Tech & comms sector leaders to meet in London as M&A continues to boom

LONDON - Feb. 22, 2019 - PRLog -- Europe's biggest tech and communications focused merger and acquisition events return to London on May 21 to 22 with M&A activity in the technology and telecom sectors – particularly involving digital infrastructure and enterprise software - continuing to grow in 2019, says news and events business TMT Finance.

TMT M&A Forum Europe 2019 and Tech M&A Forum 2019 will gather key industry, finance and advisory leaders for the sixth year, to assess how transactions will drive change in the industry and where the opportunities for the next investments and partnerships are.

"Telecom operators, infrastructure investors, and owners of companies which provide cutting edge new technologies are all at critical stages in their life cycles, with the TMT sector at large seeing huge deal flow resulting from changes in strategy, disruption and macro-economic shifts on the horizon. Key decision makers and thought leaders will come together for the two conferences, to discuss how companies are achieving growth in this rapidly changing environment," said Ben Nice, Managing Editor, TMT Finance.

Taking place on May 21, TMT M&A Forum Europe 2019 features speakers from: EY, American Tower, Linklaters, Keppel, CenturyLink, Orange, Sky Media, Ofcom, Cellnex, Eurofiber, Zayo, Data4, Proximus, GTT, CityFibre, Arcus, Barclays, Credit Suisse and many more. Key session themes include: The TMT Leadership Panel – Building a new generation of communications companies; The Digital Infrastructure Panel – Investment in bandwidth; TMT M&A Panel – How will deals change the market in 2019 and beyond?; The Enterprise Cloud Panel – How are the markets for datacentres, hosting and managed cloud services developing?; Next Generation Broadcast – new business models in a hyperconnected world; and The 5G Panel – Can Telcos overcome investor worries?.

Taking place on May 22, Tech M&A Forum 2019 features speakers from: Atos, PwC, Software AG, Advent International, Apax Partners, Gemalto, Linklaters, Cognizant, BMW Group, Goldman Sachs, Logicalis, SETL, Qardio, Babylon Health, Societe Generale, ING and many more. Key session themes include: The Tech Everywhere Leadership Panel – Taking advantage of the tech sector's expanding horizons; The SaaS Panel – How M&A strategy can help software firms respond and adapt to the new normal; Tech M&A Panel - How will technology M&A change the market?; Value Creation in M&A – Working to maximise value; IT Services and Software Infrastructure Panel – Who is leading investment?; and The Future of Finance Panel – How will FinTech and incumbents work together?.

Over 150 speakers and 350 delegates are expected at the event which is senior executive only and Chatham House Rules. The event features over 60 interactive sessions including plenary leadership panels, breakout deep dives, hosted round tables; strategy workshops, keynote presentations and networking events.

TMT Finance is the leading global news and events provide for telecom, media and tech executives active in mergers and acquisitions, financing strategy and investment.

For more information on the TMT M&A Forum Europe 2019 go to http://tmtfinance.com/merger

For more information on the Tech M&A Forum 2019 go to http://tmtfinance.com/merger/tech

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