Managed Services Summit Why should you attend?

Now in its fifth year, the Managed Services Summit Manchester builds on the successes of previous years as well as its sister events London and Benelux, which are firmly established as the leading managed services events for the UK and European IT channel. Featuring conference session presentations by major industry speakers, the Summit will also provide opportune networking breaks for delegates to meet with potential business partners. The unique mix of high-level presentations plus the ability to explore and debate the most pressing business issues with sponsors and peers across the industry makes this a must-attend event for any senior decision maker in the IT channel.

The Managed Services Summit is series of executive-level events, so you know you’ll be among the best in the sector, and those featured will explore the latest trends and developments, evolving customer requirements and how to create value through managed services – both for your own organisation and your customers

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Industry Insights

Presentations will cover the latest trends, evolving customer requirements, and strategies for creating value through managed services.

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Breakouts

Attend a range of sessions led by leading specialists in the field, focusing on technical, sales, and business-related topics.

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Networking

Connect with professionals in the IT channel, including senior decision makers and industry leaders.

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Interactions

Engage in discussions, debates, and collaborations with event sponsors and peers across the industry.

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MSS Benelux

1st July 2025, Amsterdam

MSS London

10th September 2025, London

MSS Nordics

21st October 2025, Stockholm

Meet our 2024 Event Speakers

Guy Koster

SIOS

Guy Koster leads sales and business development for SIOS Technology Corp. across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. With over 30 years of ICT channel experience, he specializes in building strategic alliances and driving success in international markets. A seasoned presenter, Guy frequently speaks at industry events, sharing insights on IT resilience and market trends.

John Chapman

IT Europa

John Chapman

IT Europa

John is considered one of the foremost analysts, speakers and commentators on the trends in the IT industry. After a distinguished career spanning over 47 years at the heart of the IT industry, John has advised IT companies on strategies and direction, written feature articles for major IT publications and has spoken at and chaired events around Europe.

John’s in-depth experience running IT companies, launching new technologies and helping IT organisations maximise their business potential enables him to commentate with authority on a whole range of topics as well as deliver stimulating and thought-provoking presentations.


Chris Marks

Parallels

Chris Marks

Parallels

Chris is a Principal Outbound Product Manager at Parallels. As an experienced public speaker with a passion for the power of community engagement, he spends time with customers and channel partners, learning about how their businesses are coping with fundamental shifts in working practices alongside rapid changes in the way services are being consumed. He’s focused on how organizations can remain competitive in today’s environment and how we can work together to deliver simplified, more agile services that allow them to do so.

David Weeks

N-able

David Weeks

N-able

David Weeks is the VP of Partner Experience for N-able. Weeks works side-by-side with our top-performing MSPs and global partner community. A big part of his role is to listen and engage with our partners so that we better understand their needs, share ideas more freely, and provide valuable insight into the current market conditions. Weeks also offers strategic sales and marketing recommendations to our partners and spearheads many of the tactical initiatives at N-able that define what we do next. As a regular presenter at virtual, global, and regional events, he is all in on helping our partners scale their success and serve as the world’s best MSPs.

Ross Duncan

Heimdal

Ross Duncan

Heimdal

Accomplished post sales leader with 15 years experience in building functions from the ground up, successfully recruiting and leading teams, delivering major programmes of work, developing/optimising processes and setting the and implementing business vision at executive level. Passion for illuminating value within the customer base.

Steven Wood

OpenText Cybersecurity

Steven Wood

OpenText Cybersecurity

Steven Wood has been focused on assisting IT service providers, large and small, in launching value-added services in the small, medium, and enterprise markets for over 15 years. At OpenText, he and his team help MSPs deliver Cyber Resilience-as-a -Service via reseller channels.

In case you are still reading, Woody has built and enabled strong technical teams within distribution, value-added resale, and solution consulting organisations. He has worked with the largest multi-national service providers as well as distribution, executing in diverse and challenging markets around the globe. Woody has helped to build the brand and reputation of his team based on winning the technical and emotional win with accountability.

Woody takes pride in aligning solutions with the goals of the partner and empowering them to scale as they grow. He believes that empowered teams are always happier teams; continually learning and sharing in successes together.


Kyle Torres

Sophos

Kyle Torres

Sophos

: Kyle has worked for Sophos for over 6 years and is at the forefront of the MSP and CSP offering in the UKI and Nordics. During this time, he has worked across the sales organisation and now focuses on adding value to the partners on the EMEA MSP programme. He regularly speaks at conferences and Think Tanks to advocate for Sophos and its MSP offering. 

Will Garside

IT Europa

Will Garside

IT Europa

Will specialises in writing and presenting – producing a huge range of content, ranging from thought-leadership articles to white papers. He started his career as a computer engineer before becoming one of the first producers on Sky TV’s primetime technology show “The Computer Channel” – alongside also covering mainstream business and technology news. He then worked as a product reviewer and technical writer for IT Network before going to Computer Weekly to cover security, telecoms and networking. He worked for several large technology brands including Microsoft and EMC as a technical writer and media consultant and was also the editor at International Broadcast Engineer – a role that saw him deliver a huge number of detailed analysis pieces on emerging video experiences. He has also written a number of books including tech guides for Which? and several "Dummies" guides on topics including big data and storage.

Will is also a highly experienced event moderator, managing content and panels at both the IBC and NAB shows for the last 10 years.

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