Parks Associates and industry leaders to discuss the expanding energy and home controls market at executive conference in Austin, Texas, February 17-19

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," said Stuart Sikes, President, Parks Associates. "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 Speakers:

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Parks Associates would like to thank the following organizations for their support of the conference: Antenna Systems & Technology, BoogarLists, CABA, CleanTX, EIS Alliance, ESNA, FierceEnergy, FierceSmartGrid, HiddenWires, Home Gateway Initiative, HomePlug Alliance, KXNtoday, LonMark International, Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships, OpenADR Alliance, Remote Site & Equipment Management, Smart Grid Interoperability Panel, SmartGridCareers.com, U-SNAP Alliance, UPnP Forum, Wi-Fi Alliance, WSNBuzz.com, and ZigBee Alliance.

Please follow the Smart Energy Summit on Twitter at @SmartEnergySmt and #SES2014.

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