DISTREE EVENTS, is a Paris based research and communication company. Its expertise lies in the IT sector in the emerging markets. DISTREE Event's customers are leading vendors in both B2B and B2C technology products focused on increasing their sales and presence in today’s hottest emerging markets.
DISTREE Events provides its clients with an unparallel opportunity to meet face-to-face with high-level buyers (by invitation only) from key target markets in a productive atmosphere. Its events combine the breadth of an exhibition with the depth of a conference, creating unparalleled networking opportunities. In 2007, the company organised six events, bringing together about 2500 channel executives from 80 countries. More than 8500 one-on-one meetings were organised in the course of these events.
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Integrator Forum Europe is launched as the first platform in Europe for system builders to meet technology vendors |
2000 |
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Integrator Forum Europe is acquired by Gartner and renamed System Builder Summit |
2001 |
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The pioneers of Integrator Forum set up the first Start up Forum to provide a platform for introducing CEOs of well-financed, start-up companies to potential vendors and service providers like technology vendors, recruitment agencies, infrastructure providers and business development consultants |
2002 |
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Net Business Forum is set up as the platform for corporate IT managers like CIOs and CTOs to meet web technology and service providers like hosting companies, web applications, e-marketing, etc |
2003 |
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The expanding importance of IT in emerging markets within the EMEA region saw the establishment of the first event for the two-tier technology distribution channel in Eastern Europe under the brand name DISTREE CEE |
2004 |
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Building on the success of DISTREE CEE, DISTREE MEA was launched for the booming Middle East and African technology distributors |
2004 |
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Meeting the continuing needs of the emerging EMEA markets, the organisers of DISTREE CEE and MEA introduced Digital Consumer Channel (DCC) in Russia for the burgeoning retail sector in Russia and the newly formed independent CIS countries |
2004 |
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Digital Business Channel (DBC) CIS was introduced, providing vendors with the opportunity to meet the tier two channel partners that catered to the corporate sector. |
2005 |
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Following the successful introduction of DCC and DBC in Russia and CIS, both events were successfully launched in MEA (Middle East & Africa).
DCC was also introduced later in 2005 for Central Europe. |
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3F2D, the organisers of the successful DISTREE, DCC and DBC is renamed Distree Events |
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Feedback from vendors around the globe saw the flagship event – DISTREE – expand from just emerging markets to include all of EMEA region under the new name DISTREE XXL. |
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