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/

Contact: Chelsey Tyson
Parks Associates
972-490-1113
Email: Chelsey@parksassociates.com

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CONTACT: Chelsey Tyson of Parks Associates, +1-972-490-1113,
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