Managed Services Summit Why should you attend?

Now in its 6th year, the Managed Services Summit Manchester continues to complement its sister events in London, Stockholm, and Amsterdam, serving as a premier event for the UK, Nordics, and European IT channels. The Northern UK market offers unique opportunities and challenges, emphasizing cost-efficiency, practical innovation, and long-term partnerships, making it particularly relevant for MSPs and IT providers.

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 2025 Event Speakers

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Huntress

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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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Kaseya

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Topsec Cloud Solutions

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Topsec Cloud Solutions

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Sophos

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Object First

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Object First

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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.


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ConnectWise

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ConnectWise

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Meet our 2025 Event Sponsors