Image Gallery: Channel Partners ICYMI

We can’t look ahead to Channel Partners Evolution before we take a final look back at the biggest-ever Channel Partners Conference & Expo — an event that drew more than 5,700 participants to Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas last month.

We’ve shown you the expo hall, the preconference events, the keynotes and the winners of our Circle of Excellence and 360° awards.

You couldn’t be everywhere at the show. Here are a few more photos of some of the cool sessions, events and parties that you might have missed.

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Channel Partners ICYMI: Intelisys

Intelisys packed its meeting room for Cloud Services University sessions and other activities. On stage is Andrew Pryfogle, senior vice president, cloud transformation, for the master agent/tech services distributor.

Channel Partners ICYMI: Avant

In its meeting room, Avant Communications gave its partners a chance to experience the company through a virtual-reality headset.

Channel Partners ICYMI: Concurrent Education

The Channel Partners Conference & Expo is a place for learning. There were standing-room only concurrent education sessions at this spring’s show for a number of different tracks, including cloud, next-gen tech, business of the channel, IoT, security and verticals.

Channel Partners ICYMI: VIP Sessions

VIP sessions also were a hot ticket. Here, Craig Leddy, cable and interactive media analyst, leads a session about how cable solutions can help customers meet bandwidth demands and drive business performance. Attendees also were among the first partners in the channel to find out what the latest Channel Partners State of the Cable Market survey results reveal about sales trends.

Channel Partners ICYMI: IoT on the BIG Stage

The Jive BIG Stage was home to education centered around the four experience areas in the Channel Partners Expo Hall.

This session on IoT featured (left to right): CloudTech1’s Rick Beckers; BluLogix’s Tim Cook; KORE’s Ken Connor; and Altizon’s Gary Wilson.

Channel Partners ICYMI: Tiffani Bova

Also on the Jive BIG Stage, well-known industry speaker – and Salesforce Global Customer Growth and Innovation Evangelist – Tiffani Bova (left) shares ‘5 Secrets to SaaS Profitability with Channel Partners senior editor Lynn Haber and the expo hall audience.

Channel Partners ICYMI: CP 360° Networking Reception

We previously showed you the winners of our CP 360° Business Value Awards, but not the fun reception which brought together our honorees and special guests for an hour of networking.

Channel Partners ICYMI: Nitel Party

The House of Blues in Mandalay Bay was a popular spot for parties at the show. Here, Nitel partners and guests get together; a night later, the HoB was home to a bash thrown by WTG.

Channel Partners ICYMI: Hire Heroes

For our third consecutive show, Channel Partners welcomed job-seeking veterans who got access to educational and networking opportunities. It was part of our Spring 2017 Veterans Initiative.

With support from Granite and Hire Heroes USA, a national nonprofit, Channel Partners hosted 11 armed-services veterans.

Here, veteran Dage Andrade (right) poses with the team from Intelisys and Richardson Communications’ Jaime Zarate (left) and Rachel McNeese.

Image Gallery: Channel Partners ICYMI

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