Parks Associates is supporting the GSMA NFC & Mobile Money Summit.

With the rapid growth of Near Field Communications (NFC), along with its adoption by ecosystem players around the world, the GSMA is expanding the scope of Mobile Money Summit to more prominently showcase NFC and its many applications. With that in mind, this event will now be known as the GSMA NFC & Mobile Money Summit. This event is designed to bring together key players in mobile, finance and technology to network, share ideas and foster the growth of NFC and Mobile Money products and services. 

Jason Paris, Director, Business Development, Parks Associates will moderate this session, "Mobile Payments - Now and Future" on Friday, October 19 from 3:45 - 4:45 PM. Where are we at today? Where are we heading? Is NFC a viable option? The strategy of Google, Square, Apple, Visa and Paypal are examined. Who will eventually win? And more importantly, who should you bet on with your apps. Confirmed speakers for this session include: Joshua McClure, CEO, MobileCheckout.com; John Boyd, Co-founder and COO, ShopSavvy; James G. Gatto, Partner, Leader of the Social Media, Entertainment & Technology Team, Pillsbury.

Parks Associates is supporting App Conference.

The second annual App Conference is co-located alongside the Global Mobile Internet Conference in the Hilton Hotel at the San Jose Convention Center. Scheduled for October 18-19, 2012, the App Conference begins with a keynote from Disney executives discussing their cross-platform, multimedia approach to tablets and mobile. They join over 50 other industry experts to cover both business and product strategy for application development. The App Conference program was developed by an outstanding Advisory Board, and features two tracks covering the critical elements of the app marketplace:  App Business Strategy and App Product Strategy. Register now for your All Access Pass and get complete access to the App Conference and Global Mobile Internet Conference. Use the discount code "ParksVIP" when you register to save $100.

Parks Associates is supporting Broadband World Forum 2012.

Brett Sappington, Director of Research, Parks Associates will chair the Customer Experience Management stream on Tuesday, October 16th from 12:00 PM to 6:15 PM. Brett will also be the session chair for the Broadband Home Summit stream, Customer Experience Track on October 17th from 12:00 PM - 1:10 PM.

Tom Kerber, Parks Associates will chair on the Broadband Smart Energy stream on Thursday, October 18th.

Arthur Baanders, EU Research Director, Parks Associates will chair Content 1 Hub and also present "Broadband Services and the OTT Video Challenge" on October 18 at 3 PM. Economic, industry and consumer trends have propelled the worldwide growth of OTT video services and their usage among consumers – a trend which is attracting traditional players in video content as well as new participants such as retailers, CE manufacturers, and technology innovators. This presentation examines the growth in OTT video services worldwide, its use among consumers, new players in the OTT space, and the implications for broadband service providers (BSPs).

Now celebrating its 12th annual year Broadband World Forum is the world’s premier broadband event attracting 10,000+ decision-makers from across the globe. Benefit from our top quality conference sessions delivered by 350+ visionary speakers including 270 service providers from mobile, wireless and fixed environments.  The NEW easy to navigate conference structure includes  keynote sessions, a choice of 6 tracks each day, 3 co-located summits and various special focus seminars plus the exclusive Executive Summit where industry leaders get together to discuss the most important issues surrounding broadband. No other event provides more top quality learning opportunities! Bringing broadband to life alongside the conference will be an exhibition featuring leading industry solution and technology providers.   The show floor will be buzzing with 3 FREE To attend Broadband Masterclasses, a private meeting room village, dedicated networking zones and much much more! This event is the ONLY place to meet the whole broadband industry in one place at one time. Register here.

Parks Associates is supporting the MVNOs Industry Summit Asia 2012 .

Take up at our inaugural MVNOs Industry Summit Asia was very positive. In a market where the potential for mobile data is being realised daily, MVNO opportunity is ripe and the appetite for partnership is apparent. We look forward to this second regional summit, addressing the Asian MVNO business model, the role of operators and regulators from (host to hostile) and how regional entrepreneurship in enabling this new telco innovation in Asia.

This event is part of the MVNOs Industry Summit Global series covering 6 major markets (Europe, Asia, Latam, Africa, USA, Middle East).

2012 continues our theme of supporting on site introductions, business wish lists, and industry catalyst for MVNO regional business development.

Patrice Samuels, Research Analyst, Parks Associates will present "The Rise of the Digital Home in Emerging Markets" during the webinar, "NARM: Digital Lifestyles: Emerging Markets" from 4:00 - 5:00 PM EST. 

