Channel Focus Western Europe 2012

Now in its 6th year, Channel Focus Western Europe is the conference that defines strategies and tactics leading vendors are using to grow their business.

Over the past 5 years, the conference has built a reputation for sourcing the finest speakers, talking about how they are combining radical new thinking and proven strategies to successfully open up new channels, and redefine existing, channel sales and marketing methods.

In short, the event for the technology industry that brings together the IT and telecom industries' most effective channel sales and marketing strategists. 

Channel Focus is the most important conference of its kind because it provides real thoughts and ideas from people who are actually making them work in the Western Europe - today.

If you are involved in any aspect of channel marketing and sales, channel development, marketing communications, or business strategy in Western Europe - you should be there!

Channel Focus Western Europe is the one place where you can get great ideas about multi-channel strategies and that you can apply to your own situation.

Conference attendees come from all over the technology and consumer products industry. Some are experts who attend to stay current on the latest trends and directions. Others are marketing and sales people interested in extending their programs into this region by learning from the experts. These attendees, plus the speakers and workshop leaders who usually stay and participate in the entire conference, make for a powerful interactive experience!

At Channel Focus Western Europe you'll learn the strategies and tactics leading companies are using to grow their market share.

At Channel Focus you'll gain invaluable insights into the very latest thinking on the channel.

At Channel Focus, the most knowledgeable experts from the leading computer related hardware, software, peripherals, telecoms and services vendors will share with you how they drive business through a variety of established and emerging indirect and direct channels.

But probably most important of all, as a Channel Focus attendee you'll take away real strategies and tactics that you can build into your programs to increase your sales and improve the focus and effectiveness of your channel partners.

Industry Updates
You'll get the latest quantitative data on buyer behaviors, what products are flowing through which channels, emerging and declining categories, where they're headed for the future, and what that means to you.

Strategic Channel Marketing Presentations
Speakers will present on key issues like the impact of today's economy on direct and indirect channels, new routes to market, multi-channel strategies and suggest how you can adapt your activities to capitalise on the opportunities discussed.

Best Practice Presentations
These are very specific presentations on real world channel strategies that have actually worked, presented by the people who have actually made them work - not just in technology but from other industries we can all learn from. You'll take away dozens of ideas that you can immediately apply to your own situation.

Tactical Presentations
These presentations focus on how to do and how to improve fundamental sales, marketing and operational activities like MDF and co-op, partner training, lead handling and more. You'll come away with checklists of do's and don'ts to implement or enhance these programs.

Conference Speakers
Channel Focus Western Europe brings together the most knowledgeable executives from leading computer related hardware, software and peripherals vendors, channel partners and enterprise customers doing business in the Europe.

Together with speakers from outside the hi-tech industry they will share information and ideas about what they are doing that we can use. They'll also share with you how they drive business through distributors, retailers, VARs, direct, relationship and internet marketing.

Contacts & Community
During the workshops, at breakfasts, lunches and special evening function you'll have unrivalled opportunity to meet with speakers and attendees.

You'll make great contacts, meet key sources of help and establish relationships that will help you do your job long after this year's conference is over. A great networking opportunity!

Here's a selection of some of the participating companies:

