Now the challenge facing the connected home market is to find commercial success. At this conference key players with a wide range of interests will explore the commercial realities, examine the crucial drivers and forecast the strongest business opportunities. There will be an in-depth review of the trials, including details of the technology used and research gained from actual users.

In addition, delegates will see TAHI’s service aggregation cost models and hear important news of TAHI’s high level philosophy for the open architecture needed to deliver interoperability.

The conference will tackle issues of connected services in

• Local Government and the telecare market
  
• The builders and developers’ marketplace
  
• Developments by service providers
  
• Energy, Conservation and Green issues
  
• Entertainment
  

A special forum on Commercialisation provides the opportunity for delegates to discuss these issues and form groups that will achieve commercial reality.

Speakers include BT, the Centre for Usable Home Technology, the DigiTV project, EDF, Hometech, i&i, Initial Community Care, Kent County Council, Severn Trent Water, Strategy Analytics, and many more.