Global Interest Group – Mobile Connect Summit London
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 |