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CONNECTIONS™ Speakers to address new growth areas in
Digital Living
Parks Associates and the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) today
announced the preliminary agenda for CONNECTIONS™: The
Digital Home Conference and Showcase. This executive marketing
conference, to be held May 11-13, 2005, at the Hyatt Regency near the San
Francisco Airport in Burlingame, Calif., combines Parks Associates’ market
and consumer expertise with insights from key industry strategists to
provide a comprehensive analysis of current and future “Digital Living”
technologies.
Parks Associates’ research shows that roughly one-third of all U.S.
households now have broadband access and nearly 20 million have a home
network. The combination of these solutions is changing the paradigm for
access to mainstream music, movies, television programs, and games.
Currently one-third of all Internet households listen to online radio
stations each month, and a comparable number download music files.
Likewise, 10% of all Internet households access on-demand video content
each month.
“The growth in these markets has created excitement from both consumer
and industry perspectives,” said Tricia Parks, president of Parks
Associates. “CONNECTIONS™ is a unique event that examines business models,
marketing strategies, and consumer adoption patterns in formulating
coherent strategies that will harness the inherent potential in these
growing markets.”
The
CONNECTIONS™ agenda addresses the following topics:
Digital Entertainment and Multimedia Applications
Home Networking and Residential Gateways
Consumer Mobility and Device/Content Portability
Applications, Services, and Consumer Value
Home Management: Controls, Security, and Health
Confirmed CONNECTIONS™ Speakers include:
Keynotes
John Burke, Corporate Vice President & General Manager, Consumer Solutions
Business, Connected Home Business, Motorola, Inc.
Kevin Corbett, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Desktop
Platforms Group, Intel Corporation
Charlie Giancarlo, Chief Technology Officer, Cisco Systems, Inc.;
President, Cisco-Linksys, LLC
Plenary
Speakers
Peter Lee, Vice President, Disney
Lou Lenzi, Vice President, Advanced Products and Business Dev, Thomson
Multimedia
Paul Marino, Vice President and General Manager of Connectivity, Philips
Semiconductors
Patrick Moorhead, Vice President, Global Marketing, Advanced Micro
Devices, Inc. (AMD)
Visionary
Speakers
Steve Canepa, Vice President, Media and Entertainment, IBM
Dan Gittleman, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, OpenPeak, Inc.
William Healy, Sr. Vice President, Consumer and Commercial HDD Business
Unit, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies
Walt Megura, General Manager, Nortel Networks
Udi Yuhjtman, Vice President, Business Development, Jungo Software
Technologies
Panelists
Bob Van Andel, President, Allegro Software Development Corporation
Todd Basche, Sr. Vice President, Engineering & Products, Entertainment
Technologies Group, Macrovision Corporation
Jim Behrens, Chief Executive Officer, ORB Networks, Inc.
David Britts, Partner, ComVentures
Anne Marie Biernacki, Founder & Chief Technology Officer, Digiticians, LLC
John Canning, Technical Evangelist – Apps & Services, Microsoft
Corporation
Sanjay Castelino, Vice President, Industry Marketing, Motive, Inc.
David Cohen, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Broadcom Corporation
Arnon Catalan, Chief Operating Officer, Gteko
Rajeev Chand, Director of Research, Rutberg & Company, LLLC
Mark Francisco, Sr. Director, Advanced Technologies Projects, Comcast
Corporation
Joe Dada, CEO and Founder, SMARTHOME, Inc.
David Davies, Vice President, Strategic Marketing & Subscriber Network,
Scientific-Atlanta, Inc.
Eric Dewannain, Worldwide Director of Business Development, Broadband
Communications Group, Texas Instruments, Inc.
Tim Dowling, Chief Executive Officer, Pure Networks
Richard Genece, Vertical Marketing Manager - Builders, Networked
Solutions, GE Infrastructure Security
Josh Goldman, Chief Executive Officer, Akimbo Systems, Inc.
Jordan Greenhall, Chief Executive Officer, DivXNetworks
Frank Hanzlik, Director, Wi-Fi Alliance
Jon Hambidge, Head of Global Marketing, IPWireless, Inc.
Mike Harris, President, Digital 5, Inc.
Christof Heidelberger, CTO & Founder, BridgeCo
Marc Itzkowitz, Director, Digital Service Products, SupportSoft, Inc.
Steve Iverson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Streamload, Inc.
Seth Kenvin, Vice President, Strategic Marketing & Corporate Development,
BigBand Networks, Inc.
Jeremy Levine, Principal, Bessemer Venture Partners
Robert Lilleness, President and Chief Operating Officer, Universal
Electronics
Michard Mandeberg, Chief Executive Officer, Mirra, Inc.
Alexander K. Marquez, Strategic Investment Manager, Media & Entertainment,
Intel Capital, Intel Corporation
Andreas Melder, Sr. Vice President, Intellon Corporation
Michael Miron, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman, ContentGuard, Inc.
Vivek Pathela, Senior Director of Product Management and Marketing, Home
Products, NETGEAR
Jeff Paine, Vice President, Strategic Marketing, UTStarcom, Inc.
William Pence, CTO, Napster, LLC
Peter Percosan, Worldwide Director of Broadband Strategy, Broadband
Communications Group, Texas Instruments, Inc.
Tom R. Powledge, Director of Product Management, Digital Home, Symantec
Corporation
Dan Putterman, President & Chief Executive Officer, Mediabolic, Inc.
Reza Raji, President & Chief Executive Officer, iControl
Scott Smyers, Chairman, Digital Living Network Alliance
Dan Steere, Vice President, Marketing, Matrix Semiconductor, Inc.
Ron Stein, Chief Executive Officer, SercoNet, Inc.
Brian Sugar, Vice President, Marketing, 2Wire, Inc.
Sutton Trout, Director of Digital Content, Consumer Products, IGN
Entertainment, Inc.
Yoav Tzruya, Vice President, Products & Markets Strategy, Exent
Technologies
Chip Venters, CEO, DigitalContainers, Inc.
Michael Vergara, Director, RSA Security Inc.
Vivek Wandile, Group Head, Platform Solutions, Wipro Technologies
Will West, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, Control4
Mike Williams, Vice President, Maxtor Branded Products Group, Maxtor
Corporation
Oren Zeev, Senior Partner, Apax Partners
Gabe Zichermann, Vice President, Strategy & Communications, Trymedia
Systems, Inc.
Analysts
Tricia Parks, President, Parks Associates
Kurt Scherf, Vice President, Parks Associates
John Barrett, Director of Research, Parks Associates
Yuanzhe (Michael) Cai, Senior Analyst, Parks Associates
Will Cheek, Analyst, Parks Associates
Harry Wang, Analyst, Parks Associates
More information on sponsoring, speaking, and attending is available at
http://www.connectionsconference.com. For information about sponsoring
CONNECTIONS™, contact
sales@parksassociates.com or call 972-490-1113.
Early Registration Pricing Ends March 15, 2005.
CONNECTIONS™: The Digital Living Conference and Showcase is
hosted by leading research firm Parks Associates with support
from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA®) and is the
premier executive event focused on the market developments and
growth factors for advanced digital lifestyle solutions.
This unique research-driven executive conference
and showcase, hosting close to 1,000 attendees each year,
delivers insight and recommendations for new business models and
opportunities in digital media/content, connected consumer
electronics, broadband and value-added services, and home
systems.
For information about CONNECTIONS™,
contact
sales@parksassociates.com or call 972-490-1113. For information on speaking,
sponsoring, or attending, please visit
www.connectionsconference.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™, with support from 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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