Parks Associates is hosting the CONNECTIONS Summit at CES.

Gain C-level insights and make some connections of your own with leading companies in the digital living space. International research firm Parks Associates presents consumer and industry trends, new business models and technologies, and growth opportunities for companies developing products and services for the digital home. Hear groundbreaking research on connected devices and Smart TV, digital content and multiple platforms, value-added services and new roles for service providers, and strategies for monetizing it all.

CONNECTIONS Summit sessions feature commentary, insight, and debate on successful market strategies and deployment in the following sessions:

-- Home Monitoring and Control: Attracting New Subscribers
-- Consumer Tech Support: Advanced Tools and Infrastructure
-- The Internet of Things: Connected Home Platforms and Devices
-- Monetizing Second-screen Services
-- Evolution of the Smart TV
-- New Connected CE Business Models

Brett Sappington, Director of Research, Parks Associates is speaking at the 4th Broadband Unlimited at CES.

Parks Associates is supporting Broadband Unlimited at CES.

Evolving broadband technology gives consumers unlimited access to what they need to live and gives service providers, device manufacturers and app developers new opportunities  as well as threats that might make them obsolete. Broadband Unlimited, produced by Team Lightbulb, explores the connection between consumer demand for broadband-enabled devices and services and the resources that meet these demands. Whether you’re a provider, manufacturer, distributor or developer, you can't survive without understanding what's happening in consumer electronics.

Parks Associates is supporting Storage Visions Conference.

Data Storage is the Key Enabler for virtually every facet of modern society. Storage Visions is the place where you will meet and hear from the innovaters driving this technology forward!

Parks Associates is supporting Dallas Digital Summit 2013.

Dallas Digital Summit is a premier digital strategies forum with a goal of educating and promoting forward thinking and thought leadership on topics related to internet business and marketing. Dallas Digital Summit is presented by TechMedia, the leading producer of regional digital forums in the United States, serving thousands of digital professionals every year.

Jennifer Kent, Senior Analyst, Parks Associates is presenting "Understanding the Requirements of In-Vehicle HMI" on Thursday November 21 from 5:00 PM - 5.20 PM.

Jennifer is also a panelist on the session, "What Business Models will create Value in Connectivity for Consumers?" on Thursday, November 21 from 3:10-3:40 PM.

Parks Associates is supporting Connected Cars '13 North America.

Remove the uncertainty surrounding monetizing the connected car. Learn direct from the Auto OEMs who are bringing exciting connected services to market and employing impressive new business models to monetize the connected consumer. With 40+ speakers over 2 day with a focus on the services and business models that will monetize the connected car, Connected Cars North America will see dynamic contributions from Auto OEMs and the connected car industry from across the region.

Parks Associates is supporting MVNOs Industry Summit USA.

MVNOs Industry Summit USA really is the 2nd flagship event from the MVNOs Industry Summit Series covering 7 major markets (Europe, Latam, CEE, Middle East, Africa, Asia, USA). The rate of growth the event has experienced in the past 3 years has rapidly brought it up to speed with its sister event in Europe; this is now the go-to place in the US for high-level wholesale and MVNO activity. In 2012 China Telecom sat in the audience and announced their MVNO intentions a week later. In 2013, the new MVNO entrants were showcased at the event –including republic wireless, Ting, Voyager Mobile and Freedom Pop. The event has got coverage from FOX, GigaOm and more for breaking the story on whether Apple or Google would become MVNOs. This event is west coast innovation meets European entrepreneurial MVNO model =data-centric, wireless innovation fun! The event is co-located with LTE North America and Connected Cars USA 2013 (in 2012 Toyota, Ford, Volvo, AT&T, Sprint, Rdio, Pandora, Panasonic and Intel were among those speaking) and as such, benefits from 1,000 co-located attendees, 70 exhibitors, and 2 days and over 6 streams of content.

Parks Associates is supporting Techweek LA.

Techweek hosts its inaugural Los Angeles event at Santa Monica Place’s L3 on November 21 & 22, with events leading up to and post conference. Learn the lifecycle of a technology business from idea to scale in 6 intense summits split between 2 stages at our two day conference.

