CONNECTIONS To Host 150+ Leading Technology Companies
Discussing emerging trends in digital entertainment and connectivity
Dallas, TX -/April 24, 2006 - Wi-Fi Technology News/- CONNECTIONS(TM): The Digital Home Conference and Showcase, produced by Parks Associates in partnership with the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA®), is an executive conference and showcase to be held May 2-4, at the Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA.
This event combines Parks Associates and CEA's market and consumer expertise with insights from 100+ key industry strategists to provide a comprehensive analysis of current and future "Digital Living" technologies. CONNECTIONST will also host 100+ technology companies and media companies in the event's Showcase area.
With 850+ attendees, the conference will focus on the following market areas:
Digital Entertainment and Multimedia Applications; Home Networking and Residential Gateways; Consumer Mobility and Device/Content Portability; Applications, Services, and Consumer Value; and Home Controls, Security, and Health Management.
"CONNECTIONS(TM) topics focus on areas of growth, current or forecast," said Tricia Parks, CEO of Parks Associates. " Clearly, pay TV, whether via IPTV or on-demand from current providers, garners attention because a reshuffling to obtain a greater share of the revenue pie, along with the promise of a growing revenue stream, is alluring. Home controls, a sleeper for the mass market, is also attracting much more attention due to the search for new revenue opportunities along with progress in communications standards. We work to provide a holistic and absorbable portrait of opportunities...and pitfalls...across the entire value chain."
For information about CONNECTIONS(TM), visit http://www.connectionsconference.com, e-mail sales@parksassociates.com, or call 972-490-1113.
DIAMOND SPONSORS
Accenture
Panasonic
Siemens
ZigBeeT Alliance
PLATINUM SPONSORS
iControl Networks
Intel Corp.
Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCAT)
Philips Electronics
Pulse~LINK, Inc.
Zensys
GOLD SPONSORS
Blue Peach
DivX Inc.
Echelon Corp.
Entropic Communications
Nortel
SmartLabs, Inc.
RECEPTION Sponsors
Atheros Communications
Hanley Wood's Digital Home Magazine
REGISTRATION SPONSOR
OpenPeak, Inc.
LUNCH SPONSORS
Broadcom Corp.
Zetera Corp.
SILVER SPONSORS
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
Affinegy
Allegro Software Development Corp.
AWOX
Axentra Corp.
Bedrock Learning
Consumer Electronics Powerline Communication Alliance (CEPCA)
DigiOn, Inc.
Digital Deck
DS2
Exent Technologies
Hewlett-Packard
Hillcrest Labs
Jungo
Maxtor Corp.
Mediabolic
Microsoft Corp.
NDS
Nero, Inc.
Pepper Computer
PiXPO
PsiNaptic
Quartics
Renesas Technology
Sereniti Inc.
Sonic Solutions
Streamload
SupportSoft
TwonkyVision
TZero Technologies
WiLife
Xanboo Inc.
BREAKFAST SPONSORS
Paramount Pictures
Toshiba Storage Device Division
BREAK SPONSORS
CyberLink Corp.
Integra5 Communications
Platinum Supporting Organizations
AeA, the American Electronic Association
The National Show
Wi-Fi Alliance
Platinum Supporting MEDIA
Digital Media Wire
EE Times
FierceWireless
Wireless Net DesignLine
SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS
Broadband Services Forum
Broadband Wireless World
Business Wire
CEDIA
Circle F Media
Dempa Publications, Inc.
The ECHONET Consortium
FinPro
Hawkeye Group
iHollywood Forum
Internet Home Alliance
InterStream LLC
JETRO (Japan External Trade Organization)
LonMark International
TAHI (The Application Home Initiative)
UHAPI Forum (Universal Home API Forum)
VESA (Video Electronics Standards Association)
The Wi-Fi Technology Forum (Wi-Fi-TF)
Z-Wave Alliance
SUPPORTING PUBLICATIONS
ACM Computers in Entertainment
Antenna Systems & Technology
Automated Buildings
The BRIDGE
Broadband Daily
Broadband Wireless Business
Casadomo
CEA SmartBrief
CEPro
Consumer Electronics Vision
Constructech
Consumer Technology Publishing Group
Converge! Network Digest
Dealerscope
Digital Connect
Digital Home Singapore
Digital Lifestyles
Digital Music News
Domotique News
The Evening Bridge
Everything on Demand
Global Sources Publications Ltd.
