Start the morning networking over breakfast with industry leaders shaping the home ecosystem.

Check in early to connect with peers and preview the day’s AI-focused smart home insights.

Parks Associates kicks off with a strategic view of AI as the next major layer of value in the connected home. The opening frames how AI changes product design, customer experience, and competitive differentiation across categories. Attendees leave with a clear sense of where growth is occurring across the connected home market.  

This keynote panel tackles the biggest adoption barrier in smart homes: inconsistent, fragmented user experiences. This session will share how AI can reduce friction, improve reliability, and drive sustained engagement. Panelists focus on what those experience upgrades mean for monetization, service attachment, and scale.

Parks Associates presents fresh research on predictive and agentic AI and how these capabilities move smart homes from reactive to proactive. The data connects real use cases to measurable outcomes like satisfaction, retention, and willingness to pay. You’ll also see where consumers draw the line on autonomy and what that means for product and service design.

This panel explores how AI is transforming access and automation into more personalized, context-aware experiences. Speakers address interoperability, identity management, and the rising expectation for “it just works” control. Speakers will address which access control models and automation layers create stickier platforms and recurring revenue.

Parks Associates shares market evidence on how AI-enabled energy management is expanding from efficiency tools into full-service ecosystems. The session covers drivers like EVs, dynamic pricing, DERs, and demand response, and how they fit together for consumers.  

This research presentation delivers the latest read on home security demand, competition, and AI-powered feature adoption. Parks Associates research data highlights how detection, verification, and proactive threat prevention are changing the value of home and business security subscriptions.

As AI becomes more embedded in homes, privacy and security shift from table stakes to core purchase drivers. This research presentation highlights Parks Associates latest research on data privacy and security as well as consumer expectations, regulatory pressure, and the risks that can derail adoption of smart home devices.

Small-group discussions to define the KPIs that matter for AI-enabled smart home products and services. Participants will share what they measure today, what they should measure, and how to tie AI performance to business outcomes. Speakers share practical best practices on deployment, iteration, and scaling of AI solutions across customer segments.

This welcome session marks three decades of CONNECTIONS™ and the industry evolution it has tracked. Parks Associates will highlight milestone shifts in connected home, energy, security, and health, and the partners who helped shape them. The stage is set for an afternoon focused on what the next wave of AI and services will bring.

Across decades, the connected home has evolved in so many ways. Join this forward-looking session that connects the biggest lessons from the last 30 years to the disruptions ahead. Experienced leaders across the connected home will share how technology cycles, consumer expectations, and business models have changed and which patterns are repeating. The discussion closes with bold forecasts on where AI, platforms, and ecosystems take connected living through 2056.

This panel explores how AI is reshaping how brands acquire, onboard, and retain smart home customers. Speakers share strategies for personalization across the full buyer journey, from discovery to daily use, while respecting privacy expectations. The focus is on measurable impact: how AI creates higher conversion, lowers churn, and better lifetime value through smarter engagement.

Join this lightening round on the most important shifts happening across connected living markets right now. Speaker delivers concise, takeaways on AI, interoperability, customer value, and monetization.

Celebrate three decades of CONNECTIONS™ with an evening reception bringing together the “BEST of the BEST” across the connected home ecosystem.

Parks Associates opens with the latest consumer and industry research on how connected living is expanding beyond devices into service-based ecosystems. The session highlights the fastest-growing categories, emerging AI use cases, and shifting consumer expectations about “smart” living. Attendees will gain a clear view of the role of tech giants, the hardware as a service model, and forecasts of the smart home product categories.

This panel explores how AI is elevating home safety through proactive monitoring, better detection, and more relevant alerts. Speakers will discuss what consumers value most and where trust, accuracy, and response still need improvement. The conversation connects these advances to new service bundles and recurring revenue opportunities.

Panelists break down which monetization strategies are proving sustainable as IoT and AI mature. Expect real-world examples of subscription layering, outcome-based services, and partner-driven bundles. The focus is on what drives adoption and retention—and what doesn’t—in today’s connected home market.

This keynote looks at how investors evaluate AI-driven connected home companies and platforms. It connects product intelligence and data strategy to valuation metrics like growth potential, margins, and customer lifetime value. Attendees will hear what signals the market rewards and what risks can limit scale.

A deep dive into multifamily and managed living environments as major growth engines for connected services. Panelists discuss how AI improves operations, resident experience, and service delivery across property portfolios. The business lens centers on scalable deployment, stakeholder alignment, and long-term revenue models.

This panel examines the trust gap created by AI-enabled homes and always-on data collection. Parks and industry leaders will outline what consumers expect in transparency, control, and protection. The session translates those expectations into practical security approaches that reduce friction and support adoption.

Make CONNECTIONS - Speed Networking is a structured, fast-paced session designed to maximize meaningful connections in a short time. Attendees will rotate through brief, focused conversations with multiple attendees. This is a great way to make new CONNECTIONS!

Panelists examine how utilities and platform providers are leveraging AI to make the home a responsive, grid-interactive energy hub. This session features speakers talking about the  orchestration across ERs, EVs, rates, and demand response to create new service value. The business takeaway: where utilities can drive engagement and monetize beyond commodity energy.

Older adults and caregiver market is an incredible market to serve. This panel looks at aging-in-place and community living as a major driver for connected services. Speakers discuss AI-enabled safety, wellness monitoring, and caregiver support that fit real consumer needs. The session also highlights sustainable business models for serving seniors at scale.

Parks Associates presents new research on how network performance, service models, and AI are shaping device demand. The session connects consumer expectations to purchase drivers, upgrade cycles, and willingness to adopt new connected categories. Attendees will leave with a clear read on where demand is accelerating and what constraints still limit growth.

This panel examines how ISPs can expand beyond connectivity into smart home services through strategic bundling. Speakers will discuss partnership models, managed services, and AI-enabled experiences that drive ARPU and retention. The conversation focuses on what consumers will actually pay for and how ISPs can scale offers across segments.

Panelists explore the different adoption curves and business realities across global smart home markets. Discussion centers on affordability barriers, distribution strategies, and localized use cases that unlock demand. Expect practical insights on how AI, financing, and ecosystem partnerships can accelerate penetration worldwide.

A forward-looking discussion on where investment is flowing as intelligent living ecosystems mature. Panelists will outline the most promising AI-driven categories, platform plays, and service layers expected to scale by 2030. The session ties market forecasts to concrete opportunities for growth, differentiation, and long-term value creation.