IT buyers speak out – Enterprise, government and mid-market IT buyers, and partners, distributors and vendors, unpack the hottest issues and opportunities for your business. 

• Tech Research Asia’s Trevor Clarke will be delivering a keynote address about trends critical to how IT and digital channel partners position their businesses.

• Mid-market IT buyers discuss their IT priorities in the year ahead.

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• Enterprise/government IT buyers discuss their IT priorities in the year ahead.

• Microsoft Global Partner Solutions Director for ANZ, Vanessa Sorenson discusses customers’ expectations around value from technology spending and how partners can help them do more with less, the cloud divide and what channel partners can do to seize this opportunity, and the implications for your business of more Australia organisations prioritising social and environmental targets in the coming year.

• Lightning Talks.

• Channel partners share how they are adapting their businesses to shifting customer demands.

Distribution shake-up – Distribution is changing, with compelling new options and opportunities for IT partners. Learn how to leverage this to benefit your business.

• Distribution shake-up – CRN unpacks the changing distribution landscape and key issues and opportunities for IT partners.

• Value-added distribution in 2023 – A vendor, distributor and partner take the stage to unpack what this means in 2023 and how the partner is benefitting. 

• Distributors tackle the issues: six lightning talks by distributors on key questions posed by CRN on such trends as, growth segments, incentivising sales teams, tech for good, data-driven distribution, their expansion plans and more.

Networking / Experience sessions

Networking Dinner

M&A heats up – Australia’s IT landscape is primed for M&A. Learn about the new money, buyers and opportunities and how you can position to benefit.

• On day three of the event, August 24, Evan Hinchliffe, Technology Industry Lead for Macquarie Business Banking, will speak about the technology M&A landscape. His talk will unpack key considerations for those thinking about or actively seeking to buy or sell a technology business.
  
  
• Technology marketer Melanie Unwin is Co-Founder and Director at Mogrify, which provides B2B marketing services to ICT and professional services clients.
  
  She has worked with Australian IT businesses that went through M&A and she will share marketing advice for IT partners who are looking towards M&A.
  
  
• IT partners share their M&A experiences and insights.

Unleashing AI Power

• Revolutionising Business with 'World of Workflows'" is a power-packed session designed to make the daunting world of AI integration a breeze.
  
  Led by Nick Beaugeard, Chief Software Architect, TribeTech, this talk will challenge the audience's perception of AI, encouraging them to embrace it as an inevitable and transformative force. Amidst illustrating the intricate challenges of incorporating AI into daily business processes, Nick will unlock the secrets of the 'World of Workflows' - a revolutionary guide to seamlessly harness AI's potential.
  
  The session promises to elevate attendees from mere IT service providers to trusted business optimisation experts, capable of transforming not just their operations, but their clients' as well.
  
  It's about picturing a future where AI isn't just an abstract concept, but a tangible tool driving business innovation.