[October 22, 2009] CONNECTIONS(TM) Europe Announces New Speakers Including Orange, TVBLOB, Adobe, Omnifone, and ProVision Communications Tweet DALLAS, Oct 22, 2009 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Parks Associates today announced new speakers for CONNECTIONS(TM) Europe, featuring executive expertise in IPTV, connected CE, and advanced video services. The Summit, hosted by Parks Associates on November 4, 2009, at the Movenpick Hotel in Amsterdam, addresses consumer demand and business strategies for connected consumer electronics. CONNECTIONS(TM) Europe panelists will address key industry issues: -- The development roadmap for digital lifestyle technologies and applications -- Adoption and revenue forecasts of key connected device and service categories -- An examination of the business models for video and entertainment content and applications, online services, and communications Pierre Francois Dubois, VP Very High Broadband & Digital Home Products, Technocentre, Orange, will present the opening keynote. Other participating speakers include: Ronald Brockmann, Managing Director, ActiveVideo Europe Richard Bullwinkle, Chief Evangelist, Rovi Corporation Wim Bus, SVP, Product Management & Operations, Civolution Fabrizio Caffarelli, CEO, TVBLOB Bill Correll, VP, Marketing & Business Development, Eyecon Technologies Keith Donovan, Sales & Marketing Director, Intamac Systems Jon Finegold, Co-Founder & COO, Thinking Screen Media Matthew Huntington, VP, Product Marketing, OpenTV Art Lancaster, CTO, Affinegy Christer Larsson, CEO & Co-founder of Makewave; VP EMEA, OSGi Alliance Wouter Leibbrandt, Manager Advanced Systems Lab, NXP Semiconductors Rob Lewis, CEO, Omnifone Theodore May, VP Content & Value Added Services, Synacor Trond Neergaard, Founder & Managing Partner, Cloudberry Associates; Member, CTAM Europe Board Patrik Nilsson, Director, Adobe Paolo Pastorino, Business Development & Marketing Manager, Loquendo Kurt Scherf, VP, Research, Principal Analyst, Parks Associates Neerav Shah, VP, Business Development, Verimatrix Stuart Sikes, President, Parks Associates Peter Smyth, CEO, RedMere Bill Stanley, Executive Director, Operations Solutions, Telcordia Geof Todd, Director, Sales & New Business Initiatives, NDS Frederic Van Durme, Head, Product Management, Thomson Ian Walsh, VP, Business Development, ProVision Communications/AXAR Media Andrew Wajs, CTO, Irdeto Group, Irdeto/Cloakware CONNECTIONS(TM) Global Sponsors are HD-PLC Alliance, DSC, NXP, Radialpoint, Rovi Corporation, ActiveVideo Networks, Affinegy, Icron, Irdeto, ProVision Communications, Telcordia, and Zilog. CONNECTIONS(TM) Europe Advisory Sponsors are Eyecon Technologies, Intamac Systems, and CONNECTIONS(TM) Premier Sponsor RedMere. For information or to register, visit http://www.connectionseurope.com. About CONNECTIONS(TM) Europe CONNECTIONS(TM) Europe Summits, produced by Parks Associates, provide attendees with high-level analysis and consumer research, networking opportunities, and information on emerging residential and mobile technologies and services. http://www.connectionseurope.com Contact: Mindi Sue Sternblitz-Rubenstein Parks Associates 972-490-1113 Email: [email protected] SOURCE Parks Associates http://www.parksassociates.com [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]