Tom Kerber, Director, Research, Home Controls & Energy, Parks Associates, will be speaking on the panel "Go Big or Go Home? Expanding & Extending into New Markets" on Wednesday, June 8 from 10-11:15 AM. Whether offering a new product or service to existing customers or expanding into a new demographic or geographic market, growth can be an exciting or unnerving experience. This session is designed to help you navigate the potential pitfalls of expansion. Presenters will help you answer whether you are ready to grow, what are the common pitfalls that cause financial or operation pain, and who should you partner with to get started.

Brad Russell, Research Analyst, Parks Associates, will be speaking on the panel "MIY: Does anyone have the number for 911?" on Friday, June 10 at 8:30 - 9:30 AM. 

ESX brings together professionals who are passionate about the business of electronic security and life safety. Dealers, integrators and monitoring professionals attend ESX to connect with like-minded peers, learn from business thought leaders, and discover emerging trends and technologies. Exceptional peer-to-peer education delivers strategies that help security and life safety professionals run, grow, and maximize their businesses—as well as rethink the future. The exhibit hall showcases the latest products, technologies and services, while dynamic networking events offer professionals opportunities to engage and collaborate.
 

Brett Sappington, Senior Director of Research, Parks Associates, will be moderating the session "Venture Insights – A Look at the Business of IoT" on Monday, June 6, at 4:00 - 5:00 PM. IoT seems to be carving a broad swath across industries in its technological and business impact. Where Nest seemed to be revolutionary, it now needs to fight for market share, as competitors with new innovations abound. Where once only a few "IoT platforms" existed, now there are dozens to choose from, and the differentiating value is harder to discern. At the same time, we are seeing the tip of the iceberg of what IoT can do to transform the way we live and do business. The advent of product competition means the IoT market is getting "real." So how real are the investments? Where are venture capitalists, strategic investors and equity investors focusing attention? What do they see as the strongest areas for growth? This session will explore how money is being made in IoT, where the money is flowing, investment focus and what investors expect to see in the next 5 to 10 years. 

Parks Associates is supporting TIA 2016.

TIA 2016: Network of the Future, co-hosted by the Telecommunications Industry Association, AT&T, USTelecom and QuEST Forum, presents a unique common platform for the communications technology ecosystem to collaboratively define business, technology and policy trends, challenges and solutions for the next-generation of networks. Register today at www.tia2016.org.

Parks Associates is supporting Women in Technology Summit.

The Women In Technology International (WITI) Summit, June 5-7 in San Jose, is the annual gathering of tech-savvy women, held in the heart of Silicon Valley. Executive women, entrepreneurs, and technology thought leaders from around the world converge to collaborate on innovative solutions to common business challenges; explore new business opportunities that underscore how technology is powering change; andbuild and expand strong connections in a welcoming networking environment of women committed to helping each other succeed. Use code WOMEN for $200 discount off the prevailing cost of a 3-day pass.  www.witi.com/summit

Brad Russell, Research Analyst, Parks Associates, will be presenting an overview of the smart home market on Wednesday, June 1 2016, 9:25 AM. 

Parks Associates is supporting DECT World.

DECT is evolving fast - a mature, high reliability, low energy and low cost enabling technology for the Internet of Everything. Its original designers showed remarkable insight in its future proofing, as ULE and DECT smartphones have demonstrated. With dedicated interference-free spectrum, inherent security and worldwide adoption DECT meets key requirement for Health, Energy and other safety-related applications - robust security and reliability.

Brett Sappington, Sr. Director, Research, Parks Associates, will be presenting during the FierceCable hosted webinar "Can HDR Spark A Revival of the Pay-TV Market?" on Wednesday, May 25 at 2 PM Eastern time. Other participants include: Don Loheide, VP of Strategic Platforms, Turner; Don Eklund, SVP New Format Promotion, Sony Corporation of America; and Ken Goeller, Vice President, Product Strategy DeluxeOnDemand, Deluxe Entertainment Services Group.

The pay-TV market has hung its hopes for growth on a number of new display technologies over the years: HD, 3D and 4K, to name a few. Each of these technologies has be heralded as a potential major inflection point -- but few such technologies have ever lived up to the hype. Today, the newest growth contender is HDR (high dynamic range), a technology that promises to give both pay-TV and OTT viewers a greater range of color and lumosity. Meaning, whites will be whiter, blacks will be blacker, and the experience will be noticeably more vivid. Indeed, top executives from Comcast to Netflix have already trumpeted HDR as a more significant evolution of the TV experience than 4K -- and are promising HDR-capable content and services later this year. But how long will the move to HDR take? What kind of investments will service providers and vendors need to make to ensure HDR takes off? And where is the value in the in the market for both newer and established players? This webinar will probe the emerging momentum behind HDR and the potential obstacles the technology faces.

