Research firm announces topics for CONNECTIONS™ Summit at CES: Consumer IoT and Smart Home

Parks Associates today announced the topics and call for papers for the 13th-annual CONNECTIONS™ Summit: Consumer IoT and Smart Home, taking place January 8, 2019, on the first day of CES® 2019 in Las Vegas. New research from the firm finds 65% of U.S. broadband households bought at least one CE device in 2017. 360 View: CE Adoption and Trends reports that U.S. broadband households now own an average of 8.6 connected computing, mobile, and entertainment devices.

“Purchase intentions for smart speakers with a personal assistant have increased year-over-year, reflecting consumer interest in voice-first technologies. This product category is positioned as a gateway to drive adoption of more smart home devices in the home,” said Jennifer Kent, Director, Research Quality & Product Development, Parks Associates. “At CONNECTIONS™ Summit, we will examine strategies to build on consumer interest in new connected product categories, such as smart speakers and smart watches, as part of an expanding connected home ecosystem of products and services.”

CONNECTIONS™ Summit features sessions focusing on trends, emerging business models and technologies, and growth opportunities for companies developing products and services for the connected home. The one-day executive summit focuses on the best business strategies and key consumer value propositions for the Internet of Things (IoT), the smart home, and connected and mobile CE and services.

CONNECTIONS™ Summit topics:

· Voice-First Smart Experience: Innovation and Disruption

· Security and Data Analytics: Protecting the Connected Consumer

· Smart Home Platforms: Health, Safety, and Security

· Focus on the Experience: Interoperability & Integration

· In-Home Tech Support: Creating Consumer Confidence

· Home Security: Expanding the Market 

· Integrating Energy Services with the Smart Home

· Insurance and Consumer IoT Markets: New Business Models

· Independent Living: Serving Consumers at Home

· Smart Home Business Models: Shift to Services

Early CONNECTIONS™ Summit sponsors include Alarm.com, F-Secure, ROC-Connect, and Trusource Labs.

Parks Associates is currently accepting speaker submissions for CONNECTIONS™ Summit 2019.

For more information, visit www.connectionssummit.com. To speak with an analyst or to request research, contact Julia Homier at julia.homier@parksassociates.com, 972-996-0214.

About CONNECTIONS™ Summit at CES

CONNECTIONS™ Summit at CES is an annual research and industry event hosted by international research firm Parks Associates at CES in Las Vegas. The executive event brings senior executive leaders from the broadband, security and smart home, consumer electronic, and connected health solution markets to share insights on the future of connected homes.

The 18th annual CONNECTIONS™ Summit will take place January 9 during CES, which runs January 9-12, 2024, in Las Vegas.

Follow the event on Twitter at @CONN_Summit. For information about CONNECTIONS™ Summit, contact sales@parksassociates.com or call 972-490-1113 or visit www.connectionssummit.com.

About Parks Associates

Parks Associates, a woman-founded and certified business, is an internationally recognized market research and consulting company specializing in emerging consumer technology products and services. Founded in 1986, Parks Associates provides business intelligence and research services through its proprietary methodologies developed over decades, including quarterly surveys of 10,000 internet households.

The company's expertise crosses many industries: home security and smart home, streaming video, broadband and pay-TV services, digital media and platforms, gaming, Wi-Fi and home networks, connected health, support, consumer electronics, home control systems, energy management, and tech solutions for the multi-dwelling (MDU), small-to-medium business (SMB), and commercial building markets.

Each year, Parks Associates brings thousands of leaders together for its webinars and annual events. The firm hosts the annual executive research and strategy conferences CONNECTIONS™, Connected Health Summit, Smart Energy Summit, Smart Spaces, and Future of Video. https://www.parksassociates.com

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