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WHAT:
CONNECTIONS '98: In-Home Networks & Gateways
CABA & Parks Associates, co-founders of the first conference on residential gateways, present CONNECTIONS '98, a conference for decision-makers who influence -- or are influenced by -- in-home networks and gateways. CONNECTIONS '98 will focus on real business, technical and regulatory challenges. You'll meet industry leaders and see displays of the latest products. Don't miss the connection -- CONNECTIONS '98!

PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP
The Training Dept. and Parks Associates will present a pre-conference workshop on May 13, entitled, The Technical and Marketing Aspects of In-Home Networks & Gateways. Sponsored by Parks Associates and CABA.

Be sure to sign up for a tour of the CENTEX Home of the Future on Wednedsay, May 13. Registration is limited!

WHERE:
Hotel Inter-Continental Dallas (formerly Grand Kempinksi), Dallas, Texas

WHEN:
CONNECTIONS '98: May 14 - 15, 1998
PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP: May 13, 1998

REGISTRATION & SPONSORSHIP INFO:
Click Registration Form for fee, hotel and travel information.
Call Parks Associates at (972) 490-1113, E-mail: sales@parksassociates.com
or CABA at 1-888-798-CABA (2222), E-mail: caba@caba.org.

PELIMINARY AGENDA:
Connections ‘98: In-Home Networks and Gateways

• Workshops
• Conference Seminars and Displays

Wednesday, May 13 Two concurrent workshops

WORKSHOP A) Technical Requirements for Networks in the Home and their Gateways

9:30 AM - 3:30 PM

Grayson Evans, President of The Training Dept., is involved in all technical areas of in-home networks, including their protocols. His workshop provides detailed technical information on what is needed for networks to work reliably, and why. Parks Associates will present market information on consumer desires for applications that require networks and an overview of the market environment. For a full agenda contact Parks Associates or CABA. WORKSHOP B) Convergence and Value-Added Services

11:00 AM - 4:00 PM

This workshop focuses on external network developments and the value-added services for which they are being designed. Parks Associates' workshop will address the market causes for the proliferation of efforts to increase network capabilities to the home and in the home. What applications do consumers say they want? And, based on current buying patterns, which complanies or company types are likely to be successful in which applications areas? Join us for this crash course in value-added services and the environment that is breeding the drivers and the consumer desires. Presentations will include information from Parks Associates' newly released national consumer study, Electronic Living @ Home II. For a full agenda contact Parks Associates or CABA.

CONFERENCE SEMINARS AND DISPLAYS

Wednesday, May 13 1:00; 2:00;, 3:00; & 4:00 PM - Tour of the Home of the Future

The Centex and Builder Magazine Home of the Future Tour

In 1997, Centex, America’s largest single family home builder and Builder Magazine partnered in a showcase home in Dallas entitled The Home of the Future. Centex and Builder anticipate that over 200,000 consumers and industry participants will tour this home between January 1998 and March 1999. We’ve arranged a complementary tour for our guests. Come see this home that showcases new building materials, new living concepts, and new technology options ranging from structured wiring to a whole-house control system.

Each tour group is limited to 20 people. Please let us know as soon as possible what time you want to join the tour.

4:00 - 6:00 PM  Early Registration for Connections ‘98

6:30 - 8:00 PM  A Networking Reception: Welcome to Connections ‘98!

Join us for refreshments and an opportunity to meet your conference partners and speakers.

Thursday, May 14

7:00 AM  Registration
7:30 - 8:30 AM  Continental Breakfast in the Showcase Room
8:30 AM  Welcome - Jack Fraser, President, CABA
                                     Tricia Parks, President, Parks Associates

SESSION 1   KEYNOTES

Ed Arrington, Director of Initiatives-Home Technologies, Intel
"Why Networks in the Home Are Coming and How Intel is Participating"

Mark Schmidt, Product Line Manager, IBM
"The Big Story: A Systems Perspective"

Joseph Mouhanna, Manager Public Networks Partners Team, Microsoft
"The Software Tale - What will be Necessary for Software?"

Coffee Break in the Product Showcase Room
 
SESSION 2   PERSPECTIVES FROM KEY INDUSTRIES

Bea Yormark, VP Marketing, Echelon
“The Role of Core Network Technology”

Sam Peralta, Project Leader, Gateways, Ontario Hydro
“Why a Giant Notices”

Doug Fikse, Director Infrastructure Products, AMP
“Solutions to meet New Consumer Demands in New Starts”

Duane Paulson, Vice-President Marketing, ITI (Interactive Technologies, Inc.)
“Marrying The Consumers’ Wants to Technology Opportunity”

Mel Reiser, Chief Technologist, C3 Communications
“Results of Research with the US Department of Energy”

12:30 - 1:45 PM  LUNCHEON WITH KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Speaker: Aziz Khadbai, Vice-President and General Manager Network Products, NORTEL (invited)

AFTERNOON PROGRAM

SESSION 3   A TOWN HALL DISCUSSION ON NETWORKS AND GATEWAYS

Hear these experts discuss needs, requirements and timelines for in-home networks and gateway deployment and have the opportunity to dialogue with your peers and the speakers in this informative, dynamic, and interactive session.

Grayson Evans, President, The Training Dept. The Town Hall Moderator:

Participants:
Brian Markwalter, Director of Marketing, Intellon
Mathew Taylor, Chairman and Chief Technology Officer, TUT
Don Pezzolo, CEO, Diablo Research
Joel DiGirolamo, Manager, Printer Capabilities, Lexmark and Chair of VESA
Paul Shumate, Executive Director Broadband Services, Bellecore

Refreshments in the Showcase Room

SESSION 4  

Dr. Kenneth Wacks - "International Standards and Gateways"

Alan Donahue, Corp VP and General Manager, eT Communications - "Utilities and Gateways"

SESSION 5  NEW OFFERINGS AND INITIATIVES FOR THE MARKETPLACE

Hear the Conference Sponsors share their insights!  

6:00 - 7:30 Dynamic Networking and Reception in Showcase Room

***Speaker TBA***

Friday, May 15

7:00 AM  Continental Breakfast in the Showcase Room

8:00 AM  Conference Reconvenes

Special Presentation
Cisco, Speaker TBA, "Why Cisco Cares"  

SESSION 6   A CASE STUDY WITH SUBSETS

Bill Kirby, Director of New Ventures, The Southern Development Company
“The Case: The Challenges: How Energy Utilities Analyze the Opportunities”

Sekhar Kondepudi, Diablo Research
“Addressing The Challenge of Managing Technology Change in a Corporate Setting”

Richard S. Holtz, President RRH Associates
“Addressing the Business Case” Multi-dwelling and Community Environments,"

Refreshments to accompany workshops

SESSION 7  WORKSHOPS: BRAINSTORMING THE CHALLENGES

Each of our case study presenters and IBM's Wayne Caswell will offer an interactive workshop to address the challenges raised in the case studies. Participants will brainstorm solutions and report on those solutions when all reconvene.

SESSION 8  BUSINESS CASE MODELS

Parks Associates presents financial models for the gateway and networks under different scenarios including a total consumer purchase, a utility-subsidized installation, and a consortium-subsidized effort. The models, developed in EXCEL, will be provided to all Conference participants for their later use.

1:15 PM  Closing Remarks and Deli Lunch in the Showcase Room

2:00 PM Conference Adjourns

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