No explanation is needed for how important virtual cooperation and events have been in the last year as travel has been restricted, and how grateful we all are for that—but a proper reunion is now long overdue. IFS is excited to announce that we can now welcomeour partners to an event where, at last, you won’t be accidentally on mute, and you don’t have to blur your background.

In 2022, on January 10-14, the IFS Sales Kickoff is taking place—in person, in the United Kingdom, Heathrow Sofitel.

Seize the moment and join us!

Fresh starts, new frontiers, and a mission deployment: 

With this being our first face-to-face event in well over a year, the question you may be asking is “what do I need to do to attend?” The answers can be found here, on the registration page for the event. Although the event is being streamed virtually for those partners and IFS staff who cannot make it, believe me—if you can make the trip, it’s going to be seriously worth it. By attending IFS Sales Kickoff in the flesh, you won’t have to ping a message to those in your business network—you can walk right up to them and start a dialogue.  

We want to begin 2022 in the spirit of renewal and introduce the “new-new-normal”, favouring in-person events. Want to impart some intel on an exciting prospect in a particular region? Or maybe you want to build on an existing relationship with an executive or director? Perhaps you just want the chance to mingle within the IFS Partners & Channels ecosystem and expand your network? Whoever you are, and whatever your business interest, know that you will be among the most committed and proactive of IFS partners at the event, and it’s always better to be in the room than peering in from through your computer screen. 

IFS is not the same company it was during the last in-person Sales Kickoff. We have taken revolutionary steps forward with the launch of IFS Cloud, and as the platform continues to evolve and grow to bring even more value and functionality to users, we want our partners to be in-the-know and best-equipped to put the tools for success in the hands of the customers. It’s all about gearing up for a brilliant and fruitful 2022, to take our combined business from the clouds and into the stars! 

The excitement is rising like… well, like IFS 

There’s much to be done in the build-up to the event. We’ll soon be bringing you a detailed agenda for the Partner Summit on the Thursday (January 13) and we’re getting our hosts primed and ready to receive guests in their droves. The IFS Partners & Channels team is heavily encouraging registrations for the event, and if you’re an IFS partner, you’ll be receiving further communication and guidance on how to register your attendance, as well as any travel and health & safety requirements for your visit.  

If you’ve been to an IFS Sales Kickoff before, then you’ll know why it’s a great idea to attend this hugely beneficial and encouraging event. You’ll hear first-hand the IFS 2022 Go-To-Market strategy and, as mentioned above, you’ll be able to network with the IFS sales team, many of whom will be coming from the far and wide corners of the world to enjoy maximum involvement and participation in conversations with each other and the IFS partners.  

There are so many benefits of committing your attendance, but one of the most crucial is the opportunity to get visual exposure for your company before an audience of IFS sales representatives and the IFS partner network. 

With this in mind, we’d like to remind you that you may now apply for sponsorship at the event. There are three sponsorship packages on offer, but these are now limited to Silver sponsorship only. Gold and Platinum sponsorship packages have now sold out. Despite this, we want to share as much information about the event as possible with you. Take a look below to learn why some of our partners are excited for the event.

Grab your sponsorship—relish the rewards

As mentioned above, sponsorships have been selling quite rapidly and time and supply are both very short. These work-related events always come around closer than you think, so make sure you follow the instructions below to contact the relevant stakeholders as soon as possible if you would like to be a sponsor of the IFS Sales Kickoff 2022.

The rewards and incentives are abundant. We are lucky enough to have ongoing conversations with our partners, specifically those who are sponsoring event.

An exhilarated Peter Sketch, of Boomi, an IFS partner who has been instrumental to our development in 2021 and a Platinum Sponsor of IFS Sales Kickoff 2022, has claimed the event is “a fantastic opportunity to celebrate the strong relationship between IFS and Boomi, meet many members of the IFS team, discuss current opportunities and answer any of your questions on our stand”.

“An amazing forum to share the direction of industry and how digital will be used to drive growth and solve business challenges” was cited by Ravi Appayya at Infosys, who are sponsoring the IFS Sales Kickoff 2022 on the Gold sponsorship package. They also claim they are “keen to leverage the conference to network, share best practices and create thorough GTM strategies to jointly win in the market and create client success stories with IFS”.

For one of our Silver sponsors for the event, WIA Systems, we had the privilege of receiving correspondence from Chamil Wijenayaka, Co-Founder & CEO. Chamil referenced “a great way for partners like us to align our Sales strategies with IFS” as one of the reasons why they’re so excited about attending and sponsoring IFS Sales Kickoff 2022. Some other points that Chamil offered as reasons that WIA are enthused about the event were the opportunities to “take a closer look at the newest versions of IFS” and to “connect with IFS Executive Management and the Sales Leaders certainly helped realize greater potential for us as partners”.

Additional features and benefits to add-on to your sponsorship or attendance are also available. The lanyard add-on is now completely sold out, so congratulations to the partners who snapped those up. However, the coffee barista add-on is still available to sponsoring partners. Have your company’s logo visible on the coffee stalls and cups where we are sure many guests at the event will be going by fairly regularly, given the fast-paced nature of the annual Sales Kickoff.

There are still some Silver sponsorship packages available at the time of this blog being published. For more information on what it features, and how to invest, please visit this webpage or contact Frank Schuddemat or Alice Bazzi with your enquiry.

To find out more about the event itself, and register your attendance, click here. IFS Sales Kickoff has always presented an optimistic and motivational start to the business year, and with a newfound appreciation for just being around our colleagues and friends again, this year promises to be an enhanced and exciting event.

We can’t wait to see you there!

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