Agenda

Monday 19th of March 2012

08:00 am Doors open, Registration, networking time with partners

Welcome Tea & Coffee

09:00 am Summit Welcome – Stavros Prodromou
09:05 am Presentation – Daily Deal Industry Challenges

Roy Blanga, Managing Director – Groupon UK

09:15 am Status 2012 – Mastering the Daily Deal

Top players will review the industry and share knowledge about how to sustain and master daily deal operations and successful approaches.

Moderator: Parmy Olsen, Forbes Magazine

Panel:

Tobias Tschoetsch, Managing Director – Groupon UK

Peter Briffet,  Managing Director Living Social, UK,IE, NL

Brian Harrison, Global CEO, kgbdeals

09:45 am Daily Deals – Successful fundings & acquisitions

Learn about productive partnerships, fundraising and successful exit strategies.

Moderator: Mikal Belicove, Entrepreneur.com

Panel:

Fabian Heilemann, Co Founder – Dailydeal.de

Joaquin Engel, Co Founder & CEO – Groupalia

Saurav Chopra, Co Founder & CEO -  Huddlebuy

10:15 am Emerging Markets, European Panel 1

Get to know how to enter different markets and receive current industry overviews about regulations, barriers and trends.

Moderator: Jonathan Besnainou, Co Founder & CEO of Ohmydeal – Contributor Business Insider

Panel:

Lopo Champalimaud, Co Founder & CEO – Wahanda

Michael Brehm, Co Founder & CEO – Rebate Networks

Mark Bower, Commercial Director – TimeOut

10:45 am “Hyperlocal Deal Targeting & Customer Loyalty”

A closer ook at the latest thinking about how targeted deals can spur not just customer acquisition, but also loyalty and retention. Deals companies are finding that better geographic targeting via mobile devices can improve ROI for merchants by bringing people back for multiple times.

Moderator: David Hirschman, Co Founder and Editorial Director StreetFight

Panel:

Omid Ashtari, Director of Business Development Europe – foursquare

Nihal Mehta, Co Founder & CEO – LocalResponse

Doug Templeton, Co Founder, Vouchercloud.com

11:15 am Coffee Break
11:30 am PresentationBoost ROI with Relevancy – Real Lifecycle Marketing Tactics that Drive Revenue

Kestrel Lemen, Marketing Strategist – Bronto Software

11:45 am Customer Engagement and Interaction Strategies

Learn how specific strategies will lead to a stronger customer loyalty bond. This panel will handle alternative advertising methods, recommendation systems and customer engagement procedures.

Moderator: Aliya Zaidi, Econsultancy

Panel:

Gerard Doyle, CEO of DiscountVouchers.co.uk

Kate Garraway, Founder of Goodypass

Richard Dennys, Chief Marketing Officer – Qype

12:15 pm Mobile & Real Time

See the latest technology on stage and future opportunities for the daily deal space in Real Time Payment Solutions, Mobile Coupon Management and augmented reality.

Moderator: Lauren Indvik – Mashable

Panel:

Olivier Ropars, Senior Director, Europe Mobile Commerce – ebay

Ambarish Mitra, Co Founder & CEO – blipper

Cheryl Yeoh, Co Founder & CEO – Citypockets

12:45 pm Case Study – Deals, Discount and Deliverability

Guy Hanson, Director, Response Consulting, Return Path

1:00 pm Lunch
2:00 pm ‘The Data in Deals’ – Personalise your deals using detailed consumer data. Gerard Doyle, CEO DiscountVoucher.co.uk
2:10 pm VC Panel

Learn from the panellists why they funded some of the leading daily deal sites. Hear stories about successful acquisitions, recent exits and what it takes to get under the radar of an investor.

Panel:

Stefan Glaenzer, Co Founder of Passion Capital

Sean Seton-Rodgers, PROfounders Capital

Giuseppe Zocco, Co Founder Index Ventures

2:40 pm Daily Deals goes East – European Panel 2

Take a closer look at Emerging markets, trends and successful approaches in Eastern Europe and Eurasia.

Moderator: Natasha Starkell – Founder & CEO GoalEurope

Panel:

Esra Sertoglu, CEO Grupanya

Tomas Cupr, Co Founder & CEO of Slevomat Group

Tomasz Dalach, Co Founder of Gruper.pl

3:10 pm Presentation – Peter Casey, UK Director – Nimble Commerce
3:20 pm Break
3:30 pm PresentationRay Weaver - Harvard Business Review
3:45 pm Media Companies – beyond the daily deal!

Hear from media companies how to integrate daily deal features and approaches within an existing member base. Will media companies speed up the daily deal process through online & offline advertising best practices?

Moderator: Christer Holloman, The Times & Sunday Times

Panel:

Amir Suissa, Founder & CEO of Deindeal.ch ( Ringier AG)

Marc Leimann, Group Enterprise Directore – Mecom Group

Kevin Wray, VP of Nimble Commerce

4:15 pm Daily Deals’ Next Move

Will the daily deal stay as the daily deal model that we know right now? How much power can a provider give to a merchant without losing on being needed? Trends, stats and forecasts about the upcoming year as well as potential consolidations will be discussed.

Moderator: Ray Weaver, Assistant Professor of Marketing, Harvard Business School

Panel:

Antonia Hammer, Co-Founder & CEO - Dealgecco.com

Anton Bernstein, Co-Founder - Lookingo

Thomas Mork, Head of Sweetdeal Denmark - Sweetdeal.dk (Berlingske Media)

4:45 pm Daily Deal Europe Closing Speech
5:00 pm Champagne & Cocktail Reception, Sky Bar

Sponsored by Secret Escapes