8:30 – EXPO Opens, Networking

9.30 – MEF Welcome and intro to Digital Transformation 3 day event

• Dario Betti, CEO, MEF

9:40 – KEYNOTE: State of the Identity & Authentication Ecosystem and MEF’s place within it

• Andrew Bud CBE FREng, Founder & CEO – iProov [Chair, MEF Global Board of Directors]

10:05 – Segmenting Consumer Response to Privacy, Security and Fraud. (Analyst Briefing)

• Michael Becker, CEO – Identity Praxis
• Barbara Langer, Co-Founder & Director – Insight Angels
• Dario Betti, CEO – MEF

10:40 – Digital Identity Success stories in Italy, Estonia, Germany, Belgium, Singapore

• Andrew Parkin-White, Mobile IoT Advisor – MEF
• Quek Sin Kwok, Senior Director, National Digital Identity Platform and Products – GovTech Singapore
• Antonio Taurisano, Managing Director, International Markets – Namirial Group
• Valerio Paolini – Consultant
• Anett Numa, Digital Transformation Advisor – e-Estonia
• Sylvie Vandevelde, Head of Marketing & Communication and Spokesperson – itsme®

11:55 – Effortless Mobile Centric ID Proofing and Authentication

• Andrew Parkin-White, IoT Advisor – MEF
• Luke Moore, Global SVP Revenue – iProov
• Philipp Pointner, Chief Product Officer – Jumio
• Paul McGuire, co-founder, CEO – tru.ID
• Surash Patel, VP EMEA – TeleSign
• Stuart Neal, General Manager of Identity – Boku
• Viktorija Radman, Telecom Business Director, Mobile Identity – Infobip

12:40 – Getting Under the Skin of Identity – Biometric Solutions

• Andy Milton, Head of Sales & Marketing – Hitachi Security Business Group
• James Williams, Director of Programmes – MEF

13:00 – UK Developing a New Trust Framework for Digital Identity: Status, Learning, and Next Steps

• Andrew Parkin-White, Mobile IoT Advisor – MEF
• Alison McDowell, Digital Identity Advisor – DCMS
• Nick Mothershaw, Chief Identity Strategist – OIX
• Steve Pannifer, Chief Operating Officer – Consult Hyperion

13.45 – Personal Data in the Digital Economy

• Julian Ranger, Founder & Executive Chairman – digi.me
• Dario Betti, CEO – MEF

14.15 – The Future of Authentication on Mobile: Has the Time Come for SMS One-Time Passwords (OTPs)?

• James Williams, Director of Programmes – MEF
• Tim Ward, VP Number Information Services – XConnect
• Brendan Cleary, CEO – Cellusys
• Lee Suker, Head of Authentication and Number Information – Sinch
• Mattias Berglund, Director of Business Development – TMT Analysis
• Tushar Agnihotri, EVP – Country Head India & Regional Head APAC – Route Mobile Limited

14:50pm – Health Passes are Key to Unlocking Travel, Work and the Wider Economy

• Andrew Parkin-White, IoT Advisor – MEF
• Julian Ranger, Founder & Executive Chairman – digi.me
• Pavlína Navratilova, Market Manager – IDEMIA
• Frank Joshi, Managing Director – Mvine
• Andrew Tobin, Managing Director, EMEA – Evernym Inc

15:40 – How are mobile network operators approaching the digital identity opportunity

• Stein Hansen, Founder & CEO – OpenSky Consulting AS
• Richard Cockle, Global Head of IoT, Identity and Big Data – GSMA
• Glyn Povah, Head of Product Development, Digital Identity – Telefónica Tech
• Allister Fraser, Digital Identity, New Business Development – BT
• Fraser King, Global Head of Vodafone Identity Hub – Vodafone Group
• Stefan Kostic, CEO – IPification
• Greg Hill, Chief Commercial Officer – ZenKey

16:35 – The Jury: the Industry Takes a Stand on the Future of SMS Authentication, Consumer Trust and GDPR

• James Williams, Director of Programmes – MEF
• John Wilkinson, CEO – TMT Analysis
• Eli Katz, Founder & CEO – XConnect
• Dean Zwarts, Director of Business Development, Digital Business Unit – IDEMIA
• Pat Flynn, Co-Founder & Director of Business Development – Nettzer
• Christoforos Papachristou, Strategic Account Manager – CENSUS

