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The security industry has undergone substantial change in recent years, but one thing remains the same: security system owners demand a swift, accurate, and effective response to alerts and issues. The value of security solutions is undermined when systems detect and alert users to issues that are not actual security events or emergencies. Plus, response to false alarms diverts responders’ time and attention away from valid security events at a time when law enforcement is facing severe staffing constraints. It also conditions first responders to assume that system-triggered security events are false.

These issues are critically important to the security industry. Players across the residential security ecosystem have worked to improve technologies and processes to decrease the occurrence of false alarms. The Monitoring Association developed an alarm validation scoring standard, TMA-AVS-01, to help emergency operators and responders to prioritize and respond to alarms more effectively, reducing the number of nuisance alarms and improving overall system performance.

In this virtual session, industry leaders from across the residential security ecosystem talk about next steps with AVS-01, with a focus on getting to scale with urgency. Leaders will address how their organizations are offering technologies, new processes, partnerships, and marketing resources to put AVS-01 into action and educate law enforcement partners on the standard. The webinar will also include Parks Associates research from interviews with law enforcement agencies and dispatchers about responding to security alarms and technologies and processes that can help.

Join the opening session for an update on what smart home solutions consumers are most interested in, the channels consumers are using to buy these products, and insight into the new services entering the market.

Integrating devices, systems, and services has emerged as a pivotal force shaping the future of connected living. This session provides insights into successful deployments, marketing, and growth of smart home solutions. Speakers highlight real-world success stories, address interoperability challenges, and highlight the role of data analytics in fine-tuning smart home systems to anticipate user needs and preferences better.

Explore the latest advancements in smart appliances and large energy solution investments and their impact on convenience, energy efficiency, and user experience within connected homes. This session highlights the potential cost savings and environmental benefits of energy-efficient smart appliances and solutions, the challenges in implementing large-scale investments in existing homes, and how to help consumers understand the long-term value of these investments.

Sponsored by Schlage

Registration sponsored by Becklar

Sponsored by bluesalve partners

AI is changing the way we live and work. Parks Associates shares the practical applications of AI in the smart home and what’s on the horizon, featuring consumer and industry data.

Discover how AI turns houses into intelligent ecosystems, automates tasks, enhances security, and delivers personalized experiences. Speakers address the role of artificial intelligence in smart home products and systems, including intelligent automation and energy efficiency, to improve safety and customized comfort.

Sponsored by Xailient

Consumers understand home service value and are willing to pay for new connected home services. Explore pricing models, market research insights, and successful strategies for monetizing innovative offerings in the connected home industry. Speakers in this session address the importance of communicating the value proposition, concerns about subscription-based models for smart home services, and examples of successful pricing strategies and subscription tiers.

Interoperability and integration are crucial concepts in modern smart home ecosystems, aiming to enhance the functionality, convenience, and efficiency of home automation systems. This session explores the latest strategies and technologies that are driving new value creation in the smart home sector.  Speakers address the role of interoperability and integration including wireless standards and the new initiative matter. By focusing on how different devices and systems within a home can communicate and work together seamlessly, the session highlights the importance of interoperability standards and integration frameworks.

Sponsored by Johnson Controls

Parks Associates highlights new research from its latest insurance and smart home study, featuring insights on top insurance players, incentives driving consumers' interest in smart home solutions, and the implications for insurance and smart home partnerships.

The partnerships between insurance companies and smart home device providers are a strategic alignment of business goals. The smart home ecosystem is reshaping the insurance landscape, offering new ways to enhance security, safeguard assets, and provide valuable services to homeowners. Leading companies address the ways insurance can reduce risk, improve customer engagement, differentiate themselves, and tap into the growing smart home market.

In a world where home security has become increasingly important, the issue of false alarms has plagued homeowners and law enforcement for decades. This session addresses how cutting-edge technology is reshaping the landscape of home security, making it more efficient, reliable, and user-friendly. Speakers highlight latest innovations in sensor technology, including motion detectors, door/window sensors, and video surveillance and the impact on professional monitoring.

Connectivity and smart home tech are driving a transformation of multifamily housing. This session addresses how multifamily properties embrace transformative technologies and connected use cases to better meet residents' needs and improve their internal operations. Speakers address the complexity of the MDU environment and the opportunities for new revenue, property differentiation, and resident satisfaction.

Sponsored by RSPNDR

The home security industry has transformed dramatically in the past five years. Explore the latest trends in smart surveillance systems, access control, and intrusion detection. Understand how advanced security solutions protect homes and ensure peace of mind for homeowners. Speakers address the integration of AI and machine learning in creating more advanced and effective security systems and include insights into how modern security systems offer remote monitoring and rapid response capabilities.

In this session RapidSOS Founder and CEO will discuss lessons learned from supporting half a billion emergencies over the past five years and the opportunity in front of us to harness artificial and human intelligence with multimedia to transform safety and security across our communities.

The volume and diversity of connected products that consumers, small businesses, property owners, and others will need to configure, integrate, and control will continue to grow yearly. This session addresses the smart home ecosystem's strides toward interoperability to help move the industry to mass market adoption.

