{"id":9252,"date":"2016-12-14T22:28:52","date_gmt":"2016-12-14T22:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/mobile-identity\/\/gsma_events\/mobile-connect-delivering-global-mobile-identity-services"},"modified":"2026-01-13T09:27:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T09:27:56","slug":"mobile-connect-delivering-global-mobile-identity-services","status":"publish","type":"gsma_theme_events","link":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/mobile-identity\/gsma_events\/mobile-connect-delivering-global-mobile-identity-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobile Connect: Delivering global mobile identity services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mobile Connect, the mobile industry\u2019s secure digital identity service, is gaining momentum.\u00a0 Operators in many countries are now collaborating to offer country-wide identity services to digital service providers and consumers alike.\u00a0 Mobile Connect\u2019s unique service allows for a global interoperable solution that gives the user a simple, convenient and consistent way to log-in to all their digital services whilst reducing the risk of identity theft and enhancing consumer loyalty to the digital service provider.<\/p>\n<p>This seminar, aimed at operators and digital providers looking to offer secure identity services to their customers, will highlight the growth of Mobile Connect around the globe and showcase use cases and working practices from those already deploying the service. Panel sessions will discuss the future of digital identity in the mobile space and the role that Mobile Connect is fulfilling.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location:\u00a0GSMA Seminar Theatres, CC1 at Mobile World Congress 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<table class=\"americas\" border=\"0\" width=\"540\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: #594c7c; color: #ffffff; width: 20%;\">Time<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #594c7c; color: #ffffff;\">Agenda\u00a0&amp; Speakers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: #e9e9ec; color: #000000;\"><strong>11:00 \u2013 11:10<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #e9e9ec; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Welcome &amp; Introduction<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nMarie Austenaa, VP, Head of Personal Data and Mobile Identity, GSMA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: #d2cfd7; color: #000000;\"><strong>11:10\u2013 11:25<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #d2cfd7; color: #000000;\"><strong>Keynote: Rationale for a ubiquitous digital identity, it\u2019s impact on society, and the role of the mobile operators<\/strong><br \/>\nJon Fredrik Baksaas, Advisor, and former Telenor Group CEO and GSMA Chairman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: #e9e9ec; color: #000000;\"><strong>11:25 \u2013 11:45<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #e9e9ec; color: #000000;\"><strong>Keynote: The need in the market for a global solution around identity and authentication, the challenges faced by the global service providers and risks of reliance on the big market players<\/strong><br \/>\nWilliam Pence, Executive Vice President and CTO, AOL<br \/>\n<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: #d2cfd7; color: #000000;\"><strong>11:45 \u2013 12:00<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #d2cfd7; color: #000000;\"><strong>Live service use-case: Digital transformation and the part that digital identity and Mobile Connect is playing within this in developing markets<\/strong><br \/>\nAamir Ibraham, CEO, Jazz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: #e9e9ec; color: #000000;\"><strong>12:00 \u2013 12:15<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #e9e9ec; color: #000000;\"><strong> Live service use-case: Migrating existing authentication services into a global identity solution, the benefits to end users and industry at large<br \/>\n<\/strong>Ian Huh, Senior Vice President, and Head of Solutions Business\u00a0Division, SK Telecom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: #d2cfd7; color: #000000;\"><strong>12:15 \u2013 12:25<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #d2cfd7; color: #000000;\"><strong>Live service use-case: Driving user awareness and usage and strategy for future growth of services. <\/strong><br \/>\nBurak Akinci, Director of Marketing &amp; Big Data, Turkcell<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: #e9e9ec; color: #000000;\"><strong>12:25 \u2013 12:55<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #e9e9ec; color: #000000;\"><strong>Panel Discussion<\/strong><br \/>\nAll Speakers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: #d2cfd7; color: #000000;\"><strong>12:55 \u2013 13:00<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background: #d2cfd7; color: #000000;\"><strong>Summary &amp; close <\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Marie Austenaa, VP, Head of Personal Data and Mobile Identity, GSMA<br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mobile Connect, the mobile industry\u2019s secure digital identity service, is gaining momentum.\u00a0 Operators in many countries are now collaborating to offer country-wide identity services to digital service providers and consumers alike.\u00a0 Mobile Connect\u2019s unique service allows for a global interoperable solution that gives the user a simple, convenient and consistent way to log-in to all [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"start_timestamp":"1488193200","end_timestamp":"1488200400","image":"","json":{"gsma_event_day_start":"2017-02-27","gsma_event_day_end":"2017-02-27","gsma_event_time_start":"11:00","gsma_event_time_end":"13:00","gsma_event_timezone":"0","gsma_event_venue":"Fira Barcelona Gran Via","gsma_event_location":"","gsma_event_map":"","gsma_event_registration":"","gsma_event_registration_fa":"","gsma_event_speakers":""}},"event_categories":[],"algolia_discover_state":[5995],"algolia_discover_topic":[6006],"algolia_discover_region":[],"algolia_discover_series":[],"class_list":["post-9252","gsma_theme_events","type-gsma_theme_events","status-publish","hentry","algolia_discover_state-show","algolia_discover_topic-identity"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.9 (Yoast SEO v26.4) - 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