ZigBee Alliance adds weight to conference

Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team Mar 10, 2006

The Zigbee Alliance has signed up as a Diamond Sponsor for Connections 2006.

The Zigbee Alliance has signed up as a Diamond Sponsor for Connections 2006, which will take place at the Santa Clara Convention Centre from 2nd to 4th May 2006.

Connections: the digital home conference and showcase, produced by Parks Associates in partnership with CEA, is the largest executive conference and showcase dedicated to advanced digital lifestyle solutions for residential and mobile environments.

This year's conference topics include digital entertainment, mobile platforms and services, home networking and infrastructure, home management and digital health, and broadband and IP services.

According to Parks Associates, the total market for home control systems reached approximately $2.3 billion in 2005.

Furthermore, revenues will grow 8-9% per year over the next four years, reaching more than $3 billion by 2009.

"The home controls market is coming of age and is accelerated by efforts like the ZigBee Alliance", said Tricia Parks, CEO of Parks Associates.

"One inhibitor to the growth of digital home control has been available suitable and avant garde technology at prices that most consumers can manage".

"ZigBee requirements help mitigate this issue".

The ZigBee Alliance is also hosting a special session: "Wireless sensors and control networks: enabling new opportunities", on the second afternoon of the conference.

This session will offer discussions of basic network requirements and applications for ZigBee wireless technology.

Meeting ZigBee requirements will allow manufacturers to provide flexibility, mobility, and ease-of-use in a wide range of everyday devices.

It is expected that ZigBee technology will be embedded in a wide range of products and applications across consumer, commercial, industrial, and government markets worldwide.