Parks Associates is hosting the Smart Energy Summit.

Smart Energy Summit: Engaging the Consumer examines the expanding market for energy solutions and home controls and its impact on utilities, service providers, retailers, manufacturers, and consumers.

At this annual conference, Parks Associates analysts, media, and industry leaders evaluate new partnerships, strategies for consumer engagement, and deployment plans for energy and management solutions in the connected home.

The summit agenda features executives representing utilities, telecom and security companies, retailers, and OEMs presenting on the state of the market and the emerging consumer and business opportunities.

Parks Associates is supporting DeveloperWeek.

DeveloperWeek 2014 Conference + Festival is shaping up to be the Bay Area's largest dev event series with 20+ city-wide events including a 2-Day Dev Conference + Expo, a 2-Day Hackathon @ Rackspace, Hiring Mixer, and partner events hosted by Google, Parse + Facebook, Yelp, Evernote, Klout, Eventbrite, see all partner events here! The goal of DeveloperWeek is to give everyone a landscape view of developer languages, technologies, and best practices within one week with topics ranging from HTML 5 and Javascript App Development to OpenStack and API Strategy.

Parks Associates is supporting DECT & CATiq World.

Building upon the huge success of our previous years' events, Informa Telecoms & Media, in association with the DECT Forum, are proud to present the 18th Annual DECT World & CAT-iq conference. Bringing together the industry, the summit will analyse developments over the past 12 months and discuss the future of DECT and CAT-iq. With examples of DECT products live in the market and new technologies which are set to drive DECT use in both residential and enterprise markets, the 2014 conference is not to be missed.

Parks Associates is a conference event partner with the 2014 International CES®.

The International CES is the world’s gathering place for all who thrive on the business of consumer technologies. It has served as the proving ground for innovators and breakthrough technologies for more than 40 years—the global stage where next-generation innovations are introduced to the marketplace. As the largest hands-on event of its kind, CES features all aspects of the industry. And because it is owned and produced by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), the technology trade association representing the $203 billion U.S. consumer electronics industry, it attracts the world’s business leaders and pioneering thinkers to a forum where the industry’s most relevant issues are addressed.

Parks Associates will be co-locating the CONNECTIONS Summit at CES on Tuesday, January 7, 2014. If you are interested in a VIP pass to attend this event, please click here.

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