Conference hosted September 16-17 in Dallas explores $8.5 billion market opportunity in proptech and features Property Innovation Awards, sponsored by LIftMaster, to spotlight real-world deployments

Parks Associates will host the third annual Smart Spaces: Apartments, Hospitality, and Community Living September 16-17 at the HALL Arts Hotel in Dallas, Texas. The executive conference provides networking opportunities and insights into how technology is reshaping real-estate investment, asset management, and the tenant experience. Smart Spaces also features the 2025 Property Innovation Awards, sponsored by LiftMaster, which spotlight standout innovations driving the $8.5 billion market opportunity for smart home and security solutions in the multifamily market.

Smart Spaces is sponsored by ADT Multifamily, Cox Communities, Nice, Vantiva, SmartRent, Kwikset, ROCiQ, SkyBell, LiftMaster, Rently, Calix, 3dEYE, Cambium Networks, Eleven Software, Groove Technology Solutions, Johnson Controls, Nomadix, RealPage, Zentra Access, and dormakaba. The conference caters to building executives and hardware, middleware, and software providers enabling the next generation of consumer and property manager experiences in the MDU and hospitality environments.  

Smart Spaces will feature the following keynotes:

  • Julianna Brooks Clark, VP, Strategy and Business Development, Bradford Commercial Real Estate Services 
  • Melanie French, CPM, SPHR, CEO, RR Living
  • Kyle Johnson, Director, Smart Building Technology, Greystar
  • Rachael Kish, SVP, Operations, Asset Living
  • Dennis Kyle, SVP, Smart Building, RealPage

The following speakers will participate in analyst-moderated panels throughout the event:

  • Noel Arvizu, Sales Director – Multifamily, ADT
  • Jim Conti, VP, Sales HomeSight, Vantiva
  • Matt Davidson, Principal Product Manager, Software, eero
  • Rebecca Delgado-Peterson, Director, Product Solutions- Access Controls, LiftMaster
  • Mary Elder, VP, Development, Parkify Technology
  • Robert Gaulden, Go To Market Director, Multifamily Access, Zentra Access, an Allegion Company
  • Wil Gomez, Director, Product Management, SmartRent
  • Hannah Greenberg, CEO, Eleven Software, Inc.
  • Adam Hepworth, President, Della Connect
  • Hy Huynh, VP, Fiber Products, Harmonic
  • Sandy Jack, VP, Strategic Relations – Multifamily, Nomadix and Vingcard - ASSA ABLOY companies
  • Cris Kimbrough, Chief Strategy Officer, SKBM Smart Technology
  • Cam Margeson, Senior Account Executive, Rently
  • Ben Nowacky, President, HappyCo
  • Lee Miller, VP, Multifamily, Brivo
  • Francisco Moreno, AVP, Calix
  • Yaroslav (Yaro) Pasichnychenko, Head of Sales, MagicDoor
  • Lance Platt, President & CEO, Groove Technology Solutions
  • Marcus Scheiber, CEO, ROCiQ
  • Daniel Simpkins, Founder and CEO, Dwellwell Analytics
  • Todd Thorpe, Director of Business Development, Cambium Networks
  • Darren Weinstein, Sr Manager, Sales/Multifamily, North America, dormakaba
  • Taylor Wiederkehr, Founder & CEO, PropTech IQ
  • Joe Zylka, Chief Operating Officer, Goldenrod Companies

The event features data from the Parks Associates’ Smart, Safe, and Secure Apartment Living, a study of 8,000 US internet households that examines renter demand for smart, safe, and secure living solutions. The research firm will also present the winners of the 2025 Property Innovation Awards, sponsored by LiftMaster, during Smart Spaces.

To register for the conference, visit the event webpage. To schedule an interview with an analyst or to request specific data, please contact Mindi Sue Sternblitz-Rubenstein at mindi.sue@parksassociates.com, 972-490-1113.

About Smart Spaces

Smart Spaces, hosted by international research firm Parks Associates, brings together property owners, building managers, and technology leaders to discuss the innovations in the multidwelling and hospitality environments. Building on a high-performing broadband backbone, MDU property managers can leverage connected devices and smart platforms that integrate connected solutions to streamline property management tasks and lower operating costs, attract and retain residents, and increase rental revenues. The event features consumer research, informative session, and networking opportunities for building executives, service providers, and hardware, middleware, and software providers enabling the next generation of solutions for the consumer, MDU, and public spaces.

Throughout each Smart Spaces event, Parks Associates shares its research on bulk broadband, managed Wi-Fi, smart home, and IoT technologies, including access controls, energy management, and network support, setting the stage for conversations to understand the current and future opportunities in smart apartments and hospitality.

Parks Associates is hosting the third annual Smart Spaces on September 16-17 at the HALL Arts Hotel Dallas, Curio Collection by Hilton. www.smartspacesconference.com