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GTDC 2003 SUMMIT REPORT

2003 FOLLOW UP REPORT

The second annual Global Technology Distribution Summit was held April 9-10, 2003, at the Ritz-Carlton in San Francisco. There were a total of 135 attendees at this year’s event, a significant increase over the 65 that attended the first Summit held in 2002.

In all, 77 of the industry’s leading vendors were represented by their highest-level channel executives. Ten of the world’s leading distributors also attended the Summit this year. Both the vendor and distributor attendees were president/CEO-, senior vice president- or vice president-level executives, making the Global Technology Distribution Summit a gathering place for the highest-level executives in the IT industry.

Keynote speakers at this year’s Summit included HP’s Carly Fiorina and VERITAS’ Gary Bloom. There was also a special presentation by IBM’s Bob Moffat that detailed IBM’s methods for measuring the channel’s success. Each of the keynote/special presentations was met with enthusiasm from the audience and the trade press in attendance.

The event also included a roster of other channel and non-IT speaker/presenters. More information on each session’s speaker, topic and format can be found on the GTDC Web site at http://www.gtdc.org/summitagenda.htm. Additionally, copies of Summit 2003 speaker presentations are located online at http://www.gtdc.org/presentations.htm.

The Summit was covered by CMP Media, a leading trade industry publishing firm. Related articles can be found at:

http://www.channelsupersearch.com/news/crn/41418.asp
http://www.channelsupersearch.com/news/crn/41251.asp
http://www.channelsupersearch.com/news/crn/41150.asp
http://www.channelsupersearch.com/news/crn/41220.asp

The 2004 Global Technology Distribution Summit will be held May 5th and 6th. For information about the 2004 Global Technology Distribution Summit, please click here, or contact Kavita May, GTDC operations manager for details at kmay@gtdc.org.