Agenda at a Glance
Monday, April 4
| Time | Activity |
| 8:00 AM – 6:30 PM | Registration |
| Time TBD | Hospitality Program (optional) Join us for golfing, kayaking or a cooking class! See Activities tab for more information and select an activity when you register. |
| 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM | Welcome Reception |
Tuesday, April 5
| Time | Activity |
| 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM | Registration |
| 6:45 AM – 8:15 AM | Breakfast |
| 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM | Thriving in the Cloud-Smart Ecosystem Raghu Raghuram, CEO, VMware Sumit Dhawan, President, VMware Laura Heisman, CMO, VMware Stephen Elliot, IDC Analyst |
| 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM | Networking Break |
| 10:30 AM – 6:00 PM | Executive Meetings |
| 10:30 AM – 10:45 AM | VMware Cross-Cloud Services and Strategic Plays Introduction Vittorio Viarengo, Vice President, Cross-Cloud Solutions, VMware |
| 10:45 AM – 11:30 AM | Scale Cloud-Native Platform Operations Ajay Patel, GM, Modern Apps and Management Business Group, VMware Purnima Padmanabhan, SVP and GM, Cloud Management Business Group, VMware |
| 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM | Lunch & Networking Break |
| 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM | Accelerate Enterprise Cloud Transformation Mark Lohmeyer, SVP and GM, Cloud Infrastructure Business Group, VMware Paula Hodgins, SVP, Worldwide Cloud Sales, VMware |
| 1:45 PM – 2:15 PM | Networking Break |
| 2:15 PM – 3:00 PM | Empowering the Hybrid Workforce Shankar Iyer, SVP and GM, End User Computing, VMware |
| 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM | Networking Break |
| 3:30 PM – 4:15 PM | Workloads Are More Secure on VMware Clouds Tom Gillis, SVP and GM, Network & Advanced Security Business Group, VMware Ambika Kapur, VP, Networking & Security Business Group, VMware The Enterprise Edge is the Next Evolution of Cloud Sanjay Uppal, SVP and GM, Service Provider & Edge Business Group, VMware |
| 4:15 PM – 4:30 PM | Break |
| 4:30 PM – 5:00 PM | Customer Experience & The Future of Innovation George Blankenship, Former Executive at Tesla, Apple and Gap |
| 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM | Global Cocktail Reception |
| 6:00 PM – 8:00PM | Regional Dinners & Awards Ceremonies |
Wednesday, April 6
| Time | Activity |
| 7:00 AM – 7:00 PM | Registration |
| 6:45 AM – 8:15 AM | Breakfast |
| 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM | Partners Drive the Cloud-Smart Ecosystem Jean-Pierre Brulard, EVP, Worldwide Sales, VMware Sandy Hogan, SVP, Partner and Commercial Sales, VMware Paula Hodgins, SVP, Worldwide Cloud Sales, VMware Zia Yusuf, SVP, Strategic Ecosystem & Industry Solutions, VMware |
| 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM | Networking Break |
| 10:30 AM – 11:45 AM | The Future of VMware and Partnering for Success in the Americas Bill Swales, Vice President, Americas Partner Organization, VMware Jim Aluotto, Sr Director, Cloud Provider Sales, AMER, VMware Journey to the EMEA Cloud Smart Eco System Petra Heinrich Liedtke, Vice President, EMEA Partner & Commercial Org., VMware Herve Basso, Sr Director, Cloud Provider Sales, EMEA, VMware The Next Evolution of VMware's Strategic Ecosystem Zia Yusuf, SVP, Strategic Ecosystem & Industry Solutions, VMware |
| 11:45 AM – 1:30 PM | Lunch & Networking Break |
| 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM | Executive Meetings |
| 1:30 PM – 5:30 PM | Group Topic Discussions |
| 5:30 PM – 6:00 PM | No Hands. No Feet. No Limits. Landis Sims, quad amputee baseball player Eric Cochran, Documentary Filmmaker |
| 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM | Closing Reception |
| 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM | “Landis: Just Watch Me” – Worldwide Film Premier |
Thursday, April 7
| Time | Activity |
| 7:00 AM – 9:00 AM | Breakfast |
| 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Executive Meetings |