IMCCA’s Collaboration Week Silicon Valley A Huge Success
/Bay Area Collaboration Professionals Attend Sessions, Discuss Trends And Network At Four Different Locations
New York, NY (October 31 2019) – The IMCCA, a leading voice for the UCC (Unified Conferencing and Collaboration) industry for more than 20 years, just wrapped-up the Collaboration Week Silicon Valley event. During October 28-30th, industry professionals and end-users attended events at Intuit, Poly and AWS, as well as joining the industry in honoring Bob Hagerty with a lifetime achievement award at a gala dinner celebration.
Highlights of the presenters and topics include:
The IMCCA’s / Poly’s David Danto provided a state of the UC&C industry overview of the hot topics that would be discussed at the event. These included the battle lines between various providers, the team chat hypestorm, interoperability, security and the new look of the office.
Intuit’s Peter Kolak explained to those gathered how he goes about setting standards for rooms and systems
Pexip’s Karl Hantho and BlueJeans Robb Woods gave an overview on the state of interoperability and how users can approach that problem in the future.
Dr. S. Ann Earon detailed the war for users’ mindshare, and compared many of the biggest industry platforms talking points and cautions.
Nemertes’ Irwin Lazar explained how UC metrics are evolving from CDR to measuring business value.
Talking Pointz’ Dave Michels explained how “Video is now the cheese on the pizza” as our industry has changed into a video first posture.
AVNation-TV’s Josh Srago presented an eye-opening series of observations and warnings on security, malware and protecting AV and collaboration ecosystems.
Shen, Milsom & Wilke’s Mark Peterson detailed how remote workers and societal transformations are changing how offices are designed and built.
AWS’ Sam Chon and Jennie Tietema laid-out Amazon’s view of collaboration and the future of UC systems.
Additionally, at a Tuesday evening Gala dinner, industry icon Bob Hagerty was presented with The IMCCA’s Emerging Technology Fellow, Lifetime Achievement Award. Bob was surrounded by many industry peers that he has influenced over his illustrious career.
Presentations and some photos from the event are available on the event website at https://www.collaborationweek.org/presentations
The list of sponsors and organizations that participated in CWSV19 included Intel, AVI Systems, Amazon, BlueJeans, Compunetix, Crestron, Intuit, Logitech, Pexip, Poly, Rec.VC, Sennheiser, Vyopta, Yorktel and Zoom.
“Our Collaboration Week events are an important industry initiative that offers the opportunity for organizations and other interested parties to learn more about our industry and how the technology is being used to craft intelligent and cost-efficient UC and collaborative solutions,” said Carol Zelkin, Executive Director, IMCCA. “We were honored to facilitate important and educational discussions and dialog amongst industry participants, and we’re looking forward to doing it all again early next year in New York.”
David Danto, Poly’s Director of Strategy and Research and The IMCCA’s Director of Emerging Technology was the Event Chair. He explained that “it was an honor to coordinate expert curated collaboration industry information and discussions. Too many of the larger industry conferences today have abandoned track chairs and just present manufacturer submitted content that are nothing more than glorified sales-pitches. The IMCCA events bring all industry players – providers and users – together under a single tent to share valuable content and thoughtful discussions. Everyone who attended left with new perspectives, new network contacts and a great view of what is happening in our industry.”
To learn more about Collaboration Week Silicon Valley and Collaboration Week New York, and the various sponsorship opportunities, contact Carol Zelkin, Executive Director at 516-818-8184 or email at czelkin@imcca.org.
About IMCCA
The Interactive Multimedia & Collaborative Communications Alliance (IMCCA) is a not-for-profit user application and industry focused association with membership comprised of service and product providers, consultants, and users. Members benefit from the understanding and the use of various interactive and collaborative communications technologies in their professional and everyday lives.