HiddenWires
Home Toys
IPTV Industry
IP Television Magazine
JEI (Journal of Electronics Industry)
Kensei News & Information Services
Mobile Media
Residential Systems
SkyREPORT.com
Systems Contractor News
Technology TNT
Telco Media News
Ultimate Home Design
VTECH
WIMAX Industry
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Peter Barrett, Chief Technology Officer and General Manager of Engineering, Microsoft TV Group
Allen Delattre, Global Managing Director, Electronics & High Tech Industry Practice, Accenture
Michael Grasso, Assistant Vice President - Consumer Marketing, AT&T U-verseSM
William O. Leszinske, Jr., General Manager, Networked Media Platform Group, Intel Corporation
Gary Shapiro, President and CEO, Consumer Electronics Association (CEA®)
PLENARY SPEAKERS
Will Beals, Director, Hardware Systems Architecture, EchoStar Technologies, Corp.
Jan-Luc Blakborn, Director of North America Digital Entertainment Category, Digital Entertainment Products, Hewlett-Packard Company
Charles Cerino, Vice President, New Services Technology, Comcast New Media Development
Joe Dada, Founder, Chairman, and CEO, SmartLabs Inc.
Peter Daley, Equity Research Analyst, Digital Media, Rutberg & Company, LLC
Eddie C. Drake, CTO, Siemens Home Entertainment
Bob Greene, Senior Vice President, Advanced Services, Starz Entertainment Group
Bob Heile, Chairman, ZigBee Alliance
Amy Heller, Vice President, Business Planning & Development, International Home Entertainment, Paramount Home Entertainment
Rob Herb, Managing Director, BA Ventures
John Hildebrand, Vice President, Video Technology Engineering, Cox Communications
Peter Lee, Vice President, Business Development, The Walt Disney Company
Paul Liao, CTO, Panasonic
Alexander K. Marquez, Director, Strategic Investments, Media & Entertainment, Intel Capital, Intel Corporation
Joe Menard, Corporate Vice President, Consumer Business Segment, AMD
Hyun Park, Vice President, Research Fellow, and Head of Ubiquitous Solution Team, LG Electronics, Inc.
Dick Sillman, Chief Technology Officer, Communications, Media and Entertainment, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Ladd Wardani, Vice President, Business Development, Entropic Communications; President, MoCA
Brian Whitton, Executive Director, Access Technologies, Verizon Communications
J.D. Zeeman, Director, Digital Media, Global Communications Sector Services, IBM Global Services
Oren Zeev, Partner, Apax Partners
Tony Zona, Vice President, Motorola Wireline Networks, Marketing and Product Management, Motorola, Inc.
PANEL PARTICIPANTS
Faraj Aalaei, CEO and Co-founder, Centillium Communications
Chris Allen, Head of Product Strategy & Marketing, Yahoo Music
David Arfin, CEO, GlooLabs, Inc.
Mike Barlow, CEO, PacketVideo Network Solutions, Inc.
Gunjan Bhow, Vice President, Marketing and Product Management, Actiontec Electronics, Inc.
Michael Brochu, President and CEO, Loudeye
Lew Brown, Strategic Monster, Monster Cable Products
Steve Brown, President & CEO, Health Hero Networks
Maciek Brzeski, Vice President, Marketing, Toshiba Storage Device Division
Drew Buckley, Vice President, Business Development, Synacor
Jack Buser, Director, Consumer Electronics, Dolby Laboratories
Ron Cates, Vice President, North American Sales & Marketing, Metalink
Steve Craddock, SVP New Media Development, Comcast
Tom Cullen, Co-founder & Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Sonos, Inc.
Matt Cuson, Vice President, Marketing, Minerva Networks, Inc.
Aaron Dagan, President and CEO, PsiNaptic Inc.
David Davies, Vice President of Strategy and Product Marketing, Subscriber Networks, Scientific-Atlanta, A Cisco Company
Bill Diamond, President, Xanboo, Inc.
Charles Dougherty, Corporate Vice President and General Manager, Connected Home Solutions, Motorola
Udo Eberlein, President, Nero Inc.
Mike Einstein, Vice President, Corporate Innovation, Intermatic, Inc.
Ken Fairbanks, Vice President, Sales and Business Development, SmartLabs, Inc.
Mike Fidler, CEO, Digeo, Inc.
Kevin Foreman, General Manager, Mobile Business Unit, RealNetworks, Inc.
Doug Glen, Chief Marketing Officer, Zetera
John Graham, Vice President, Marketing, Entropic Communications
Pete Griffin, Director of Corporate Technology, Radio Shack
Manish Gupta, Vice President, Marketing and Alliances, Aperto Networks
John Hannan, Director, Business Development, Qualcomm
David Hanson, Co-Founder & Senior Vice President, Business Development, AgileTV
Frank Hanzlik, Managing Director, Wi-Fi Alliance
Bill Holmes, Vice President, Consumer Electronics, DivX, Inc.
