UNCHARTED: NAVIGATE WHAT’S NEXT

The Australian IT channel is entering new territory.

AI, emerging technologies, evolving customer expectations and changing business models are creating new opportunities, and new challenges. Pipeline 2027: Uncharted is about coming together to explore what’s next, challenge what’s familiar and discover where the channel is heading.

Across three days on Hamilton Island, partners, vendors and distributors will connect, share ideas, uncover new opportunities and build the relationships that will shape what happens next.

Because when the territory is uncharted, the best way forward is together.

Following the success of Pipeline 2026

We are delighted to announce that we are headed to Hamilton Island in 2027 to help IT and digital providers connect and explore new ways of maximising revenues.

 

Speakers

Mark Iles
Chief Analyst APAC Channels

Mark is a Chief Analyst covering APAC channels and an experienced board-level executive and CEO with 35 years’ experience in software and IT in UK, Europe, and Asia. Mark joined Omdia in 2025 after the acquisition of Tech Research Asia (TRA), an APAC analyst/advisory firm founded in 2012 where he was a Principal Analyst and Co-Owner. 

Mark’s areas of focus include strategy development, M&A advisory, market and competitive analysis, GTM planning, channel optimisation and business performance. He specialises in cloud, software and data centre markets across APAC and is a regular keynote speaker at industry conferences.

Chuong Mai-Viet
Managing Director

Taking a technology business overseas involves much more than finding customers in another country. Fuse Technology Managing Director Chuong Mai-Viet will share practical lessons from the company’s expansion into the UK and Canada. Learn what decisions he had to make, what surprised him, and what he would tell other Australian technology partners considering the same path.