TECH LIVE 2022 Seminars The Tech Live exhibition was supported by a free seminar programme covering developments and opportunities in the print, circular IT and mobile communications sectors. These sessions, plus our keynote on how to boost your LinkedIn presence, are now available online and can be accessed by clicking or copying the links on the right. Print Vendor Panel Discussion – How to win more business Printer vendors are accelerating their transformation from sellers of print devices into providers of fully integrated IT solutions.What does this mean for the reseller community? How are vendors helping partners join them on this journey? And what are the risks and opportunities over the next few years? Phil Jones MBE, Managing Director of Brother UK; Rod Tonna-Barthet, President and CEO of KYOCERA Document Solutions (UK) & Annodata; and Francis Thornhill, Head of Customer & Solutions Marketing, Konica Minolta Business Solutions UK Ltd share their thoughts on how resellers can build on existing relationships to develop additional sources of revenue. The Circular Economy – a 1.3 billion-unit opportunity Second life, refurbished, circular: around 1.3 billion phones will reach their first end-of-life in 2022, according to CCS Insight, but what are the pitfalls and opportunities in refurbishing, recycling and buying pre-owned smartphones? Simon Bryant, CCS Insight Head of Channel and Supply Chain Research, gains insight from an expert panel featuring Adam Armer, Sales Director, Likewize; James Goddard, Managing Director, MTR Group; Chris Hill, IT Director, UR.co. uk; Jon Miller, Group Chief Commercial Officer, Entertainment Magpie; and Martjin Van Den Hout, Commercial Director, Nxt2Nu and GTM Europe. The 5G (and 6G) Future: Three billion 5G subscriptions and counting What will be the effects of developments in 5G and 6G technology over the next 10 years? Helping CCS Insight Director of Network Infrastructure Richard Webb make sense of the opportunities and challenges in this developing ecosystem are a stellar panel of leading 5G, 5G-Advanced and 6G experts, including Colette Jackson, Head of Mobile Forecasting, BT; Ker Anderson, Head of Radio and Performance, Vodafone UK; Sandeep Raithata, Head of Strategy Innovation & 5G, Virgin Media O2 Business; Tristan Runswick, Head of Trading, Three Business, Three; and Hamish MacLeod, CEO, Mobile UK. Building an Effective Presence on LinkedIn Plenty of people struggle to get real value from their time on LinkedIn, but that’s because so few people know how to use it effectively. In this seminar, Dan Bowsher of Sett Social highlights the key areas you need to focus on in order build and sustain an effective personal presence on LinkedIn to support your business objectives.Whether you’re a sales chief or a business owner, this seminar will provide you with practical, pragmatic advice on the fundamentals of LinkedIn to help you re-think and/or kickstart your efforts. Print Vendor Panel Discussion The Circular Economy The 5G (and 6G) Future Building a Presence on LinkedIn https://vimeo.com/752569636 https://vimeo.com/753796680 https://vimeo.com/756405014 https://vimeo.com/752573757 Conversations continued in The Skinny Kitchen at the after-show party sponsored by DrayTek 01732 759725 33 magazine
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