Agenda
The theme for this year’s Canalys Channels Forum is ‘Digital First’, where we will explore the approaching wave of opportunities and challenges facing channel partners.
Tuesday, 25th October
Delegates will arrive in Macau on Tuesday, 25 October. They can register for the event and then enjoy a free evening in the city. Candefero Channel Partner of the Year award finalists will have the opportunity to meet members of the media.
Wednesday, 26th October
The conference will begin promptly on Wednesday, 26 October.
Please note, the agenda timings and content are subject to change.
6:45 |
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7:00 |
One-to-one meeting opportunities |
9:00 |
Keynote sessions |
11:00 |
Coffee and one-to-one meeting opportunities |
11:30 |
Theaters, best practice workshops, vendor round tables and one-to-one meeting opportunities
- Theater: How HPE Strategy and Investments accelerate digital transformation - HPE
Neeraj Sharma, Vice President, Indirect Sales, APJ - Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Phil Davis, Senior Vice President, Enterprise Group, Global Sales, Asia Pacific Japan - Hewlett Packard Enterprise - Theater: Leading the Digital Transformation : New Innovations, New Capabilities & New Partner Opportunities
Anneliese Olson, Vice President & General Manager, Personal Systems, Asia Pacific and Japan - HP, Thomas Jensen, Vice President, Global Head of Channel Sales Strategy - HP and Tian-Chong Ng, Vice President & General Manager, Printing Systems, Asia Pacific and Japan - HP - Theater: The Dell EMC Advantage – what it means to you! - Dell EMC
Cheryl Cook, Global Vice President, Channel Marketing - Dell EMC and Tian Beng Ng, Senior Vice President & General Manager Channels, Asia Pacific Japan - Dell EMC - Vendor round table: Channel Financing with Dell EMC - Dell EMC
David Rodriguez, Executive Director Global Working Capital Strategy and Programs - Dell EMC - Vendor round table: Doing business easier with Lenovo by listening to our Channel - Lenovo
Takeshi Okuma, Executive Director and SMB Leader, Asia Pacific - Lenovo - Vendor round table: How APC by Schneider Electric is digitizing the future of distributed power availability: APC SmartConnect Preview
Bill Manning, Vice President of Digitization for the Global Home & Business Networks - APC by Schneider Electric - Vendor round table: Workspaces in the Cloud – how to profit from the shift - Citrix
Patsy Wong , APJ Director, Product Management and Marketing (Workspace Services) - Citrix - Cloud and data center trends - Canalys
Matthew Ball, Principal Analyst - Canalys - State of the APAC IT channel - Canalys
Jordan De Leon, Analyst - Canalys
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12:30 |
Lunch and one-to-one meeting opportunities |
13:45 |
Keynote sessions |
15:30 |
Coffee and one-to-one meeting opportunities |
16:00 |
Theaters, best practice workshops, vendor round tables and one-to-one meeting opportunities
- Theater: Disrupting the Data Center: Lenovo’s emergence as the industry’s only true challenger - Lenovo
Sumir Bhatia, Vice President, Asia Pacific, Data Center Group - Lenovo - Theater: Polycom & Microsoft O365 Interoperability in the Cloud - Polycom and Microsoft
Kerry Bailey , SVP, WW Indirect Sales - HPE, Takeshi Ishimaru , Senior Product Marketing Manager, Global Alliance Marketing - Polycom and John Soumbasakis, Executive Vice President, Business Development & Strategy - Ingram Micro - Workshop: Attracting and Retaining the Millennial Generation - Marriott International
Regan Taikitsadaporn, Chief HR Officer for Asia Pacific - Marriott International, Inc - Vendor round table: Building your Business with Best-of-breed Cloud and Cognitive Data Solutions - IBM
- Vendor round table: Empowering Partners with Digital Transformation – a focus on Greater China - EMC
Raymond Yeung, Director, Partner Sales - EMC Greater China - Vendor round table: Ignite your sales with HP Device as a Service
Anneliese Olson, Vice President & General Manager, Personal Systems, Asia Pacific and Japan - HP and Deepak Wagh, GTM programs and Sales lead APJ ( Support Services) - HP Inc - Role of the cloud marketplace - Canalys
