Bill Ablondi to introduce keynote panel session and highlight trends in energy management solutions

Parks Associates’ Director of Home Systems Research Bill Ablondi will lead and moderate the keynote panel session “The Future of Energy Management” during the CEDIA Expo on Friday, September 24. CEDIA EXPO 2010 will take place September 22-26, 2010, in Atlanta, GA.

Bill Ablondi will present findings from Parks Associates’ Residential Energy Management project, including consumer research, new opportunities for manufacturers and service providers to deliver energy solutions, and strategies for companies to communicate the benefits of smart grid technologies and successfully engage consumers.

In the new white paper “Consumer Attitudes and the Benefits of Smart Grid Technologies,” Parks Associates reports more than 80% of U.S. broadband households are interested in learning about ways to cut energy expenditures, but utilities and their partners will be challenged in designing solutions to meet consumers’ varying needs and budgets.

“Nearly one-half of households are very interested in in-home electricity monitors, but lack of interest is also substantial at 20%,” Ablondi said. “Companies have to ensure they are targeting the right segments at the right price in this early market in order to build market momentum for new REM solutions.”

What: “The Future of Energy Management”

Leaders in consumer technology, energy management, and smart grid technology will deliver the state of the union as it relates to energy management and the electronic systems industry during this keynote panel.

Keynote Moderator:
Bill Ablondi, Director, Home Systems Research, Parks Associates

Keynote Panelists:
Jesse Berst, Managing Director, GlobalSmartEnergy
Collin Breakstone, Director, Business Development, Control4 Energy Systems
Chris Deutschen, Senior Manager Innovation & Business Development, Direct Energy
Jay McLellan, President & CEO, Home Automation, Inc. (HAI)
Fiona Sim, Director of the Intel Open Energy Initiative, Intel Corp.

When: Friday, September 24, 8:45-10:30 a.m.

Where: Georgia World Congress Center
Thomas Murphy Ballroom 2-3 – Building B
285 Andrew Young International Blvd., NW
Atlanta, Georgia 30313-1591

Press Registration: http://www.cedia.net/expo/press_cred-reg.php

Interview: To request an interview or additional information, contact Holly Sprague at [email protected], +1.720.987.6614.

Parks Associates will host the second annual Smart Energy Summit in Austin, Texas, January 24-26, 2011. Last year's event included over 225 executives, including CEOs and vice presidents from major U.S. and international energy players, who came together to examine the current status of smart grids in the U.S. and around the world, the opportunities and pitfalls of integrating home systems with smart grids, and the new benefits to consumers from cloud services and in-home control products. For more information, visit http://www.smartenergysummit2011.com.

About Parks Associates: Parks Associates, a woman-founded and certified business, is an internationally recognized market research and consulting company specializing in emerging consumer technology products and services. Founded in 1986, Parks Associates provides business intelligence and research services through its proprietary methodologies developed over decades, including quarterly surveys of 10,000 internet households.

The company's expertise crosses many industries: home security and smart home, streaming video, broadband and pay-TV services, digital media and platforms, gaming, Wi-Fi and home networks, connected health, support, consumer electronics, home control systems, energy management, and tech solutions for the multi-dwelling (MDU), small-to-medium business (SMB), and commercial building markets.

Each year, Parks Associates brings thousands of leaders together for its webinars and annual events. The firm hosts the annual executive research and strategy conferences CONNECTIONS™, Connected Health Summit, Smart Energy Summit, Smart Spaces, and Future of Video. https://www.parksassociates.com
 

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