Parks Associates is supporting Future of Television East.

Harry Wang, Director, Health & Mobile Product Research, Parks Associates will moderate the session, "Successful partnerships for content delivery in the vehicle."

Parks Associates is supporting Connected Cars 2012.

The Connected Car had its year in 2012 – it was the highlight of the 3 main telco trade shows CES, MWC and CTIA as the ‘convergence darling of the industry’. Connected Cars 2012 is a unique, one day event bringing the whole eco-system together for considered discussion of a number of essential themes, including: 

• Connected Cars – Basking in the Spotlight
• Connected Car Content – Music, video, infotainment
• Connected Car Services - Emergency services & tracking
• Connected Car Business Models, Pricing and Global Scaling
• Connected Cars Enablement – LTE, 4G, Satellite, Wifi, Wimax, M2M, Cloud, and Voice Activation, Electricity
• Connected Cars Safety and Privacy
• Connected Cars Customer Experience

This event is about content and business – addressing the above issues so you walk away from an intimate event with 1:1 contacts and a thorough knowledge about the state of play and best practice in connected cars. Get ready to meet Ford,Hyundai, Toyota, Panasonic, Nokia, AT&T, Sprint, Pioneer, Volvo, Rdio, Pandora and more all in one room. You will be involved as panel discussions with Q and A follow high level strategic keynotes.

Harry Wang, Director, Health & Mobile Product Research, Parks Associates is chairing the Innovative Service Delivery on Day 1, Wednesday, November 14th from 12:15 - 5:55 PM. Harry will be moderating the session, "Technologies of the Future: Which Innovations may become Commonplace?" from 2:35 – 3:25 PM. In addition, Harry will be moderating the session, "How Is Mobile Video Challenging the Network Architecture of LTE? Mitigating the Bandwidth-Hogger" from 4:55 – 5:25 PM.

Parks Associates is supporting LTE North America.

Now in its 5th year, LTE North America has firmly established itself as the ultimate ‘learning conference’ of the region, bringing together the leaders of the entire LTE ecosystem for unparalleled breadth and depth of discussion around the future of mobile broadband.

The event is a must-attend for regional carriers looking to search for potential new partners and learn from the market leaders about their deployment experiences. Hand-in-hand with a high quality programme and C-level speaker selection, the event offers opportunities for networking and learning opportunities though panel discussions, in-depth focus sessions, workshops, and a substantial exhibition floor showcasing the newest innovations and developments of the market.

Parks Associates is a diamond media partner for AfricApps.

AfricApps is a brand new and exciting addition to AfricaCom run for developers by developers. It is bringing together the growing community of Sub-Sahara’s mobile app developers to excahge ideas about how to create market leading apps and learn how they can bring to market the next Angry Birds.

Parks Associates is a diamond media partner for AfricaCast.

AfricaCast returns for a second year and continues to be the premier event in Sub Saharan Africa for broadcasters. This year we have the support of SABC, ABN, Endemol and Viacom; among many other major broadcasters who have provided CXO level speakers to discuss the future opportunities for African broadcasters. The event will provide a vital platform for all stakeholders to engage and debate how best to monetise the future of African broadcasting.

AfricaCast, an event organised jointly by Informa’s Com World Series and TV Connect Global Events returns again after attracting  228 high level conference delegates last year to address the challenges and opportunities in Africa’s broadcasting market. AfricaCast is part of Afircan' largest community event, AfricaCom which will attract 7,000+ exhibition visitors this year. This two day summit will bring decision makers from the entire value chain.

Parks Associates is supporting MVNOs Industry Summit USA 2012.

MVNOs Industry Summit USA looks forward to re-uniting senior executives from MVNOs, MNOs, MVNEs and device and retail companies to discuss how the second wave of MVNO business in North America is maximising device and services connectivity, global mobile data models, and roaming. 2012 promises to ramp up the action, with all eyes on carrier 4G strategy and the device sector move into connectivity and full ecosystem layer ownership.

This event is part of the MVNOs Industry Summit Series covering 5 major markets (Europe, Asia, Latam, Africa, USA). We were delighted to welcome Aspider, CDRator, Redknee, and Wyless as sponsors and exhibitors at the event in 2011 at the time of writing. 2012 continues our theme of supporting on site introductions, business wish lists, and industry catalyst for MVNO regional business development. The event is co-located with LTE North America and reaps the networking and business development benefits of this. 1,000 co-located attendees, 70 exhibitors, and 2 days and 6 streams of content.

