Parks Associates is supporting IMS World Forum.

Join us in London for the 15th annual edition of the world's only dedicated IMS event and learn from the network innovators paving the way for virtualized IMS.

Looking towards virtualization, this year’s programme will offer an unbiased perspective exploring the operators’ experience with vIMS deployment and current capabilities along with the technical advancements promoting operator investment.

Parks Associates is supporting HardwareCon.

HardwareCon, presented by Hardware Massive, is the new central meeting place that brings together the global community of hardware thought leaders, investors, entrepreneurs and innovators for two days to “Get Deals Done.”

Parks Associates will host the track "Transformation of Consumer Products: Connectivity & IoT" and address the impact of IoT on the development, design, and monetization of consumer products. The track is designed to help executive level hardware innovators better understand the market trends and how to position for growth.

Parks Associates is supporting TU-Automotive Digital Insurance Europe.

TU-Automotive Digital Insurance Europe (April 18-19) is the meeting place for executives at the forefront of digital innovation in the auto-insurance industry.

200+ attendees will gather to hear from innovators including AXA, MAPFRE, Covea Insurance, Markerstudy, Swiss Re, RSA, Ageas, Société Générale, InMotion, Plug and Play and Statup Bootcamp

Parks Associates is supporting AI Expo Global.

The AI Conference & Exhibition taking place 18-19th April at London’s Olympia is a showcase of next generation technologies and strategies from the world of Artificial Intelligence, an opportunity to explore and discover the practical and successful implementation of AI in driving forward your business in 2018 and beyond.

The high-level conference will bring together forward-thinking brands, market leaders, AI evangelists and hot start-ups to explore and debate the advancements in Artificial Intelligence and the impacts within the Enterprise & Consumer sectors. Topics covered include Business Intelligence, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, AI Algorithms, Data & Analytics, Virtual Assistants & Chatbots as well as case study based presentations proving an insight into the deployment of AI across different verticals.

Parks Associates is supporting Blockchain Expo Global.

Blockchain Expo, the leading blockchain for business event, is arriving in London Olympia on 18-19 April 2018.

The event explores the practical applications of blockchain in industry, including logistics, finance, healthcare, and utilities.

Confirmed speakers include ING, Waves, Hyperledger, Hogan Lovells, and the European Commission. Learn more at https://blockchain-expo.com/global.

Parks Associates is supporting Policy Control.

Policy Control has moved beyond its traditional billing and charging use case to become the dynamic engine at the heart of a thriving software-defined network. As we edge closer to the connected device ecosystem with its enabling technology, 5G, on the horizon for 2020, we will explore the use cases for policy control for the IoT in a high-bandwidth low-latency network. Join our global line up of operator attendees in April to find out what the future holds for policy control technologies.

Brett Sappington, Senior Director of Research at Parks Associates, is speaking at the Streaming Summit.

Sappington will speak on the session "The Disruptive Impact of OTT on the Pay-TV Business Model" at 10:15 a.m. The session will look at the traditional pay-TV business model and examine whether it can exist in a world of so many OTT choices. Sappington will be joined on the panel by Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading.

Parks Associates is supporting WTS USA 2018. 

WTS USA 2018 is the leading dedicated smart technology expo and conference. Now in its third year, WTS USA has two co located events – The Wearable Technology Show and Digital Health Technology Show – under one roof. Thought leading speakers from every area of connected technology will come together in Santa Clara in April 2018.

It is the biggest and best forum for forming partnerships and developing new business across the IOT and smart device markets.

Tom Kerber, Director of IoT Strategy, Parks Associates, will speak at this year's Ayla Connect.

Ayla Connect features thought leaders in the IoT examining successful product brands and retailers. Attend the event to connect and network with your peers and get hands-on training.

Parks Associates is supporting AUTOMATION EVERYWHERE.

Light Reading’s new event, AUTOMATION EVERYWHERE, for the first time brings together all of the key players in the automation revolution in a forum that allows service providers to get to grips with some of the most demanding technologies ever developed, and use them to build an automation strategy that will deliver huge increases in service reliability and provisioning speed, as well as massive reductions in opex.

Parks Associates is supporting Smart Cities, Dumb Pipes.

Most smart city deployments today are small pilot programs with manageable scope. But what happens when smart cities start to scale? What kind of impact will there be on local networks when everything – from trash cans to traffic lights – gets connected?

This breakfast session will examine the role that network operators play in smart city development and how communities can partner with infrastructure providers to create the necessary foundation for smart city growth. Top industry executives will discuss the ins and outs of wired and wireless deployments, how low-power IoT networks fit into the equation and what type of capacity cities need to future-proof their communications infrastructure.
 

Brett Sappington, Senior Director of Research at Parks Associates, will speak on the FierceMarkets Webinar on March 28.

The webinar includes speakers from Comcast and Parks Associates examining linear rights puzzles with metadata in an OTT world.