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Agenda

The MEF Global 2011 agenda.

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8.00 - 9.00

Registration and Networking

9.00-9.15

MEF Welcome + Introduction
Andrew Bud, MEF Chairman

9.15-10.15

Lightning Presentations from Key Industry Thought Leaders to Set the Scene

9.15-9.55 John Conlon, Senior Innovations Manager, Global Innovations, Barclaycard
Daniel Angel, Head of Mobile Payments, Everything Everywhere/Orange
Moderator: Kate Bulkley, Media and Technology Journalist and Commentator
9.35-9.55 Ty Roberts, Co-founder, Senior Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, Gracenote
9.55-10.15 Lee Epting, Content Services Director, Vodafone

10.15-10.40

Thought Leaders Critical Debate
Moderator: Kate Bulkley, Media and Technology Journalist and Commentator
John Conlon, Senior Innovations Manager, Global Innovations, Barclaycard
Daniel Angel, Head of Mobile Payments, Everything Everywhere/Orange
Ty Roberts, Co-founder, Senior Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, Gracenote
Lee Epting, Content Services Director, Vodafone

10.40-11.20

Coffee Break and Networking

11.25-12.15

Mobile Routes to Market – A Critical Analysis

  • Ensuring your route-to-market meets the characteristics of your customer: are there different benefits and challenges for different industry verticals?
  • How does the chosen ecosystem influence the customer user experience?
  • Apps vs Mobile Web: Is this a zero-sum game, or will more diverse routes to market create greater revenue opportunities for the entire value chain?

Moderator: Tim Green, Executive Editor, Mobile Entertainment
Alistair Crane, CEO, Grapple Mobile
Siobhan Fagan, Head of E-Commerce, Whitbread
Seth Hitchings, VP Platform Strategy, Evernote
Matteo Montan, Global Head of New Business, Buongiorno

Alex Muslin, EVP Product Marketing, Shazam Entertainment
James Parton, Head of BlueVia Marketing, Telefonica

Building the Appropriate M-Commerce Strategy

  • How different mobile commerce solutions, including vouchers, coupons and QR Codes amongst others, can drive acquisition, retention and, most importantly, conversion
  • Integrating mobile into existing promotions and CRM activity to drive consumer engagement and build loyalty
  • Leveraging mobile characteristics to build a horizontal channel, adding to and supporting existing touchpoints, including instore and online

Moderator: Gary Schwartz, CEO, Impact Mobile
Jonathan Davies, Digital Publisher, Random House
Rob Jonas, VP & Managing Director, Europe & ME, InMobi
Dave Marutiak, Managing Director, Scanbuy UK
Steve McNickle, VP Europe, cVidya Networks
Daniel Rosen, Head of AKQA Mobile

 

12.20-13.10

Context Vs Privacy – A Critical Problem requiring a Robust Solution

  • Privacy issues and the imperative for maintaining consumer trust, throughout the value chain
  • Interpretations of privacy are changing across generations. How do you leverage this insight, whilst managing customer data in a manner consistent with the individual?
  • Behavioural targeting and enabling enhanced products & services whilst protecting the consumer: comparing the fixed-line and mobile landscapes

Moderator: Ingrid Silver, Partner, SNR Denton
Michelle Sklar, Director, Marketing & PR, Poynt, Europe
Simon Torrance, CEO, STL Partners/Telco 2.0 Initiative
Paul Whiteing, CEO, PhonepayPlus
Faraaz Marghoob< Director of Digital Strategy, Saatchi & Saatchi
Suhail Bhat, Policy & Initiative Director, MEF

Leveraging the Unique Characteristics of the Mobile Device to Drive Mobile Social Commerce

  • Integrating and monetising location-based services (LBS), augmented reality (AR) and user-generated content (UGC) with your content and commerce strategy
  • With the growth in collective buying propositions, how can mobile influence the purchase characteristics of individuals and groups?
  • As consumer touchpoints increase, will the unique characteristics of mobile – personal, contextual, always-on, available on impulse, in-built payment channel – ensure it becomes the central platform for consumer engagement?

Moderator: Ewan MacLeod, Founder and Editor, Mobile Industry Review
Albert Almeida, COO, Hungama Mobile
Ron Czerny, Founder & CEO, PlayPhone
Barry Houlihan, Founder & CEO, Mobile Interactive Group (MIG)

 

13.10-14.40

Lunch and Networking

14.30-15.10

Competing Payment Models & How to Choose the Appropriate Billing Solution

  • Exploring the revenues and margins flowing through different business models – a la carte, subscription, licensed subscription, freemium – and payment mechanisms, including charge-to-bill, credit card and stored value payment (eg PayPal, Facebook Credits, Google Check-out)
  • What is the future of NFC – a huge growth opportunity or an insurmountable interoperability challenge?
  • The importance of m-commerce standards for improving consumer and merchant confidence in mobile payments

Moderator: David Murphy, Editor, Mobile Marketing Magazine
John Bovill< Group I.T. Director, Aurora Fashions
James Patmore, Managing Director EMEA, Boku
Steve Rothwell, CEO, Eagle Eye
Colin Yeh, Senior Director, Group Innovations, The Qtel Group

 

The Future of Content Distribution & Multi-Screen Engagement

  • Why the mobile ecosystem promotes increased customer centricity – the best offer, to the right customer, at the optimal time, via the preferred channel
  • Using Smart Enablers and the mobile connected device to deliver products and services with greater relevance, to incentivise purchase and upsell and drive greater revenues
  • Leveraging existing second-screen consumer behaviour to provide an enhanced customer experience, grow your reach and frequency and increase consumer demand

Moderator: Patrick Parodi, Vice President Ecosystem Development, LightSquared
Rob Gelick, Senior Vice President and General Manager, CBS Mobile
Neil Johnson, Managing Director, A&N Media
Rob Lewis, Executive Chairman, Omnifone
Erling Paulsen, CEO, Aspiro TV

 

15.30-16.00

Coffee Break and Networking

16.00-16.20

Endnote  – The Disruptors are Coming
Find out how the most innovative new companies are using mobile and which start ups to look out for in the future
Reshma Sohoni, Partner, Seedcamp

16.20-17.45

Mobile Content & Commerce - Sharing Growth Opportunities
What are the lessons learnt and how should we plan together for the future?
Moderator: Rimma Perelmuter, Executive Director, MEF
Tim Green, Executive Editor, Mobile Entertainment
Gary Schwartz, CEO, Impact Mobile
Ingrid Silver, Partner, SNR Denton
Ewan MacLeod, Founder and Editor, Mobile Industry Review
David Murphy, Editor, Mobile Marketing Magazine
Patrick Parodi, Vice President Ecosystem Development, LightSquared

17.00-17.10

MEF Closing Remarks
Andrew Bud, MEF Chairman

17.10-17.45

Opportunity to Browse Discussion Gallery + Networking

 




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