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14Voices

24Underwriters

0Exhibitors

28On the bill · sessions

35Companies · in total

§I

The Voices

Programmed at EDGE, in alphabetical order.

Brad Clarke

Founder · Channel Guru

Cathy O'Sullivan

Editorial Director · ANZ, Foundry

Desmond Russell

Co-founder · Partner Elevate

Jay McBain

Chief Analyst - Channels, Partnerships & Ecosystems · Omdia

John Walters

Hall of Fame

Julia Talevski

Editor, ARN & Reseller News · Foundry

Kendra Ross

Co-founder · Sydekick

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

§II

Underwritten By

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

§III

The Programme

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

An audience of 35 companies, parsed from the program.

“35 companies in attendance.”

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.

№ 01Fig. 01 — Composition of the House

0All threespeak · spons · exh

24Sponsoringsponsor only

0Exhibitingexhibitor only

11Speakingspeaker only

№ 02Fig. 02 — The Voices, by Seniority

71% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

C-suite429%
Founder / Owner536%
Director / Head of17%
Other roles429%

Of 14 on the bill · classified by free-text title

№ 03Fig. 03 — The Heaviest in the Room

№ 04Fig. 04 — By Tier

unspecified24

100% of 24

№ 05Fig. 05 — The Missing · who's 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.

Accenture×6 peers
Amazon×5 peers
Google×5 peers
Salesforce×5 peers
KPMG×4 peers
Samsung×4 peers
Apple×3 peers
Goldman Sachs×3 peers
Huawei×3 peers
Huntress×3 peers
IBM×3 peers
Louis Vuitton×3 peers

№ 06Fig. 06 — Adjacent Convocations · by shared underwriters

XChange March 2027March 7, 2027 · Arlington+ 3 shared
Web Summit Rio 2026June 8, 2026 · Rio de Janeiro+ 2 shared
VivaTech 2026June 10, 2026 · Paris+ 2 shared
Technology Services World 2026October 19, 2026 · Las Vegas+ 2 shared
Web Summit 2026November 9, 2026 · Lisbon+ 2 shared
TECHSPO New York 2027April 22, 2027 · New York+ 2 shared

EDGE

Dicker Data Roundtable Lunch

WatchGuard Roundtable Lunch

M&A – Growth by Design

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

EDGE Research – ANZ Deep Dive

Morning Show

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

Panel: The CIO buying playbook -inside the CIO mindset

Selling to CIOs and CISOs

“35 companies in attendance.”