NAV Directions 2016: Organizers Expect Forward-Looking Dialog with Microsoft, Not Just Speeches

This autumn's Microsoft Dynamics conference calendar will not be dull - they can't be, between the pace of development, questions still hanging about Dynamics 365, and the increasing pressure to partner up in the channel. Directions North America 2016, happening September 25 to 28 in Chandler, Arizona,promises to help Dynamics NAV partners and ISVs start filling in their understanding of the changing Dynamics SMB ERP landscape .

"I'm really excited about what we've put together," says Katherine Turner-Lawrence, vice president of sales and marketing at Western Computer and president of the NAV Directions Organizing Board. She says of attendance and sponsorship, "There are a lot of moving parts, but in the end the content's really got to support [the event] that we organize."

To learn more about Directions 2016 we spoke with Turner-Lawrence, as well as Brent Fisher, Dynamics NAV practice director at Tribridge and a member of the NAV Directions Content Committee, and Diane Saegar, CEO of Saeger Marketing, also chair of the NAV Directions Marketing Committee

As the three describe it, Directions North America is all new - every year - based on attendee feedback

Planned fresh yearly, by partners (and committee)

Directions North America 2016 is managed by a volunteer board made up of VARs, ISVs and independent consultants. The only absolute criteria for appointment (or even admittance) is partnership with Microsoft. Western Computer, Tribridge and Saeger Marketing ...