Having attended quite a few conferences, I know how frustrating it can be when you attend a session with high hopes, only to find out that the content was not what you expected. With this in mind, I spent some time this year going through the Citrix Synergy session catalog and picking the ones that I feel are most relevant to attendees and then separating them into three tracks:
- Management/Leadership
- Virtualization
- Mobility/Networking/Cloud
My hope is that this helps attendees make better decisions as they build their Synergy schedules. I will try and update this if more sessions are added to the catalog. For now, here are my picks arranged by day. All the sessions are hyperlinked for further info.
May 12th Management/Leadership
SYN105: Leverage Citrix Workspace Cloud for your enterprise IT needs
May 12th, 2:00-2:45pm
Joe Vaccaro
May 12th, 2:00-2:45pm
Josiah Foster
SYN311: Citrix on Citrix: the internal Smart Workplace
May 12th, 2:00-2:45pm
Paul Martine
SYN102: Best practices for a successful BYOD, CYOD, or COPE program
May 12th, 3:00-3:45pm
Matt Brooks
SYN103: Using mobile workspaces to deliver business mobility
May 12th, 3:00-3:45pm
Natalie Lambert
SYN106: 2020 technology landscape from the CTO Council
May 12th, 3:00-3:45pm
Martin Duursma
SYN117: The state of Citrix-based DaaS – going hosted or hybrid? You get to choose
May 12th, 3:00-3:45pm
Ken Oestreich, Penny Gralewski
SYN231: Cost and complexity: myth or fact?
May 12th, 4:00-4:45pm
Stuart Moore
SYN201: Data loss prevention and enterprise file sync and sharing: is your data safe?
May 12th, 5:00-5:45pm
Jay Tomlin
May 12th Technical (Virtualization)
SYN105: Leverage Citrix Workspace Cloud for your enterprise IT needs
May 12th, 2:00-2:45pm
Joe Vaccaro
SYN502: I’ve got 99 problems, and folder redirection is every one of them
May 12th, 2:00-2:45pm
Shawn Bass, Aaron Parker, Helge Klein
SYN503: Getting the most out of NetScaler Gateway
May 12th, 3:00-3:45pm
Anton Van Pelt, Thorsten Rood
May 12th, 4:00-4:45pm
Jie Feng, Kalias Jawadekar
SYN417: StoreFront PowerShell documentation deep dive
May 12th, 4:00-4:45pm
Sam Jacobs
SYN230: HDX update: what’s new
May 12th, 5:00-5:45pm
Derek Thorslund
SYN319: Tech update for XenApp and XenDesktop—May 2015 edition
May 12th, 5:00-5:45pm
Dan Feller
SYN505: The anatomy of a high-performance, GPU-enabled virtual desktop
May 12th, 5:00-5:45pm
Dane Young, Thomas Poppelgaard
May 12th Technical (Networking/Mobility/Cloud)
SYN105: Leverage Citrix Workspace Cloud for your enterprise IT needs
May 12th, 2:00-2:45pm
Joe Vaccaro
SYN117: The state of Citrix-based DaaS – going hosted or hybrid? You get to choose
May 12th, 3:00-3:45pm
Ken Oestreich, Penny Gralewski
SYN214: What’s new with NetScaler
May 12th, 3:00-3:45pm
Graham Melville
SYN208: CloudBridge: what’s new and what’s hot
May 12th, 4:00-4:45pm
Gopinaith Durairaj
May 12th, 4:00-4:45pm
Jie Feng, Kalias Jawadekar
SYN201: Data loss prevention and enterprise file sync and sharing: is your data safe?
May 12th, 5:00-5:45pm
Jay Tomlin
May 13th Management/Leadership
SYN244: The a-ha! moment: what to do when your business finally “gets it”
May 13th 1:30-2:15 pm
Jeff Lung (American Family Insurance)
SYN310: Choose the right cloud model and accelerate time-to-value with Workspace Cloud
May 13, 1:30-2:15pm
Alex Balcanquall
SYN201: Data loss prevention and enterprise file sync and sharing: is your data safe?