Click here to register for this complimentary webinar. 

Parks Associates is hosting the 20th-annual CONNECTIONS: The Premier Connected Home Conference.

CONNECTIONS hosts over 650 executives from the connected entertainment, IoT, and smart home industries and is focused specifically on strategies to fully engage consumers in the connected home experience.

The event provides networking opportunities and insights from industry players on entertainment, mobile, and smart home market segments. Parks Associates research team highlights the firm’s research throughout the event, including technology adoption and trends, forecasts of new products and services, evaluation of new business strategies, and recommendations about technology innovations, strategic partnerships, monetization opportunities, and value-added services. Throughout the three-day event, sponsors offer tabletop demos during networking events, spotlighting new technology innovations and services.

Parks Associates is supporting IMS World Forum.

IMS World Forum is still the only event dedicated to the opportunities in this space. With more case studies, 2016’s highly experienced speaking faculty, coupled with our better than ever VIP Networking Service, promises to be the best IMS World Forum yet. 

Parks Associates is supporting Multicultural TV Breakfast at INTX.

This is a “must attend” annual event for those in the business of programming intended for the diverse audience of TV viewers from a variety of ethnicities, nationalities and cultural backgrounds. During this morning breakfast program, attendees will awaken to messages about a new day for television providers. Multicultural viewers are no longer a “nice to have” consumer; they are now a “need to have” segment of any customer base. The industry is responding with added distribution options and increased budgets for programming and marketing. The program is divided into two (2) 30-minute, 4-person, moderated conversations. One discussion addresses content distribution options and the other addresses the viewer – how to attract them, and what they want to watch.

Parks Associates is supporting Population Health Analytics Summit.

With large amounts of data on their consumers – whether it be clinical, claims, or patient-generated data – health care organizations have an opportunity to tailor care and improve the overall health of populations. The Population Health Analytics Summit brings together data and analytics professionals working in hospitals, health systems, health plans, and other health care facilities to discuss strategies for effectively utilizing data on health care consumers to increase the quality of care provided. Discover how to turn big data into useful, succinct information to impact clinical care and manage population health. Save $200 when you register with promo code PARKS200.

Population Health Analytics Summit
May 17 - 18, 2016 - San Diego, CA
Improve Quality of Care and Overall Health of Populations through Efficient Use of Data and Analytics
www.worldcongress.com/PHA
Phone: 800-767-9499 

Harry Wang, Senior Director of Research, Parks Associates will be presenting during the ATA Investor Meeting session "Emerging and Future Approaches" on Tuesday, May 17 from 2:30 pm – 3:45 PM.   

The world’s largest and most comprehensive meeting focused on telemedicine, digital, connected and mobile health will take place May 14-17, 2016, at the Minneapolis Convention Center. For over 20 years, the American Telemedicine Association’s (ATA) Annual Conference & Trade Show has been the premier forum for healthcare professionals and entrepreneurs in the telemedicine, telehealth and mHealth space.

Glenn Hower, Research Analyst, Parks Associates, will moderate the session "Worldwide TV: Content Creation, Export and Delivery Across Global Markets" on Monday, May 16, from 4:00 -5:00 PMin the Room East 2, INTX Marketplace. An elaborate latticework of terrestrial, satellite, wireless and wireline video platforms is opening up new possibilities to connect audiences with content in major global regions – and triggering significant new investments in original content creation along with the exportation of U.S. product. Discover how successful content and distribution players are navigating a new international video map as leading strategists talk about their hits, misses and ambitions for creating new business models and approaches in an expanding international content marketplace. 

Parks Associates is supporting INTX: The Internet & Television Expo.

INTX: The Internet & Television Expo - All the players. All the platforms. All the possibilities. INTX 2016 offers a front-row view of where media and communications are going. And how you can help get them there. Don’t miss the ultimate mashup that brings everything (and everyone) together. 

Parks Associates is supporting Integrating Behavioral Health and Primary Care.

Join your peers May 16-17 in Orlando to discuss practical tactics to improve access to quality behavioral health services and manage patient whole health. Key topics of discussion include: addressing workforce and workflow challenges, shared care planning and coordination, innovations in integration, making integration fiscally beneficial, and best practices in operational execution of programming.

Visit www.worldcongress.com/behavioral for more information. Save $200 when you register with promo code PARKS200.