Over 70 Digital Living Experts to Speak at CONNECTIONS(TM)

Over 70 Digital Living Experts to Speak at CONNECTIONS(TM)

DALLAS, April 8, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Parks Associates and CEA(R) today announced the preliminary lineup of executives speaking at CONNECTIONS(TM): The Digital Living Conference & Showcase. More than 70 speakers are confirmed to speak at the executive conference, June 24-26, 2008, at the Santa Clara Convention Center.

"CONNECTIONS(TM) is proud to announce our initial speakers for the conference," said Elizabeth Parks, VP, Parks Associates. "This diverse group of leaders will discuss new business models and solutions for all areas of digital living, making CONNECTIONS(TM) a unique networking and learning event critical to all business and strategy managers."

To understand the global issues regarding television services, a key topic at the event, download the new Parks Associates white paper TV Services in Europe: Update and Outlook from the CONNECTIONS(TM) website. Parks Associates analysts moderate all CONNECTIONS(TM) sessions, bringing expert focus on emerging solutions in digital living:

   -- IPTV and "TV 2.0"   -- Service Providers and New Strategies   -- Consumer Storage   -- Mobile Applications and Content   -- Social and Digital Media   -- Home and Lifestyle Management - Energy, Health, Safety & Security     Keynotes       Amy Banse, President, Comcast Interactive Media       Rebecca Jacoby, SVP & CIO, Cisco Systems, Inc.       Paul Liao, CTO, Panasonic North America       Phil McKinney, VP & CTO, Personal Systems Group, Hewlett-Packard     Speakers       Andy Addis, EVP, Marketing, Hillcrest Labs       Saul Berman, Media & Entertainment, Global & Americas Strategy Leader,           IBM Global Business Services       Scott Birnbaum, VP, Samsung LCD Business       Stephen Blum, President, Tellus Venture Associates       Richard Bullwinkle, Chief Evangelist, Macrovision       Patrick Cosson, VP, Marketing, VUDU       Nick Desai, CEO, Juice Wireless       Pat Dunbar, Director, Mediaroom & Connected TV Advertising, Microsoft           Corp.       Mike Ehlenberger, VP, North America Channel Sales, Actiontec       Gil Eyal, CEO, Enure Networks       Thierry Fautier, Director, Telco Solutions, Harmonic Inc.       Karen Feldman, Media and Entertainment Lead, IBM       Meredith Flynn-Ripley, CEO, Integra5       Rob Gelphman, Chair, Marketing Work Group, MoCA(TM)       John Gildred, President, SyncTV       Chano Gomez, VP, Marketing, DS2       Marc Goodman, Director, Alcatel-Lucent       Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Grallert, Managing Director, Fraunhofer           Institute for Telecommunications, HHI       Ken Haase, Sr. Director, Product Line Management, Motorola       Barry Haaser, Senior Director, LonWorks Infrastructure Business,           Echelon Corporation       Karen Hanley, Senior Director, Marketing & Membership, Wi-Fi Alliance       Matt Harrison, GM, Medical Business Unit, Texas Instruments       Brian Henrichs, VP, Business Development, Actiontec Electronics       David Henry, Sr. Director, Product Marketing, Home Products, NETGEAR       Bill Holmes, VP, Business Development and Strategic Marketing, DivX,           Inc.       Ben Huang, Director, Product Management and Marketing, Microsoft TV       Amit Jain, VP and GM, CDMA Femtocell Business Unit, Airvana       Jim Jones, Managing Director, Scale Venture Partners       Bradley A. Kayton, COO, 4HomeMedia       Samir Khazaka, Senior Director, Technical Marketing, Qualcomm       Lou Lenzi, SVP, AudioVox       Ellis Lindsay, Director, Strategy, Americas, Alcatel-Lucent       Martin Lindsay, Sr. Business Dev. Mgr., Automotive Entertainment,           Bowers & Wilkins       Joy Marcus, GM, US, Dailymotion       Avner Matmor, CEO, Yitran Communications Ltd.       Fred McIntyre, SVP, AOL Video, AOL       Kevin Meagher, CEO, Intamac Systems       Eric Miller, VP, Global Software, Itron       Jeff Miller, President and CEO, ICTV, Inc.       Patricia Nakache, General Partner, Trinity Ventures       Tim Napoleon, Chief Strategist, Media & Entertainment, Akamai           Technologies       Ashwin Navin, President and Co-founder, BitTorrent, Inc.       Cynthia Pacheco, GM, Philips Telehealth Solutions, Philips Home           Healthcare Solutions       Buno Pati, Co-Founder and CEO, Building B       Doug Pepper, Partner, InterWest Partners       Michael Peveler, VP, Corporate Development, AMX       Sterling Pratz, CEO, Autonet Mobile       Safi Qureshey, CEO and President, Quartics       Len Rand, Managing Director, Granite Ventures       Ty Roberts, CTO, Gracenote       Robert Rodenbucher, Director, Business Development, AwoX       Tushar Saxena, Director, Technology, Verizon       Rick Schwartz, Product Manager, Consumer Software, PacketVideo       Loren Shade, VP, Marketing, Allegro Software Development Corporation       Tony Shakib, CEO & President, Zensys       Steve Shannon, EVP & GM, Product Development, Gemstar-TV Guide       Greg Smith, VP, Marketing and Business Development WW, Movea, Inc.       Singu Srinivas, President, HiWired       Reuben Steiger, CEO, Millions of Us LLC       Brian Steel, CEO, VoloMedia       Dean Takahashi, Lead Writer, Digital Media, VentureBeat       Ryan Tykwinski, Director, Home Entertainment Experience, Best Buy       Yoav Tzruya, CMO, Exent Technologies       Herve Utheza, VP & GM, TV Properties, ORB Networks       Bruce Watkins, Co-Founder and President/COO, Pulse~LINK, Inc.       Will West, CEO, Control4       David Whitlinger, Director, Health Care Device Standards and           Interoperability, Continua Health Alliance / Intel Digital Health           Group       Rusty Williams, SVP, Social Media Product Planning, Prospero           Technologies, LLC       Michael Wilson, CEO, Makena Technologies       Daniel Wong, Director, Product Management, D-Link       Russell Zack, VP, Product Management, Anystream     Moderators       Bill Ablondi, Director, Home Systems Research, Parks Associates       John Barrett, Director, Research, Parks Associates       Michael Cai, Director, Broadband & Gaming, Parks Associates       Jayant Dasari, Analyst, Parks Associates       Tricia Parks, CEO, Parks Associates       Kurt Scherf, VP, Principal Analyst, Parks Associates       Stuart Sikes, President, Parks Associates       Harry Wang, Senior Analyst, Parks Associates    

Visit http://www.connectionsconference.com/ for complete agenda. For information about CONNECTIONS(TM), contact sales@parksassociates.com or call 972-490-1113.

About CONNECTIONS(TM)

Hosted by leading research firm Parks Associates, CONNECTIONS(TM) is the premier executive conference and showcase focused on the market developments and growth factors for digital lifestyle solutions. Topics include IPTV and "TV 2.0," bundled services, consumer storage, mobile applications and content, social and digital media, and home and lifestyle management.

Produced in partnership with the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA(R)), CONNECTIONS(TM) hosts nearly 1,000 executives developing advanced products and services for consumers. http://www.connectionsconference.com/

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