DISTREE Asia Pacific (APAC) 2013 has opened its doors to senior channel buyers from across the region. The three-day event offers participating vendors a platform to pre-schedule one-on-one meetings with the region’s most influential channel partners in the volume ICT and consumer electronics (CE) market. DISTREE APAC is taking place from November 12-14th at the Shangri-La Rasa Sentosa Resort in Singapore.
Ashish Kapahi, Event Director for DISTREE Asia Pacific. “The APAC market remains one of the most exciting and challenging regions for ICT and CE channel growth and development. Rapid business expansion and market development is creating both opportunities and challenges for vendors, distributors and retailers.”
This week’s event gathers 300-plus delegates representing APAC’s most influential channel partners, plus vendors from across the globe. In total, more than 150 companies are represented at DISTREE APAC 2013.
The delegate list includes 90 retailer and e-tailer executives, 60 distributor executives, 100-plus technology vendor executives, as well as expert speakers, channel analysts and media partners.
DISTREE’s unique event format provides a powerful platform for vendors looking to launch, build or manage channels-to-market within APAC, bringing together delegates from more than 20 countries.
DISTREE APAC 2013 is supported by Platinum Sponsor HP, Gold Sponsor Strontium and Silver Sponsor Energy Sistem; Event Partners GfK, IE Singapore, Pikom and AiTI; Content Partners CONTEXT, Forrester and VIA, plus Media Partners from across the region.
The independent DISTREE event format creates a more effective way of doing business, uniting all of the major stakeholders from the volume ICT and CE channel together in one place at one time. Delegates create personalised agendas tailored to their precise business needs.
Kapahi explained: “Vendors can arrange to meet existing partners or reach out to new channels where they want more coverage. Whether they want to meet an e-tailer from Malaysia, a mobile device retailer for India or one of the leading retail chains in Australia, the DISTREE event format allows them to view company profiles and pre-schedule meetings with partners that match their channel requirements.”
“Over the next few days delegates will have the opportunity to attend pre-scheduled one-on-one meetings, hear from a wide range of expert speakers, network with their peers, attend awards ceremonies and learn more about the latest products ready to hit the market,” concluded Kapahi.
Taking place for the first time in 2013, DISTREE APAC marks a further geographic expansion for DISTREE Events, joining existing events in Europe, Russia & CIS, the Middle East and Latin America.
About DISTREE Asia Pacific
DISTREE Asia Pacific is the ultimate professional networking event for senior executives from the consumer electronics, digital device and ICT products channel in the Asia Pacific region. DISTREE Asia Pacific is a focused event for channel executives based on the successful concept of bringing high-level buyers from emerging markets into productive contact with vendors. For more information, visit www.distree-apac.com or follow us on Twitter @DISTREE_AsiaPac
