CONNECTIONS(TM) to Host 150+ Leading Technology Companies Discussing Emerging Trends in Digital Entertainment and Connectivity.DALLAS Dallas, city (1990 pop. 1,006,877), seat of Dallas co., N Tex., on the Trinity River near the junction of its three forks; inc. 1871. The second largest Texas city, after Houston, and the eighth largest U.S. -- CONNECTIONS(TM): The Digital Home Conference and Showcase A showcase, or vitrine, is a glassed-in cabinet or case for displaying delicate or valuable articles such as objects d'art or merchandise in a shop, museum, or house. , produced by Parks Associates in partnership with the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA CEA carcinoembryonic antigen. CEA abbr. carcinoembryonic antigen CEA (Carcinoembryonic antigen) (R)), is an executive conference and showcase to be held May 2-4, at the Santa Clara Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. 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. CONNECTIONS(TM) 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 (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Parks Associates. "Clearly, pay TV, whether via IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) Also called "TV over IP," IPTV delivers scheduled TV programs and video-on-demand (VOD) via the IP protocol and digital streaming techniques used to watch video on the Internet. or on-demand On-Demand refers to a service or feature which addresses the user's need for instant gratification and immediacy of use. In most cases the value proposition for an on-demand service is wrapped up in the fact that the user or consumer of the service avoids a significant up-front from current providers, garners attention because a reshuffling re·shuf·fle tr.v. re·shuf·fled, re·shuf·fling, re·shuf·fles 1. To shuffle again: reshuffle cards. 2. to obtain a greater share of the revenue pie, along with the promise of a growing revenue stream, is alluring. Home controls, a sleeper Sleeper Stock in which there is little investor interest but that has significant potential to gain in price once its attractions are recognized. Antithesis of high flyer. 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 Holistic A practice of medicine that focuses on the whole patient, and addresses the social, emotional, and spiritual needs of a patient as well as their physical treatment. Mentioned in: Aromatherapy, Stress Reduction, Traditional Chinese Medicine and absorbable absorbable /ab·sorb·able/ (-sorb´ah-b'l) capable of being absorbed. portrait An orientation in which the data is printed across the narrow side of the form. Contrast with landscape.  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 ZigBee(TM) Alliance PLATINUM SPONSORS iControl Networks Intel Corp. Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA(TM)) 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-verse(SM) William O. Leszinske, Jr., General Manager, Networked Media Platform Group, Intel Corporation Gary Shapiro, President and CEO, Consumer Electronics Association (CEA(R)) 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 Tenth can mean: In mathematics:
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