Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Over 100 companies speaking at Parks Associates’ 20th-annual CONNECTIONS: The Premier Connected Home Conference, May 24-26 in San Francisco

Amazon, Cox, Comcast, Facebook, HP, Logitech, Roku, Vivint Smart Home, and other leading IoT companies to present insights on consumer engagement strategies

Parks Associates today announced the full lineup of speakers for the 20th-annual CONNECTIONS™: The Premier Connected Home Conference, the only executive conference focused on consumer engagement strategies, innovative business models, and creative partnerships to drive widespread adoption and success for all industries impacting the connected consumer. Parks Associates research shows 2015 was the first year when linear programming comprised the minority of time spent watching video on television screens among U.S. broadband households, 48%, compared to 52% dedicated to time-shifted viewing.

“Connected CE and smart device makers can leverage the IoT to offer new opportunities in connected entertainment and smart home solutions. Mass customization is now a reality, and companies can increase engagement by offering personalized solutions,” said Stuart Sikes, President, Parks Associates. “With over 650 executives in attendance, CONNECTIONS™ shines the spotlight on strategies for the connected consumer and important issues facing the industry, from platform integration to privacy and big data. We look forward to supporting the industry’s growth by providing our research and insights to this leading audience of executives.”

CONNECTIONS™, May 24-26 at the San Francisco Hyatt by the airport, hosts over 250 companies in the connected entertainment, IoT, and smart home industries to focus on the successful use cases and emerging business models to engage consumers and grow revenues. Throughout CONNECTIONS™, the Parks Associates research team presents consumer adoption and forecasts of new products and services, evaluates new business strategies, and shares concrete recommendations about technology innovations, strategic partnerships, monetization opportunities, and value-added services.

The CONNECTIONS™ sponsorship area will feature software, hardware, middleware, services, and corollary products and solutions in digital entertainment, home networking, home systems, broadband access, residential gateways, energy management, and mobile entertainment.

Event sponsors include Reception Sponsors CEL and Zonoff; Session Sponsors Icontrol Networks and PlumChoice; Lunch Sponsor NXP; Silver Sponsors Alarm.com, Assurant, Asurion, Centercode, ROC-Connect, Support.com, ULE Alliance, WiZR, ZigBee Alliance; Bronze Sponsors Ayla Networks, Cirrent, EVRYTHNG, Flextronics, HP, iQor, People Power, WeatherBug Home, and Z-Wave; Program Guide Sponsor Vivint; Breakfast Sponsors Greenwave Systems and leakSMART; and Break Sponsors Home8, Nortek Security & Control, and Tyco.

2016 Speakers

Keynotes

Rob Comstock - Cablevision - CONNECTIONS Keynote

Rob Comstock
Executive Vice President, Operations
Cablevision Systems Corporation

Vivint Smart Home Keynote - 2016 CONNECTIONS

Matt Eyring
Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer
Vivint Smart Home

Rovi - CONNECTIONS Keynote

Michael Hawkey
SVP and GM, Discovery Business Group
Rovi

Daniel Herscovici - Comcast Cable - 2016 CONNECTIONS Keynote

Daniel Herscovici
SVP & GM, Xfinity Home
Comcast

Amazon CONNECTIONS Keynote Speaker

David Isbitski
Chief Evangelist Alexa and Echo
Amazon

CONNECTIONS US Keynote Speaker - Robert Parker, SmartThings

Robert Parker
SVP of Engineering
SmartThings

Speakers

Amena Ali, SVP and General Manager, WeatherBug Home

Eric Anderson, SVP and General Manager of Video Personalization, Gracenote

Chris Avery, Managing Director, Investment Banking, Maxim Group LLC

Avi Barel, Business Development Director, ULE Alliance

Jonathan Beavon, Director Strategy, Video Software & Solutions, Cisco Systems, Inc.

