Three-day IT channel partner conference at the W Barcelona, 6-8 October 2026. Run by Canalys, now part of Omdia within Informa, the event reports 2,500+ senior channel executives, 150+ speakers and 40+ sessions on partner programme design, distribution strategy and managed service provider transformation.
Canalys Forums EMEA is an annual IT channel partner conference held at the W Barcelona. The 2026 edition runs 6-8 October, organised by Canalys, the channel analyst firm now operating as part of Omdia within Informa. The organiser reports 2,500+ senior channel executives, 150+ speakers and 40+ sessions, covering partner programme design, distribution strategy, managed service provider transformation, data sovereignty in EMEA and sustainable IT practices. The event is the region's largest gathering of vendors, distributors and resellers, the population that partner relationship management software is built to serve.
Canalys, now part of Omdia within Informa, organises the event.
The organiser reports 2,500+ senior channel executives, with 150+ speakers across 40+ sessions.
6-8 October 2026, at the W Barcelona.
Buyers looking for a CRM or sales-engagement product floor will find this a channel and distribution strategy conference rather than a sales-technology exhibition.
Canalys Forums EMEA gathers the vendor-distributor-reseller channel at the scale that partner relationship management software is designed to manage, making it the circuit's reference point for the PRM side of the sales stack even though the event itself does not sell PRM software on an exhibition floor.
Registration and pricing are set through the official website; tariffs were not disclosed in full on the pages reviewed.
Pricing is not disclosed by the organiser on the pages reviewed.
W Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Yes, Canalys runs separate Forums for the Americas and APAC regions on different dates.
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