Enterprise Channel

Summit, Southeast
Asia, 2023.
GATES
CONFERENCE AWARDS TOURNAMENT

Discovery Kartika Plaza Hotel, 5-7 July 2023 Bali, Indonesia

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 SUMMARY
GATES Enterprise Tech Channel Summit brought together Vendors and Leading channels from
across ASEAN for 3 days in a 1-on-1 meetings setting, conference, social networking, Gala Awards
& a Channel Leaders Golf Tournament. GATES is an accelerator for business development, uniting
the channel community and highlighting opportunities in this vast, diverse marketplace.

Fruitful Business Meaningful Knowledge

Meetings Networking Sharing

25 270+ 50+ 5
Workshop Industry
11
Industry
200+
Vendor
8+ Exhibitors Executives 760+ Participants Partners
Companies 1:1 Vendor
Countries
Participated Meetings Excellence
Awards
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 AGENDA
3-Day Format

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3

The serene environment @the DISCOVERY The Gala Dinner evening hosted the
KARTIKA PLAZA, BALI provided the The Vendors and channel complete
announcement of the prestigious ICT
the pending 1 : 1 meetings and other
appropriate ambience for a breakout Awards for the excellence of vendor
after a day’s long business engagement. discussions. Networking continued.
performance. In addition, powerful
The open beech gave an opportunity to Golf enthusiasts pursue ICT Channel
KeyNote sessions and workshops
Leader Golf Tournament.
take walks after a day’s long event. made the day for the participants.

DAY 1 WEDESDAY, 5th JULY DAY 2 THURSDAY, 6th JULY DAY 3 FRIDAY, 7th JULY
08:00 – 13:00 Arrival & Registration 08:00 – 09:30 Breakfast 08:00 – 12:30 Channel Golf Tournament
13:00 – 14:00 Opening Lunch 09:30 – 10:30 Keynote Presentations 08:00 – 09:30 Breakfast
Keynote Presentation 10:30 – 11:30 Panel Discussion 09:30 – 12:30 Informal 1 on 1 Meetings
14:30– 15:30
12:00 – 13:00 1-on-1 Meetings
15:30 – 16:30 Smart Pitch (90 Sec) 12:30 Onwards Departure
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
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16:45 – 18:45 1-on-1 Meetings 14:00 – 18:30 1-on-1 Meetings

16:45 – 18:45 Smart Workshops 14:00 – 17:30 Smart Workshops
19:30 – 21:00 Entertainmnt & Coctail 19:30 – 23:00 Cocktail & Gala Dinner
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PLATINUM SPONSORS GOLD SPONSORS SILVER SPONSORS
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EXECUTIVE INSIGHT. Powerful presentations. Insightful conversations.

Top voices from the industry, including executives and experts from ASEAN shared their knowledge and experience as part of the GATES conference and
workshop series. A common theme at the event was how the channel can keep pace with opportunities in digital transformation. Presentations included
discussion of hot-button issues: impact of IoT and cloud on channel business; changing customer behavior; M&A activity and government role during
Pandemic.

Jeffrey Bahar Harish Pillay Somchai Sittichaisrichart Randy Ran Desmond Lee Juan G. Chua Bishan Singh
Industry Specialist, Chief Technologist. Dy Chairman, Managing Director, Founder & CEO Director, Partner Program CEO, WSI Philippines Director, Global Alliances &
Operating Officer Spire Singapore IT Standards SIS Thailand Ransnet Singapore and Development Partnerships, ZOHO
Research & Consulting Committee APAC Channel, Fortinet CORPORATION

Lim Andre Xavier Kate Thu Kazuaki YOSHIDA Shankar Narayanan Sushil Virmani
Vice President,
Bayu Susiloadhy Louis LOW
Regional Director, MySQL President Director, Head, APAC
IDC Vietnam Managing Director, Compute Category Lead, HPE Ecosystem Solutions Leader,
ASEAN, Korea & ANZ KDDI Indonesia GUPSHUP BPE Growth & Emerging Markets Red Hat Southeast Asia
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 KEYNOTE ADDRESS Powerful keynote addresses set the
stage for the 3 Day event. A total of
7 Expert Keynote addresses from
research firms and global vendors
gave precious insights to the
audience.

