CONNECTIONS™ Europe executive summit features speakers from digital media companies, CE manufacturers, service and solution providers

International research firm Parks Associates announced the final agenda and speakers for CONNECTIONS™ Europe Summit, March 31, 2009, in Nice, France.

This executive event, taking place at the Hotel Palais de La Mediterranee, provides attendees with international consumer research and features interactive discussions on European consumer trends, broadband and value-added services, IPTV and video services, digital media, connected CE, and digital home services and support.

Roger Pitton, Program Director, TV, Video & Music Business, Microsoft Corporation, will deliver the keynote “IPTV and the keys to keeping customers” at CONNECTIONS™ Europe. The event also features the following speakers:

>> Michimasa Aramaki, Director, Industrial Standardization, HD-PLC Alliance
>> Thierry Boudard, IPTV Strategic Innovation Manager, Thomson
>> Richard Bullwinkle, Chief Evangelist, Macrovision
>> Mark Cavicchia, CEO & Founder, WhereverTV
>> Nicolas Decitre, GM: France and Benelux, Jungo
>> Brian Donnelly, VP, Sales and Marketing, Icron
>> Margot Dor, Director, Strategic Projects, ETSI
>> Paul Entwistle, CTO, Pace
>> Milan Erbes, Ambassador, HGI; Standardization & Business Development Manager, DS2
>> Gil Eyal, CEO, Enure Networks
>> Ed Forman, EVP, Products and Services, ActiveVideo Networks
>> Paul Gainham, Director, Service Provider Marketing, EMEA, Juniper Networks
>> Peter Galyas, CTO, Tilgin
>> Stefan Jenzowsky, CEO, moreTV Broadcasting GmbH
>> Art Lancaster, CTO, Affinegy
>> Dr. Ulrich Leiner, Head, Department Interactive Media, Human Factors, Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, HHI
>> Dr. Anton Monk, CTO, MoCA; Co-Founder, Entropic Communications, Inc.
>> Trond Neergard, VP, Sales and General Manager, EMEA, Radialpoint
>> Dr. Randolph Nikutta, Project Field Head "New Media", Deutsche Telekom AG, Laboratories
>> Frederic Onado, VP EMEA, HomePlug Powerline Alliance; COO, SPiDCOM Technologies
>> Eric Plesner, Director, Business Development, IO-Homecontrol
>> Micha Risling, VP, Marketing, Valens Semiconductor
>> Bill Stanley, Director, Operations Solutions, Telcordia
>> Matt Theall, Technology Strategist, Intel Corporation; President, HomeGrid Forum
>> Navin Varsani, Consumer Director, EMEA, Cloakware
>> Ian Walker, Director, Sales and Marketing, EMEA PayTV, EchoStar

Event sponsors include Affinegy, Enure Networks, and HomeGrid Forum. Global Sponsors include ActiveVideo Networks, Affinegy, Cloakware, DSC, HD-PLC Alliance, Icron, Macrovision, MoCA, ProVision Communications, Radialpoint, Telcordia, and Zilog.

For information, visit www.connectionseurope.com.

Press passes are available at http://www.parksassociates.com/connectionseurope.