Alex Smith, Senior Analyst - Canalys - Seizing growth in mobile-first Asia - Canalys
Rushabh Doshi, Analyst - Canalys
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17:00 |
One-to-one meeting opportunities |
19:00 |
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Thursday, 27th October
6:45 |
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7:00 |
One-to-one meeting opportunities |
10:00 |
Theaters, best practice workshops, vendor round tables and one-to-one meeting opportunities
- Theater: APC by Schneider Electric: The Edge of Managed Services, learn how edge networking and computing can lead to big managed services opportunities
Jeff Lee, Director, Channel and Alliances, Asia Pacific and Japan - APC by Schneider Electric - Theater: Enterprise Asset Intelligence (EAI): The opportunity in disruption - Zebra and HPE
Kerry Bailey , SVP, WW Indirect Sales - HPE, Wayne Harper, Chief Technology Officer - Asia Pacific - Zebra and John Soumbasakis, Executive Vice President, Business Development & Strategy - Ingram Micro - Theater: The Dell EMC Advantage – what it means to you! - Dell EMC
Gaurav Chand, Senior Vice President, Global Solutions Marketing - Dell EMC and Tian Beng Ng, Senior Vice President & General Manager Channels, Asia Pacific Japan - Dell EMC - Vendor round table: Building your Business with Best-of-breed Cloud and Cognitive Data Solutions
- Vendor round table: Channel-First, Today and Tomorrow: Launching Lenovo’s new Asia Pacific Channel Portal
Charis Jamieson, Commercial Marketing Director, Asia Pacific - Lenovo and Nick Reynolds, Chief Marketing Officer, Asia Pacific - Lenovo - Vendor round table: How is Cisco enabling organizations to embrace Digitization with a Secured Network? - Cisco
Yun Bai, Enterprise Networking Business Development Manager, APJ Commercial - Cisco - Vendor round table: Session with Dell China to understand Cloud Alliance FRECO
Guangming Li (李光明), Director of Channel Enablement, Greater China - Dell - How can partners increase business through digital marketing? - Canalys
Sharon Hiu, Analyst - Canalys - Privacy and national security - addressing the issues and opportunities - Canalys
Rachel Lashford, VP Analysis - Canalys
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11:00 |
Coffee and one-to-one meeting opportunities |
11:30 |
Theaters, best practice workshops, vendor round tables and one-to-one meeting opportunities
- Theater: Modern work has changed - Dropbox
Matt Pahnke, Head of Product and Brand Marketing - Dropbox - Theater: Transform your Business in the Cloud with Ingram Micro - Ingram Micro
Dangvy Keller, Vice President, WW EG Distribution - HPE, Nimesh Dave, Executive Vice President, Global Cloud - Ingram Micro and Mike Zilis, EVP and Group President - Ingram Micro - Workshop: Raising Finance Through Equity Transactions - An Insight into the Mergers and Acquisitions Activities of Technology Industries
Pradip Somaia, Partner - Regent Partners LLP - Vendor round table: Converged Infrastructure in a Hybrid Cloud environment and how it evolve the IT Solution Route-to-Market - Delta
Dennis Tan, Commercial Director, MICS – ASEAN + ANZ - Delta - Vendor round table: Hyper Converged Infra-structure - Dell EMC
Chad Dunn, Senior Director Product Management and Marketing Converged Platforms and Solutions Division - Dell EMC - Vendor round table: Next Generation Mobile Computing
Anneliese Olson, Vice President & General Manager, Personal Systems, Asia Pacific and Japan - HP and Daren Ng, Director, Mobility Solutions, Asia Pacific and Japan - HP Inc - 2020: What will define a successful channel partner? - Canalys
Alastair Edwards, Principal Analyst - Canalys - China’s growing ‘digital first’ economy - Canalys
Nicole Peng, Research Director, APAC - Canalys
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12:30 |
Lunch and one-to-one meeting opportunities |
13:30 |
Keynote sessions
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15:00 |
One-to-one meeting opportunities |