17:25 – MEF CLOSE: Summary, highlights, news headlines –

• Dario Betti, CEO – MEF

8:00 – EXPO Opens, Networking

10.00 – MEF Welcome and intro to Digital Transformation Day 2

• Dario Betti, CEO – MEF

10:05 – KEYNOTE: Direct Carrier Billing: a primer

• Jonathan Kriegel, CEO – DOCOMO Digital

10:25 – What Consumers Think of Mobile Payments

• Dario Betti, CEO – MEF
• Phil Todd, Payments Consultant – Stereoscope
• David Lotfi, CEO & Founder – Evina

11:00 – Trust in Payments

• James Willilams, Director of Programmes – MEF
• Joanna Cox, General Manager – Association for Interactive Media and Micropayments
• Peter Garside, Head of Charge to Bill – BT
• Toby Padgham, Co-Founder & Director – MCP Insight
• Brandon Trollip, Director, Digital Payments. Business Development & Partnerships – MasterCard
• Mike Higham, Director – MPH Consultancy
• Paddy Greene, Head of Money and Consumer Rights Policy – Which?

11:45 – A View from the Top: Martin Koppel, CEO & Co-Founder of Fortumo

• Dario Betti, CEO – MEF
• Martin Koppel, CEO & Co-Founder – Fortumo

12:05 – Mobile Payments in Africa

• Anzelle Robertson, Business Development Manager, Africa – Sam Media
• Alex Bram, CEO – Hubtel
• Teni Stuffman, Co-Founder – VAS2Nets Technologies
• Jacqui Jones, CEO – WorldPlay

12:55 – The Future Battlefield of Payments: Cybersecurity and Data Analytics

• James Williams, Director of Programmes – MEF
• David Lotfi, CEO & Founder – Evina

13:25 – Fraud in the Funnel: A Pandemic of Fake Clicks and Leads, Malware and Bots and how to Stop it

• Geoffrey Cleaves, Head – Secure-D – Upstream

13:50 – Payment Security 360°

• James Williams, Director of Programmes – MEF
• David Lotfi, Founder & CEO – EVINA
• Brian Pettit, Co-Founder & CTO – MCP Insight
• Alexis Bartelds, Co-Founder – Sam Media
• John Bruner, President & CEO – Aegis Mobile
• David Rennie, Digital Identity Platform Service Owner – IDEMIA
• Christoforos Papachristou, Strategic Account Manager – CENSUS

14:45 – Regulatory Frameworks: Opportunities or Threats

• Tim Green, Features Editor – MEF
• Ignacio Molto, Legal Director – Digital Virgo
• Rafael Pellon, Founder – Pellon Advogados
• Bipin Patel, Product Manager, Partner Integrations – Sinch
• Tomas Cohen, CCO – Avatar World Group (AWG)
• Mark Sonntag, Chief Legal & Compliance Officer – DOCOMO Digital

15:30 – COVID-19: What Will Change Forever?

• James Williams, Director of Programmes – MEF
• Matthias Horvath, Payments Consultant – BPC
• Bentzi Aviv, Customer Business Executive, Mobile Financial Services – Amdocs
• Zoran Vasiljev, CEO – Centili
• Diego Conforti, Chief Commercial Officer – Digital Virgo
• Josh Gosliner, Head of Marketing – Boku

16:15 – The Next Five Years

• Phil Todd, Payments Consultant – Stereoscope
• Brandon Trollip, Director, Digital Payments. Business Development & Partnerships – MasterCard
• Arman Aygen, Payments Innovation Consultant
• Dean Zwarts, Director of Business Development, Digital Business Unit – IDEMIA
• Bentzi Aviv, Customer Business Executive, Mobile Financial Services – Amdocs
• Justin Ho, Head of Products and Strategy – Amdocs

17:10 – The Jury: the Industry Takes a Stand on the Value of DCB, the Future of Cryptocurrency and Asks if Payment Service Providers are Doing Enough To Protect Against Fraud

• James Williams, Director of Programmes – MEF
• Martin O’Driscoll, Global Account Director – DOCOMO Digital
• Arman Aygen, Payments Innovation Consultant
• Matthias Horvath, Payments Consultant – BPC
• Jon Hoehler, Senior Business Executive, Africa – Avatar World Group (AWG)
• Jarvis Todd, Managing Director – World Telemedia
• Andy Milton, Head of Sales & Marketing – Hitachi Security Business Group

