Counting down the days to Cisco Live 2019!

We’re now less than two weeks away from the start of the EMEAR edition of Cisco Live 2019, so it’s time to start thinking about what you hope to get out of the event — as well as what to pack!

We’ve put together a few tips on what you can expect over the five days of this much-anticipated event, as well as some handy navigation points to help you make the best use of your time while you are there — and decide which of the 800-plus sessions you should attend. We’re expecting 15,000 attendees and 120 sponsors — it’s going to be a busy week!

First, let’s highlight some of the events that you really don’t want to miss! Your first port of call should be Monday’s Service Provider Opening Session, which provides a fantastic opportunity to learn, connect and be inspired by Cisco’s top executives, together with our partners and customers. We’ll be discussing key industry and technology trends as well as current geo-political challenges, and the ways in which Cisco is uniquely positioned to help you differentiate through customer experience, managed services and, looking ahead, 5G. Just click here to register to reserve your seat.

The Service Provider Opening Session will be followed by the Service Provider Reception where you can relax over a few drinks and take some time to network with colleagues and peers. We’ve even arranged a free shuttle to get you to and from the Fira.

On Wednesday, we’re holding SP Customers Sessions, when you will be able to hear how our service providers are embracing transition and innovation with multi-cloud, automation, security and SD-WAN solutions. Join us as top Cisco service provider customers share their business challenges and the outcomes they’ve achieved in their deployment journey. During this session we will explore their use cases and share how you can simplify, automate, and virtualize your infrastructure to improve efficiencies and accelerate your time-to-market. Click here to book your place.

Then the SP Innovation Showcase on Thursday will provide learnings on how Cisco solutions are helping service providers build secure, intelligent platforms for digital business, and continue to deliver unprecedented outcomes that drive growth. Sumeet Arora, Cisco SVP and GM, Service Provider Network Systems (Routing), will share how Cisco solutions are helping service providers build secure, intelligent platforms for digital business, and continue to deliver unprecedented outcomes that drive growth. Click here to attend.

On your must-visit list is our Service Provider Hub at the Platform for Digital Business area, located in Cisco Live’s World of Solutions. This provides you with a one-stop shop to explore multiple demos around 5G, network slicing, automation, security, NFVI, cloud initiatives, and managed services.

In order to ensure your experience is as useful and rewarding as possible, we’ve also created online scheduling tool for Guided Demos and an On-the-spot Assessment of your organizational digital transformation readiness.

As you can see, there’s plenty to inspire you at Cisco Live. See you very soon in Barcelona!

Note: Links are only accessible to registrants for Cisco Live 2019.