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18Speakers
24Sponsors
28On the bill · sessions
35Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at EDGE, in alphabetical order.
Brad Clarke
Founder · Channel Guru
Cathy O'Sullivan
Editorial Director · ANZ, Foundry
Cathy O’Sullivan
Editorial Director ANZ, Foundr · Foundry
David Gee
Former CIO and CISO
Desmond Russell
Co-founder · Partner Elevate
Jay McBain
Chief Analyst - Channels, Partnerships & Ecosystems · Omdia
Joe Sykora
Global CEO · Coro
John Walters
Hall of Fame
Julia Talevski
Editor, ARN & Reseller News · Foundry
Kendra Ross
Co-founder · Sydekick
Latimer Partners
Lilia Guan
Editor, ARN & Reseller News · Foundry
Mark Iles
Chief Analyst - APAC Channels · Omdia
Michael Chanter
Co-founder & CEO · Covalent Labs
Moheb Moses
Co-founder and Director · Channel Dynamics
Ryan Spillane
Chief Executive Officer · 360 Consulting
Sheryl Logan
Co-founder · assessHR
Suzie Searle
EDGE Ambassador · ARN & Reseller News
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
Adobe
Artic Wolf
Aussie Broadband
Bluechip
Connectwise
Coro
Crayon
Dicker Data
DIY-ERP
Fifteen
GoTo
Inforcer
Ingram micro
Kaseya
Manage Engine
Microsoft
NinjaOne
Nitro
Pax8
Powershield
Rackmount IT
Vertiv
Watchguard
Wells Fargo
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Agenda

Selected from 28 sessions on the bill.
  • Monday, July 27, 12:35 PM

    Dicker Data Roundtable Lunch

  • Monday, July 27, 12:35 PM

    WatchGuard Roundtable Lunch

  • Monday, July 27, 1:30 PM

    M&A – Growth by Design

    Afternoon Plenary Sessions
  • Monday, July 27, 1:30 PM

    Panel: M&A – Scale or Sell – Build, Buy or Be Bought

    Afternoon Plenary Sessions
  • Monday, July 27, 9:30 AM

    EDGE Research – ANZ Deep Dive

    Morning Plenary Sessions
  • Monday, July 27, 9:30 AM

    Morning Show

    Morning Plenary Sessions
  • Monday, July 27, 9:30 AM

    Panel: AI and the Self-Sufficient Buyer – How tech partners stay relevant

    Morning Plenary Sessions
  • Monday, July 27, after 2:50 PM

    Panel: The CIO buying playbook -inside the CIO mindset

  • Monday, July 27, after 2:50 PM

    Selling to CIOs and CISOs

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 35 companies show up — and 1 bet on three roles at once?

35 companies. one are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page — cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
1All threespeak · spons · exh
23Sponsoringsponsor only
11Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Coro

Speakers by seniority

72% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite633%
  • Founder / Owner528%
  • Director / Head of211%
  • Other roles528%

Of 18 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01CoroSp1V
  2. 02AdobeSp
  3. 03Artic WolfSp
  4. 04Aussie BroadbandSp
  5. 05BluechipSp
  6. 06ConnectWiseSp
  7. 07CrayonSp
  8. 08Dicker DataSp
  9. 09DIY-ERPSp
  10. 10FifteenSp
  11. 11Foundry3V
  12. 12GoToSp
  13. 13InforcerSp
  14. 14Ingram MicroSp
Sponsors by tier
unspecified24
100% of 24
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

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