Parks Associates is now accepting speaker submissions for the 16th annual CONNECTIONS™: The Digital Living Conference and Showcase co-located with TIA 2012: Inside the Network on June 5-7 at the Gaylord Hotel, Dallas, TX. CONNECTIONS™ at TIA 2012 features The Connected Home Pavilion, a showcase on the TIA exhibit floor where attendees can preview demos from operators, manufacturers, and solutions providers for the digital home.
CONNECTIONS™ at TIA 2012 addresses critical business issues pertaining to the converging entertainment, media, and service markets for consumers. The audience is 550+ top executives, media, and thought leaders in the digital living markets.
The deadline for speaker submission is Monday, January 30, 2012.
CONNECTIONS™ at TIA 2012 TOPICS include:
Broadband Entertainment and Video Services
-- The future of OTT video - monetization strategies
-- The next steps in TV Everywhere
-- Personal cloud - path to revenues
-- Innovations in digital content delivery
-- What to watch - connecting consumers to content
The Consumer Experience
-- Gesture recognition and motion control
-- Improving search and discovery
-- Targeted; interactive advertising
Consumer Demand and the Business Cases for Connected CE
-- The smart TV as set-top box
-- Pay-TV providers and connected CE
-- The digital locker - balancing security and convenience
-- Monetizing connected consumer electronics
-- Multiplatform apps - development strategies for multiple screens
Home and Energy Management
-- Building interoperability among home system services and devices
-- The impact of standards including SEP 2.0 and OPENADR on energy management
-- Data mining and energy modeling applications for home energy management
-- Partnerships and competition among broadband and security service providers; utilities; and retailers
-- New approaches to demand management
Value-added Services
-- Managing the connected home - security; health; monitoring; and controls
-- Consumer technical support services
-- Evolution of customer support to consumer services
-- Emerging value-added services - music; gaming; and more
Mobile Communications and Devices
-- Second-screen services - apps; interactivity; and advertising
-- Synchronizing TV content to mobile devices
Connecting to consumers through smartphones and tablets
-- Monetizing mobile applications - business models and platform strategies
-- Emerging mobile services - boon for carriers or OTT providers?
To submit your abstract for this conference, click here.
