maybe we should start a second post here on Epiusers called “Prior Insights Speakers & Entertainers” so that people can list the ones they remember…
Entertainment:
Jay Leno
Jim Gaffigan
Flo Rida
Sheryl Crow
Frank Caliendo
Montgomery Gentry
Dana Carvey
Grand Ole Opry Concert (2013)
Train (2016)
Kelly Clarkson (2017)
One Republic (2022)
Jerry Seinfeld (2023)
Old Dominion (2024)
Speakers:
Lou Holtz
Jim Abbott - MLB Pitcher
Jack Welch CEO
Alan Greenspan
Howard Schultz
George Bush (jr)
Joe Montana (2013)
Condoleezza Rice (2016)
General (retired) David H. Petraeus (2017)
Giward Schultz (2019)
Marcus Lemonis (2021)
Mike Rowe (2022)
Billy Beane (2023)
Bear Grylls (2024)
FYI, I did create a comprehensive list of all the past Insights/Perspectives back through 1999 (My first Epicor Event way back when I attended as a customer) that includes the name of the entertainment, keynote speaker, location, and even the theme (if available).
You can find it here: Epicor Insights (USA) list of Speakers & Entertainment
Before it was called Perspectives, the user group meeting was held in Las Vegas, and was called DUAL for Dataworks User ALiance. The last dual meeting was in 2001 in Orlando just after 9/11, so I didn’t go. I went to DUAL in Vegas as a customer and everyone got a “free” DUAL polo shirt.
Tim
Yea, we had DUALing events after the merge of DataWorks and Platinum software (like the play on words?)…
Dataworks had the “DUAL” event (Dataworks User ALiance) and Platinum had “Perspectives”, and they seemed to always hold their event in Hawaii. DUAL had its last separate conference in Oct 2001, but it was officially named Perspectives (I have the powerpoint slides to prove it:
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… enough said!