Before this year, the last Milestone Partner Summit (MIPS) held in-person was February 2020 just before the pandemic hit, so at the recent event — held October 24-26 at the Hyatt Regency in Minneapolis — there was a lot of ground to cover in just a few short days.
After arriving on a chilly, rainy Monday, Tim Palmquist, vice president of Americas for Milestone, greeted attendees Tuesday morning with a bright, “Welcome to sunny Minneapolis!” The choice of locations was later explained by Vice President of Technology Partners Keven Marier: “Why are we here in Minnesota? This was ground zero for the transformation from analog to IP cameras. We developed the first Milestone advanced training program here. We also co-created things here; the first power-over-ethernet encoder was invented here in Minnesota.”