Enterprise Connect 2022 | Informa Tech | 21 March 2022 | Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center, 6000 W Osceola Pkwy, Kissimmee, FL 34746, USA

Enterprise communications and collaboration decision-makers and business leaders face daunting new challenges: Migrating to cloud-based services; equipping end users for the many styles of hybrid work; providing the tools to transform Customer Experience (CX), and much more. One event provides you with the in-depth, objective, vendor-neutral expertise you need: Enterprise Connect.

Join us to discover how to:
• Prepare for change - Implement technologies to enable hybrid work
• Modernize your enterprise - Migrate siloed legacy systems to modern platforms
• Improve customer experience - Transform your enterprise’s customer service/experience capabilities
• Increase your knowledge - Develop strategic understanding of the rapidly-changing market
• Grow your network – Meet with industry peers, subject matter experts and solution providers

Why Attend?
Learn From the Experts & Engage With Your Peers
Enterprise Connect brings corporate IT decision makers together with the industry's vendors, channel partners, analysts and consultants to focus on the issues central to enterprise communications and collaboration. Enterprise Connect is where IT decision makers go to get comprehensive analysis, in-depth information, and expert insight needed to plan their enterprise communications and collaboration strategy.

Whether in end-user-focused sessions or through the many informal networking opportunities, you’ll make connections with great like-minded people who share your experiences.
1. Meet - Network with your peers—enterprise decision-makers with real-world experience.
2. Learn - Get actionable insight and perspective from independent, vendor-neutral experts.
3. Exchange - Exchange ideas with leaders and subject-matter experts.

Who Attends?
Join other business and technology executives who are tasked with migrating their enterprise communications and collaboration systems to the next level and looking to expand their business reach through a variety of technologies.
• Decision-makers in enterprise IT, telecom and networking who need the latest information to make purchase decisions and strategic plans for communications and collaboration products and services.
• Application developers working either inside enterprise IT or as ISVs who need to understand how communications capabilities are being embedded into mainstream business applications and processes.
• Equipment manufacturers and service providers who need to understand how customers view the options available for migrating to the next plateau.
• System dealers, value-added resellers and system integrators who need to learn how communications and collaboration platforms match customer requirements.
• Analysts and investors who want to identify opportunities in the rapidly evolving market for enterprise communications and collaboration.

2022 Event Highlights:
Communications & Collaboration 2025: Conference-Within-a-Conference
Technology transformation has accelerated for enterprise communications/collaboration, and leading-edge technologies promise even more change ahead. But just how quickly will the evolution progress, and what are the implications for your strategic technology planning? The Communications & Collaboration 2025 conference-within-a-conference offers detailed insights aimed at helping you see where the most important technology trends are heading over the next three years, and how you can be ready to take full advantage of them. This isn’t about blue-sky futurism, but a clear picture of which technologies may be nascent today but could be mainstream in 3 years. Topics will include:
• Platforms 2025
• Contact Center 2025
• Cloud 2025
• Video 2025
• Workplace 2025
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PLUS:
• Expanded Women in Communications program
• Spotlight Awards recognizing and celebrating women who demonstrate outstanding qualities of leadership and expertise in technology
• IT Hero Award honoring enterprise IT professionals and teams who go above and beyond their day-to-day communications/collaboration responsibilities to provide exceptional service, vision, and expertise to their organizations
• New Security & Compliance track explores new issues around security and compliance for communications/collaboration systems as well as legacy issues

2022 Speakers

Jon Arnold
Principal, J Arnold & Associates

Jim Burton
Founder & CEO, C-t Link

Max Ball
Digital Customer and Collaboration, Forrester

Tim Banting
Senior Principal Analyst, Omdia

John Bell
Chief Product Officer, Bandwidth

Tom Brannen
Industry Analyst, OnConvergence

Paula Burgess
Vice President of IT, Vecellio Group

Martha Buyer
Attorney, Law Offices Of Martha Buyer, PLLC

Brent, Carter
Sr. Manager, Professional Services, Verizon

Randy Chapman
Modern Workplace Architect & Head Of Product, Symity

Juanita Coley
CEO & Founder, Solid Rock Consulting

Mila D'Antonio
Principal Analyst, Omdia

Ryan Daily
Associate Editor, No Jitter

Fabrice Della Mea
Senior Director, Product, Dialpad

Jocelyn Demaio
Head of Collaboration Services and User Experience, The Hartford Financial Group

