Parks Associates' second annual Smart Spaces: Apartments, Hospitality, and Community Living features keynotes from ButterflyMX and Stoneweg US

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Aug 06, 2024, 08:48 ET

Conference explores strategies to extend smart tech to 83% of residential MDUs without these solutions

DALLAS, Aug. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Parks Associates estimates there are more than 3.5 million smart apartment units and 2.7 million smart condos, accounting for 17% of residential MDUs (multidwelling units) in the US. The firm will host the second annual Smart Spaces: Apartments, Hospitality, and Community Living, September 24-25, at the Renaissance Dallas Richardson Hotel in Richardson, Texas. The executive conference provides networking opportunities and insights on the beneficial impact of smart tech for residents and property management.

Parks Associates’ second annual Smart Spaces: Apartments, Hospitality, and Community Living features keynotes from ButterflyMX and Stoneweg US

Smart Spaces, sponsored by ADT Multifamily, Cox Communities, Nice, Vantiva, Xfinity Communities, Kwikset, Calix, Homebase, SkyBell, Dojo Networks, and Salto Systems, caters to building executives and hardware, middleware, and software providers enabling the next generation of consumer and property manager experiences in the MDU and hospitality environments. Parks Associates will also host the pre-show research workshop "Transforming Smart Spaces: Research & Market Insights" on September 24, starting at 9:00 AM CT US.

"Smart tech solutions boost resident satisfaction and retention, while also increasing revenue through cost savings, improved operations, and higher rents or add-on services," said Elizabeth Parks, President and CMO, Parks Associates. "Smart Spaces features multiple sessions, with high-level executives sharing data-based insights on the benefits of tech deployments and innovations in this key market for builders, service providers, tech companies, and insurers."

Smart Spaces will feature the following keynotes:

Kaushik Mani, Director, Amazon Key
Thomas Stanchak, Managing Director of Sustainability, Stoneweg US

Speakers will participate in analyst-moderated panels throughout the event:

Noel Arvizu, Director of Sales, ADT Multifamily
Michele Berlove, Assistant Division Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau, Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Dean Fung-A-Wing, Founder & CEO, Kairos
Florian Gallini, CEO, Interel
Robert Gaulden, Go To Market Director, Zentra Access Solutions, Allegion
Preston Grutzmacher, Residential Business Leader, North America, Salto Systems
Kara Heermans, SVP, Product Management & UEX, SONIFI Solutions
Adam Hepworth, President, Della Connect
Kyle Johnson, Director, Smart Building Technology, Greystar
Theresa Kaiser-White, Vice President Asset Management, Willow Bridge Property Company
Cris Kimbrough, Chief Strategy Officer, SKBM Smart Technology
Mathew Koenig, Director, Sales Strategy and Enablement, Cox Communications
Kaushik Mani, Director, Amazon Key
Lee Miller, Vice President of Multifamily, Brivo
Sean Miller, Chief Revenue Officer, Sensor Industries
Francisco Moreno, AVP MDU Product, Calix
Daniel Myers, CEO/Founder, DojoNetworks
Reza Raji, SVP, Smart Spaces-IoT Division, Vantiva
Mariam Rogers Walker, Director, Access Solutions, Chamberlain/MyQ
Mike Smith, CEO, WhiteSpace
Paul Spinella, National Account Manager, ASSA ABLOY Group
Todd Thorpe, Director of Business Development, Cambium Networks
Savin Ven Johnson, Regional Director, Office of Community Planning and Development, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Region VI (TX, NM, LA, OK, AR)
Paul Williams, Managing Director of Home Management Business Unit, Nice Group

Parks Associates will feature its latest consumer and industry insights at Smart Spaces events throughout the year, featuring data from its ongoing quarterly surveys of 8,000 internet households. To request data or an interview, please contact Mindi Sue Sternblitz-Rubenstein at [email protected], 972-490-1113.

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 multidwelling and hospitality environments. Building on a high-performing broadband backbone, MDU property managers can leverage connected devices and smart platforms that integrate connected solutions to streamline property management tasks and lower operating costs, attract and retain residents, and increase rental revenues. 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

Mindi Sue Sternblitz-Rubenstein
Parks Associates
972.490.1113
[email protected]

SOURCE Parks Associates