The York Group is an internationally recognized expert in the area of channel development, and as a result principals from The York Group are sought after as speakers, receiving invitations to speak at events around the world. Some of the recent events we have participated in include:

Burlington , MA, November 20, 2006 – NETSEA (New England Technology, Sales, Marketing & Business Development Executives Association – www.netsea.org) organized a panel discussion on the topic of taking an alliance strategy from vision to implementation. Harald Horgen, CEO of The York Group, was a featured speaker.

Bern , Switzerland, September 20, 2006 – CTI Invest's (www.ctistartup.ch) CEO Day Workshops. Gopal RajGuru, The York Group's Country Manager for Switzerland led a workshop on entering the U.S. market.

Boston, MA USA , July 10-13, 2006 – Microsoft brought together thousands of its top channel partners for its Worldwide Partner Conference 2006. Harald Horgen, President of the York Group, was a keynote speaker for Microsoft's "town hall" meeting which focused on Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) expanding their business internationally.

Cambridge , MA, June 14, 2006 – SHARE (Swiss House for Advanced Research and Education – www.shareboston.org) organized a ten-day series of events for 20 technology firms from Switzerland, and The York Group was invited to make a presentation on the challenges companies face in the United States

Auckland, New Zealand, Nov 23-26, 2005 - The Asian-Oceanian Computing Industry Association (ASOCIO) ICT Summit 05 in Auckland brought together some of the global leaders in ICT for a conference and exhibition on “Partnering through Innovation” (www.asocio.org). Harald Horgen, President of the York Group, was a keynote speaker.

Waltham, MA, June 7, 2005 - C.H.E.N. PR, a leading PR firm for VC funded and publicly listed companies based in Waltham, (www.chenpr.com), hosted a panel discussion on doing business in Asia-Pacific, with a focus on China. The companies on the panel were Fairchild Semiconductor, Techworks Asia and The York Group.

Toronto, Canada, May 4, 2005 - The Innovation Synergy Center in Markham in Markham, Ontario (www.iscm.ca), organized a seminar on "Making IT Work in Europe", and The York Group was invited to speak on business development. Other speakers included RIM, maker of the Blackberry PDA.

Waltham, MA, April 26, 2005 - Morse, Barnes-Brown & Pendleton, one of New England's premier law firms specializing in technology companies (www.mbbp.com), invited The York Group to present a workshop on international channel development to its clients.

Auckland, New Zealand, April 7, 2005 - Go Global, Auckland, New Zealand. Go Global, a multi-phase event held throughout the year by the ICEHOUSE (www.theicehouse.co.nz) is New Zealand's most effective program to teach companies how to build their organizations for international success. The York Group speaks regularly at their events.

Alberta, March 2 and February 28, 2005 - Edmonton and Calgary. Alberta Innovation and Science, a government-funded program to assist in the development and commercialization of new technologies (www.innovation.gov.ab.ca), retained The York Group to present a comprehensive one-day seminar to their client companies.

Phoenix, AZ, February 22, 2005- "Partnering for International Success", a seminar held in Phoenix and co-sponsored by Silicon Valley Bank (www.svbank.com) and Osborn Maledon (www.omlaw.com), a leading law firm in Arizona. The speakers were from The York Group and Baker & McKenzie, one of the world's largest law firms.

Mumbai, India, February 10, 2005 - NASSCOM's annual conference in Mumbai. NASSCOM (National Association for Software and Services Companies) is India's leading trade organization for the software industry, and a driving force behind India's emergence as a major force in the global software industry (www.nasscom.org). It's annual conference has become a major international event

Pretoria, South Africa, February 3, 2005 - The Innovation Hub, Africa's first accredited Science Park (www.theinnovationhub.com) is a world-class facility providing support to emerging as well as established firms. The York Group was invited to speak at its inaugural event after opening its doors at the beginning of the year.

Nivelles, Belgium, January 27, 2005 - The Walloon Export Agency is a government agency (www.wallonia-export.be) supporting the export efforts of companies based in the French-speaking part of Belgium.



If you are a company, organization or government agency that would be interested in having a speaker from The York Group present a workshop or participate in a seminar, please contact us at speaker@theyorkgroup.com .