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30 SEPT 2003

 

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Parks Associates’ Fall Focus seminar features 25+ industry leaders

Executive seminar, hosted Nov. 5 & 6, brings insight into multimedia applications in the home

September 30, 2003 — Parks Associates welcomes more than 25 speakers from the cable, hardware, software, service provider, and computing industries to its inaugural Fall Focus seminar,  The Home Multimedia Experience. The one-and-a-half day Fall Focus seminar concentrates on a specific industry topic and offers insight through interaction, analysis, and networking. The Home Multimedia Experience will take place Nov 5 & 6 at the Hyatt San Jose.

The Home Multimedia Experience, November 5 & 6, will provide attendees with a complete analysis of content and its role in the multimedia digital value chain; home networking technologies that will spur the growth of multimedia hubs/servers; as well as CE platforms and next-generation services.

“We have a comprehensive collection of speakers, covering platforms to services to content, which will provide an unprecedented analysis of both the current and future state of digital entertainment in the home,” said Kurt Scherf, vice president of research at Parks Associates.

The Home Multimedia Experience “Visionary Keynotes” include:

  • Kevin Corbett, Director, Marketing and Strategic Planning, Desktop Platforms Group, Intel Corporation

  • Michael Weir, Vice President, Worldwide Consumer Marketing, HP

  • Leon Husson, Executive Vice President, Consumer Businesses, Philips Semiconductors

  • Jeff Schrock, Vice President, Broadband, Yahoo!

The Home Multimedia Experience “Reality Panelists” include:

  • Christopher Allen, Senior VP of Marketing, MUSICMATCH

  • Tony Barra, Chief Strategy Officer Internet Home Alliance

  • Bob Burke, Marketing Director North America, Samsung Semiconductor Inc.

  • Chinn Chin, Vice President of Engineering, InterVideo Inc.

  • Jonathan Claman, Director of Marketing and Business Development, BridgeCo

  • Dave Clark, Director Product Strategy, Scientific-Atlanta

  • Amir Freund, Vice President of Marketing, Wisair

  • John Gildred, VP Technical Engineering, Pioneer Corporation

  • Bob Gregory, Director of Initiatives Planning, Desktop Platforms Group, Intel Corporation

  • Mike Harris, CTO, Digital 5 Inc.

  • Reed Hinkel, Vice President Business Development, Oregan Networks

  • Yogendra Jain, Founder and CEO, Personica Intelligence

  • Peter Kempf, Vice President, Conexant Systems

  • Keith Laepple, Director of Technical Evangelism, Microsoft

  • Matt McRae, Director of Broadband, Linksys

  • Richard Nesin, Vice President of Marketing, Coppergate Communications

  • Scott Norder, Vice President, AMX

  • John Payne, President and CEO, Magis Networks

  • George Pohle, America's Communications Sector Executive, IBM

  • Ty Roberts, CTO, Gracenote

  • Bob Saffari, Senior Director of Marketing and Applications Engineering, LSI Logic

  • James Snider, Executive Director, 1394 Trade Association

  • Ladd Wardani, Vice President, Business Development, Entropic Communications

  • Henry Wiechman, General Manager, Streaming Media, Texas Instruments

  • Matt York, Editor/Publisher, Smart TV & Sound Magazine

For more information on attending, sponsoring, or meeting these executives, please e-mail sales@parksassociates.com, call 972-490-1113, or visit www.fallfocus.com

About Parks Associates: Parks Associates is an internationally recognized market research and consulting company specializing in emerging consumer technology products and services. Founded in 1986, Parks Associates creates research capital for companies ranging from Fortune 500 to small start-ups through market reports, primary studies, consumer research, custom research, workshops, executive conferences, and annual service subscriptions.

The company's expertise includes new media, digital entertainment and gaming, home networks, Internet and television services, digital health, mobile applications and services, consumer electronics, and home control systems and security.

Each year, Parks Associates hosts executive thought leadership conferences CONNECTIONS™, in partnership with the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA®), and CONNECTIONS™ Europe. In addition, Parks Associates produces the online publication Industry Insights in conjunction with the CONNECTIONS™ Conference series.

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