Parks Associates will host over 200 executives at the fifth-annual Smart Energy Summit: Engaging the Consumer on February 17-19, at the Four Seasons Hotel, Austin, Texas. The conference highlights the expanding market for energy solutions and home controls and their impact on utilities, service providers, retailers, manufacturers, and consumers. Registration and press passes are available at www.ses2014.com.
Sponsors of Smart Energy Summit are Speed Wire, Percepscion, Alarm.com, Earth Networks, ecobee, EcoFactor, Lowe’s, Opower, People Power, PlanetEcosystems, Qualcomm, Technicolor, Z-Wave, AlertMe, Schneider Electric, and Tendril.
Growth in the adoption rate for Internet-connected thermostats has been impressive, going from 4% in 4Q 2012 to 11% in 4Q 2013. Smart home systems and the Internet of Things are now vital aspects of the expanding energy services market, and at the 2014 Smart Energy Summit, we will feature speakers and sponsors from the major smart home platforms, retailers, utilities, and service providers. Comcast will highlight energy management opportunities enabled through its partnership with EcoFactor, while Nest, AT&T, Lowe’s, Alarm.com, Time Warner Cable, and iControl Networks, among others, will be speaking.
2014 Smart Energy Summit Keynotes:
- From Push to Pull: How Nest is Redefining Energy Services - Erik Charlton, VP, Business, Nest
- Connected Homes Power Energy Management - Bill Horrocks, VP, Product Management - Xfinity Home, Comcast
- Leveraging New Approaches and New Technologies in Addressing Utility Challenges - Debbie Kimberly, VP of Distributed Energy Services, Austin Energy
- The API Economy: The impact to consumers and energy management - Stuart Lombard, President and CEO, ecobee
- Partner or Compete: Utility Decisions on Home Energy Management - Kevin Meagher, VP & General Manager, Smart Home, Lowe's