Parks Associates is supporting the Mobile Roaming Cala Forum.

Informs Latin America is organizing the 4th edition of Mobile Roaming CALA That will draw together main regional operators to discuss the issues roaming in the region. Also this is the only event in the region just roaming dedicated to professionals and it has consolidated to an annual meeting to share Experiences Between operators and services providers.

Parks Associates is supporting Mobile Roaming World Summit 2012.

The global roaming market has dramatically evolved in the last few years, with major moves coming from Europe in terms of alliances, priced and services. Across the industry we are currently seeing forward thinking companies literally changing the face of roaming. With Vodafone?s announcement that it is effectively dropping roaming charges for „Passport? customers and Zain?s hugely innovative „One Network? initiative, the roaming market is becoming a whole new game.

This two-day event will provide a unique learning and networking opportunity for roaming professionals looking to improve roaming revenues through innovative strategies.

The EU regulation changes on roaming will have potentially gargantuan impacts on traditional operator and operator/MVNO relationships. This event-which enjoys its 20th anniversary year in 2012 – is THE discussion place for roaming business development, strategy and opportunity. We celebrate by adding further networking and social events to our usual thought-leadership sessions.
 

Parks Associates is supporting Digital Asset Management - Europe.

A worldwide gathering of thought leaders and experts in Digital Asset Management, Createasphere’s European Conference will offer innovative solutions and dynamic training to European professional responsible for the creation, handling, security, or underwriting of digital assets. The European Conference will be co-located with SPAR Europe, a conference on 3D imaging & Data Management for Engineering, Construction, Manufacturing and Security. Top-quality education, expert presenters, live demonstrations, software and hardware innovations and networking opportunities converge, giving participants a unique opportunity to learn, see, try, test, talk, and share.

Heather Way, Research Analyst, Parks Associates will moderate the session, "Standardization" on Wednesday, November 14th from 9:00 - 9:50 AM. Adapting your advertisement for each device and platform costs broadcasters and advertisers’ time and money. So what can you do to ensure you are not wasting your resources. Panelists include: Dietrich von Behren, VP, Digital Media & Investments, A&E Television Networks; Michael Hudes, Executive Vice President, YuMe; Marcus Liassides, Executive Vice President, Myspace; and Farhad Massoudi, CEO, AdRise.

 Heather Way, Research Analyst, Parks Associates will also moderate the session, "The Future of Addressable and Connected TV Advertising" from 10:45-11:30 AM. The revolution in TV advertising means the possibilities for addressing the right audience are endless. This will benefit the whole ecosystem.  Panelists include: Bill Harvey, Vice Chairman and Chief Research Officer, TRA Inc.; Tal Ball, SVP, Products and Technology, Engineering, Gracenote; and Shirlene Chandrapal, VP Connected TV and Mobile-Europe and US, Smartclip.

The Smart TV and Multi-screen Advertising Summit brings together whole advertising community including the major broadcasters, content owners, advertisers, media buying agencies and technology providers to address the major issues  and deliver an innovative advanced advertising strategy.

Tricia Parks, Founder & CEO, Parks Associates will be presenting, "Defining the Connected Home: Understanding the Opportunity for Service Providers" at the CenturyLink Educational Conference on Wednesday, November 14 from 9:15 - 10:15 AM.  

Parks Associates is supporting OSP Expo 2012.

OSP EXPO delivers solutions, products, and technologies for today’s rapid wireless and wireline network evolution. OSP EXPO 2012 brings OSP professionals from ILECs, CLECs and IOCs together to learn, network and purchase products that solve their network challenges.

Celebrating its 20th year, OSP EXPO is the most influential infrastructure trade show for two simple reasons: OSP is not only about the technology and how-to network solutions, but is also about the human network and teamwork. No other event or brand proactively melds these two core values. That’s why providers from 40 countries and 70 companies continue to rely on and attend OSP EXPO.

Parks Associates is hosting the CONNECTIONS™ Europe: Monetizing the Digital Home.

CONNECTIONS™ Europe offers high-level analysis and consumer research, networking opportunities, and information on emerging connected home services and technologies. The executive summit focuses on the next generation of services beyond entertainment, including new partnership opportunities between operators and utilities, strategies to engage consumers through innovative service bundling, the role of the cloud, and how to effectively connect consumers to digital content on various platforms.