Craig Durr
Senior Analyst, Wainhouse Research

Phil Edholm
President & Founderr, Pke Consulting

Elizabeth English
Founder & Principal, EE and Associates

Robin Erkkila
911 Sales Engineer, Bandwidth

Michael Finneran
Principal, Dbrn Associates

Mark Fletcher
VP Public Safety Solutions, 911inform, LLC

Robin Gareiss
Ceo & Principal Analyst, Metrigy

Brian Gilman
Chief Marketing Officer, IntelePeer

Amir Hameed
VP, Worldwide Solutions Sales & Engineering, RingCentral

Robert Lee Harris
President, Communications Advantage

Simon Harrison
Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, Avaya

Joe Herde
Senior Director, Product Marketing, UJET

Nicole Herskowitz
General Manager, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft

Adam Holtby
Principal Analyst, Omdia

Brent Kelly
Principal Analyst, Omdia

Jim Kelly
Senior Analyst / Consultant, Recon Research

Kenrich Walter
Sr Director, Product Line Management, Ribbon Communications

Zeus Kerravala
Founder & Principal Analyst, Zk Research

Lov Kher
Technology Fellow, Global 5G and Edge Innovation, Verizon

Kevin Kieller
Co-founder, Enableuc

Eric Krapf
Gm, Program Co-chair / Publisher, Enterprise Connect / No Jitter

Irwin Lazar
President & Principal Analyst, Metrigy

Steve Leaden
Founder & President, Leaden Associates

Kevin Lee
RVP Digital Solutions, NICE

Dave Mailer
Founder of and Principal Consultant, 4C Strategies Ltd.

Kira Makagon
Chief Innovation Officer and Executive Vice President, RingCentral

Sheila Mcgee-smith
Founder, Mcgee-smith Analytics

Dave Michels
Principal Analyst, Talkingpointz

Andrew Moore
VP and General Manager, AI and Industry Solutions, Google Cloud

David Myron
Principal Analyst, Omdia

Prachi Nema
Principal Analyst, Omdia

Ryan Nichols
SVP and General Manager of Contact Center, Salesforce Service Cloud

Jeetu Patel
EV and General Manager, Security & Collaboration, Cisco

Blair Pleasant
President & Principal Analyst, Commfusion

Elka Popova
Vice President, Connected Work, Frost & Sullivan

Craig Robinson
Director, StableLogic Ltd

Alaa Saayde
ICT Industry Director and Fellow, Connected Work, Frost & Sullivan

Alan Quayle
Founder, Tadhack

Lisa Schmeiser
Editor-in-chief / Program Co-chair, No Jitter / Enterprise Connect

Bet Schultz
VP of Research & Principal Analyst, Metrigy

Candace Sheitelman
CMO, Edify

Joseph Schmidt
Director, Techcaliber Consulting

Terry Slattery
Principal Architect, Netcraftsmen

Sorell Slaymaker
Principal Consulting Analyst, Techvision Research

Gary Sorrentino
Global Deputy CIO, Zoom

Melissa Swartz
Founder, Swartz Consulting

Douglas Tait
Director of Product Marketing, Oracle

Darin Ward
Contributing Writer, No Jitter

Ira Weinstein
Founder & Managing Partner, Recon Research

Greg Zweig
Director of Solutions Marketing, Ribbon Communications

2022 Sponsors

TITANIUM SPONSORS:
• 8x8
• Amazon Web Services
• RingCentral RingCentral
• Vonage Vonage
• Webex by Cisco
• ZOOM

DIAMOND SPONSORS:
• Bandwidth
• EPOS EPOS
• Five9
• Genesys Cloud Services
• Google Google
• GoTo
• LiveVox
• Microsoft Microsoft
• Sinch
• Slack
• Talkdesk
• Twilio

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• AT&T Business
• BlueJeans by Verizon
• CallMiner
• DTEN
• IntelePeer
• Jabra
• Lenovo
• Observe.AI
• Pexip
• Poly
• Ribbon
• Telnyx
• ThreatLocker
• Verizon Business
• Yealink

GOLD SPONSORS:
• 911Inform
• Biamp Biamp
• BICOM SYSTEMS
• Intel Unite
• NICE
• Shokz
• Shure
• Spectrum Enterprise

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Airkit
• Balto
• Barco, Inc
• Calabrio
• Cognigy
• Intrado
• IR
• Kore.ai
• Kurmi Software
• Mavenir
• SecureLogix
• TD SYNNEX Corporation
• Thrio, Inc. Thrio, Inc.
• UJET, Inc.
• Unify Square
• Unimax
• Virsae
• VMware SASE
• Zingtree Zingtree