May 13th 2:30-3:15pm
Jay Tomlin
SYN241: Enabling apps, desktops and data as a service with Workspace Cloud
May 13th 2:30pm-3:15pm
Harsh Gupta
SYN238: Next-generation security: the inside story
May 13th 3:30-4:15pm
Joe Nord
SYN222: Meet Octoblu – A new IoT platform from Citrix
May 13th, 4:30-5:15pm
Chris Matthieu
SYN304: Managing employee and corporate devices
May 13th 4:30pm – 5:15pm
Nick Nintalan
SYN325: Introduction to Citrix Melio (formerly Sanbolic)
May 13th, 4:30-5:15pm (W314B)
Andy Melmed
May 13th Technical (Virtualization)
SYN239: Professional graphics delivery with HDX 3D Pro—performance and best practices
11:00-11:45am – May 13th
Rachel Berry
SYN318: Terminal Server versus VDI: 2015 edition
11:00-11:45am – May 13th
Brian Madden
SYN234: Delivering Lync and other audio-video applications
1:30-2:15pm – May 13th
Derek Thorslund
SYN319: Tech update for XenApp and XenDesktop—May 2015 edition
May 13, 1:30-2:15pm
Dan Feller
SYN410: Maximizing XenDesktop high availability with a pod architecture
May 13, 1:30pm – 2:15pm
Dan Allen
SYN507: The Citrix 7X experience
May 13, 1:30-2:15pm
Thomas Koetzig
SYN241: Enabling apps, desktops and data as a service with Workspace Cloud
May 13th 2:30pm-3:15pm
Harsh Gupta
SYN324: HDX: refresh your basic and advanced knowledge
May 13, 2:30-3:15pm
Marcel Calef
SYN238: Next-generation security: the inside story
May 13th 3:30-4:15pm
Joe Nord
SYN509: How Group Policy impacts logon performance
May 13th 3:30 – 4:15pm
Helge Klein
SYN217: Workspace Cloud for enterprises: a technical overview
May 13th 4:30-5:15pm
Alex Balcanquall, John Cattaneo
SYN325: Introduction to Citrix Melio (formerly Sanbolic)
May 13th, 4:30-5:15pm
Andy Melmed
May 13th, 5:30-7:30pm
Steve Greenberg, Joe Shonk
May 13th Technical (Networking/Mobility/Cloud)
11:00-11:45 – May 13th
Bill Carovano
SYN310: Choose the right cloud model and accelerate time-to-value with Workspace Cloud
May 13, 1:30-2:15pm (
Alex Balcanquall
SYN201: Data loss prevention and enterprise file sync and sharing: is your data safe?
May 13th 2:30-3:15pm
Jay Tomlin
SYN403: Troubleshooting common issues with XenMobile WorxMail
May 13th, 2:30-3:15pm
Juan Zevallos
SYN210: Scale WAN bandwidth while increasing reliability with CloudBridge virtual WAN solution
May 13th 3:30-4:15pm
Karl Brown
SYN238: Next-generation security: the inside story
May 13th 3:30-4:15pm
Joe Nord
SYN222: Meet Octoblu – A new IoT platform from Citrix
May 13th, 4:30-5:15pm
Chris Matthieu
SYN304: Managing employee and corporate devices
May 13th 4:30pm – 5:15pm
Nick Nintalan
May 13th, 5:30-7:30pm
Steve Greenberg, Joe Shonk
May 14th Management/Leadership
SYN110: How well do you know your end users?
