Wednesday, 17th June, 2026 | 8am - 6pm

DEMOFEST East Coast

The first ever buyer enablement conference is heading to a city near you. Bringing you the same top thought leadership, practical training, and fresh research but this time - in person! Join us and your local presales community in New York City.

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What to Expect

 

3 Reasons to Attend DEMOFEST

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    Unlock GTM Alignment Secrets

    Learn how top companies break down silos and turn presales into a strategic force that drives every department—marketing, sales, and customer success—toward the same goal: more wins, faster.

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    Hands-On, Actionable Insights

    Get ready for more than just big ideas—DEMOFESTx delivers practical frameworks and tools that you can start using right away to shorten sales cycles and boost revenue.

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    Meet Your Next Big Opportunity

    This isn’t your average networking event. Join an exclusive community of presales pros, GTM leaders, and decision-makers ready to connect, collaborate, and spark new opportunities in your local market.

Hear From Last Year's Attendees

“These events are so incredible impressive. Action packed with good content, and good presenters, nicely set up for networking, and overall super valuable.”

“Great mix of content, good locations, good speakers, and an excellent chance to exchange ideas with peers.”

“Amazing, amazing conference. It was the most engaging, informative, and applicable conference I have ever attended!”

Sessions

DEMOFEST East Coast 2026

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Headshots, Check In & Breakfast in the Partner Marketplace

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9:00 AM - 9:45 AM

The Buyer Now Runs the Sale: How GTM Teams Take Back Control in a Buyer-Led World

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    Doug Johnson

    CEO | Consensus

9:45 AM - 10:30 AM

Panel | The Future of Agentic Work

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  • Keynote
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    Rex Galbraith - Moderator

    CRO | Consensus

  • Becky Payne
    Becky Payne

    VP GTM Effectiveness | Sage

  • Zach Tullis
    Zach Tullis

    VP of Presales | Oracle Netsuite

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    Scott Ernenwein

    Director - Global Strategy | Visa

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    Eugenio Bayo

    Head of Customer Engineering - GWS NA | Google

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    Lindsay Browning

    Regional VP, Enterprise Sales | Monday.com

10:45 AM - 11:30 AM

Win the Room and The Demo With Storytelling

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Sales teams LOVE talking about their product, which is why they sound like every other competitor. In this session, Rew Dickinson will give you a 3-step Alpha Storytelling Formula to help you use storytelling to shift your focus from your product to your prospect so win the room and the deal.

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    Rew Dickinson

    Founder & CEO | Alpha GTM

10:45 AM - 11:30 AM

The First 90 Days of Demo Automation: Where Teams Stall and How to Win Anyway

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In this session, you will get a practical look at how Cyncly rolled out Consensus to support a high-volume, always-on sales motion. You'll learn how they built scalable, on-demand demo experiences, how they aligned sales and presales around a faster buying journey, and what it takes to reduce friction across the funnel.

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    Michael Gile

    Principal Solutions Engineer | Cyncly

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    Rahul Karadi

    VP of Strategic Solutions | Cyncly

11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

The New PreSales Scorecard: How AI Fluency Is Changing Hiring, Performance, and Promotion

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AI fluency is quickly becoming a new scorecard across PreSales hiring loops, interview rubrics, and performance reviews.But most teams haven’t defined what that actually means or how to scale it. In this session, we’ll break down what we’re seeing across hundreds of PreSales interview cycles, hiring conversations, and team environments.

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    Mattie Stremic

    Co-Founder | Better Career

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    Sidney Gomez

    Director, Solutions Consulting | Rippling

11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

Sold on Proof: Why Enterprise Deals are Won On the Live Demo

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Enterprise software used to sell on promise. Now it sells on proof. AI-armed buyers see through every canned demo and refuse to take a deal on faith. This session explores how enterprise buying has been rewired, why the live demo is still the moment that decides the deal, and how to deliver the proof buyers want.

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    Justin McDonald

    CEO & Cofounder | Saleo

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Lunch & Dedicated Partner Marketplace Hour

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12:40 PM - 1:25 PM

Lunch & Learn: We AI-Pilled Our Team and You Can Too

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In this hands-on session, CEO Ben Hills and Head of Community Chris Mabry break down how they actually operationalize AI across a real business—shipping product every morning, and running Rev Ops, Marketing, and even board meetings differently because of it. You’ll leave with specific workflows you can hand your team the same week. Bring a laptop. This is the practice, not the theory—and no judgment on where you’re starting from.

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    Ben Hills

    CEO | Iris

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    Chris Mabry

    Head of Community | Iris

1:30 PM - 2:15 PM

Trust, AI, and the Sales Engineer

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This workshop explores how Sales Engineers can build and maintain trust while leveraging AI to augment discovery, demos, and solution design. It examines where AI adds real value versus where human judgment must remain in control, and offers practical guardrails for transparency, accuracy, and ethics when using AI with customers.

