Partner Summit Happy Hour · AWS Summit NYC

Drinks.
Views.
Partnerships.

Partner leaders meet above the Manhattan skyline — to compare notes on what's actually driving cloud co-sell, hyperscaler co-motion, and AI-era ecosystems.

Come-and-go cocktail hour. Bring your team or come solo.
Date
Tuesday, June 16
Time
3:30–6:00 PM ET
Venue
Vue 180 Rooftop · New York
Reserve a spot

Tell us you're coming.

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What we'll get into

Three conversations partner leaders are walking into this quarter.

Not a panel. Not a pitch deck. Just the questions worth comparing notes on, with the people running the same playbooks you are.

AI Native Partnerships

Why ChatGPT and Claude workflows hit a ceiling for partner teams — and the three things (live partner context, AI that executes, a trusted partner boundary) that turn AI from a productivity hack into a partnership operating system.

From WorkSpan's published thesis · 20 min briefing

Seller Activation, with Receipts

A first look at what we're seeing in seller-activation data across every major cloud partnership — research underway with the AWS Marketplace Center of Excellence. Why 90% of partner sellers stay dormant, and what the best operators do differently.

Preview of customer data study · 20 min briefing

Live Partner Conversations

Open floor for senior partner leaders to compare notes on co-sell motion, ISV and GSI strategy, and what's actually moving the needle in 2026. Joins and leaves as you do — no agenda you have to keep up with.

Runs throughout the afternoon
Featured guests

AWS leaders who'll be in the room.

We've confirmed AWS leaders joining us for the afternoon — a rare chance to connect with the people running Marketplace, co-sell, and partner scale programs at AWS.

Reagan Koryozo
Reagan Koryozo
WW Scale Adoption Specialist, AWS Marketplace
Anurag Nigam
Anurag Nigam
GSI/SI Portfolio Leader at AWS
90%
of partner sellers remain dormant — not pulling the right partners into deals, even when the partnership is already in place.
~40%
of enterprise revenue at leading companies comes from partnerships. Sellers who can't activate it leave a lot on the table.
The data behind the conversation

The gap partner leaders must close.

Across six years of data, 92 partner programs, and nearly 6,000 individual contributors, the pattern is consistent: most sellers never activate the partnerships their partner teams work to build.

The good news — the teams that get it right show exactly what "getting it right" looks like. That's what we'll walk through together, with real customer data from AWS cloud partnerships.

This is the research we're previewing in New York. Come with your own data points.

Research conducted in collaboration with the AWS Marketplace Center of Excellence. Analysis based on WorkSpan customer data, 2019–2025.
Where to find us

Vue 180 Rooftop, above Times Square South.

A rooftop bar with panoramic views of midtown Manhattan — about 18 minutes from the Javits Center, where AWS Summit NYC is running that week.

Address 525 8th Ave, 18th Floor
New York, NY 10018
DoubleTree by Hilton Times Square South
To Javits Center ~18-minute walk west to the Javits Center.
Format Come-and-go cocktail hour, 3:30–6:00 PM ET. Stay for one drink or the whole thing.
AWS Summit NYC programming shown for orientation only. The Partner Summit Happy Hour is hosted independently by WorkSpan and is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Amazon Web Services.
Hosted for our community

WorkSpan customers and partners across the cloud ecosystem.

The Happy Hour is open to senior partner leaders from across our customer and partner network — cloud, GSI, and ISV companies running the partnerships that drive ecosystem revenue.

The venue

Vue 180 Rooftop, above Times Square South.

A rooftop bar eighteen floors above Midtown Manhattan — panoramic views of the Empire State Building, Hell's Kitchen, and the Hudson. Climate-controlled indoor lounge opens onto an outdoor terrace so you can take in the skyline while you talk shop.

We've got the space from 3:30 to 6. Drinks, light bites, and plenty of room for the conversations that actually matter.

Address 525 8th Ave, 18th Floor · New York, NY 10018
DoubleTree by Hilton Times Square South
Format Come-and-go cocktail hour, 3:30–6:00 PM ET.
Reserve a spot

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  • Tuesday, June 16 · 3:30–6:00 PM ET
  • Vue 180 Rooftop Bar & Lounge · 525 8th Ave, New York
  • AWS leaders and WorkSpan partners in the room
  • Hosted by WorkSpan — independent of AWS Summit NYC
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