March 13, 2007 (Press Release) --
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Jenny Barrett or Chelsey Tyson
jenny@parksassociates.com; chelsey@parksassociates.com
972-490-1113
CONNECTIONS™: The Digital Living Conference & Showcase announces Preliminary Speakers
Dallas, TX March 13 — Parks Associates and CEA® today announced the preliminary speakers for CONNECTIONS™: The Digital Living Conference and Showcase, to be held May 1-3, 2007, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, California.
Now in its eleventh year, CONNECTIONS™: The Digital Living Conference and Showcase, produced by Parks Associates in partnership with the Consumer Electronics Association, is the largest executive conference and showcase dedicated to examining the markets, technologies, and consumer trends for residential and mobile environments.
“We are very excited about this year’s event,” said Kurt Scherf, vice president and principal analyst for Parks Associates. “Residential subscriptions to broadband Internet services surged 20% in 2006 to exceed 50 million U.S. households, reflecting strong consumer demand for digital lifestyle services and creating multiple opportunities for industries focused on delivering products or services to the consumer.”
Keynotes
Patrick Barry, GM, Digital Home, Yahoo! Inc.
Greg Jones, General Manger, DSP Systems Strategic Marketing, Texas Instruments
Daniel M. Moloney, President, Connected Home Business; Executive VP, Motorola, Inc.
John Orcutt, VP, Managed Home Business, HP
Daniel Scheinman, Senior VP and GM, Cisco Media Solutions Group, Cisco Systems, Inc.
Shawn Strickland, VP, FiOS TV Product Management, Verizon
Speakers
Faraj Aalaei, CEO, Centillium Communications
Alan Armer, VP, R&D, Catholic Health Initiatives
Will Beals, Director, Hardware Systems Architecture, EchoStar Technologies Corp.
Duncan Bees, Deputy Chairman, HGI Quality of Service Working Group, PMC-Sierra
Ilya Billig, VP, Business Development, Lagotek Corp.
Jan-Luc Blakborn, Director, Digital Entertainment, HP
Mark Bole, CEO, ShoZu
Lars Buttler, CEO, Trion World Network
Charles Cerino, VP, New Services Technology, Comcast New Media Development
Suranga Chandratillake, CTO and Founder, Blinkx
Tom Cullen, Executive VP, Corporate Development, EchoStar
Tim Cutting, CEO & Founder, Niveus
Joe Dada, CEO, SmartLabs
Brad Davis, VP, Advertising Sales, Disney Online, Walt Disney Internet Group
Wayne Davis, Technical Advisory Board, Peak8 Solutions
Nick Desai, Chairman, Founder and CCO, Juice Wireless
Rodger Desai, CEO & President, Rave Wireless, Inc.
Guido D'hert, VP, Strategy & Business Development, BU Home, NXP
Bill Diamond, President, Xanboo
Chris Dobrec, Sr. Director, Strategy, Linksys
Jonathan Epstein, CEO, Double Fusion
Mike Fidler, CEO, Digeo
Zephra Freeman, Home Networking Business Development Manager, Digital Interface Business, Texas Instruments
Noam Geri, Co-Founder and VP, Marketing & Business Development, Amimon Inc.
Jeremiah Golston,
Contact: Jenny Barrett or Chelsey Tyson
jenny@parksassociates.com; chelsey@parksassociates.com
972-490-1113
CONNECTIONS™: The Digital Living Conference & Showcase announces Preliminary Speakers
Dallas, TX March 13 — Parks Associates and CEA® today announced the preliminary speakers for CONNECTIONS™: The Digital Living Conference and Showcase, to be held May 1-3, 2007, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, California.
Now in its eleventh year, CONNECTIONS™: The Digital Living Conference and Showcase, produced by Parks Associates in partnership with the Consumer Electronics Association, is the largest executive conference and showcase dedicated to examining the markets, technologies, and consumer trends for residential and mobile environments.
“We are very excited about this year’s event,” said Kurt Scherf, vice president and principal analyst for Parks Associates. “Residential subscriptions to broadband Internet services surged 20% in 2006 to exceed 50 million U.S. households, reflecting strong consumer demand for digital lifestyle services and creating multiple opportunities for industries focused on delivering products or services to the consumer.”
Keynotes
Patrick Barry, GM, Digital Home, Yahoo! Inc.
Greg Jones, General Manger, DSP Systems Strategic Marketing, Texas Instruments
Daniel M. Moloney, President, Connected Home Business; Executive VP, Motorola, Inc.
John Orcutt, VP, Managed Home Business, HP
Daniel Scheinman, Senior VP and GM, Cisco Media Solutions Group, Cisco Systems, Inc.
Shawn Strickland, VP, FiOS TV Product Management, Verizon
Speakers
Faraj Aalaei, CEO, Centillium Communications
Alan Armer, VP, R&D, Catholic Health Initiatives
Will Beals, Director, Hardware Systems Architecture, EchoStar Technologies Corp.
Duncan Bees, Deputy Chairman, HGI Quality of Service Working Group, PMC-Sierra
Ilya Billig, VP, Business Development, Lagotek Corp.
Jan-Luc Blakborn, Director, Digital Entertainment, HP
Mark Bole, CEO, ShoZu
Lars Buttler, CEO, Trion World Network
Charles Cerino, VP, New Services Technology, Comcast New Media Development
Suranga Chandratillake, CTO and Founder, Blinkx
Tom Cullen, Executive VP, Corporate Development, EchoStar
Tim Cutting, CEO & Founder, Niveus
Joe Dada, CEO, SmartLabs
Brad Davis, VP, Advertising Sales, Disney Online, Walt Disney Internet Group
Wayne Davis, Technical Advisory Board, Peak8 Solutions
Nick Desai, Chairman, Founder and CCO, Juice Wireless
Rodger Desai, CEO & President, Rave Wireless, Inc.
Guido D'hert, VP, Strategy & Business Development, BU Home, NXP
Bill Diamond, President, Xanboo
Chris Dobrec, Sr. Director, Strategy, Linksys
Jonathan Epstein, CEO, Double Fusion
Mike Fidler, CEO, Digeo
Zephra Freeman, Home Networking Business Development Manager, Digital Interface Business, Texas Instruments
Noam Geri, Co-Founder and VP, Marketing & Business Development, Amimon Inc.
Jeremiah Golston,

Parks Associates and CEA® today announced the preliminary speakers for CONNECTIONS™: The Digital Living Conference and Showcase, to be held May 1-3, 2007, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa
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