Smart Energy Summit 2013

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Parks Associates report - Connected Home Systems and Services: The Roundup

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Parks Associates report - Game Changers: Monetization in the Game Industry

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Parks Associates consumer research - Market Focus

Smart Energy Summit 2013/02/25 - 2013/02/27 Sheraton Gunter Hotel, San Antonio, TX, USA

February 25-27, 2013
Sheraton Gunter Hotel
San Antonio, Texas

Smart Energy Summit - San Antonio

Consumer behaviors and lifestyle issues that affect adoption and usage
Drivers and obstacles to adoption of energy-related products and services
Strategies and tactics to engage consumers from utilities, service providers, and retailers
Integration of energy control and solutions into existing solutions and related services
Consumer segmentation, price sensitivity, and bundling strategies
Competitive assessments of current industry participants: utilities, service providers, retailers, manufacturers
Business opportunities within the value chains for emerging energy management solutions
Partnership opportunities among service providers, utilities, manufacturers, and retailers to expand the market for energy management and residential demand response (DR)
Utility communication approaches, including data ownership and privacy issues, and simplifying partner integration
New energy management products and services, including impact of cable and telecom in this market
Role of cloud-based products and services in energy
Current smart grid legislation and regulation
Smart grid applications, including DR programs and dynamic pricing
Technologies utilities are using to provide value-added services to consumers
Case studies of early utility successes, including actions to engage subscribers and enhance the stickiness of their services in competitive markets

All perspectives on the market for residential energy management products and services
- Consumers: price points, service bundles, perceived value
- Utilities: AMI deployments, interfaces to third-party solutions, partnerships
- Telecom and cable operators: value of home services within their offerings, unique value propositions
- Security channel: strategies to integrate energy services, unique value propositions
- Retail channel: selling home controls to the mass market
- OEMs: adding connectivity to devices, new value propositions
- Policy: impact of local, state, and federal policies and initiatives
- Independent System Operator (ISO)/Regional Transmission Operator (RTO): changes in the demand response market
Standards and interoperability: solutions that bring it all together
New solutions: products, applications, and services that are creating value and innovative monetization opportunities
Data analytics and cloud-based products and services
The impact of factors like CE ownership on consumer energy preferences
Specific features on energy management solutions and bundled services preferred by consumers
Value propositions that resonate among consumer segments
New business models for distribution channels: security, cable, telecom, utility, retail, HVAC