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 Presentation – Boost 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 Presentation – Ray 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
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