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    John Care

    Managing Director | Mastering Technical Sales

1:30 PM - 2:15 PM

Demos as a Demand Gen Engine: How Marketing & Solutions Consultants Built a Consensus-Sourced MQL Machine

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Content is king — but only if it’s working for your pipeline. Prospects want instant access to your product demos. In this session, Follett Software’s Director of Growth Marketing, and Demo Champion/Solutions Consultant take you through their full playbook: detailing how they partnered to eliminate buyer friction and turned on-demand Consensus demos into a repeatable, data-driven MQL engine.

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    Alyssa Laessig

    Marketing Operations | Follet

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    Katie Rush

    Solutions Consultant | Follet

2:25 PM - 3:10 PM

When SEs and AEs Don’t Sync: The Silent Deal Killer (and Burnout Machine) You Can’t Ignore

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In this session, Art Fromm, best-selling author and 25+ year sales enablement professional, explores ways presales and sales can work together to quickly fix broken SE-AM collaboration, which quietly erodes presales morale and brand, turning SEs into reactive order takers instead of strategic partners.

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    Art Fromm

    Author, Speaker, Podcaster & Facilitator | Team Sales Development

2:25 PM - 3:10 PM

Why Presales Matters in the age of AI

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Discuss the critical evolution of technical sales roles as artificial intelligence becomes prevalent in all facets of presales. While automation handles an increasing share of routine tasks, the specialized human expertise of presales professionals is more vital than ever for navigating complex, high stakes enterprise deals.

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    Steve Davis

    CEO | Provarity

3:20 PM - 4:05 PM

The Repeatable Deal Engine: Stop Getting Outplayed & Losing Deals

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Ever lose a deal and feel like something happened behind the scenes you never saw? You’re probably right, and you were likely outplayed. In this session, we’ll go behind the curtain on how top presales teams actually win: how they create urgency, shape the decision, and control momentum during the evaluation. You’ll learn how to build your own Repeatable Deal Engine so your SE/SC/SAs are not reacting to deals, they’re driving them.

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    Brian Lewis

    Co-Founder & CRO | Homerun Presales

3:20 PM - 4:05 PM

What Buyers Do When No One Is in the Room (& How to Capitalize on It)

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Most GTM teams are still optimized around guided interactions...demos, calls, and scheduled touchpoints. But the most revealing part of the buying journey happens when none of that is happening. Buyers are inside your product, clicking, skipping, revisiting, and self-navigating their way to a decision long before they ever raise a hand. Those behaviors aren’t noise, they’re intent signals. This session unpacks how to interpret that unsupervised activity and turn it into something actionable: clearer prioritization, sharper follow-ups, and faster deal progression.

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    Ben Henson

    Co-Founder & CRO | Peel, a Consensus Company

4:15 PM - 5:00 PM

The New Rules of Revenue: How Consensus is Revolutionizing the GTM Playbook

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  • Keynote
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    Anand Subbiah

    SVP, Product | Consensus

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    Todd Janzen

    SVP, Buyer Enablement & Customer Success | Consensus

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    Ben Henson

    Co-Founder & CRO | Peel, a Consensus Company

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    Justin McDonald

    CEO & Co-Founder | Saleo

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Networking Happy Hour in the Partner Marketplace

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6:30 PM - 11:00 PM

DEMOFEST After Party

Hosted by Iris and SENY. RSVP here: https://luma.com/i5399rgo

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Venue

Convene

Convene 117 West 46th Street

117 W 46th St

New York, New York 10036

 

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    Presales Platform

    An intuitive presales platform built on AI native architecture, revolutionizing how technical evaluations are analyzed and automated.
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    Sales Automation

    Presales and Post-Sales automation platform guided by AI. Execute sales and presales best practices at scale and develop true sales intelligence. 
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    Sales and Presales Training

    Soft skills training and detailed sales methodologies that help teams scale and improve.





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    Presales Workspace

    AI-enabled presales platform built to supercharge productivity, drive revenue, and boost visibility.


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    AI RFP Software

    The first deal desk that automatically drafts high quality content for RFPs, security questionnaires, and more with AI.




REGISTER HERE

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LOCATION


Convene

Convene 117 West 46th Street

117 W 46th St, New York, NY 10036

 

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FAQs

Is there a coat check or a place to store luggage?

Yes, coat check is available in the venue

What is the dress code?

Business casual.

Are meals provided, or just light refreshments?

Breakfast, lunch, snacks & coffee will be provided throughout the day.

Will the sessions be recorded or available on-demand later?

No, sessions are only available in person

Where can I download the speaker presentations/slides?

We will send you an email after the event with all presentations that have been approved to share by the speakers. If you don’t see a presentation available, we recommend reaching out to the speaker directly on LinkedIn

Is there WiFi available? If so, is there a password to use it?

  • Yes, there is WiFi available.
  • Network Name: Convene Guest
  • Password: No Password (Guests will enter their name and email to gain access)

What do I do if I can no longer attend?

Please send an email to events@goconsensus.com letting us know you can no longer attend 

Do I need anything to get into the venue?

Yes, you will need a valid ID matching the name on your registration to get access to the venue