In today’s episode, you’ll get an inside scoop of Parks associates’ inaugural Smart Spaces conference which was held on April 17-18 in Frisco, TX! 

The executive conference brought together property owners, building managers, and technology leaders to discuss innovations in the multi-dwelling & hospitality environments as well as exclusive research from our wonderful research team!

I had the honor of interviewing some of the event attendees, so some of the voices you will hear are from: 

• Elizabeth Parks, President & CMO, Parks Associates
• Travis Willis, Senior Product Manager, Dormakaba America
• Michael Ducette, Vice President of Connected Venues, Blueport
• Fumi Shingai, CEO, X-HEMISTRY
• Matt Newman, Director of Business Development, Vantiva
• Mindi Sue Sternblitz-Rubenstein, Vice President of Marketing, Parks Associates

About Smart Spaces
Smart Spaces, hosted by international research firm Parks Associates, brings together property owners, building managers, and technology leaders to discuss the innovations in the multi-dwelling and hospitality environments. The event features consumer research, informative session, and networking opportunities for building executives, service providers, and hardware, middleware, and software providers enabling the next generation of solutions for the consumer, MDU, and public spaces.

Throughout each Smart Spaces event, Parks Associates shares its research on bulk broadband, managed Wi-Fi, smart home, and IoT technologies, including access controls, energy management, and network support, setting the stage for conversations to understand the current and future opportunities in smart apartments and hospitality. www.smartspacesconference.com

About Parks Associates: Parks Associates, a woman-founded and certified business, is an internationally recognized market research and consulting company specializing in emerging consumer technology products and services. Founded in 1986, Parks Associates provides business intelligence and research services through its proprietary methodologies developed over decades, including quarterly surveys of 10,000 internet households.

The company's expertise crosses many industries: home security and smart home, streaming video, broadband and pay-TV services, digital media and platforms, gaming, Wi-Fi and home networks, connected health, support, consumer electronics, home control systems, energy management, and tech solutions for the multi-dwelling (MDU), small-to-medium business (SMB), and commercial building markets.

Each year, Parks Associates brings thousands of leaders together for its webinars and annual events. The firm hosts the annual executive research and strategy conferences CONNECTIONS™, Connected Health Summit, Smart Energy Summit, Smart Spaces, and Future of Video. https://www.parksassociates.com

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