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Sage Summit 2020 Location Announced for May 12-14, 2020

July 11, 2019 by Wayne Schulz

We’ve received many inquiries about where and when Sage would host their Sage Summit 2020 event in the United States.

Sage Announces Sage Summit Orlando Location – May 2020

While the location(s) initially mentioned included both west and east coast locations it appears that Sage has decided on Florida as the location for their mid-market flagship event in 2020.

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The event website indicates Sage Summit US will be hosted May 12-14, 2020 at the Gaylord Palms Orlando.

This hotel has previously held Sage Summit events and has the capacity to hold groups significantly larger than the last few Sage Summit events.

Note from Sage: Sage Summit US, May 12-14, 2020, is for small and medium-sized businesses, not the Sage X3 audience. The Sage Partner Summit, March 2-4, 2020, will be held for Sage X3 partners only.

According to the Sage Summit US website:

Our largest event series is coming to Orlando in 2020. Save the date for Sage Summit US, your opportunity to learn, connect, and grow with the Sage ecosystem. Sage Summit US brings Sage customers, partners, and accountants from around the country together for multiple days of deeper learning, product training, thought leadership, and networking to help your business thrive.

You can expect inspiring speakers that lead impactful conversations, dedicated networking opportunities to share ideas, best practices, and knowledge, and future-thinking technology from Sage and our ecosystem.

Additional details including agenda, speakers, and more will be coming later this year.

It’s still early in the planning process so undoubtedly we will see more details prior to the event date.

The Gaylord hotels are larger venues that seem to indicate Sage is leaning back toward hosting larger events in central locations versus a series of smaller sessions.

For more information on Sage Summit US 2020 in Orlando visit the Sage Summit Orlando website.

Sage Summit Atlanta Agenda Released

February 18, 2019 by Wayne Schulz

Sage has updated their event website for the upcoming Sage Summit 2019 – Atlanta event ( May 13-15, 2019 – Hyatt Regency). While Sage previously stated the agenda between their Sage Summit San Diego event and their Sage Summit Atlanta would be identical, I did spot a few minor differences.

Sage Summit – Atlanta – Partner Day

First, on the Atlanta partner day – May 13, 2019 (Partners, Sponsors, and Accountant Network Members Only) there is a session with Gary Boomer titled Workshop for Accountants. There isn’t much detail on this session however this is likely content complementary to the Sage Accountants Network (SAN) Client Advisory Services (CAS) Program.

The partner day agenda may be downloaded directly from the Sage Summit Atlanta website – here.

Sage Summit Atlanta – Customer and Partner Days Agenda

Day two and three include a nearly identical agenda to what was presented in San Diego. Some titles have been slightly changed but the overall content appears to be the same. Perhaps the biggest change is that Sage has added roughly a half-dozen additional sponsor exhibitors giving an even better opportunity for attendees to learn about integrated products or services of interest.

The full agenda for Sage Summit Atlanta – Day 2 and 3 is available for download here.

Sage Summit Atlanta – Sponsor List

The Sage Summit Atlanta sponsor list is larger than the San Diego event. While Sage Summit San Diego’s agenda showed 27 sponsors, the agenda for Atlanta is current showing 33 sponsor exhibitors.

According to the Exhibitor Prospectus posted on Sage’s site and used to provide sponsorship information, the expected Atlanta Attendance is 1,500+

The following sponsor exhibitors are expected in Atlanta:

Sage Summit Atlanta Platinum Sponsors

Scanco – Bar Code, Warehouse Management, Manufacturing
TrueCommerce – EDI

Sage Summit Bronze Sponsors

AppComputing – Budgeting
Centage – EDI
cimcloud – e-commerce integrated to Sage 100
DataSelf BI – Business Intelligence
Delphia Consulting – Sage HRMS
Dimension Funding – Financing/leasing options for Sage
edisoft – EDI
GotoMyERP – Cloud hosting
Greytrix – Sage developers
Insperity – HR services
Kerr Consulting – Sage Partner
MSI – Field service
North 49 Webtelligence – Sage 300 ecommerce
Perryman & Associates – Sage Partner
QBuild – CAD integration
ROI Consulting – Integration and synchronizations between web shopping cards/stores and Sage
ScanForce – Barcode scanning and mobile warehouse & sales automation solutions
Summit Hosting – Secure cloud hosting for Sage products
SwizzNet – Cloud hosting
TrueSky – Budgeting and forecasting

Tickets are now available for the event. Through March 31, 2019, the cost is $299. After that date, the price rises to $399. To register, visit the event site here.

