Global Interest Group – Mobile Connect Summit London

Start: Wednesday 8 June 2016 11:00 am

End: Thursday 9 June 2016 4:00 pm

Venue: London Hilton Metropole

The Global Interest group forms the core activities of the Mobile Connect Summit and contains key insights on many aspects of Mobile Connect. In this two day event, you will have the opportunity to discover this information from operators, service providers, vendors and experts in digital identity.

Session 1: The Future of Mobile Connect

Wednesday 8 June

The Mobile Connect ecosystem will share experiences and best practices on how to grow a base of active users.

Time Activity
12:00 – 13:00 Networking lunch
13:00 – 13:30 Welcome and Opening Remarks
An overview afternoon agenda & objectives and Tour de table & anti-trust Policy.
Marie Austenaa, VP and Head of Personal Data & Mobile Identity, GSMA
13:30 – 14:30 Mobile Connect Attributes In the UK
Sharing experiences from Trials to share user attributes in the UK. Additional Value for Users, Service Providers and Operators.
UK Operators, Lloyds, Digi Identity, Post Office
14:30– 15:00 Networking Break
15:00 – 16:00 Service Provider/ Operator Show & Tell
Hooman Mazaheri, Service Provider Engagement Manager, GSMA
Service Providers
Operators
16:00 – 17:00 Product Release 2 – Timescales and What it Means for You
Project and content outline. Product Release 2 benefits and impact on Operators and Service Providers. This session will also explore the future product roadmap and timetable. A question  and answer panel will follow.
David Pollington, Head of Applications & Services, GSMA
Irfan Goandal, Mobile Connect Commercial Director GSMA
Craig Aldridge, Personal Data Project Manager, GSMA

17:00 – 17:15 Closing Remarks, Wrap Up & Confirmation of Thursday’s Agenda
Marie Austenaa, VP and Head of Personal Data & Mobile Identity, GSMA
18:00 – 20:30 Networking Drinks

 

Session 2: Growing Base of Active Users

Thursday 9 June

Various members of the Mobile Connect ecosystem will share use cases beyond simple authentication, experiences from trials and market demands.

Time Activity
08:30 – 09:00 Arrivals and Refreshments
09:00 – 09:10 Welcome and Opening Remarks
An overview agenda & objectives.
Marie Austenaa, VP and Head of Personal Data & Mobile Identity, GSMA
09:10– 09:30 Creating End User Awareness

Tools and approach for educating end users
Louise Farrant, Marketing Director, GSMA
09:30 – 10:40 User Activation
Operator/ Service Provider/ Vendor go to market approaches will be discussed, along with consumer activation experiences and how to encourage active users.  A Q & A will follow.
Hooman Mazaheri, Service Provider Engagement Manager, GSMA
Service Providers
Operators
Vendors
10:40 – 11:00 Networking Break
11:00 – 11:50 Mobile Connect in Regulation Driven Markets – Governments and Payments
This session will begin with an overview of Mobile Connect for Governments. Following this, experts will discuss the opportunities for service providers and operators arsing from PSD2. This will lead into a discussion on the Mobile Connect roadmap in payments in commerce. The session will end with a Q and A.
Janne Jutila, Head of Market Deployment Support, GSMA
Marina Solin, Project Director, Public Policy, GSMA
11:50 – 12:00 Wrap Up, Feedback and Closing Remarks
12:00 – 13:00 Networking Lunch and Service Provider Departures

 

Session 3: Mobile Connect Deployment

Thursday 9 June

Share best practices for deployments and commercial on-boarding of service providers and Releases 2 priorities & challenges. This session is exclusively for Mobile Network Operators.

Time Activity
13:00 – 13:50 Operator Presentations and Discussions on Deployment
Deployment overview & status, go to market plans, how to service the market and how to grow the number of active users.
Operators
13:50 – 14:50 Operator Interactive Problem Solving Session
This session will discuss Mobile Connect Release 2 priority product areas, the smartphone app (SAA) and will conclude with a way resolve priority issues and deployment challenges.
David Pollington, Head of Applications & Services, GSMA
Irfan Goandal, Mobile Connect Commercial Director GSMA
14:50– 15:15 Networking Break
15:15 – 15:45 Commercial Strategy & Contracting of Service Providers
Mobile Connect contracting models and overview of MCA proposal
Janne Jutila, Head of Market Deployment Support, GSMA
15:45 – 16:15 Analysis of Competitive Landscape
A view on the strengths and weaknesses of the top 3 competitors to Mobile Connect.
Mark Little, Senior Analyst, GSMA
Cameron Heka, Mobile Senior Analyst GSMA
16:15 – 16:30 Wrap Up & Closing Remarks
Marie Austenaa, VP and Head of Personal Data & Mobile Identity, GSMA

 

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