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CONNECTIONS™: The Premier Connected Home Conference Features Keynotes from Comcast, Google, Intel, Samsung, and T-Mobile
[March 13, 2018]

CONNECTIONS™: The Premier Connected Home Conference Features Keynotes from Comcast, Google, Intel, Samsung, and T-Mobile


DALLAS, March 13, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Parks Associates today announced the full keynote lineup for the 22nd-annual CONNECTIONS™: The Premier Connected Home Conference, May 22-24 in San Francisco, which features executives from Comcast, Google, Intel, Samsung, and T-Mobile. The IoT research firm released new research showing smart video doorbells and smart light bulbs are the most popular smart home devices at the beginning of 2018, with 27% of U.S. broadband households planning to purchase these products in the next 12 months. CONNECTIONS™ will discuss the expansion of smart home solutions in the home and new business strategies that enhance the consumer experience with connected solutions.

"Nationwide 7% of U.S. broadband households currently own a smart door bell, up from 4% at midyear 2017, and adoption is likely to spike in 2018, especially following market actions like the Amazon purchase of Ring," said Elizabeth Parks, SVP, Parks Associates. "Amazon's actions also show the importance in business strategies to get a foothold in the home with a central security device around which companies can build an ecosystem."

The complete list of 2018 keynotes:

  • Dr. Melissa Gregg, Director, Research, Intel Smart Home, Intel
  • Miles Kingston, GM, Smart Home Group, Intel
  • Yoon Lee, SVP, Head of Product Innovation Team and Head of Content Services, Samsung
  • Patti Loyack, VP, IP Services, Comcast Cable
  • Mark Spates, Product Lead for Smart Home, Google
  • Balaji Sridharan, VP, IoT & M2M, T-Mobile

Parks Associates research also shows that 26% of U.S. broadbad households plan to purchase a smart speaker with a personal assistant and 24% plan to but a smart door lock. Prior to CONNECTIONS™, Parks Associates will host the pre-show workshop "Smart Home and IoT: The Next Big Sell" on May 22. Topics include:



  • The Next Wave of Smart Home Devices
  • Industry Insights: Growth and Business Models
  • Industry Insights: Winning Support Strategies
  • Smart Home Products: Selling the Experience
  • Industry Insights: Channel Strategies
  • Integrating Energy Services with the Smart Home
  • Consumer Insights: Network Security and User Privacy
  • Blockchain and the Connected Home: Understanding the Impact
  • Smart Home in Europe

The 2018 CONNECTIONS™ conference will feature more than 650 executives in an intimate networking environment and will focus on innovations to improve the consumer UX and the IoT impact on multiple industries. The event includes conference sessions on technology adoption and trends, product and service forecasts, evaluation of new business strategies, and recommendations for strategic partnerships, monetization opportunities, and value-added service design.

Early Conference Sponsors include Intel, Alarm.com, Verisk, Zigbee Alliance, Rapid Response Monitoring, Affinegy, American Two-Way, Assurant Solutions, Audio Analytic, Ayla Networks, BASF, Cirrent, Gadgeon, iQor, Johnson Controls, mnubo, Qolsys, Toshiba, Tri Cascade, Trusource Labs, TUV Rheinland, Whisker Labs, Z-Wave, HelloTech, MivaTek, Fing, HomeAdvisor, and Mersoft.


Parks Associates is accepting speaker submissions through www.parksassociates.com/cus-speaker. For information, visit www.connectionsus.com. To schedule an interview with an analyst or to request specific data, contact Julia Homier at [email protected], 972-996-0214.

About CONNECTIONS™

Parks Associates' 22nd-annual CONNECTIONS™: The Premier Connected Home Conference will take place May 22-24, 2018, at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport in San Francisco. CONNECTIONS™ is the premier connected home event hosting more than 600 executives from the connected entertainment, IoT, and smart home industries. Throughout the event, sponsors offer tabletop demos during networking events, spotlighting new technology innovations and services for the entertainment, mobile, and smart home market segments. For more information, contact [email protected], call 972-490-1113, visit www.connectionsconference.com.

Contact:
Julia Homier
Parks Associates
972-996-0214
[email protected]

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