CONNECTIONS Speakers to Address New Growth Areas in Digital Living.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. -- Parks Associates and the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA CEA carcinoembryonic antigen. CEA abbr. carcinoembryonic antigen CEA (Carcinoembryonic antigen) ) today announced the preliminary agenda for 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. . This executive marketing conference, to be held May 11-13, 2005, at the Hyatt Hyatt is an international brand of hotels within the Global Hyatt Corporation that operates numerous properties. Hyatt is a part of the Marmon Group which is owned by Chicago's Pritzker Family. Mark S. Hoplamazian is the current President and CEO of Global Hyatt Corporation. Regency Regency, in British history, the period of the last nine years (1811–20) of the reign of George III, when the king's insanity had rendered him unfit to rule and the government was vested in the prince of Wales (later George IV) as regent. near the San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden Airport in Burlingame Burlingame, city (1990 pop. 26,801), San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; founded 1868, inc. 1908. Burlingame is mainly residential, with light manufacturing (plastic and metal products, furniture, and computers). The city is named for U.S. diplomat Anson 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 See broadband and wireless broadband. and nearly 20 million have a home network. The combination of these solutions is changing the paradigm Pronounced "pah-ruh-dime." A model, example or pattern. See paradigm shift. for access to mainstream music, movies, television programs, and games. Currently one-third of all Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the households listen to online radio stations each month, and a comparable number download To receive a file transmitted over a network. In any communications session, "download" means receive, and "upload" means send. The download/upload often implies a big/little scenario, in which data is being downloaded from the "big" server into the "little" user's computer. music files. Likewise, 10% of all Internet households access 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 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(TM) is a unique event that examines business models, marketing strategies, and consumer adoption patterns in formulating coherent A version of Unix developed by Mark Williams Co., Northbrook, IL, that was noted for its conservative use of resources on Intel-based PCs. strategies that will harness harness, comprehensive term for the gear of a draft animal, excluding the yoke, by which it is attached to the load that it pulls. Although harnesses are used on dogs (for drawing travois and dogsleds), on goats, and sometimes on oxen, the typical harness is for the inherent potential in these growing markets."
The CONNECTIONS(TM) 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(TM) 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(TM) CONNECTIONS(TM): 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. www.connectionsconference.com. |
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