Nassir Iravani, Director, Americas, Forum Nokia
Greg Jones, General Manager, Worldwide Service Provider Strategic Marketing, Texas Instruments
David Kaiserman, President, Lennar Communications Ventures
Tasos Kaiafas, Games Strategist, Intel
Keith Laepple, Director, Consumer Electronics Partner Team, Windows eHome Division (Media Center), Microsoft Corp.
Ron Levin, Home Networking Marketing Manager, ECI Telecom Ltd.
Al Lizza, Director of Marketing, Residential Products, Honeywell Security and Custom Electronics
Selina Lo, CEO, Ruckus Wireless, Inc.
Bob Long, Vice President of Sales, Vantage Controls
Nicholas Longano, President, New Media, Massive
Vincent Luciano, Vice President of Marketing, OpenPeak
Ted Malone, Vice President, Corporate Strategy & Marketing, Digital Deck
Mick McManus, President and CEO, MAYA Design
Andy Melder, Senior Vice President, Sales, Marketing, and Business Development, Intellon
Philippe Mora, Director, Marketing and Business Development, PortalPlayer, Inc.
Malachy Moynihan, Vice President & General Manager, Home Networking, Linksys, a Division of Cisco Systems
Richard Nesin, Vice President, Marketing, CopperGate Communications
Jeff Oscodar, CEO, HandHeld Entertainment, Inc.
Peter Percosan, Executive Director of Broadband Strategy, Texas Instruments
Adam Powers, Chief Technical Officer, Coaxsys Inc.
Daniel Putterman, President and CEO, Mediabolic, Inc.
Reza Raji, CEO & President, iControl Networks
Greg Raleigh, President & CEO, Airgo Networks
Stephen Reeder, Executive Director, Product Strategy, ANT Software Limited
Bill Rehbock, Director of Developer Relations, NVIDIA Corporation
Stefan Roever, CEO, Navio Systems
David Sandford, Director, Product Marketing, Service Provider Division, TiVo Inc.
John Santhoff, CTO, Pulse~LINK, Inc.
Esteban Sardera, Vice President, IPTV Solutions, OpenTV
Jim Sekinger, Director Business Development Digital Systems Advance, Philips Electronics North America Corporation
Matthew Shoemake, Founder, CEO, & President, WiQuest Communications
Dan Simpkins, Founder & CEO, Hillcrest Labs
Melissa Simpler, CEO, Affinegy
Eric Smith, CTO, Control4
Larry Smith, COO, Archos Technology
Zachary Smith, Director of Software, BM Group
Young-Sae Song, Director, Corporate Marketing, Redback Networks
Michael Stelts, President, CEPCA
Sean Storin, President, TechConnectors
Jonathan Symonds, Vice President, Product and Distribution, GoldPocket Interactive
Steve Tranter, Director, Interactive and Broadband Delivery, NDS
John Traynor, Director, Business Segment Marketing, Microsoft Mobile and Embedded Devices, Microsoft
Steve Troyer, Vice President, Marketing, Zensys
Yoav Tzruya, COO, Exent
Jocelyn Vigreux, President, U.S. Operations, TomTom
Ofer Vilenski, Co-Founder, President, and CEO, Jungo
Mark Walters, Chairman of the Developer Forum, Z-Wave Alliance; Director, Business Development, Leviton Integrated Networks
Stephen Whalley, Manager, Business Development, Consumer PC Platforms, Digital Home Group, Intel Corp.
Raoul Wijgergangs, Vice President, North American Business Development, Zensys
WORKSHOP SPEAKERS
Anne Marie Biernacki, CTO and Founder, Digiticians
Richard Caballero, Director, Digital Services Product Marketing, SupportSoft
Tim Dowling, President and CEO, Pure Networks
John Fisher, CTO, Peak8 Solutions
M. Fahim Siddiqui, CEO, Sereniti
MODERATORS
Bill Ablondi, Director, Home Systems Research, Parks Associates
John Barrett, Director, Research, Parks Associates
Yuanzhe (Michael) Cai, Director, Broadband & Gaming, Parks Associates
Deepa Iyer, Research Analyst, Parks Associates
Patrick Mannion, Editor, EE Times
Tricia Parks, CEO, Parks Associates
Kurt Scherf, Vice President, Principal Analyst, Parks Associates
Stuart Sikes, President, Parks Associates
Harry Wang, Research Analyst, Parks Associates
About CONNECTIONS(TM)
Now in its tenth year, CONNECTIONS(TM): The Digital Home Conference and Showcase, produced by Parks Associates in partnership with the Consumer Electronics Association, is the largest executive conference and showcase dedicated to advanced digital lifestyle solutions for residential and mobile environments.
http://www.connectionsconference.com/
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