Digital Transformation accelerated when the pandemic hit in 2020: the world had to deal with remote/mobile services to bridge offices, factories and homes – but this also brought about increased issues with Digital Identity & Security, Digital Payments, and the effectiveness of New Marketing Models.
In 2021, there are only two types of companies thriving: the ones that are transforming and the ones that help transformation. Which one are you?
Over 3 packed days MEF CONNECTS Digital Transformation delves deeper into best practises on Identity and Authentication, Direct Carrier Billing [DCB], Mobile Wallet, Mobile Advertising, RCS, Conversational Commerce and much more.
Day One – IDENTITY
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
- Dario Betti, CEO, MEF
Analyst Briefing
Segmenting Consumer Response to Privacy, Security and Fraud
- Michael Becker, CEO – Identity Praxis
- Barbara Langer, Co-Founder & Director – Insight Angels
- Dario Betti, CEO – MEF
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
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
Getting Under the Skin of Identity – Biometric Solutions
- Andy Milton, Head of Sales & Marketing – Hitachi Security Business Group
- James Williams, Director of Programmes – MEF
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
Personal Data in the Digital Economy
- Julian Ranger, Founder & Executive Chairman – digi.me
- Dario Betti, CEO – MEF
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
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
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
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
Day Two – PAYMENTS
KEYNOTE: Direct Carrier Billing: a primer
- Jonathan Kriegel, CEO – DOCOMO Digital
What Consumers Think of Mobile Payments
- Dario Betti, CEO – MEF
- Phil Todd, Payments Consultant – Stereoscope
- David Lotfi, CEO & Founder – Evina
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?
A View from the Top: Martin Koppel, CEO & Co-Founder of Fortumo
- Dario Betti, CEO – MEF
- Martin Koppel, CEO & Co-Founder – Fortumo
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
The Future Battlefield of Payments: Cybersecurity and Data Analytics
- James Williams, Director of Programmes – MEF
- David Lotfi, CEO & Founder – Evina
- Joan Larroumec, Chief Marketing Officer – Evina
- Frederic Avril, Director France – Echovox SA
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
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
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
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
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
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
Day Three – DIGITAL MARKETING
Keynote: Conversational Messaging, the next step in digital transformation
- Tim Green, Features Editor – MEF
- Robert Gertsmann, Chief Evangelist & Co-Founder – Sinch
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
Back to the Future: Know your Customer and your SMSs
- Kostas Kastanis, Deputy CEO – Upstream
- Tim Green, MEF
World Health Organization & Out There Impact: Unlocking the power of mobile messaging in the fight against COVID-19!
- James Williams, Director of Programmes – MEF
- Kerstin Trikalitis, CEO & Co-Founder – Out There Media
- Andy Pattison, Team Lead Digital Channels – World Health Organisation
Your new sales pitch – It’s a conversation
- Tim Green, Editor – MEF
- Florian Lichtwald – MD, Zeotap
- Tristan Barnum, Head of Marketing, Wildfire
- Nick Martin, Co-founder, Direqt
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
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
RCS Europe: The Mobile Engagement Evolution
- Nina Knezevic, Director Telecom Solutions – Infobip
- 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
Latin America: The Success of Rich Communication
- Gibrán Labra, Business Development Manger – Quiubas Mobile
- Antonio Aguilar, Senior IT Business Consultant – BD Consulting
- Jocelyn Garcia, Líder Voz de Cliente – Compartamos Banco
- Loreto Zumalacarregui, Manager of Operations – Bnext México
- Jorge Luis Bojorges, Product and Project Manager – Bnext México
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
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