Parks Associates Celebrates 40 Years of Innovation and Research with Flagship Executive Events: 20th Annual CONNECTIONS™ Summit at CES and 30th Annual CONNECTIONS™

48% of US internet households now own at least one smart home device

DALLAS, Sept. 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Parks Associates today announced the official calls for speakers for the 2026 events CONNECTIONS™: The Premier Connected Home Conference, May 5-7 in Santa Clara, Calif., and CONNECTIONS™ Summit at CES 2026, January 6 in Las Vegas, Nev. These premier executive events bring together leaders from across the connected home, multifamily, broadband, energy, security, AI, and proptech ecosystems.

Parks Associates' latest research:

• 48% of US internet households now own at least one smart home device.
• 30% of US internet households purchased a smart home device in the past 12 months.
• Only 11% of households reported buying now to avoid higher prices due to tariffs, while 21% say they are delaying purchases because of tariffs.
• Online-first retailers are the top purchase channel, peaking at 31% in Q4 2022.
• Amazon Alexa held a steady lead as the most used platform to control smart home devices at 32% in Q2 2024; Google Assistant maintained second position with 14%.

Building on the success of decades of events, the 2026 events will explore how AI, interoperability, and connectivity are shaping the next generation of connected living. Parks Associates invites industry leaders, innovators, and visionaries to submit speaking proposals that examine new business models, disruptive technologies, and strategies for driving growth in the evolving smart living landscape.

• CONNECTIONS™ Summit 2026, part of CES in Las Vegas, will be held Tuesday, January 6. Now in its 20th year, this executive forum features insights from top leaders and startups on AI's impact, energy ROI, multifamily smart living, evolving security models, and connectivity breakthroughs.
  
  Early sponsors include Diamond Sponsor Alarm.com; Platinum Sensing Solutions Sponsor Origin; and Event Sponsor Ivani.
  
  
• CONNECTIONS™: The Premier Connected Home Conference will take place May 5–7 in Santa Clara, California. Celebrating its 30th anniversary, CONNECTIONS™ highlights how AI, automation, and connectivity are reshaping the smart home. Topics span security, grid-ready homes, aging-in-place, and AI-driven personalization, reflecting three decades of industry evolution and the road ahead.
  
  Early CONNECTIONS Sponsors include Research Sponsor Alarm.com; Platinum Sensing Solutions Sponsor Origin; Platinum Professional Monitoring Sponsor Rapid Response Monitoring; Wi-Fi Sponsor SkyBell; Event Sponsors Ivani and Ayla Networks; and Breakfast Sponsor Moen.

Speaking submissions are open to executives, innovators, and researchers shaping the future of connected living.

• The deadline to submit for CONNECTIONS™ is December 1: https://www.parksassociates.com/event/connections/speaker-call-for-papers
• The deadline to submit for CONNECTIONS™ Summit at CES is October 1: https://www.parksassociates.com/event/connections-summit-at-ces/connections-summit-call-for-papers

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. https://www.parksassociates.com

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Mindi Sue Sternblitz-Rubenstein
Parks Associates
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