The MSP Summit kicks off on Monday, May 1, with keynotes from Informa Tech Channel General Manager and Vice President of Channel Kelly Danziger and Content Vice President Bob DeMarzo on the state of the market. From there, the focus moves to covering the new realities of M&A followed by Channel Futures MSP 501 executives sharing best practices in a panel moderated by our new senior news editor Jeff O’Heir. Monday afternoon features a group of experts discussing future workforce development and how to use the current economic climate to your advantage.

MSP guru Len DiCostanzo hosts a special three-part MSP Mentor workshop, “Accelerate Your MSP Business” that features some of the most prominent members of the MSP community helping partners with sales pipelines, financial management and MSP business platforms.

Fun has always been at the heart of this event so on Monday evening attendees will gather at TAO Beach Dayclub at a reception sponsored by a group of blue-chip vendors and technology suppliers.

Channel Partners Conference & Expo kicks off the first converged day of partner engagement on Tuesday with “The Many Faces of Today’s Channel Partner,” a special presentation featuring six prominent channel partners sharing their personal stories and passion for why they do what they do.

The amazing and brilliant Joe Batista (who has delivered more keynotes to technology leaders than almost anyone else in the industry), hits the big stage at CP Expo for the first time. His “The Changing Geometry of IT” will alert partners to the big opportunities among today’s IT buyers.

Speaking of IT buyers, Channel Futures Technology Advisor Advisory Board member David Wright, CEO of Disruptive Innovations, is hosting an amazing panel of CIOs from some of the world’s largest buyers of tech. Hear advice straight from today’s largest and most influential enterprise customers.

MSP consultant Sam Ruggeri and Alvaka’s Kevin McDonald will host our first-ever MSP Cybersecurity Peer Group. Partners focused on managed security services will get together with no agenda other than hearing from their peers on how they are meeting head-on the biggest challenges of the day. The peer group will come together throughout the year as well.

The heart of this event is its vendor- and platform-neutral setting so it shouldn’t surprise anyone that a panel of channel leaders from T-Mobile, HPE, IBM, Verizon and Vonage will convene to discuss their views on how partners can grow and how they are innovating. This is the kind of content you can’t get at any other channel event.

Agents, many of whom now call themselves technology advisors, will shine in a panel discussion led by senior news editor James Anderson on how their organizations can scale and pivot in a time of flux. Anderson will no doubt demonstrate his signature “Let’s go!” jog when he takes the stage.

Another can’t-miss session puts the spotlight on what Intelisys President John DeLozier describes as next-generation leadership. DeLozier and Channel Futures Editorial Director Craig Galbraith host a discussion featuring Channel Futures 2023 Channel Influencers on what it takes to lead in the industry today and going forward. Every single channel partner has influence, so use it wisely.

If we were to highlight a few of the many conference sessions, we would no doubt get into trouble with someone who was left out. So, suffice it to say these sessions, the backbone of the event, span marketing, UCaaS, leadership, security, cloud, 5G, IoT, SMB, cloud, M&A and much more. So many sessions, so little time. While you’ll only have time to attend a select few sessions, remember that Channel Futures, one of the fastest-growing websites in the tech market today, will actively cover numerous sessions via blog, gallery and video throughout the event, providing the full channel with the full range of event content.

Two other very special events must be highlighted. The first is the debut of the Channel Futures Technology Advisor 101 Awards Reception honoring the industry’s top-performing channel partners focused on communications services. The second is the DE&I Luncheon & Networking Event featuring industry luminaries Kelli McMillan of Five9 and Xposure Inclusion & Diversity Council, Anthony Graziano of Logitech and Byron Woodward of Informa Tech and moderated by marketing and communications consultant Raquel Wiley. They will speak on how to recession-proof your DE&I initiatives.