Looking Back: innovaphone CONNECT 2024 Receives Overwhelming Feedback

written by Wendy Züffle | July 1^st, 2024

This year marked the second edition of the innovaphone CONNECT fair in the Motorworld Böblingen, in close proximity to the innovaphone AG headquarters. Together with almost 50 technology partners and app partners, we exhibited the latest developments of the rapidly growing myApps ecosystem – the innovaphone platform for digital enterprise communication and collaboration.

The event turned out to be a great success, just like the 1^st innovaphone CONNECT edition back in 2022. This year’s fair also saw a significant increase in the number of participants and visitors. We welcomed approximately 800 participants from around the globe. After thorough preparation and planning, the doors of the long-awaited innovaphone CONNECT finally opened on June 13^th, 2024. Prior to the fair, visitors were encouraged to register for the innovaphone Community, our digital event platform. Each user could create their own individual schedule and set reminders in form of push notifications or reminder calls for the upcoming presentations. The Community further provided a great opportunity to digitally get in touch with other users.

This year’s innovaphone Fair Featured Following Motto:

CONNECT³ - Explore the Productive Way of Working

Connect - the name of our innovaphone fair

Connect – our recently launched social platform for interactive collaboration across departments and the company

Connect – our paramount objective: To establish new connections between customers, app partners and technology partners to create synergies

 
What could the Visitors Expect?

Once the doors of the fair opened at 9 am, a jam-packed program awaited the visitors:

• Exhibitor stands of our technology partners & app partners
• Specialized apps for call centers, switchboards, routing & analysis, Microsoft Teams integration & more
• A spacious innovaphone exhibition area displaying the latest features & additions to myApps
  
• interesting keynotes & presentations on trending topics such as AI, emergency communications kits, the open source platform Kubernetes and more
• A get-together in the evening with plenty of time to network and to celebrate the successful day

Impressions of the CONNECT 2024

"The response of the visitors and exhibitors at the CONNECT 2024 was overwhelming. Latest features and additions to the myApps ecosystem – including newcomers such as the Connect App and the Projects App – were received with great interest. The turnout at the numerous presentations and workshops on topics such as AI or emergency communications kit was enormous."
Gerd Hornig, Executive Board Member & Head of Sales - innovaphone AG
 

"Networking with international partners and end customers in many different languages worked out well,"
adds Konstantin Kruse, Director International Sales - innovaphone AG

Voices of our International CONNECT Visitors

"The fair exceeded my expectations: A multi-faceted event in terms of exhibitor stands, presentations and gastronomy. The event lacked nothing, and you could tell that a lot had been invested.
It is always a great pleasure to visit Germany, and the fair itself would have been worth the journey."
João Luiz - Wecom Brazil
 

"I would like to thank you for the big welcome and for the organization you provided to the partners (innovaphone family) again this year. For me personally, it was a great opportunity to get in touch with other partners, and to share our experiences. The fair provided a chance to plan joint projects, to gather news on innovaphone products, and to peek into the future."
Smail Dilmi - innovatel Algeria
 

"For us, it was not only a returning home after long absence, it was also a reunion with friends and companions.
We have been travelling this path together for more than 20 years. This participation has given us the opportunity to see and learn more about different topics thanks to the direct contact with the people who design and develop this perfect ecosystem for Unified Communications. It also further strengthens our appreciation and cooperation to face the new challenges that the future and the market will bring. Thank you once again.“ 
Nicola Burchi & Lorenzo Burchi – Omniconnect s.r.l. Italy
 

Splendid Setting For a Festive Evening

After the opening hours of the fair, the exhibition hall was then redecorated for the get-together in the evening. This little break provided an ideal time slot for our partners and customers to attend a guided tour through our innovaphone headquarters, located just down the road from the venue. It was a great opportunity to catch a glimpse behind the scenes, and to capture the positive mindset surrounding the entire company.

The eventful day saw many other highlights such as great catering throughout the event, as well as live music and a DJ in the evening.

More Visitor Comments - CONNECT 2024

“We thoroughly enjoyed the CONNECT 2024. Thanks to the hospitality of the innovaphone team, the event provided great input and valuable contacts. The smooth organization, fabulous location and excellent catering services made this event a true success.”
Terry Verhoef & Aaltjan Evink, WH2A Netherlands

“The BEST fair we have been to. The quality of visitors was on the highest level. We are still busy at the office, sending out information and quotes. Many thanks to the innovaphone team for this opportunity.“
Anton Hellbling, Esenta Germany

“It was my pleasure to visit the CONNECT 2024 as my first CONNECT fair, and I have to say that I was very impressed. Well-organized presentations and workshops gave me the opportunity to get accustomed to new features and apps of the myApps platform – with this year’s focus on productivity. The numerous exhibitor stands of innovaphone technology partners provided plenty of information on new solutions and promising business relationships. he get-together in the evening with music strengthened the business contacts and was a pleasant ending to the innovaphone fair.“
Monika Jezierska, Kontel Poland

innovaphone CONNECT 2024 - in a Nutshell

It was a successful event with many interesting business talks, delighted visitors and dedicated exhibitors. A big thank you to all participants and to everybody who contributed to making the CONNECT 2024 a memorable event. We are in awe with the overwhelming and unanimously positive feedback & look forward to the next innovaphone CONNECT.