Peter Blanks, Vice President Technology, Asurion

Vincent Borel, Director of New Ventures, Logitech

Matt Bornski, Director and Chief Architect of Enterprise Services, Wink

Autumn Braswell, Chief Operating Officer, Enterprise Solutions Organization, LinQ, iQor

Adrian Caceres, Co-Founder and CTO, Ayla Networks

Paul Campbell, VP Innovation / Head of Silicon Valley Innovation Center, Schneider Electric

David Carter, Co-Founder and CEO, WiZR

Andy Chambers, VP, Connected Home, Assurant Solutions

Winifred Chang, Director IoT Business Development, LG Electronics

Corey Chao, Innovation Manager, Connected Home, NRG/Reliant

Rob Conant, CEO, Cirrent

Erik Davidson, Director of Product Management, CEL

Kent Dickson, Co-founder and CEO, Yonomi

Derrick Dicoi, Senior Director of Product Management for XFINITY Home, Comcast

Chris Drake, Vice President, Business Development, thePlatform

John Driver, CEO, Lynx Technology

Chris Ely, Senior Manager, Industry Analysis, Consumer Technology Association

Dave Evans, CTO, Stringify

Kristine Faulkner, Vice President / General Manager, Home Security & Smart Home, Cox

Mike Fisher, Vice President, Product Strategy & Business Development, BrightLine

Seth Frader-Thompson, Co-Founder and President, EnergyHub

Navin Ganeshan, Chief Product Officer, Zubie

Amit Garg, Principal, Samsung

Noam Geri, VP Sales & Business Development, U.S., Giraffic

R.K Gopinath, Executive Director, Products - Smart & Connected Home, Cox Communications

Lee Gruenfeld, VP of Strategic Initiatives, Support.com

Scott Harkins, Vice President IoT Partner Programs, Honeywell Connected Home

Kenn Harper, VP, Devices & Ecosystem, Nuance Communications

Mike Harris, CEO, Zonoff

Michael Hawkey, SVP & General Manager - Discovery Business Group, Rovi

Rexford Hibbs, COO / Co-Founder, DreamFunded.com

Francis Hoe, Operations Manager, Misfit Wearables, a Fossil Company

Emily Hossellman, Director of Marketing, Centercode

Jim Hunter, Chief Scientist and Technology Evangelist, Greenwave Systems

Peg Jackson, Managing Director, Mooreland Partners

Chris Jones, VP of Technology, iRobot

V. Rory Jones, President and CEO, PlanetEcosystems

David Jumpa, Chief Revenue Officer, Airbiquity, Inc.

Diomedes Kastanis, Chief Technology Officer, Ericsson

Shane Keats, Director of Industry Marketing, Media and Entertainment , Akamai Technologies

Jay Kenny, Senior Vice President of Marketing, Alarm.com

John Kieny, VP, Business Development, CSS Corp

Paul T. Kim, Director, Content & Services, Samsung

Kyle Kline, Telemedicine Product Marketing Manager, A&D Medical

Channing Lai, Director, Product Management, PlumChoice

George Land, General Manager, Nexia, Ingersoll Rand

Carl Lenox, Solution Architect, SunPower Corporation

Joe Liu, CEO, MivaTek / Home8

Tom Love, VP of Consumer Insights, ROKU

Arlen Marmel, VP of Marketing and Distribution, Ellation

Letha McLaren, CMO, Icontrol Networks

Kevin Meagher, SVP Business Development, ROC-Connect

Vineet Mehta, Principal, Draper Fisher Jurvetson 

Daniel Moneta, Chairman of the Marketing Working Group, ZigBee Alliance

Paul Moroney, SVP Advanced Technology, Arris

David Mowrey, VP of Product Management, Clearleap

Denis Noel, Lead Product Manager, IoT Security, NXP Semiconductors

William Oget, VP of Engineering, Arrayent 

Tricia Parks, CEO, Parks Associates

Duane Paulson, Senior Vice President Product & Market Development, Nortek Security & Control 

Dave Pedigo, Sr. Director of Learning & Emerging Technologies, CEDIA

Aditya Pendyala, Head of Growth, mnubo

Petr Peterka, Chief Technology Officer, Verimatrix

Kevin Petersen, President, AT&T Digital Life

Casey Pittock, President and CEO, Tunstall Americas

Mark Prince, Vice President Consumer Business, Withings

Mike Rich, Vice President, Emergent, comScore, Inc.

