A couple of years ago we praised Gartner for their innovation in introducing a competent series under the innovative leadership of Michael Melonovsky and Jim Sinur. The conference circuit needed to up its game and make sure our experience as delegates and participants produced content with freshness. Well the bar has been lifted again and there’s a new name in town that you will would do well to experience and track. Gartners ground breaking has reverted to the old techno-babble following this summer’s departure of Melenovsky and Sinur and the ‘usual suspects’ for conferences have only improved slightly. Enter stage right GDS International (http://www.gdsinternational.com) - not necessarily a name we are all familiar with. Our first experience with them was in Frankfurt, Germany last year at the C-Level conference and since then they have developed a conference series of the very best pedigree. In Evian, France the FST European Event brought together the leaders of European Financial Services companies around an agenda of business transformation.

Simply put this was the best conference I have presented and attended - and boy do I see a lot of conferences on every continent!If you want a good conference recommendation track these guys as they lift the bar and manage our expectations to a new high.

See the Events page for our immediate recommendations for your consideration.