Registration sponsored by Becklar

Sponsored by Midea America

As the smart home industry continues to evolve, the focus is expanding beyond early adopters and single-family homes.  Now the early majority and more mass-market consumer is the buyer along with small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and multifamily properties. This session includes insight into how the shifts happening in the evolution of the smart home, including enhancements to security, energy efficiency, and access solutions.

Consumers have many options for where to buy technology and key triggers, including decision-making progress. This session highlights marketing strategies, customer journeys, and effective sales tactics to drive adoption and market penetration. Speakers highlight the impact of different channels on adopting smart home solutions, including dealer, builder, and retail.

With the introduction of Verizon Home Internet, Verizon’s Fixed Wireless Access complementing its award-winning fiber to the home FIOS product, Verizon is now among the largest providers of home internet service in the country.  But not only is Verizon driving home connectivity, it is transforming how people use home automation security, and productivity technologies. Hear from Anil Guntapali, Verizon’s Vice President of Technology and Product Development, about innovations his team is creating which will transform people’s experience in their homes. 

Sponsored by Trident IoT

Privacy and data security are consistently a top barrier to adopting connected products within connected homes. Discuss best practices and industry standards for protecting personal information, preventing unauthorized access, and maintaining user privacy in an interconnected ecosystem. This session addresses the impact of regulations such as GDPR and CCPA on the connected home industry and the role of transparent data handling practices in building consumer trust.

Healthcare devices and autonomous living solutions provide a game-changing possibility for older adults and those with disabilities. This session addresses the latest advancements in remote monitoring, personalized healthcare, and assistive technologies that empower individuals to live independently and improve their well-being.

This session will offer a comprehensive overview of the latest advancements in EV and solar technology, market trends, and sustainability impacts. Attendees will gain insights into the latest research findings on consumer preferences, adoption barriers, and motivational factors influencing the shift towards EVs and solar energy solutions.

Innovative energy management solutions and their impact on sustainability and cost savings continue to drive adoption of connected home solutions. This session addresses innovative energy management solutions beyond simple automation to optimize energy consumption, the challenges of balancing user comfort with energy savings in connected homes, and the potential for partnerships with utility companies to incentivize energy-efficient behaviors.

Connectivity underpins every facet of contemporary life - from the way we work, learn, and access healthcare, to how we shop, manage our homes, and interact with our communities. This incredible line up of connectivity leaders shares their experiences in the role of speed, Wi-Fi, and the pace of adoption for value-added services.

Gain insights into the future of connected living, exploring emerging technologies, disruptive innovations, and anticipated market trends. Understand how advancements such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, the Internet of Things (IoT), and 5G will shape the modern living landscape. This session addresses the potential for cross-industry collaborations to drive innovation in connected homes and the challenges and opportunities arising from the intersection of 5G, IoT, and AI for consumers at home, at work, and on the go.

Parks Associates ends the conference with a summary of the potential of technology in reshaping consumers’ homes and lifestyles.

Join us for champagne and strawberries – sponsored by Savant

Join this session to dissect strategies that leverage subscription-based hardware offerings, and gain insights into monetization, customer engagement, and sustainable growth in the realm of smart home technology.

As households become increasingly integrated with IoT (Internet of Things) devices and smart technologies, understanding the dynamics of energy use within these environments becomes critical. The presentation seeks to provide insights into the challenges and opportunities presented by the integration of energy management solutions in connected homes, with a focus on promoting environmental sustainability and reducing energy use in individual homes and multifamily environments.

Uncover the latest trends, innovations, and market dynamics that are propelling the growth of the home security industry. This session highlights research on DIY and pro-install security solutions and adoption of monitoring services.

Make meaningful connections, exchange ideas, and have fun with colleagues. Engage in a series of rapid-fire conversations, each lasting just a few minutes, designed to maximize your networking potential.

The expansion of the connected home market has progressed at a gradual yet consistent pace. This session will spotlight emerging growth areas, showcasing technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, voice interfaces, video verification, and analytics. In addition, panelists will discuss which markets are poised to broaden the reach of connected solutions, including multifamily housing, small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), senior living facilities, and professional installation channels.

Parks Associates team highlights key takeaways, including the top five things to watch in the second half of the year.

Sponsored by Cognitive Systems

This session focuses on the world of value-added services that are redefining the broadband industry. From advanced cybersecurity solutions to IoT integrations and AI-driven content customization, broadband providers are working to bring the next generation of services to consumers.

Registration sponsored by Becklar

Professional monitoring operators leverage their strengths by being always on and available to communicate with their users to demonstrate the value they add beyond traditional monitoring solutions. This conversation, featuring ADT’s EVP and COO Don Young, provides insights into the current state of the security industry, focusing on the latest market strategy, alliances, and technological investments. This discussion addresses new product capabilities that are expanding new monitoring services beyond security, including proactive defense through video analytics, AI enhancements, the expansion of security beyond access points, the role of AVS-01 and implementation, and the vision for the future of the security industry.

Consumers want a unified experience across the different standalone devices and systems in the home. The promise of interoperability hinges partially on the convenience of controlling and coordinating multiple devices through a unified interface application. This session addresses the progress made to simplify the experience and what companies have advanced growth of the whole-home smart home experience through integration.

Parks Associates research team provides an update on market shifts in 2023, the adoption of connected devices, including smart home, entertainment, healthy and energy devices. This opening presentation features research from the firm’s survey work of 10,000 internet US households.