technologies and new business models are developing and testing almost weekly. Digital Media Pipeline offers opportunities for collaboration among partners in the supply chain.

Parks Associates is supporting the Digital Media Pipeline.
 

Parks Associates is supporting the Music & Advertising. Join Billboard and Adweek in Chicago to explore how the worlds of music and advertising are intertwined, and examine how big brands, artists and music supervisors are benefiting from working together during captivating keynotes interviews, informative case studies, and interactive panel discussions.
 

As broadband carriers contemplate their future, defining a blueprint for enabling the promise of the digital home becomes paramount. Broadband customers now want to seamlessly interact with the devices and content of their choice throughout all corners of their home. Indeed, profitable success for broadband carriers must include an effective digital home strategy. Gain insight for yours at the Digital Home Summit 2010.