The Canalys Channels Forum 2010
- Prepare to switch on…

Barcelona, 5-7 October 2010

With the success of 2007 in Monaco and February 2009 in Barcelona, the Canalys Channels Forum 2010 looks to be the biggest and most influential independent industry channel conference in EMEA.

In 2007 resellers, distributors and vendors headed to Monaco in unprecedented numbers to attend the inaugural Canalys Channels Forum. An impressive audience attended through the participation of the three largest and most influential vendors in the EMEA channel community: Cisco, HP and Microsoft. Independent third-party experts joined with Canalys analysts to debate the topics that matter most to the channel.

The success of 2007 was repeated in February 2009 with the Canalys Channels Forum held in Barcelona. Over 250 attendees gathered at this prestigious event sponsored by Acer, AMD, APC, Fujitsu Siemens Computers, Google and Hewlett Packard.

The Canalys Mobility Forum EMEA 2009
- Where netbooks meet smart phones

The inaugural Canalys Mobility Forum EMEA successfully brought together more than 100 delegates from the PC and mobile phone industries, including software and hardware vendors, mobile operators, channel partners, and the media, to hear the latest market analysis from Canalys and pose questions to panels of industry experts. This unique event, focused on the convergence of the PC and phone industries, and specifically the dynamics around netbooks and smart phones, delivered valuable insight and prompted lively debates as the participants shared their different perspectives.

Canalys is uniquely placed to conduct such an event with its two traditional sets of clients drawn from the smart phone and PC industries. This enables us both to convene an appropriate audience and capitalise on relevant analysis and understanding in both areas.

The Canalys Navigation Forum 2008

Following successful events in Geneva in 2006 and Barcelona in 2007, Canalys hosted four prestigious Navigation Forums during 2008.

The two inaugural forums ran in May 2008 in Bangalore and Taipei. Both were resounding successes, exceeding expected audience numbers, and both were greatly supported by sponsors MapmyIndia, Nokia, Wayfinder, Windows Embedded, Mio and Nuance.

Present at the events were many representatives from the press, including Indiatimes, The Hindu, The New Indian Express, Business Standard, Mint (The Wall Street Journal), The Times of India, CNBC TV18, Financial Chronicle, Taipei Times, Digitimes, Chinatimes.com, Economics Daily and EE Times.

Canalys also hosted a further two regional Navigation Forums in 2008: EMEA in September and the Americas in October. These were also memorable events, with both forums encouraged by EMEA Platinum Sponsors Nav N Go and Windows Embedded, and Americas Platinum Sponsor MSN Direct, as well as keynote industry expert speakers.

Covering three continents, these forums were a great opportunities for the industry to gather and benefit from research, analysis and debate on critical market trends and issues.