The webcast will cover the consumer technology product and service trends that are impacting digital living in emerging markets, including Brazil, Russia, China, and India. For each country, we will examine television and broadband services, consumer electronics, digital media, and mobile services.

Use promotional code "WEBINAR-parksassociates100" to attend as a complimentary Parks Associates guest.

Parks Associates is a diamond media partner for TV Connect EurAsia East Europe 2012 (Formerly IP&TV Forum EurAsia East Europe).

The Future of TV is Now – and we’re taking our events to the future. The sixth annual IP&TV Forum EurAsiaEastEurope held in Istanbul is moving on. We have witnessed rapid movement in the TV delivery industry in the past few years putting unlikely players together. This convergence has led to amalgamation of activities between internet service providers, telecom operators, content producers, cable and satellite providers as well as TV set manufacturers. The TV ecosystem has created a level playing field for creatives and technology developers alike to bring the next generation TV experience and introduce services like pause, rewind, catch up and fast forward in the linear TV package. Taking from this development, we are now rebranding the IP&TV Forum EEEA to TV Connect EurAsia East Europe 2012.

Parks Associates is supporting Telecom Cloud Services Asia.

Telecom Cloud Services Asia is the only event looking at Cloud Computing from a telecom operator perspective, while also taking into account the distinctive regional framework. With more than 20 operator presentations, attendees will have a unique opportunity to learn from the experience of Asian telecom operators that have already moved ‘into the Cloud’, from the making of the business case to choosing and tailoring the right Cloud offer for your company. Experts will also discuss and provide solutions to the key concerns associated with Cloud from security, privacy and data protection to overcoming end user adoption.

Parks Associates is supporting Multimedia Home Gateways Conference.

Following on from last year’s successful debut, CSI magazine will be organising and hosting a second conference dedicated exclusively to the home gateways. This remains one of the only events in the calendar that objectively and independently analyses the value of these devices – for consumers and the industry ecosystem – and their future potential.

On the one hand, the connected home is becoming a reality, on the other, the proliferation of internet enabled devices, OTT services and cloud-based systems are putting an increasing question mark over operator controlled set-top boxes, Walled Gardens and other traditional broadcast and telco approaches. The emergence of home gateways has to be placed inside this context, which this summit will critically evaluate.

Patrice Samuels, Research Analyst, Parks Associates will be presenting "Broadband Services and the OTT Video Challenge" during the 2012 USTelecom Broadband Research Summit from 1:40 - 2:10 PM ET.

This presentation examines the growth in OTT video services worldwide, its use among consumers, new players in the OTT space, and the implications for broadband service providers (BSPs). The discussion covers the catalyst for growth of OTT video among consumers, factors driving players from other industries into the space, the implications for BSPs and broadband infrastructure, and strategies being employed by BSPs and their implications.

Parks Associates is supporting Digital Media Pipeline.

This one-day conference brings together digital entertainment content owners, service providers and retailers to focus on business-to-business opportunities in the digital delivery of home entertainment to consumers. The 2012 event is October 3rd at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles.

Parks Associates is supporting Digital Music Forum West.

DMW hosts the 8th Annual Digital Music Forum West, where 300+ of the most influential music and digital media leaders gather in the heart of Hollywood to socialize, share ideas, do deals and learn about new technologies and services. This year's event will be packed with great content, stellar people and a lot of companies that are new on the music-tech scene so come on out and join us!

Parks Associates is supporting MVNOs Industry Summit Africa 2012.

The MVNOs Industry Summit Team are very excited to launch the newest edition of the series: MVNOs Industry Summit Africa. The event will explore the new opportunity for MVNO growth in Africa, inviting regional MVNO interests and branded resellers to present CxO case studies and bringing international MVNOs to discuss best practice strategy for this new region.

How will new MVNO/service provider and host operator partnerships work in African markets and which will be the most successful MVNO/branded reseller models? Covering issues of capacity, churn reduction, sub-segmentation, and new partnerships.

Come and enjoy the networking environment of Cape Town and explore new business opportunities at this important new event.

2012 continues our theme of supporting on site introductions, business wish lists, and industry catalyst for MVNO regional business development

This event is part of the MVNOs Industry Summit Global series covering 6 major markets (Europe, Asia, Latam, Africa, USA, Middle East).