Agenda Announced for CONNECTIONS? - The Digital Home Conference and Showcase
Speakers to address new growth areas in Digital Living
Dallas TX -/3 March, 2005 - Wi-Fi Technology News/- Parks Associates and the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) today announced the preliminary agenda for CONNECTIONS?: The Digital Home Conference and Showcase. This executive marketing conference, to be held May 11-13, 2005, at the Hyatt Regency near the San Francisco Airport in Burlingame, Calif., combines Parks Associates' market and consumer expertise with insights from key industry strategists to provide a comprehensive analysis of current and future "Digital Living" technologies.
Parks Associates' research shows that roughly one-third of all U.S. households now have broadband access and nearly 20 million have a home network. The combination of these solutions is changing the paradigm for access to mainstream music, movies, television programs, and games. Currently one-third of all Internet households listen to online radio stations each month, and a comparable number download music files. Likewise, 10% of all Internet households access on-demand video content each month.
"The growth in these markets has created excitement from both consumer and industry perspectives," said Tricia Parks, president of Parks Associates. "CONNECTIONS?" is a unique event that examines business models, marketing strategies, and consumer adoption patterns in formulating coherent strategies that will harness the inherent potential in these growing markets."
The CONNECTIONS? agenda addresses the following topics:
-Digital Entertainment and Multimedia Applications
-Home Networking and Residential Gateways
-Consumer Mobility and Device/Content Portability
-Applications, Services, and Consumer Value
-Home Management: Controls, Security, and Health
Confirmed CONNECTIONS?: Speakers include:
Keynotes
-John Burke, Corporate Vice President & General Manager, Consumer Solutions Business, Connected Home Business, Motorola, Inc.
-Kevin Corbett, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Desktop Platforms Group, Intel Corporation
-Charlie Giancarlo, Chief Technology Officer, Cisco Systems, Inc.; President, Cisco-Linksys, LLC
Plenary Speakers
-Peter Lee, Vice President, Disney
-Lou Lenzi, Vice President, Advanced Products and Business Dev, Thomson Multimedia
-Paul Marino, Vice President and General Manager of Connectivity, Philips Semiconductors
-Patrick Moorhead, Vice President, Global Marketing, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD)
Visionary Speakers
-Steve Canepa, Vice President, Media and Entertainment, IBM
-Dan Gittleman, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, OpenPeak, Inc.
-William Healy, Sr. Vice President, Consumer and Commercial HDD Business Unit, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies
-Walt Megura, General Manager, Nortel Networks
-Udi Yuhjtman, Vice President, Business Development, Jungo Software Technologies
Panelists
-Bob Van Andel, President, Allegro Software Development Corporation
-Todd Basche, Sr. Vice President, Engineering & Products, Entertainment Technologies Group, Macrovision Corporation
-Jim Behrens, Chief Executive Officer, ORB Networks, Inc.
-David Britts, Partner, ComVentures
-Anne Marie Biernacki, Founder & Chief Technology Officer, Digiticians, LLC
-John Canning, Technical Evangelist - Apps & Services, Microsoft Corporation
-Sanjay Castelino, Vice President, Industry Marketing, Motive, Inc.
-David Cohen, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Broadcom Corporation
-Arnon Catalan, Chief Operating Officer, Gteko
-Rajeev Chand, Director of Research, Rutberg & Company, LLLC
-Mark Francisco, Sr. Director, Advanced Technologies Projects, Comcast Corporation
-Joe Dada, CEO and Founder, SMARTHOME, Inc.
-David Davies, Vice President, Strategic Marketing & Subscriber Network, Scientific-Atlanta, Inc.
-Eric Dewannain, Worldwide Director of Business Development, Broadband Communications Group, Texas Instruments, Inc.
-Tim Dowling, Chief Executive Officer, Pure Networks
-Richard Genece, Vertical Marketing Manager - Builders, Networked Solutions, GE Infrastructure Security
-Josh Goldman, Chief Executive Officer, Akimbo Systems, Inc.
-Jordan Greenhall, Chief Executive Officer, DivXNetworks
-Frank Hanzlik, Director, Wi-Fi Alliance
-Jon Hambidge, Head of Global Marketing, IPWireless, Inc.
-Mike Harris, President, Digital 5, Inc.
-Christof Heidelberger, CTO & Founder, BridgeCo
-Marc Itzkowitz, Director, Digital Service Products, SupportSoft, Inc.
-Steve Iverson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Streamload, Inc.
-Seth Kenvin, Vice President, Strategic Marketing & Corporate Development, BigBand Networks, Inc.
-Jeremy Levine, Principal, Bessemer Venture Partners
-Robert Lilleness, President and Chief Operating Officer, Universal Electronics
-Michard Mandeberg, Chief Executive Officer, Mirra, Inc.
-Alexander K. Marquez, Strategic Investment Manager, Media & Entertainment, Intel Capital, Intel Corporation
-Andreas Melder, Sr. Vice President, Intellon Corporation
-Michael Miron, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman, ContentGuard, Inc.
-Vivek Pathela, Senior Director of Product Management and Marketing, Home Products, NETGEAR
-Jeff Paine, Vice President, Strategic Marketing, UTStarcom, Inc.
-William Pence, CTO, Napster, LLC
-Peter Percosan, Worldwide Director of Broadband Strategy, Broadband Communications Group, Texas Instruments, Inc
-Tom R. Powledge, Director of Product Management, Digital Home, Symantec Corporation
-Dan Putterman, President & Chief Executive Officer, Mediabolic, Inc.
-Reza Raji, President & Chief Executive Officer, iControl
-Scott Smyers, Chairman, Digital Living Network Alliance
-Dan Steere, Vice President, Marketing, Matrix Semiconductor, Inc.
-Ron Stein, Chief Executive Officer, SercoNet, Inc.
-Brian Sugar, Vice President, Marketing, 2Wire, Inc.
-Sutton Trout, Director of Digital Content, Consumer Products, IGN Entertainment, Inc.
-Yoav Tzruya, Vice President, Products & Markets Strategy, Exent Technologies
-Chip Venters, CEO, DigitalContainers, Inc.
-Michael Vergara, Director, RSA Security Inc.
-Vivek Wandile, Group Head, Platform Solutions, Wipro Technologies
-Will West, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, Control4
-Mike Williams, Vice President, Maxtor Branded Products Group, Maxtor Corporation
-Oren Zeev, Senior Partner, Apax Partners
-Gabe Zichermann, Vice President, Strategy & Communications, Trymedia Systems, Inc.
Analysts
-Tricia Parks, President, Parks Associates
-Kurt Scherf, Vice President, Parks Associates
-John Barrett, Director of Research, Parks Associates
-Yuanzhe (Michael) Cai, Senior Analyst, Parks Associates
-Will Cheek, Analyst, Parks Associates
-Harry Wang, Analyst, Parks Associates
More information on sponsoring, speaking, and attending is available at http://www.connectionsconference.com. Sponsorships are still available. Early Registration Pricing Ends March 15, 2005.
About CONNECTIONS?
CONNECTIONS?: The Digital Home Conference and Showcase, produced by Parks Associates in partnership with the Consumer Electronics Association, is the largest international executive conference for digital home technologies.
This executive conference features 80+ sponsors and 90+ speakers supporting the industry through their participation. With 700+ 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. http://www.connectionsconference.com.
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