Brett Sappington, Director, Research, Parks Associates, will be speaking at the Nordic Media Summit on September 25.

Now in its 5th year, Nordic Media Summit is the premium event focused on the online video ecosystem for OTT and TV Everywhere solutions. It’s an international one-day conference, providing delegates with an insight into the market of OTT, TV Everywhere, second screen & social tv solutions in Scandinavia, combined with international trends, showcase of international OTT and TV Everywhere solutions, impact of social media, OTT video monetizing from some of the largest companies in the world. Importantly, the conference offers unique networking opportunities with industry peers and colleagues from all over the globe.

Parks Associates is supporting Small Cells Global Congress.

Join 250+ telecoms professionals in Berlin in November to debate and discuss the fundamental issues facing small cell deployments. The 3rd Annual Small Cells Global Congress, the industry’s first event to focus on small cells, guarantees to provide forward thinking, topical and focused discussion needed to provide delegates with the understanding and vision needed to move confidently through this dynamic market.

Parks Associates is supporting the 4th annual Telecoms for Smart Grids.

SMi's 4th annual Telecoms for Smart Grids conference will address the current development of both UK and European communications infrastructures for smart grid development and metering deployment, data communication infrastructure and integration, substation automation, distribution network upgrades, and business process management. For the UK key market developments will be addressed with contributions from both the Department for Energy and Climate Change and the Data Communications Company.

Parks Associates is supporting MVNO Industry Summit Middle East.

MVNO Industry Summit Middle East 2014 capitalises on the changes in the region and assesses the ongoing readiness of a wholesale market which, after initially opening up to MVNOs, resumed a more cautious relationship with third party telcos.

Parks Associates is supporting the Low Carbon Earth Summit.

With the theme of "Green Action for Sustainability", this summit will comprise ten professional parallel forums including Climate Change Adaptation, Low Carbon Economy & Finance, Low Carbon Technologies for Climate Mitigation, Low Carbon City, Carbon Trade, etc. Except for the parallel forums, we also will arrange several attractive Workshops and Training courses, Business Events and Social Activities during or after the conference. The main objective of LCES-2014 is to provide a comprehensive global platform for experts and participants from government, enterprise, academia and other organization in the related field to exchange ideas and present results of ongoing research in the most state-of-the-art areas of Climate Change, Investment Financing and the Low Carbon Technology. Our delegates can discuss the new ideas and application experiences face to face, to establish business or research relations and to find global partners for future collaboration.

Parks Associates is supporting the New Energy Forum.

As a unique annual energy event in BIT Congress, New Energy Forum 2014 aims to provide the opportunities to meet and network with industry peers, share knowledge, benefit from thought-provoking presentations from internationally reputed industry experts and use of the conference experience as a source of innovative ideas to implement in your workplace as well as to fuel a beautiful world of cleanness and sustainability.

Parks Associates is supporting the World Congress of Bioenergy.

With the theme of “Roadmap toward 2020", this congress will provide a communication platform for all the participant focus on biotechnology development and bioenergy sustainable development. The agendas cover Bioenergy Economy and Sustainability, Applications, Commercialization, Biorefineries of Bioenergy, Biomass Conversion Technologies, Feedstock Landscape.

Parks Associates is supporting the International Conference of Environment.

ICE-2014 will be an international event focus on the core knowledge and major advances in the ever-expanding field of environment by attracting experts on a global scale. The scientific program will continue the tradition to focus on Global Environmental Management, a major portion of the program will be concentrate on Global Environment Sustainable Development, Environmental Scientific Research, Global Pollutant Best Management Practice, Capacity Building for a Clean World with oral presentations. Initiated in 2011, ICE never stops her momentum to catch the emerging advances in environment management. This year ICE-2014 will have an excellent program both the scientific as well as the social part of the event by adding Business Events including Eco-City and Leading Industry Briefing, Technology Transfer Matchmaking, Executive Round Table, Eco-Investment and Project Road Show. For the first time, Environment Device and Equipment Briefing & Expo will provide an ideal space to show your Inventions, Techs and Product.

Parks Associates is supporting the Health 2.0 Fall Conference.

Join over 2100 attendees at the premier Health 2.0 8th Annual Fall Conference on Sept. 21-24 in Santa Clara, CA as we showcase over 200 LIVE, demos, 150+ speakers on over 50 panels and sessions. The Health 2.0 conference is the place where technologies and thought-leadership converge, disrupts, revolutionizes, and catalyzes the marketplace, trends, and policy of the health tech landscape. This conference brings together the best minds, thought leadership, newest technology, professionals, government officials, and entrepreneurs to get ahead of the industry and make connections to forward the movement of technology in health care.

Glenn Hower, Research Analyst, Parks Associates will be moderating the panel "Who’s on First? The Second Screen is Dead… Long Live the Second Screen" on Thursday, September 18 at 3:25 – 4:10 PM. What we often call the second screen is fast becoming the first for a growing population of content consumers. What does this mean for programmers and distributors—and how can both camps work together to monetize and maximize every screen available? This panel of cable executives will have a conversation on how we can no longer view the TV in the living room as the “main” screen, especially as over-the-top content and other video apps continue to intermingle with traditional linear content.

This unique, insight-packed Cablefax summit will tell you everything you need to know about how multiplatform innovation is fueling new revenue and retention opportunities for TV content owners and distributors. As consumers change the way they interact with content, the interplay between screens and devices has become more important than ever. Mobility and content flexibility have created a new reality that’s changing how advertising strategies, rights negotiations and consumer marketing tactics play out across the media ecosystem.

Brett Sappington, Director, Research, Parks Associates will be speaking on the panel "Meet the Millennials! Executives and kids debate the future" on Thursday, September 18 at 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM. Since the explosion of gaming, music downloads, social networks, instant messaging and viral media, marketing to the Millennial Generation, the newest target for many brands, requires a whole new language. Now in this live stage presentation, industry executives talk to kids 9 to 14 years old about new media, technology, user experiences, and more. It’s a rare opportunity to hear from Generation Z, learn about their preferences and behaviors, and how to market to them in more meaningful ways.

Parks Associates is supporting EuroSummit ’14.

EuroSummit ’14 is a unique two-day gathering that includes informative keynotes, panels, engaging sessions, networking events, creative awards and a party. Highly interactive and fun, the conference will focus on Social TV, the Connected TV, competitive branding and customer care strategies, On Demand advertising and a host of other key topics, technologies, product trends and best practices in cable marketing.

Parks Associates is supporting MVNO Industry Summit.

The main goal of the 4th annual MVNOs INDUSTRY SUMMIT LATAM event is to bring together everyone involved in the MVNO chain, and to analyze and discuss the latest developments in Brazil and LATAM as a whole. The event provides a great platform for discussing new ideas and opportunities with the key decision makers in the Brazilian and LATAM markets.