Brandon Ridenour, Chief Technology Officer, HomeAdvisor, Inc.

Chris Rill, Co-founder and CTO, Canary

Kevin Robinson, VP Marketing, Wi-Fi Alliance

Elisabetta Romano, Vice President and Head of TV & Media, Ericsson

Kimmo Ruotoistenmäki, CEO and co-founder, Cozify

Kian Saneii, Chief Executive Officer, Independa, Inc.

Tim Schaaff, Chief Product Officer, Intertrust

Curt Schacker, VP, Managing Director, Connected Products, EVRYTHNG

Bill Scheffler, Director of NA Sales and Business Development, Sigma Designs/Z-Wave

Mitch Singer, President, Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem

Mark Skarpness, Chair of the IoTivity Steering Group, Open Connectivity Foundation

Tim Smokoff, Group Vice President, Health & Wellness, Nortek Security & Control

Bruce Snell, Cybersecurity and Privacy Director, Intel Security

Mike Stauffer, Senior Director, Business Development, Qualcomm Atheros Inc.

Matt Swatsky, Director of Product Management, Lutron

Peter Taylor, VP of Products, WeMo / Belkin

Lisa Uhrmacher, Director of Strategic Partnerships, Vodafone 

Krijn van der Raadt, Vice President of IT and Software Development, GreatCall

Ali M. Vassigh, Director of User Experience, EVA Automation

Danny Vossen, Director Innovation & Strategic Partnerships, Technicolor

Dr. Kenneth Wacks, President, Home, Building & Utility Systems

Gene Wang, CEO, People Power Company

Tom Waters, Sr. Manager, Market Intelligence, Jabil

Larry Waxman, President & CEO, leakSMART

Perry Weinstein, VP & General Manager North America, Accedo

Nate Williams, Chief Revenue Officer, August Home Inc

Scott Williams, EVP Americas, Piksel

Robin Wilson, VP Business Development, NAGRA

Justin Wong, VP Business Development, IFTTT Inc.

Brett Worthington, VP of Global Business Development and General Manager for Americas, SmartThings

Joe Wytanis, Sr. Director & Strategist, Connected Living, Consumer Technology Group, Flex

Michael Yang, Managing Director, Comcast Ventures

Ohad Zeira, Director, Consumer IoT, Verizon

 

Moderators / Analysts

Glenn Hower, Research Analyst, Parks Associates

Jennifer Kent, Director, Research Quality & Product Development, Parks Associates

Tom Kerber, Director, Research, Home Controls & Energy, Parks Associates

Barbara Kraus, Director, Research, Parks Associates

Brad Russell, Research Analyst, Parks Associates

Patrice Samuels, Research Analyst, Parks Associates

Brett Sappington, Sr. Director, Research, Parks Associates

Stuart Sikes, President, Parks Associates

Harry Wang, Sr. Director, Health & Mobile Product Research, Parks Associates

 

To schedule an interview with an analyst or request specific research, contact Holly Sprague at [email protected], 720.987.6614.

About CONNECTIONS™

Parks Associates' 27th annual CONNECTIONS™: The Premier Connected Home Conference features an in-person conference on May 23-25, 2023 and multiple virtual sessions hosted throughout 2023. The event focuses on the adoption of technology including smart home, security, connected health, energy, and home automation.

Bringing together more than 1,500 senior executives, CONNECTIONS™ provides networking opportunities combined with visionary keynotes and virtual sessions. The Parks Associates analyst team leads all conference sessions, which are focused on technology innovations, consumer adoption and trends, product and service forecasts, and the evaluation of new business strategies, partnerships, monetization opportunities, and value-added service design.

Throughout the event, sponsors offer demos during networking events, spotlighting new technology innovations and services for the entertainment, mobile, and smart home market segments.

CONNECTIONS™ 2023 features an in-person conference on May 23-25, 2023, with virtual sessions on March 2, July 20, and October 5. For more information, contact [email protected], call 972-490-1113, visit www.connectionsconference.com.

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