"CONNECTIONS" articles

Parks Associates’ 2020 CONNECTIONS™ Community is a virtual conference and networking experience focused on the connected home and IoT industries. The CONNECTIONS™ Community will host six exclusive networking events over the next three months, leading up to the main virtual conference on November 10-12, which will bring together industry leaders to network and discuss the growing smart home market. The CONNECTIONS Community’s first online experience is the MDUs in Focus:...

Prior to Parks Associates’ 23rd-annual CONNECTIONS: The Premier Connected Home Conference, Arsham Hatambeiki, Senior Vice President, Product & Technology, Universal Electronics Inc. spoke with the firm’s analyst team to his thoughts on connected entertainment and smart home ecosystems. Arsham participated on the Connected Entertainment and Smart Home: Bridging Parallel Ecosystems panel on Thursday, May 23, at 11:15 AM. Panelists who joined him on this session included:...

Prior to Parks Associates’ 23rd-annual CONNECTIONS: The Premier Connected Home Conference , Chris Gibbons, MD, Founder and CEO, The Greystone Group, Inc. spoke with the firm’s analyst team to his thoughts on independent living in the smart home. Chris participated on the Special Session: Independent Living in the Smart Home panel on Wednesday, May 22, at 3:30 PM. Panelists who joined him on this session included: Jeff Cutler, Chief Commercial Officer, Ada Health...

Prior to Parks Associates’ 23rd-annual CONNECTIONS: The Premier Connected Home Conference , Jeff Cutler, Chief Commercial Officer, Ada Health spoke with the firm’s analyst team to his thoughts on independent living in the smart home. Jeff participated on the Special Session: Independent Living in the Smart Home panel on Wednesday, May 22, at 3:30 PM. Panelists who joined him on this session included: Chris Gibbons, MD, Founder and CEO, The Greystone Group, Inc....

Prior to Parks Associates’ 23rd-annual CONNECTIONS: The Premier Connected Home Conference , Brian Brackenbury, Director, Connected Products, Gentex Corporation, spoke with the firm’s analyst team to discuss the smart home experience. Brian participated on the Connected Cars: Extension for the Smart Home panel on Wednesday, May 22, at 10:15 AM. Panelists who joined him on this session included: Jan-Philipp Gehrmann, Director, Head of Automotive Sales & Marketing...

Prior to Parks Associates’ 23rd-annual CONNECTIONS: The Premier Connected Home Conference , Dan Berte, Director, IoT, Bitdefender spoke with the firm’s analyst team to discuss future of connected devices in the home. Dan participated on the Data Security and Privacy: Empowering Consumers panel on Wednesday, May 22, at 1:15 PM. Panelists who joined him on this session included: Marcio Avillez, SVP of Business Development, CUJO AI Gary Davis, Chief Consumer Security...

Prior to Parks Associates’ 23rd-annual CONNECTIONS: The Premier Connected Home Conference , Yuval Boger, CMO, Wi-Charge spoke with the firm’s analyst team to discuss future of integrated technologies in the home. Yuval participated on the Data Security and Privacy: Empowering Consumers panel on Wednesday, May 22, at 1:15 PM. Panelists who joined him on this session included: Rob Conant, CEO, Cirrent Tony Frangiosa, CEO, InstallerNet, Inc. Christine King, VP,...

Content Submitted by Universal Electronics Inc. It is hard to read an industry article or report these days that does not mention the rapid growth of voice control and voice based technologies leveraging artificial intelligence. Parks Associates in a recent report named voice as a prime differentiator in the user experience for the smart home.  As the number of devices consumers interact with in the home has increased, so has the complexity in user experience and...