CONNECTIONS Europe Releases Preliminary Agenda and a List of Speakers
CONNECTIONS(TM) Europe announces preliminary agenda, featuring experts in the business of digital living
Dallas, TX -/September 14, 2006 - Wi-Fi Technology News/- CONNECTIONS(TM) Europe today released the preliminary agenda and list of speakers for its upcoming digital living conference, November 14-16, 2006, at the Adlon Kempinski in Berlin, Germany. This new conference, produced by Parks Associates in partnership with the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA®), will offer the European continent a single, focal event examining the international trends, strategies, and key players pertinent to the development of digital living technologies.
The agenda for CONNECTIONS(TM) Europe: Strategies for Digital Living Markets includes Keynotes, Plenary Sessions, and Panel Sessions featuring strategic and marketing executives from global companies in the entertainment, telecommunications, controls, energy, and computing industries.
"Worldwide sales of MP3 players will exceed 100 million units by 2010. The potential for digital living products throughout the world is immense, but success can be elusive without the proper market intelligence," said Stuart Sikes, President, Parks Associates. "We are pleased to announce the initial round of speakers for CONNECTIONS(TM) Europe, who reflect the global scope of this landmark event."
Keynote Speakers
Anders Axelsson, Sr.VP, Sales and Marketing, Echelon Corp.
Bernd Kolb, Member, Board of Management, T-Com, Deutsche Telekom
Stefan Jenzowsky, VP & Head of Business Innovation, Siemens Communication
Matthew Theall, President, HomePlug Alliance
Parks Associates Pre-Conference Workshop Speakers
Andrew Cornford-Matheson, Global Services Architect, SupportSoft
Francois Kaplan, AVP, Product Marketing Mobile, Msystems
Heather Kirksey, Sr. Manager, Standards and Emerging Technologies, Motive Inc.
Fanny Mlinarsky, Founder & CTO, Azimuth Systems
David Sayag, Founder & VP Marketing, Enure Networks
Juha Stenberg, Managing Director, LiLLi Group Ltd
Ofer Vilenski, Co-Founder, President & Chief Executive Officer, Jungo
Keri Waters, Director, Strategic Marketing, Micronas USA
Plenary and Panel Speakers
Francisco Alija-Garmón, Engineer, CARTIF Foundation
Lars Bengtsson, President & CEO, Kreatel Communications, a Motorola Co.
Giovanni Benini, VP Home Entertainment, Siemens Communications
Erich Boehm, CTO, Audivo
Elena Branet, Sr. Marketing Manager, EMEA, Microsoft Corp.
Alexander Bruehl, Sr. Partner, Atlas Venture
Andrew Burke, Digital Plumbers
Alain-Gabriel Courtines, Investment Director, Intel Capital
Joe Dada, CEO, Smartlabs
Jeff Dean, Practice Lead - Rich Media Services, Cisco Systems
Vijay Dhingra, Director, Product Management, Echelon Corp.
Victor Dominguez, Director, Standards and Strategy, DS2
Meredith Flynn-Ripley, COO, Integra5
Samina Husain, Technical Marketing and PLM for the Cable Solution, SURPASS Home Entertainment
Francois Kaplan, AVP, Product Marketing Mobile, Msystems
David Keeley, CTO, Europe, Middle East, and Africa, Motorola, Inc.
Menno Kleingeld, Sr. Marketing Director, BU Home, Philips Semiconductors
Donald Leka, Chairman & CEO, Transmedia
Cameron McCaskill, VP, Business Development, Intellon Corp.
Kevin Meagher, CEO, Intamac Systems Ltd
Andreas Neus, Media & Entertainment EMEA Lead, IBM Institute for Business Value (IBV)
Paolo Pastorino, CTO, Home Gateway Initiative
Reza Raji, President & CEO, iControl Networks
Stephen Reeder, VP, Business Development, EMEA, ICTV, Inc.
Scott Reeves, Technical Director, EMEA, Ruckus Wireless
Daniel Schellhoss, Executive Vice President, ProSyst Software GmbH
Georg Schwegler, CEO, T-Venture
Tony Shakib, CEO, Zensys
Eric Smith, CTO, Control4
Thomas Staneker, Vice President, Dual Play Plus, T-Com
Juha Stenberg, Managing Director, LiLLi Group Ltd
Karsten Verhaegen, Vice President, Telephony & Mobile Business Unit, Thomson
Svein Vetti, ZigBee Business Development Manager, Europe, Texas Instruments
Barry Volinskey, Vice President, Wireless LAN Marketing, Metalink Ltd.
Gemini Waghmare, Vice President, Corporate Development, Casero
Ladd Wardani, VP Business Development & Co-Founder, Entropic Communications; President, MoCA
For more information, to view the preliminary agenda, or to register to attend CONNECTIONS(TM) Europe, visit
http://www.connectionseurope.com.
About CONNECTIONS(TM) Europe
CONNECTIONS(TM) Europe: Strategies for Digital Living Markets, produced by Parks Associates in partnership with Consumer Electronics Association (CEA®) is an executive event that expands the scope and mission of the leading executive conference and showcase dedicated to advanced digital lifestyle solutions for residential and mobile environments.
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