May 14th, 8:30-10:15, 10:30-12:15pm
Renee Flores, Adam Miller
SYN225: Best practices for configuring Citrix products to meet security objectives
May 14th, 10:30-11:15am
Jon Spallone
SYN236: Revolutionize remote access to existing physical desktops using XenDesktop
May 14th, 10:30 – 11:15am
SYN401: Top ten ShareFile enterprise features IT teams can’t live without
May 14th, 10:30-11:15am
Peter Schultz
SYN219: What’s new in XenServer 6.5: performance, scalability and TCO reduction
May 14th, 11:30am – 12:15am
Marc Trouard-Riolle
SYN240: Centrally manage and secure local virtual desktops on Macs and PCs with DesktopPlayer
May 14th, 11:30am – 12:15am
SYN102: Best practices for a successful BYOD, CYOD, or COPE program
May 14th, 2:30pm – 3:15am/May 12th, 3:00-3:45pm
Matt Brooks
SYN108: Your desktop in their cloud—choosing a DaaS partner
May 14th, 2:30pm – 3:15am
Simon Bramfitt
SYN220: Exploring GPU virtualization technologies and where to use them
May 14th, 3:30-4:15pm
David Cottingham
SYN105: Leverage Citrix Workspace Cloud for your enterprise IT needs
May 14th, 4:30-5:15pm
Joe Vaccaro
May 14th Technical (Virtualization)
SYN232: Get the most out of AppDNA for app migrations and updates
May 14th, 8:30-9:15am
Sheldon Lachambre
SYN409: Dissecting the XenApp/XenDesktop logon process
May 14th, 8:30-9:15am
Helge Klein
SYN320: Never let me down again: the future of XenApp and XenDesktop upgrades
May 14th, 9:30am – 10:15am
Dan Feller
SYN406: Architecting Citrix for Google Compute Cloud
May 14th, 9:30-10:15am
SYN225: Best practices for configuring Citrix products to meet security objectives
May 14th, 10:30-11:15am
Jon Spallone
SYN236: Revolutionize remote access to existing physical desktops using XenDesktop
May 14th, 10:30 – 11:15am
Gabe Carrejo
SYN405: Architecting innovation with Cisco and Citrix (best practices)
May 14th, 10:30am – 11:15am
Robert Briggs
SYN513: Working with XenDesktop and HP Moonshot: field experience
May 14th, 10:30am – 11:15am
Carl Webster
SYN240: Centrally manage and secure local virtual desktops on Macs and PCs with DesktopPlayer
May 14th, 11:30am – 12:15am
SYN323: The golden image: provisioning and image management update
May 14th, 11:30am – 12:15am
Stuart Moore
SYN228: Getting more out of XenApp and XenDesktop monitoring services
May 14th, 2:30-3:15pm
Jarian Gibson
SYN220: Exploring GPU virtualization technologies and where to use them
May 14th, 3:30-4:15pm
David Cottingham
SYN314: Lessons learned on the way to 50,000 users
May 14th, 3:30-4:15pm
Paul Stansel
SYN315: Application layering for XenApp single Image management
May 14th, 3:30-4:15pm
Douglas Brown
SYN321: Technical deep dive on Receiver
May 14th, 3:30-4:15pm
Manu Chauhan
May 14th, 3:30-4:15pm
Lucas Araujo
SYN412: Faster deployments: XenDesktop Setup Wizard (XDSW) and the Streamed VM Setup Wizard
May 14th, 4:30-5:15pm
Rahul Davila
SYN414: Architecting Citrix on Microsoft Azure
May 14th, 4:30-5:15pm
Loay Schlbat
SYN514: Turn XenApp and XenDesktop into capacity on demand with Provisioning Services automation
May 14th, 11:30am – 12:15am
Paul Stansel
May 14th Technical (Networking/Mobility/Cloud)
SYN307: Performance of a NetScaler in a combined XenDesktop and XenMobile environment
May 14th, 8:30-9:15am
Kirk Manzer, James Richards
SYN511: Notes from the field: XenMobile deep dive and demo
May 14th, 8:30 – 9:15am
Thorsten Rood
SYN209: Optimize XenDesktop and enterprise apps across a virtualized WAN with CloudBridge
May 14th, 9:30-10:15am
Steve Schall
SYN303: Best practices for deploying end-to-end management with XenMobile
May 14th, 9:30-10:15am
Raghu Govindaswamy
SYN406: Architecting Citrix for Google Compute Cloud
May 14th, 9:30-10:15am
SYN512: How to implement XenMobile 10: tips from the field
May 14th, 9:30-10:15am
Anton Van Pelt
SYN305: Reference architecture for Workspace Suite
May 14th, 10:30-11:15am
Kirk Manzer
SYN402: Choosing the right email client and understanding mail flow
May 14th, 11:30am – 12:15am
Roberto Moreno
SYN108: Your desktop in their cloud—choosing a DaaS partner
May 14th, 2:30pm – 3:15am
Simon Bramfitt
SYN105: Leverage Citrix Workspace Cloud for your enterprise IT needs
May 12th, 2:00-2:45pm/May 14th, 4:30-5:15pm
Joe Vaccaro
May 14th, 4:30-5:15pm
Jie Feng, Kalias Jawadekar