CONNECTIONS™ Summit at CES features Best Buy, Motorola, Comcast and other industry leaders
International research firm Parks Associates today announced the sessions and preliminary list of speakers for its upcoming CONNECTIONS™ Summit at CES, January 10 at 2012 International CES in Las Vegas.
Parks Associates will host CONNECTIONS™ Summit in the South Hall Convention Center, Rooms S204-S205, during the first day of CES. The sessions, moderated by the firm's analysts, feature groundbreaking research on connected devices and smart TVs, digital content, value-added and cloud services, new roles for service providers, and strategies for monetizing it all. Parks Associates forecasts worldwide revenues from operator-provided cloud-based value-added services will exceed $8.5 billion by 2015.
"The successes of connected CE and mobile devices announced at the last two CES events have pushed us into a new phase of connected CE diffusion – the rise of entertainment, communications, and lifestyle services attached to these products ," said Kurt Scherf, VP, Principal Analyst, Parks Associates. "Nearly 20% of U.S. broadband households are using connected CE devices to watch movies at least weekly. CONNECTIONS™ Summit will feature consumer data and executive discussions on best strategies to build services and features leveraging this new demand for connectivity."
Jean-Pierre Bienaimé, SVP Strategy & Communications, Orange; Chairman, UMTS Forum
Gary Brotman, Director, Product Marketing, Qualcomm Atheros
Richard Bullwinkle, Chief Evangelist, Rovi Corporation
Scott Burnett, Director, Global Consumers Electronics Industry, IBM
Andrew Grant, Senior Manager, Entertainment Industry Marketing, Akamai Technologies
Kurt Hoppe, Director, Smart TV Innovations and Alliances, LG Electronics
Fred King, COO, PlumChoice
Patrick McGinnis, Vice President of Exclusive Brands, Best Buy
Marty Roberts, VP of Sales & Marketing, thePlatform, a subsidiary of Comcast
Mitch Weinraub, VP, Product Development, Insight Communications
Michael Wexler, VP, Business Development and Product Strategy, Radialpoint
Dan Williams, Business Development, LEVEL Studios
Nate Williams, Senior Director, Strategy and Business Development, Motorola Mobility
Smart TV 2012 Outlook
Video: Three Screens and Beyond
Consumer Demand for Energy as a Service
Technical Support, Customer Service, and the Lifecycle in the Digital Home
The Personal Cloud and Digital Locker
CONNECTIONS™ Summit includes support from Premier Program Members, which include HCL; IBM; LEVEL Studios, a Rosetta Company; Motorola Mobility; PacketVideo; PlumChoice; Radialpoint; Rovi; Sigma Designs; and Technicolor.
During CES, visit Parks Associates in Booth # 20259 in the LVCC South Hall 1.
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