Jennifer Kent, Senior Analyst, Parks Associates is chairing Track 1: Monetising LTE on Friday, November 22 beginning at 11:40 AM. 

Parks Associates is supporting LTE North America.

Moving in to its 6th successive year, LTE North America on November 20-22, 2013 in Dallas is the ONLY 4G event in North America this year. Delivering network and service excellence to empower the connected generation, the event features over 200 distinguished speakers including 60+ carrier case studies. Join over 1,250 attendees from across the entire LTE ecosystem to address the most pivotal issues facing the region including Voice, Device and Service Innovation; 5G; Signaling; LTE Roaming; HetNets; Network Optimisation; Monetising LTE; Public Saftey LTE; Handling Mobile Data Explosion and the Future of LTE. Featuring two co-located events and a buzzing expo bringing together over 75 exhibitors showcasing the latest technology, innovations and services available on the market; the event is firmly established as North America's premium networking event for the 4G community. Find out more at www.lteconference.com/northamerica
 

Parks Associates is supporting Telco Big Data.

Building on the success of last year’s inaugural show, Telco Big Data returns in 2013 with a bigger and better programme and more operator case studies than ever before. The Telco Big Data Summit 2013 will provide key insights into the challenges and benefits of exploiting Telco Data. As the volume, velocity and variety of data traffic travelling on operator networks rises at an exponential rate, telcos are facing a bigger challenge than ever with regards to capturing, storing, processing, analysing and extracting value from their data. The question of how to maximise the value of this data is a huge one, with a myriad of perspectives, priorities and solutions to consider. Including a wide range of case studies from operators around the globe capturing the latest innovations in the big data industry, this is an event not to be missed.

Parks Associates is supporting OTTtv World Summit.

Now in its seventh year, the OTTtv World Summit is the major OTT focused event in the calendar. Continually attracting the biggest CXO names to its speaker line-up, OTT World Summit is the place to discuss and shape the future of the multiplatform entertainment industry. The event has grown in size, and will take place across 4 days – incorporating IP Cable World Summit and a Social TV focus day; this decision stems from Informa Telecoms & Media analyst research, showing the ever-increasing importance of cable companies within the multiscreen ecosystem. The 2013 agenda is bigger and better than ever, attracting the most influential players in the industry (such as Sony Pictures Entertainment, Discovery Networks, Liberty Global Europe, Shazam, BSkyB, BBC and BT) and will address the hottest topics within Cloud TV, original content development, Social TV and the growing importance of MAM platforms and transcoding to the OTT ecosystem. To register for tickets and to view the full schedule visit: www.ottworldsummit.com
 

Parks Associates is supporting Mobile Network Optimisation 2013.

Mobile Network Optimisation 2013 brings together the experts and decision makers from every market sector to examine the latest technological developments, strategies and economic cases available. The only conference to take a strong technical focus on the issues surrounding mobile network optimization, the two-day event will look at the most pressing questions in the market including:
-- Optimising networks with the looming spectrum crisis
-- Finding creative offloading solutions to improve network performance and QoS
-- Using LTE and HSPA+ to improve data management and mobile broadband QoS
-- Using policy management and control to create a smart network and enhance performance and wifi partnerships to expand capacity and optimise efficient usage in urban areas

Parks Associates is supporting the Mobile Roaming World Summit.

Returning for an impressive 21st year, Informa Telecoms & Media’s Mobile Roaming World Summit will meet again in London to finish the crucial conversations started in 2012, mostly around the new changes brought by the July 2012 EU Roaming Regulation.

Meet with our returning alumni and the new faces we welcome every year, to not only start making opportunities brought by local break-out, customers’ insatiable hunger for data and WiFi roaming, etc, happen, but also to learn how to overcome key challenges such as customer education. We look forward to seeing you in November and keep an eye on this space for updates on our 2012 event features and opportunities. Please feel free to contact us at any time if you would like to contribute your thoughts on 2012 trends.