18:10 – MEF CLOSE: Summary, highlights, news headlines –

• Dario Betti, CEO – MEF

8:00 – EXPO Opens, Networking

10:00 – MEF Welcome and intro to Digital Transformation Day 3

• Dario Betti, CEO – MEF

10:05 – Keynote: Conversational Messaging, the next step in digital transformation

• Tim Green, Features Editor – MEF
• Robert Gertsmann, Chief Evangelist & Co-Founder – Sinch

10:25 – Enterprise Apps – Why Bother? Cheetah Digital and Swrve Discuss Insights with Denmark’s Largest Retail Operator, Salling Group on What ‘Good’ Looks Like

• Andy Gladwin, Head of Global Mobile GTM – Cheetah Digital
• Barry Nolan, Chief Strategy Officer – Swrve
• András Szöcs, Head of Customer Program and Center of Excellence – Salling Group

11:05 – Back to the Future: Know your Customer and your SMSs

• Kostas Kastanis, Deputy CEO – Upstream

11:25 – World Health Organization & Out There Impact: Unlocking the power of mobile messaging in the fight against COVID-19!

Learn how the World Health Organization and Out There Impact utilize mobile messaging at scale, to fight the spread of COVID-19 globally.

• James Williams, Director of Programmes – MEF
• Kerstin Trikalitis, CEO & Co-Founder – Out There Media
• Andy Pattison, Team Lead Digital Channels – World Health Organisation

11:50 – Your new sales pitch – It’s a conversation

• Tim Green, Editor – MEF

12:20 – Long-term Stability of A2P SMS – Building a Sustainable Future for Everyone

• James Williams, Director of Programmes – MEF
• Miriam Percan, Telecom Solutions Expert – Infobip
• Ognjen Martinovic, Senior Product Manager, sGate – Infobip
• Brian D’Arcy, Chief Commercial Offer – ANAM Technologies

12:55 – The Real Power of Conversational Commerce: How Can Marketeers Harness It?

• James Williams, Director of Programmes – MEF
• Anurag Aggarwal, Director, Messaging Services – TATA Communications
• Chrysa Karamanidi, Chief Innovation Officer – Upstream
• Krešo Žmak, VP Products – Infobip
• Luisa Sanchez, VP Messaging – Identidad Technologies
• Taha Jiwaji, Founder & CEO – Beem
• Henrique Angeli, Operations Director – Sinch

14:00 – RCS Europe: The Mobile Engagement Evolution

• Nina Knezevic,
• Andreas Mann, Principal Product Manger – Vodafone Carrier Services
• Alfonso González, Head of Digital Transformation and Business Development – Orange Spain
• Alexandre Cottereau, Product Manager, Value Factory – Bouygues Telecom
• Murray Findlay, Channel Business Head – Telefonica O2 UK
• Robert Jones, Head of Messaging, Specialist Solutions Enterprise – BT
• Thomas Welzel, Senior Proposition Manager – Deutsche Telekom

15:25 – Latin America: The Success of Rich Communication

• Gibrán Labra, Business Development Manger – Quiubas Mobile
• Antenor Henríquez, Commercial Director – Quiubas Mobile
• Ana Belen Consuelo Plascencia, Product Manager – Compartamos Banco
• Loreto Zumalacarregui, Manager of Operations – Bnext México
• Jonathan Mendoza, IT Operations -Bnext México
• Antonio Aguilar, Senior IT Business Consultant – BD Consulting

16:30 – The Jury: the Industry Takes a Stand on Traditional Marketing, Challengers to Google’s Digital Marketing Throne and Social Media Marketing

• James Williams, Director of Programmes – MEF
• Sean Whitley, VP Sales, Americas – Mitto
• Anurag Aggarwal, Director, Messaging Services – TATA Communications
• Ramy Riad, VP Future Messaging – imimobile
• Andy Gladwin, Global Head of Mobile GTM – Cheetah Digital
• Scott Heimes, CMO – Zipwhip
• Mitchell Cutmore, Advisor – MEF

17:40 – MEF CLOSE: Summary, highlights, news headlines

• Dario Betti, CEO – MEF