With just a few days left to go before the annual trip to Barcelona for VMworld Europe, I wanted to take a few minutes to talk to you about some of the fantastic activities we have in store... 2016 will mark the first year that we will have our very own stand at VMworld (booth S517 by the way, take a note ;-)) and with that we're going to have some fantastic demos, a really great speaker session on Tuesday, a super fun game and lots and lots of other competitions to win some amazing prizes.
So what have we got to offer?
Well firstly we have an incredible team of people travelling to Barcelona for the week... let's take a minute to meet the gang:
| Data Protection Aficionados | The Foglight Mavens |
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Adrian Moir - Snr. Systems Consultant and Speaker |
Alex Le Coquil - Software Account Manager |
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Andy Lawrie - EMEA Presales Manager |
Bernd Carstens - Presales / Senior Solutions Architect |
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Carsten Wenzel - Distribution Manager for Channel |
Derek Pearsall - EMEA Solutions Leader for Foglight |
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Coral Cervantes Perez - Inside Sales Account Manager |
Danalynne Meangus - Product Marketing Manager |
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Stefan Boesner - Systems Consultant |
Gabriel Nunes - Senior Solutions Architect |
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Stewart Glover - Inside Sales Account Manager |
Luigi Lenguito - EMEA Solutions Sales Director |
And don't forget the Marketing Ninjas!
| Claire Wilcox - Regional Marketing Manager for Data Protection | Susan Humphreys - Social Media and Communities Lead EMEA |
Theater Session:
We also have a fantastic speaker session on Tuesday in the Solutions Exchange Theater at 3.50 PM - 4.10 PM.
Derek Pearsall & Adrian Moir will be discussing 'The Need for Virtual Capacity Management & Protect, Recover & Replicate, from Client to Cloud' [STP3987]
In this session, Adrian and Derek will explore the four steps of capacity management: planning, allocation, optimization, and maintenance, and explain how you can get the most out of your infrastructure, today and in future.
If you are a full conference pass holder, why not build this in to your content scheduler which can be found here.
Competitions, Prizes & Entertainment:
We will be giving away cash prizes of €1000 (Tuesday & Wednesday) and €500 (Thursday) to one lucky person each day. All you have to do is complete a demo with one of our technical experts who will give you a raffle ticket to enter the draw. Make sure you come back to the stand to collect the prize!
You can also win a Samsung Smart Watch daily in our Simon Says game just top the leaderboard for your chance to win one of these great watches. Each player will also get a small gift from us so really everyone is a winner.
And of course we will have plenty of freebies at the stand but don't delay because once they're gone they're gone!
In addition to the entertainment provided by VMworld, we are going to have a cartoonist on the stand between 5.30 PM and 7.30 PM on Tuesday for the opening reception. Really looking forward to this one so come check it out and have your portrait done by the cartoonist.
#JoinTheInnovation on the Twittosphere! 
We're going to be tweeting live from the event every day to keep you updated on all the action at VMworld Europe. If you want to join us in the conversation then follow @Quest_EMEA, use the official hashtags: #VMworld #VMworldEurope #VMworld2016 and don't forget to #jointheinnovation with us. Just stop by our stand S517 to get the full experience! See you there :-)
