A View NOT From The Road

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A View NOT From The Road

Normally readers would look to this recurring blog for unique insights from annual industry conferences. However, this year, there was no Enterprise Connect, there will be no InfoComm, and most of the other events where people would gather are also dead and gone.

As I write this we’re in a global, shelter in place situation responding to a pandemic so that we can “flatten the curve” as we’ve all been advised to do.

The news about illnesses and deaths is devastating. Following closely behind it is the reality of the economic situation. Schools and businesses have closed, projects have halted, and as I mentioned, conferences and live events have been cancelled. No one has any idea when any of these things will even be allowed to attempt to get back to normal. It is an unprecedented level of devastation that no one could ever have predicted.

Or could they have?

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The IMCCA Is Stepping-Up To Support The Collaboration Industry During The Current Pandemic

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The IMCCA Is Stepping-Up To Support The Collaboration Industry During The Current Pandemic

Multiple Virtual Events Are Scheduled And Being Planned



New York, NY (March 15, 2020) – The IMCCA, a leading voice for the UC&C (Unified Conferencing and Collaboration) industry for more than twenty years, has announced the first three of a growing series of events to support the collaborative conferencing industry as people embrace working from home during the current pandemic. Webcasts will highlight the UC&C industry’s response to the crisis, the industry topics that would have been discussed at recently postponed conferences, and – in the first of its kind – a virtual global ‘meal’ experience to support the thousands of people now forced to work from home.

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IMCCA’s Collaboration Week New York 2020 A Huge Success

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IMCCA’s Collaboration Week New York 2020 A Huge Success

The IMCCA, a leading voice for the UCC (Unified Conferencing and Collaboration) industry for more than 20 years, just wrapped-up their Collaboration Week New York 2020 event. During February 23rd - 26th, industry professionals and end-users attended events at BlackRock, Poly, Google, Gateway (a subsidiary of the Swedish American Chamber of Commerce) and Planar, as well as joining the industry in honoring Crestron’s Randy Klein and Zoom’s Eric Yuan with Emerging Technology Fellow awards at a gala dinner celebration.

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IMCCA Honors Industry Titans During Collaboration Week New York 2020

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IMCCA Honors Industry Titans During Collaboration Week New York 2020

New York, NY (January 25, 2020) – IMCCA, a non-profit industry association for Unified Communication and Collaboration (UCC), today announced the first 2020 recipients of the Association’s Emerging Technology Fellow (ETF) Awards. The honorees, Randy Klein and Eric S. Yuan, will be recognized at IMCCA’s Gala Dinner on February 25, 2020 – during the second annual Collaboration Week New York (#CWNY20).

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