Blog articles from 12/2009

International research firm Parks Associates announced executives from Austin Energy and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will keynote the Smart Energy Summit: Engaging the Consumer . The two keynotes provide unique perspectives from business and governmental sides of the residential energy management (REM) industry, offering expert insight on successful deployment strategies and the impact of U.S. funding for smart grid projects. Recently, the Department...

Parks Associates announced the Call For Papers for the upcoming CONNECTIONS™: The Digital Living Conference and Showcase . The 2010 conference will take place June 8-10 at the Santa Clara Convention Center. The main topic areas for the event are Entertainment Platforms & Value-Added Services, New Media and Digital Content, Consumer Electronics, and Home Systems & Controls. Emerging technologies continue to change the digital living landscape. Mobile applications are...

Parks Associates supports Digital Health Summit at CES on January 9, 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Harry Wang , Director, Health & Mobile Product Research, Parks Associates will be a panelist on the session "Consumers Driving Healthcare: Capitalizing on the Opportunities" on January 9 from 9:00 AM – 9:45 AM. In the US alone spending for chronic disease management is expected to increase from $500 billion a year to $685 billion by 2020. Consumers are on–the-go...

Parks Associates supports the Smart Silvers Event at CES on January 9, 2010 from Las Vegas, Nevada. Parks Associates is a media partner of Smart Silvers Event at CES . The Silvers Summit , a full day program to be presented on Saturday, January 9, at the 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) , will showcase the products and services that keep boomers engaged, entertained, connected and healthy.

U.S. Department of Commerce, Austin Energy to keynote conference -- International research firm Parks Associates announced the preliminary agenda and current speakers, sponsors, and advisory board for the Smart Energy Summit: Engaging the Consumer . This conference, hosted in cooperation with Austin Energy on January 25-27 at the Hyatt Regency in Austin, Tex., focuses on opportunities in residential energy management and the challenges of bringing Smart Grid technologies to U.S....

Parks Associates announced the speakers for the CONNECTIONS™ Summit at CES in Las Vegas, January 7, on the first day of the 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) . Over thirty speakers will participate in sessions moderated by Parks Associates analysts and featuring consumer and industry research on smartphones, mobile services, 3D TV, and smart grid technologies. Session topics also include business strategies for service providers, status of energy management...

Adoption of non-text mobile data services has exceeded 40% of the more than 70 million U.S. broadband households with a mobile phone service, according to Parks Associates’ new consumer study Mobile Convergence: Platforms, Applications, and Services. Over one-fourth of mobile service users have adopted mobile Internet and e-mail services, eclipsing other mobile data ARPU drivers like mobile TV and music, indicating that carriers will have to win subscribers through more...