MAPADOC EDI Connections Conference – October 17-18, 2013

August 16, 2013 by Wayne Schulz

Are you using MAPADOC EDI – offered by SWK Technologies and available for Sage 100 ERP , Sage 500 ERP and Sage ERP X3? Would you like to participate in some feedback sessions and learn more about other products that interface with this popular EDI solution for Sage ERP?

Attend the MAPADOC EDI Connections Conference – October 17-18, 2013 in Chicago, IL

From the MAPADCO Connections Website:

SWK Technologies is excited to announce our first annual MAPADOC CONNECTIONS Customer Conference this October in Chicago.

Our primary goal in holding the customer conference is to provide you with an opportunity to connect with us and with other MAPADOC end-users to get the most out of your MAPADOC EDI software. We’ll be focusing on:

Learning and implementing best practices from the experts at MAPADOC, our own client experts, and 3rd party solution providers.
Obtaining supply chain visibility, improve sales forecasting and identify revenue opportunities.
Providing learning, sharing and networking opportunities during our Welcome Reception, Networking Lunch, Breakout Sessions, and Vendor Expo.
Discovering what’s new in MAPADOC and hearing from you how we can make MAPADOC EDI even better.
Exploring other 3rd party software solutions at our Vendor Expo and learning how they can impact your business during our breakout sessions.
We know time and budgets are tight which is why we’ve priced the conference to be very affordable – only ~~$175.00~~ $225 per participant ~~during our early bird registration offering~~. We’ve even added an optional half day training class for only $195.00 – a fraction of the typical cost. The conference will take place close to one of the most accessible airports in the U.S. – Chicago O’Hare – making travel time and costs easily affordable.

For more information and to register now ~~while Early Bird pricing is in effect~~, please follow this link:

More information on MAPADOC Connections Conference

Participating Vendors Exhibiting At The MAPADOC CONNECTIONS Conference

SPS Commerce – Supply Chain Management
MyOwnASP – Leading provider of application hosting
V-Technologies – Shipping solutions for Sage
WebsitePipeline – eCommerce integrated solutions for Sage
Scanco – Bar coding solutions for Sage
xkZero – eCommerce and mobility for Sage
SWK Technologies – MAPADOC and Sage ERP solutions
DC Warehouse Automation – Warehouse automation
Avalara – Sales tax processing (fully integrated) to Sage (calculation, filing, more)
Scanforce – Bar coding solutions for Sage

More info about sponsors – here

Sage Summit 2012 Nashville: Registration Begins April 19, 2012

April 9, 2012 by Wayne Schulz

There is no better reason to attend Sage’s annual Summit (customer and partner conference) than to meet your peers and network with some of the smartest minds.

Seven years ago during Sage’s conference I met people who I’ve kept in touch with over the years. Today our group has grown to 100+ members and we’re connected in real time 24 x 7 to help each other answer technical questions about Sage products.

None of this would have happened without the chance for us to meet in person at Sage’s conference.

If you’ve ever wished that you could compare notes about your use of Sage products with like mined users – here is your opportunity. Our 90 Minds group have even organized our own mini-conferences (the last conference, shown below, was in February 2012 at the offices of DSD Business Systems).

This year’s Sage Summit event is being held August 17-21, 2012 in Nashville TN (directly behind the Grand Ole’ Opry).

I’ll be hosting a panel presentation on the ways people are making money using Social Media as their main marketing tactic.

Each morning at 6am I walk with a group of two or three people (attire is strictly bed head and shorts). We mull over the content from the prior day’s sessions, discuss the sessions that we’re going to attend – and make plans for the evening events. Here we are from last year’s conference in Washington DC. That’s me, Peter Wolf and Robert Wood. Last year we even recorded our thoughts about the conference during our morning walks (listen here).

Want to improve your use of Sage products? Are you a Sage partner wondering what other partners are doing to improve customer satisfaction? You can sit back in the office and keep wondering – or head out to the conference and find out for yourself. Below is a picture from the LinkedIn gathering sponsored during Summit 2011 by Sage .

See you at Sage Summit 2012.

Sage Summit 2012 Returns To Gaylord National

July 18, 2011 by Wayne Schulz

It’s official. Just as Sage Summit 2011 is closing down Sage has announced that the Gaylord Hotel in Nashville TN will be the conference host for Summit 2012.

You may recall that the Gaylord National suffered severe flooding in May 2010. The hotel has been completely rebuilt and re-opened in October 2010.

The conference will once again be a joint partner/customer event. More details as the event draws closer.

Sage Summit 2012