June 4, 2012

MEDIA ALERT: Parks Associates Invites Media to Attend 16th Annual CONNECTIONS™: The Digital Living Conference and Showcase This Week

AT&T, Verizon, and Best Buy to Keynote Technology Conference, co-located with TIA: 2012 Inside the Network, June 5-7

International research firm Parks Associates will host the 16th Annual CONNECTIONS™: The Digital Living Conference & Showcase, June 5-7 at the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center in Grapevine, Texas. Media is invited to attend CONNECTIONS™, co-located with TIA 2012: Inside the Network, and meet with analysts, keynotes, speakers, sponsors, and other attendees.

The conference features interactive panel discussions with more than 500 industry executives and analysts. Topics include strategies to monetize digital content, mobile apps & services, value-added services, connected consumer electronics, and home systems. Keynotes include AT&T, Verizon and Best Buy, and IBM is hosting the special session "Industry Convergence and the Smarter Home Cloud."

“Nearly one-third of U.S. broadband households use the Internet to watch video on TV, and consumers worldwide spend over $14 billion on smartphone app downloads,” said Stuart Sikes, President, Parks Associates. "CONNECTIONS™ provides a unique mix of market research, data, and industry insight on the trends impacting today’s connected consumer."

Parks Associates will also host the Connected Home Pavilion, an area on the TIA exhibit floor where operators, manufacturers, and solutions providers for the digital home, such as Verizon, Dell, Ericsson, and Hitachi, will present demonstrations of their products and services.

What: CONNECTIONS™ at TIA 2012
www.ConnectionsConference.com

When: TUESDAY, JUNE 5 – THURSDAY , JUNE 7

Where: Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center, 1501 Gaylord Trail, Grapevine, TX 76051

Keynotes: Streamed live and archived at http://www.parksassociates.com/streaming

TUE, JUNE 5 - 10:15 a.m.
"Beyond Speed....to the Digital Life"
Kevin Petersen, SVP, AT&T Digital Life, AT&T

WED, JUNE 6 - 5:00 p.m.
"The Connected Home: Heart of the Borderless Lifestyle"
Mike Ritter, Chief Marketing Officer for Consumer & Mass Business Markets, VERIZON

THU, JUNE 7 - 10:45 a.m.
"Security, Controls, Energy Management, Connected Appliances – Accelerating the Adoption of the Connected Home"
Kristen Bowring, Senior Director, Platform Lead Home & Energy Management, BEST BUY

IBM will host the session "Industry Convergence and the Smarter Home Cloud” on WED, JUNE 6, 2:30 p.m.

CONNECTED HOME PAVILION exhibit hall hours:
• TUE, JUNE 5 – 5:00 – 6:30 PM
• WED, JUNE 6 – 12:00 – 5:00 PM
• THU, JUNE 7 – 10:30 – 2:30 PM

Press Registration: http://www.parksassociates.com/events/connections-us/media

Data Sheet: http://www.parksassociates.com/bento/uploads/file/connections/CONN2012-Press-2012.pdf

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