• 3Com
• Absolute Software, Adaptec, ADTRAN, Adtran, Advanced Call Center Technologies, Agilent Inc., Agilysys, Alcatel, Alvaka Networks, Amazon Consulting, LLC, AMD, Aqueduct, Inc, Aspen Marketing Technology Group, AT&T, Autobytel, Autodesk, Inc, Avaya, Avnet Computer Marketing, Avocent
• Blackbaud, BMC Software, Borland Software, Bramasol, Brocade Communications, BSA International
• Cable and Wireless, Campaigners, Canon USA,  Cardiff Software, CCI, Centennial Software, Ceyoniq, Inc, Check Point Software Technologies, Cisco Systems, Citrix Systems, Cognos, Cohesion, Comergent, Compass Aerospace, compuBase, Compuware, Concord Communications, Inc, Corel Corporation, Corel Inc, Cornerstone OnDemand, CRN
• Data Kinetics Ltd, Data Systems Worldwide, Inc, Delta Products Corp, Demand Logic International, Digital Impact
• EarthLink, Inc, EDS, Elron Electric Industries Ltd, eMarketer, EMC, Enterasys Networks, Epson America, Inc, ESRI, Eurologic Systems, Inc, Evault, Extensis, Extreme Networks
• FEA, FFWD, FileMaker, FileNET Corporation, Fluke Networks, Fortress Technologies, Front Range Solutions, Frontline Solutions, Frontline Specialists, Inc, FRx Software, F-Secure Inc, Fujitsu PC
• Global Technology Distribution Council, Google, Group One Software, Gyrographic Comminications
• Harris Automation, Harte-Hanks, hawkeye, HBR Technologies, Hitachi Data Systems, Hostway, HP, Hughes Network Systems
• I.B.I.S, IBM, ICLP, Imation, Indus International, Inc, Infocus, InfoNow Corporation, Information Builders, Infowave Software, Ingram Micro, Insider Marketing/Insider Creative, Integrated Research Inc, Intel Corporation, Intelsat, Interland, Intermec Technologies, Internet Security Systems, Interwork - Canada, Intuit, Iomega, IPED, Ipswitch,
• Juniper Networks
• Kern Direct, Kodak, KPG
• Lawson Software, Legato Systems, Let's Talk Business, Lexmark International, Lionbridge
• Made2manage Systems, Inc., Market One, MarketSource, MarketStar, McDATA Corp, Media Cybernetics, Microsoft, Milan Technologies, MindGame Marketing, Inc, Mitel Networks, Motorola, MRV Communications, MTS-Integratrak
• N-Able, NCR, NEC Mitsubishi, NEC Technologies, NetIQ, Netmanage, Inc, Network Associates, Networks 2000, Nokia, Nortel Networks, Novell
• Oce-USA, Inc, Omtool Ltd, OpenText, Optio Software, Oracle, Overland Storage
• Palm One, Panasonic, Panorama Corporation, Patchlink, Phoenix Technologies, Plextor, PM Consulting Group, Pointbase, ProClarity, PRTM, Psion, PTC
• Qualcomm Inc, Quantum
• RADVISION, Raritan, Reed, Research In Motion, Requisite Software, RSA Security
• S1 Corporation, Sales Alliance, salesforce.com, Samsung, Wireless Terminals, Sandlot, SAP, Scribe Software, Seagate Technology, SecureWorks, Inc, Segue Software, SGI, Shawn Yeager & Company, Sicola Martin, Siemens EN, Siemens Communications, SignalSoft Corporation, Smart Tech, SonicWall, Sony Electronics, Inc., SOPHOS, Sound Consulting, Stratus, Strix Systems, Sybase, Symantec Corporation, Symbol Technologies, Synnex, Systems Union Inc,
• Techmar, The Sales Alliance, TIG, TOSHIBA , TransAmerica , Trend Micro, Tripwire, Inc
• UBM Channel, UNLV, US Commercial Service
• Vanguard Managed Solutions, VARBusiness, Veritas, Verteris, ViewSonic Corp, Visual Numerica
• Webhire, Inc, Wilshire Group/Gage, Witness Systems, Wonderware, WRQ, Inc, Wyse Technology
• Xchange, Xerox, XIOtech Corp
• Zebra Technologies, Zyme

Quite simply, there are no other marketing and sales conferences in the world quite like Baptie & Company's Channel Focus series. There are a multiple reasons why Channel Focus Western Europe has grown to become the biggest and most successful Channel Conference in Western Europe.

• Channel Focus Western Europe is a content driven event where past attendees and experts have generously contributed their time to help us develop the agenda and topics. This always ensures content is right on point for what's happening now and will be happening in the next years.
• Channel Focus Western Europe has a tremendous amount of peer sharing of honest and practical ideas. That's because it is a closed forum: there are no press in attendance. It is fundamentally a group of highly seasoned industry sales and marketing executives getting together to learn and help each other. That's why attendees take away real solutions that they can apply immediately.
• The quality of speakers and workshop leaders at Channel Focus Western Europe is recognised as being the best of any Western Europe conference. The conference features not just leading figures from within our industry, but also experts from other industries who join the event to provide ideas we can adapt from what they are doing. And, unlike many other conferences, the speakers stay and actively participate in all of the conference activities including workshops.
• When you attend Channel Focus Western Europe, you start becoming part of a real Community - establishing contacts and resources that will help you in years to come. It's another big reason we have such high repeat delegate attendance.

The conference features an unparalleled combination of informative presentations and interactive workshops that will enable you to come back and start making meaningful enhancements in your own strategies and programs. Don't miss it!