3D TV will be one of the primary topics of the Connections Summit at CES in Las Vegas on the official opening day Thursday, Jan. 7.
Connections Summit is being hosted by Parks Associates for the fourth consecutive year in Room S225 in the South Hall.
Other topics covered at the Summit will be smartphones, mobile Services, and smart grid.
Parks Associates analysts will offer consumer and industry data such as the current Consumer Decision Process (CDP) findings showing that purchase intentions are up slightly from last year, although consumers are still cautious,” according to Stuart Sikes, President, Parks Associates. “Intentions to purchase a game console have plunged since 2008, while mobile phones and digital camcorders have surged…”
Parks Associates will host a networking reception following the Summit made possible by sponsors including Irdeto, Eyecon Technologies, and Premier Sponsors ActiveVideo Networks, PacketVideo, and RedMere.
Among the more than 30 speakers scheduled to participate, which were announced today:
Timo Bauer, SVP & GM Americas, NewBay Software
Joly Benoit, Director, Connected Home Applications, Thomson
Jean-Pierre Bienaime, Chairman, UMTS Forum, Orange
Tom Carroux, Director, Sales & Market Development, Irdeto
Susan Cashen, VP, Control4 Energy Systems
Steve Cashman, CSO, Exceptional Innovation
Brian Chamberlin, Manager, Interactive Projects, NDS
Chris Deutschen, Senior Manager, Innovation & Sales, Direct Energy
Jaime Fink, CTO, 2Wire
Hope Fulgham, CEO/CMO, Piazza Advertising
Ted May, VP, Strategy & Business Affairs, Synacor
Arlo Rose, Senior Director, Product Design, Connected TV, Yahoo!
Scott Rosenberg, VP, Advanced Advertising, Rovi Advertising
David Sandford, VP, Marketing & Product Management, TiVo
Rick Schwartz, Senior Product Manager, PacketVideo
Simon Tidnam, VP, Sales & Marketing, HDlogix
Paul Woidke, SVP & GM, Advanced Advertising, OpenTV
Parks Associates Moderators:
Bill Ablondi, Director, Home Systems Research
Jayant Dasari, Analyst
Tricia Parks, CEO
Kurt Scherf, VP, Principal Analyst
Stuart Sikes, President, Parks Associates
Harry Wang, Director, Health & Mobile Product Research
Heather Way, Analyst