JUNE 27, 2011
MEDIA ALERT: Industry Executives to Attend 15th Annual CONNECTIONS™ Digital Living Conference at Santa Clara Convention Center This Week
Motorola, Starz, AT&T, Verizon to Keynote Conference June 28-30
Executives from content and service providers and companies in entertainment, mobile communications, home management, and consumer electronics are traveling to Santa Clara this week for the 15th Annual CONNECTIONS™ Digital Living Conference & Showcase, hosted by Parks Associates on June 28-30. Media is invited to attend, including the networking reception on Wednesday, June 29, 6 p.m., to meet with Parks Associates analysts, sponsors, and other attendees.
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. Topics include cloud media & digital content, mobile applications & services, connected CE, broadband & VAS, and home systems.
Consumer interest in multiscreen services and flexible content is steadily increasing, with almost 30% of U.S. broadband households highly interested in an entertainment value-added service that includes the ability to watch TV programs on a computer. Cloud services are also valuable as security measures. Over 50% of U.S. consumers consider multiroom access to music and video content and guaranteed replacement of lost or damaged media to be equally important features of the digital locker.
What: CONNECTIONS™: The Digital Living Conference & Showcase
Keynote schedule:
Tuesday, June 28
“Converged Experiences,” David Grubb III, VP, Architecture & Strategy, Converged Experiences, Motorola Mobility at 4:20 PM
Wednesday, June 29
“Opportunities and Challenges For The Dream Factory: Creating High-Quality TV Content For Digital Consumers,” John B. Penney, EVP, Strategy & Business Development, Starz, LLC at 9:00 AM
“New Connections for a Digital Life,” Glenn Lurie, President of Emerging Devices, Resale & Partnerships, AT&T Mobility & Consumer Markets at 4:00 PM
IBM will hold a special session, “Smarter Home Unified by Cloud” at 1:30 PM
Thursday, June 30
“Consumer Ecosystem Innovation,” Eric J. Bruno, VP, Product Management, Verizon Telecom at 9:00 AM
Where: Santa Clara Convention Center, 5001 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara
Agenda: http://www.parksassociates.com/events/connections-us/agenda
Press Registration: http://www.parksassociates.com/events/connections-us/media/presspass
Download the CONNECTIONS™ Press Sheet at www.parksassociates.com/connpress.
Contact Holly Sprague at [email protected] or 720.987.6614 to schedule an interview with a speaker or request materials. Keynote addresses will be live streamed and archived at www.parksassociates.com/streaming. Please check our blog www.connectionsindustryinsights.com for updates or follow us on Twitter @CONNECTIONS_US.
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.
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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