CONNECTIONS™ Welcomes 100+ Industry Executives Speaking on New Business Strategies for Cloud Media and Connected Consumers
DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Parks Associates today announced the speakers for CONNECTIONS™: The Digital Living Conference & Showcase, including executives from content and service providers and companies in entertainment, mobile communications, home management, and consumer electronics. Parks Associates will host CONNECTIONS™ June 28-30 at the Santa Clara Convention Center.
"Cloud media, including big announcements like iCloud, is creating a new type of connected consumer and a shift away from physical media," said Kurt Scherf, VP, Principal Analyst, Parks Associates. "One-third of U.S. broadband households find CDs/DVDs to be a hassle. Expectations are changing rapidly, and our speakers are at the forefront in tracking these evolving markets."
CONNECTIONS™ offers a unique mix of market research, trending data, industry insight, and discussion of the current strategies and future challenges in providing connectivity and technology services for consumers.
KEYNOTES
Eric J. Bruno, VP, Product Management, Verizon Telecom
David Grubb III, VP, Architecture & Strategy, Converged Experiences, Motorola Mobility
Glenn Lurie, President, Emerging Devices, Resale and Partnerships, AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets
John B. Penney, EVP, Strategy & Business Development, Starz, LLC
|
PANELISTS |
| Accedo Broadband |
| ADT |
| Affinegy |
| Akamai Technologies |
| Alarm.com |
| Alcatel-Lucent |
| AlertMe |
| Allegro Software Development Corporation |
| AwoX |
| BigBand Networks |
| BlackArrow |
| Blue Line Innovations |
| Cisco |
| chumby |
| Clearleap |
| Dell |
| DLNA |
| EchoStar Technologies |
| Ericsson |
| Femto Forum |
| Firstsource |
| Funambol |
| Gracenote |
| Granite Ventures |
| HCL |
| Hillcrest Labs |
| Hitachi Communication Technologies America |
| HomePNA |
| Honeywell |
| IBM |
| iTOK.NET |
| Independa |
| Ingersoll Rand |
| Kantar Video |
| L4 Media |
| LEVEL Studios, a Rosetta Company |
| LG Electronics |
| Limelight Networks |
| Logitech |
| Lutron Electronics Co. |
| Microsoft |
| Minerva Networks |
| Movea |
| Nagra-Kudelski |
| NDS |
| NexStep |
| Orange |
| Omnifone |
| Pace |
| PacketVideo |
| PlumChoice |
| Pond Venture Partners |
| Powerhouse Dynamics |
| PrimeSense |
| Qualcomm Labs |
| Radialpoint |
| RealNetworks |
| Roku |
| Rovi |
| Samsung Electronics |
| Schneider Electric |
| Sharp Electronics |
| Shaspa Research |
| Sling Media |
| Steelhead |
| SugarSync |
| SyncTV |
| Technicolor |
| Telcordia |
| Tellus Venture Associates |
| ThinkAnalytics |
| TiVo |
| Trinity Ventures |
| UEIC |
| U.S. Department of Energy |
| VentureBeat |
| Verimatrix |
| ViewSonic |
| VIZIO |
| Western Digital |
| Xbox LIVE, Microsoft |
| Yahoo! |
| Zodiac Interactive |
| Zonoff |
| Z-Wave Alliance, Sigma Designs |
|
WORKSHOP PANELISTS |
| eMeter |
| GE Lighting & Appliances |
| Huawei |
| Motorola Mobility |
| NewBay Software |
| Reliant Energy |
|
PARKS ASSOCIATES MODERATORS/ANALYSTS |
| Farhan Abid, Research Analyst |
| Bill Ablondi, Director, Home Systems Research |
| Laura Allen Phillips, Research Analyst |
| Brett Sappington, Senior Analyst |
| Kurt Scherf, VP, Principal Analyst |
| Stuart Sikes, President |
| Harry Wang, Director, Health & Mobile Product Research |
| Heather Way, Research Analyst |
CONNECTIONS™ Sponsors are Association Sponsor CEA®; Platinum Sponsors IBM and Technicolor; Gold Sponsors Affinegy, Allegro, HCL, Radialpoint, and Rovi; Silver Sponsors AwoX; Hitachi; Independa; LEVEL Studios, a Rosetta Company; Motorola Mobility; PacketVideo; PlumChoice; Zonoff; and the Z-Wave Alliance; Bronze Sponsors AlertMe, EchoStar, HomePNA, iTOK.NET, Minerva Networks, and RoxioNow; and Break Sponsors Firstsource and Quatrro.
For information, visit www.connectionsus.com.
About CONNECTIONS™
CONNECTIONS™: The Digital Living Conference and Showcase, hosted by leading research firm Parks Associates with support from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)®, is the premier executive event focused on the market developments and growth factors for advanced digital lifestyle solutions. http://www.connectionsus.com
CONTACT:
Parks Associates
Holly Sprague, 720-987-6614
hsprague@gmail.com
KEYWORDS: United States North America California Texas
INDUSTRY KEYWORDS: Technology Consumer Electronics Internet Mobile/Wireless
MEDIA:
| Logo |
