CEO Frank Roebers to address members on ‘new start’ and major investment plans for the UK operations and Gerald Ratner to be make appearance as VIP guest speaker
Warrington, 22 May 2019 – SYNAXON UK, the leading channel services group for resellers, managed services providers, independent retailers and office products dealers, has announced the line-up and sponsors for its annual member conference, which takes place at the Jury’s Inn Hotel Hinckley on Thursday 20 and Friday 21 June 2019.
The theme of the annual gathering of key players in the channel is New Horizons – building a better future with SYNAXON and will be focus principally on the new and far-reaching investment that SYNAXON AG is making in the UK operation.
This year SYNAXON is promising delegates a new conference experience, centred around smaller and intimate access to our vendor and distribution partners and a greater emphasis on workshops. Frank Roebers, CEO of SYNAXON AG will be making a keynote address and the entire expanded SYNAXON UK team will be there as well, along with some of the biggest names in the channel.
Ingram Micro is this year’s main sponsor and Tim Suhling, VP Global Business Intelligence will be discussing the importance and value of data for channel in today’s market. Microsoft has signed as a Gold sponsor and will be there in force to talk to members about its on-going CSP programme, which Synaxon is making available to members through its Cloud-IQ portal. Continuum has also signed as a Gold sponsor and will be promoting its management platform for MSPs at the conference.
Other sponsors and workshop hosts will include Avast, Databeat, Terra Computers and Ontrack, as well as recently-signed partner, NinjaRMM. Tech Data will have a strong presence at the event with a stand space featuring a special Escape Room that will challenge delegates to solve a series of puzzles to earn a reward.
Another highlight will be a special talk by VIP Guest Speaker, Gerald Ratner. The riches to rags and back to riches entrepreneur is known for speaking with candour and a great deal of humour about his roller-coaster journey. While he may be ranked top in The Sun’s list of the ‘50 biggest mistakes of all time’, Ratner’s story shows how businesses and individuals can – even having been through the most difficult and challenging conditions – revive their fortunes and triumph. He is expected to share his views on what really makes great customer service.
There is also a brand new SYNAXON Conference App for 2019, specially created to provide members with a really simple way to make the most of their time at the conference. They will be able to set up one-to-one meetings, book places on workshops and special presentations, view the event agenda and layout and plan every moment of your visit.
Mike Barron, Channel Director, SYNAXON UK, said: “We are excited about this year’s conference. It will be an ideal opportunity for current and prospective members to hear about the many new ways that SYNAXON UK can help them to develop and grow their business. There will be plenty of opportunity for resellers to speak to leaders from top technology vendors and distributors and gain the knowledge they need to drive their business forward.”
As always, access to the event is FREE for subscribing SYNAXON UK members for both daytime and evening events. A limited number of tickets are available to non-members for the daytime conference.
Members can register for this year’s conference, at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/synaxon-2019-national-conference-new-horizons-build-a-better-future-with-synaxon-registration-56971272610.
Picture: Mike Barron, SYNAXON UK.