Particular emphasis was placed on

how the channel can create new
opportunities with CLOUD & Digital
Jeffrey Bahar Desmond Lee Louis LOW Bishan Singh Transformation unfolding in the next
Industry Specialist, Chief
Operating Officer Spire
Director, Partner Program
and Development
Ecosystem Solutions Leader, Director, Global Alliances & 3-5 years.
Red Hat Southeast Asia Partnerships, ZOHO
Research & Consulting APAC Channel, Fortinet CORPORATION
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Randy Ran Lim Andre Xavier Bayu Susiloadhy

Founder & CEO Regional Director, MySQL Compute Category Lead, HPE
Ransnet Singapore ASEAN, Korea & ANZ Growth & Emerging Markets
 SMART WORKSHOPS

In-depth sessions of Best-in-

class solutions from subject
matter experts to discuss
cutting edge Tools &
Enablers that helps to grow
revenue, profitability &
Maximize Market knowledge.

Understand the underlying

business environment and
Plan for future accordingly.
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 EXHIBITION &
1 ON 1 MEETINGS
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The exhibition of latest products and technology in a grand ambience provided a perfect
environment for conducting Pre-qualified 1:1 business meetings.
Over 25 vendors capitalized on this opportunity to meet with channel partners, exhibiting
their products & solution and exploring business opportunities.
 PANEL DISCUSSION

Somchai Sittichaisrichart Juan G. Chua

Harish Pillay Shankar Narayanan Managing Director, CEO, WSI Lim Andre Xavier
Kate Thu Philippines Kazuaki YOSHIDA Regional Director,
Technologist. Dy Head, APAC SIS Thailand Vice President, President Director, MySQL
Chairman, Singapore IT GUPSHUP IDC GROUP VIETNAM KDDI Indonesia ASEAN, Korea & ANZ
Standards Committee

TOP CHANNEL VOICES share their experience, insight and perspectives

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The panel discussion and audience Q&A provided an important opportunity to discuss and debate on the ‘GROWING ROLE OF
TECH IN CIRCULAR ECONOMY’. Panelists represented important perspectives — vendors, channels & policy makers — with a
common goal, to promote a balanced growth in the industry.
 SMART PITCH
(90 SECONDS) A star attraction of the Summit, the
90” Seconds SMART PITCH creates an
excitement filled environment with all
CHANNEL audience participating in the
LIVE Voting. It show cased products in
Innovation, Game Changer and Best
Presentation categories and allowed
vendors to compete for the best in
each category.

SMART PITCH AWARD WINNERS

Best Innovation :

Best Game Changer

S :
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Best Presentation :
 GALA DINNER &
NETWORKING
The Gala Dinner evening hosted the
announcement of the prestigious ICT Industry
Awards for the excellence of vendor performance. The entire 3-day event provided many
Strictly-by-invitation-only dinner ensured that the opportunities for networking for the
community also got closer together beyond formal participating delegates.
meetings thus building a stronger relationship that is
instrumental in doing business with ease.
The ICT channel community united under
the GATES umbrella to do just one thing –
BUSINESS.
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 ICT INDUSTRY EXCELLENCE AWARD
WINNERS OF 2023 SPECIAL AWARDS

EMERGENT
MARKETING EXCELLENCE

FUTURE READY

GATES GOLD

CATEGORY AWARDS

COMPUTING SOLUTIONS

SAAS

STORAGE SOLUTIONS

INFORMATION SECURITY
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The ICT INDUSTRY EXCELLENCE AWARDS reward vendors for

exceptional channel performance in Southeast Asia over the past NETWORKING
years. Hosted at the GALA DINNER, channel partners determine the
winners through live electronic voting. CLOUD
 CATEGORY WINNERS

Best Overall Phùng Xuân Khoa

Hole in One: Hole # 6 No Winner

Nearest to the Pin Hole #15 William Chua

SOUTHEAST ASIA ICT Longest Drive Hole #16 Chee Seng

LEADER’S GOLF
TOURNAMENT 2023
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See you @ next GATES Enterprise Channel

Summit, Southeast Asia, July 2024 in Bali.