Meet Magento is the biggest Magento event around the globe and one of the most flamboyant eCommerce events in the market. It is aimed at bringing Magento developers, merchants and enthusiasts on the same page to innovate and create newer solutions and technologies and talk about the future of eCommerce. Though the pandemic has struck us hard, Meet Magento has not lost its spirit and, in light of this, organized the first-ever virtual Meet Magento India 2021. This is the 4th time that the annual Meet Magento conference has been organized in India and was scheduled for the 4th of February 2021.
Meet Magento India 2021 was marked as one of the most successful virtual events with high notes of enthusiasm, participation and learning for all the attendees. Organized by Wagento and Hubilo, this was one of the biggest eCommerce events in the country that included the Magento community and its vast contributors. The event witnessed more than 40 renowned speakers from around the globe, delivering more than 30 sessions, bringing newer and better solutions to the customers.
Highlights of Meet Magento India 2021
Meet Magento India 2021 saw a horde of speakers bringing innovative solutions and out-of-box enhancements to improve the eCommerce situation at hand. The event was divided into five tracks – General, Solutions, Business, Technical and PWA so that everyone could attend sessions at their convenience. Let’s dive in at some of the best sessions we saw:
1. Enabling Growth
The opportunity to grow beyond borders was presented by PayPal India’s Corporate Affairs Director Mr. Nath Parmeshwaran. He shared insights about how by conjoining technologies, PayPal and Magento are going beyond geographical borders to enable cross-border eCommerce transactions all around the globe.
2. The Adobe Session
The technical track by Adobe served a purpose for the advancements that the Magento platform has been bringing to the table. With demo sessions on Magento Site-wide Analysis Tool (SWAT) by Barnet Hellman from Adobe, Hyva: a new hope by Vinai Kopp and Willem Wigman, a PHP 8 and Magento session by Sergii Ivashchenko, a session for Magento Indexers by Arif Ahmad, and a Magento 2 extension session by Gareth James from PureClarity were utterly dedicated to the developers’ community and how they can deliver better in terms of Magento store building.
3. Magento 2.4.2
The event also witnessed one of the biggest attractions – the launch and plan for Magento 2.4.2. The session showcased some of the major updates and enhancements made to Magento in order to uplift the shopping experience. The session also talked about the Adobe Commerce Enterprise Integration Strategy and revealed the entire future roadmap for Magento 2.4.2. Attendees witnessed the extended B2B capabilities of the platform along with Live Search from Magento Commerce and major Magento Commerce highlights.
4. PWAs
The key focus of the entire event was the emerging PWA tech, its adoption, its benefits, and the advancements that have been done for the same. They have brought content and commerce together with Progressive PWA and the recent update supports storefront improvements for B2B, AEM integration, optimization for managed cloud, and other overall page builder enhancements.
INSYNC at Meet Magento India 2021
INSYNC Solutions, an organization aimed at providing robust digital commerce solutions to global customers, was glad to be a part of the Meet Magento India 2021 conference as the gold sponsor. Mr. Subhajit Goswami, VP Global Business Development at INSYNC and a long-time Magento enthusiast delivered his session on Successful B2B eCommerce for Wholesalers, Distributors & Manufacturers where he showcased the boundaryless power of our solution INSYNC Commerce.
During his session, he addressed to the global B2B merchants and business owners on how they can simplify their operations by enabling integrated B2B Commerce. Subhajit also went on to mention the B2B market stats and the customer journey every business needs to go through. With his insightful session, INSYNC paved the way for numerous Magento merchants to enable easy and quick B2B Commerce for their businesses.
Conclusion
All in all, it was an eCommerce event that established digital commerce as a solution for the future, and exceptional customer service as the only way to win. At the end of the event, the organizers announced dates for the Meet Magento India 2022 to be January 29, 2022, and with a hope to meet everyone in-person at the next event, it ended with smiles, lessons, and connections.
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