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Canalys COVID-19 statement and FAQs

Gemma Edwards, Senior Director, Marketing and Events, Canalys

I am writing on behalf of the entire Canalys Events Team to update you on our 2020 events. We have been monitoring the ongoing situation for the past few months and have made the decision to pivot our EMEA, APAC and LATAM events to a hybrid format. This decision has been made with the well-being of the industry at the forefront of our minds.

We are planning a very exciting and innovative event series for 2020 and will be making several more announcements to provide more information to our sponsors, distributors, and partners in the coming weeks.

On behalf of the global Canalys team, we’re here for you during this unprecedented situation. Take care and we will communicate often through the FAQs below as well as updating you via our blog posts. If you have any questions, please get in touch via our contact form.

FAQ

The health and well-being of our employees, partners and clients are our top priority. Over the past few months, we have been monitoring the COVID-19 situation closely and engaging with all interested event parties. However, there continues to be uncertainty around the pandemic, and we believe a virtual event is in everyone’s interest. This decision allows Canalys to plan our events with confidence and will enable attendance from all of our attendees, regardless of where they are around the world.

The Canalys Forums 2020 will be extended over the entire week, creating ‘The week of the Channel’ in EMEA, APAC and LATAM.

Canalys Forums EMEA: 5-9 October 2020
Canalys Forums APAC: 16-20 November 2020
Canalys Forums LATAM: 30 November-4 December 2020

Global registration will go live in August. Please look out for communications with registration details and links.
We hope to bring to our audience ‘The week of the IT channel’. Rather than an agenda being tightly packed over a few days, it now better suits our audience to have more content on demand that can be consumed in their own time, and a select few exciting live moments. Digital solutions have been a critical part of our events for more than ten years. Via our Event App, you can (pre-event virtually and onsite) build your agenda, book meetings, and access all event information. The app is interactive with live Q&A, polling and gamification and new innovations including live simultaneous translation and our friendly chatbot Fero, mean we have an average 98% download and usage rate at our events. As our event platforms continue to innovate, it is a natural progression that streaming functionalities will be integrated within an already effective tool. In 2020 you will see these innovations come to life!
The answer is yes, the channel needs to connect, and we have plenty of sponsorship options available. Contact us to discuss the packages available. The sooner you get on board the more influence you can have in the planning stages.

 

 

At Canalys we believe in equality for all. At our events we are committed to creating an environment that is diverse and inclusive. We want to create a harassment-free conference experience for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, religion (or lack thereof) or technology choices. We do not tolerate harassment of conference participants in any form. Sexual language and imagery are not appropriate on any conference platform, including talks, workshops, parties, Twitter and other online media. Participants violating these rules may be penalized or expelled from the conference without a refund at the discretion of the conference organizers.