We are thrilled to celebrate the outstanding achievements of our Events Top Contributors for 2025! Each of these remarkable individuals has played a vital role in enriching our community and advancing our shared goals through their webinar presentations. This year, both Spanish and Portuguese communities have outperformed!
In 2024, we have honored 19 experts from all of our communities worldwide. In particular, an individual from Japanese community has truly excelled, achieving the extraordinary feat of winning both special awards. His achievements this year have been outstanding and deserve special recognition. Please refer to the Special Awards below for more details.
We understand that organizing and delivering an event requires considerable time and expertise. The invaluable content you contribute to our community, spanning diverse technologies and languages, is truly priceless. We appreciate it!
What is *Speaker of the Year? The Speaker of the Year is a special award founded on 2023 for the Top 1 speaker who contributed the most by presenting and supporting as many sessions as they presented through the year. This year, Yuta Minoura is from the Japanese community, showcasing incredible talent and commitment. Congratulations!
What is **Session of the Year? The Session of the Year is another special award since 2023, designated for the Top 1 session which earned great engagement, and the best received from attendees among all the events through the year. Yuta Minoura from Japanese community, who currently holds 6 CCIE titles, presented "SAML Basics and Single Sign-On Utilization in Cisco Products" for Security tech area appears here again excelled for this award, delivering a session that captivated attendees and set a new standard for excellence. (Originally presented in Japanese. For English subtitles, the YouTube video can be found here)
Let's check out some comments by the attendees of the session.
- Had a vague knowledge of SAML at the beginning but gained clear insights into its integration mechanisms. Incredibly informative and valuable!
- So impressed by the presenter's extensive knowledge! He covers even other vendors' products, not just Cisco's.
- With rich visual content and effective color-coding in the communication flow, the presentation was a visual delight and easy to understand—setting it apart from other MS Entra ID learning videos.
And let us thank also Phenix Li and Satoshi Ura, who supported the session as Question Managers. Congratulations to all involved!
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Let's meet the Events Top Contributors of 2025
◆ COMMUNITY MEMBER
| Ke Qin (C) |
◆ CISCO EXPERTS
*(C)=Chinese Community, (J)=Japanese Community, (P)=Portuguese Community, (S)=Spanish Community, (F)=French Community
Are you new to the Cisco Community? The Events Top Contributors program recognizes the most active contributors to the Cisco Community who deliver multiple, high-quality events and are actively involved in the community. On each winner's profile, a badge is displayed indicating that they are a top 2025 event contributor.
Thank you and congratulations to all contributors!
- Cisco Community Team
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