Organisers
Vendor events teach you that vendor’s stack; association, independent and media events mix many vendors. Both are useful; know which one you are buying a ticket for.
Association
| Organiser | About | Upcoming | Past 12 mo |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASCII, a GTIA Community (The ASCII Group) | Vendor-neutral North American community of MSPs, MSSPs and solution providers founded in 1984, now part of GTIA, that runs the ASCII Edge conference series. | 8 | 7 |
| GTIA | Global Technology Industry Association (formerly CompTIA's channel community) is a vendor-neutral non-profit for IT service providers, vendors and distributors that runs ChannelCon and regional community forums. | 5 | 7 |
| MSPAlliance | Association of managed service providers offering conferences, peer groups, compliance programmes and webinars. | 2 | 1 |
Independent
| Organiser | About | Upcoming | Past 12 mo |
|---|---|---|---|
| CloudFest | Organiser of CloudFest, an annual cloud and hosting industry event at Europa-Park in Rust, Germany. | 1 | 0 |
| Diversified UK & Europe | Events company that runs the MSP Show and the SITS show at ExCeL London. | 1 | 0 |
| Infinigate | European value-added IT security distributor that runs partner events for resellers and MSPs. | 6 | 0 |
| MSP GLOBAL | Organiser of MSP GLOBAL, a vendor-neutral international conference for MSPs and MSSPs held near Barcelona. | 1 | 1 |
| MSPGeek | Volunteer-run MSP community that organises the education-focused MSPGeekCon conference. | 1 | 1 |
| NürnbergMesse | Trade fair operator in Nuremberg that runs it-sa Expo&Congress. | 1 | 0 |
| Right of Boom | Cybersecurity conference, podcast and training community built for MSPs and MSSPs. | 1 | 1 |
| RX (Reed Exhibitions) | Event organiser that runs Infosecurity Europe at ExCeL London. | 1 | 0 |
| RX France (IT Partners) | French arm of RX (Reed Exhibitions) that organises the IT Partners channel trade show in Paris. | 1 | 1 |
| Technology Marketing Toolkit (TMT) | Robin Robins' marketing training company for MSPs and IT services firms; runs the annual IT Sales & Marketing Boot Camp. | 1 | 1 |
| The 20 | A Plano, Texas based MSP network offering a support desk, peer groups and events such as VISION and MSP Summit. | 2 | 2 |
| The Tech Tribe | Paid online community for MSP owners that hosts local meetups worldwide and co-runs ScaleCon with MSP Camp. | 0 | 2 |
Media & publisher
| Organiser | About | Upcoming | Past 12 mo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angel Business Communications | UK B2B publisher that runs the Managed Services Summit, the MSP Channel Insights Roadshow and the MSP Channel Awards. | 6 | 5 |
| ChannelPartner (Foundry) | German IT channel publication of Foundry that runs the ChannelPartner Kongress. | 1 | 1 |
| CyberRisk Alliance | Cybersecurity media and events company behind MSSP Alert Live and the Official Cybersecurity Summit series. | 23 | 1 |
| Foundry Deutschland Events (ChannelPartner) | Foundry Deutschland organises events for the German IT channel under its ChannelPartner brand. | 1 | 1 |
| Informa (Channel Partners / MSP Summit) | Informa runs Channel Partners Conference & Expo and MSP Summit (with the MSP 501 awards) for the IT channel and managed services community. | 5 | 3 |
| IT Europa | European IT channel media company that organises the Managed Services Summit series. | 2 | 3 |
| MA Business (Comms Business) | Mark Allen Group business media unit behind Comms Business and the Comms Business Awards. | 0 | 1 |
| MA Exhibitions (Mark Allen Group) | Exhibitions arm of the Mark Allen Group that runs Channel Live, the UK MSP and reseller show. | 1 | 0 |
| MuyCanal | Spanish IT channel news site published by TPNET that also organises events such as MSP Fórum. | 0 | 1 |
| The Channel Company (CRN) | Publisher of CRN that runs the XChange conference series, Women of the Channel summits and regional channel events worldwide. | 16 | 15 |
| TMC (ITEXPO / MSP Expo) | TMC produces ITEXPO and the co-located MSP Expo as part of the #TECHSUPERSHOW in Fort Lauderdale. | 2 | 2 |
Vendor
| Organiser | About | Upcoming | Past 12 mo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acronis | Cyber protection vendor that runs Cyber Day and Cyber Connect events for MSPs. | 0 | 10 |
| BeMSP | French distributor of MSP software (Kaseya, Datto, Acronis and others) that runs MSPCon and the BeMSP On Tour roadshow. | 3 | 1 |
| Climb Channel Solutions | Climb Channel Solutions is an IT distributor that runs partner events across Europe. | 0 | 2 |
| ConnectWise | MSP software vendor that runs the IT Nation community, events and Evolve peer groups. | 3 | 3 |
| Elevate Wholesale | UK channel wholesale provider that runs the Women in Channel community event. | 0 | 1 |
| Elovade | Elovade is a German IT distributor and service provider that runs partner events for MSPs and system houses. | 1 | 0 |
| ESET | Cybersecurity vendor with a channel and MSP programme that runs partner events in Europe. | 3 | 4 |
| Giacom | Giacom is a UK cloud marketplace and distributor serving MSP and reseller partners. | 4 | 0 |
| Huntress | Managed cybersecurity vendor for SMBs and MSPs that runs partner roadshows. | 3 | 0 |
| IT By Design | Provider of outsourced engineering and support to MSPs that hosts the Build IT LIVE conference and partner retreats. | 2 | 2 |
| Kaseya | IT management and security software vendor running the Kaseya Connect conferences and regional events. | 8 | 3 |
| Liongard | Asset-intelligence platform for MSPs that hosts RoarCon. | 0 | 1 |
| N-able | Cybersecurity and MSP software vendor running Empower and regional customer events. | 2 | 6 |
| NinjaOne | Endpoint management vendor that hosts the MSP NXT conference. | 1 | 2 |
| Pax8 | Cloud marketplace and distributor for MSPs that runs the Beyond partner conferences and regional roadshows. | 8 | 4 |
| Rewst | MSP automation platform vendor that hosts the FLOW conference. | 1 | 1 |
| SentinelOne | Cybersecurity vendor that runs the OneCon conference and PartnerOne channel roadshows. | 1 | 5 |
| Sophos | Cybersecurity vendor with an MSP programme that hosts partner experiences and MSP summits. | 0 | 4 |
| WatchGuard | Network and endpoint security vendor selling through resellers and MSPs, with partner events in Europe. | 10 | 2 |