Digital Money Forum

The Digital Money Forum is now in its fifteenth year and will be taking place on the 28th and 29th March 2012, in America Square, London.

Agenda & Speakers 2012

 Please be aware this agenda will be updated on a regular basis once speakers are confirmed, and will be subject to change as the event approaches.   All delegates will receive a complimentary copy of the Tomorrow's Transactions 2012 Reader and David Wolman's new book, 'The End of Money'.

 

 

 

Day One, 28th March

Day Two, 29th March

0900

Introduction: Identity is the New Money
Dave Birch, Consult Hyperion

Introduction: History Lessons
Dave Birch, Consult Hyperion

 

Looking Forwards
Chair: Edmund Conway, Sky TV

Big Pictures
Chair: Joe DI Vanna, Maris Strategies (UK)

0915

The UK Direction for Payment Cards
Melanie Johnson, Chair, UKCA

Then: Anglo-Saxon Money and Mints
Rory Naismith, University of Cambridge (UK)

1000

Scenarios for 2050
Gill Ringland, Long Finance (UK)

Now: Mobile Payments Revolution!
Hannes van Rensburg, Fundamo (SA)

1045

The End of Money
David Wolman, cont. Editor, Wired (USA)

The Five Key Transactions
Heather Schlegel (USA)

 

1130

Coffee and Biscuits
 

1145

Expert Panel: Identity and Privacy
Chair: Dave Birch, Consult Hyperion
Ben Laurie, Google (UK)
David Rennie, Cabinet Office (UK)
Amir Taaki, Bitcoin Consultancy (UK)
Robin Wilton, Gartner (UK)
 

Expert Panel: Digital Money, Digital Inclusion
Chair: John Doe, ACME
Monty Munford, Daily Telegraph (UK)
Roger Voorhies, Gates Foundation (USA)
Thaer Sabri, Flawless Money (UK)
Danielle Walker Palmour, Friends Provident 
 

1245

Lunch
 

 

New Technologies, New Opportunities
Chair: Charles Kerrigan, Olswang

Mobile Transactions: The Leading Edge
Chair: Richard Johnson, Monitise

1400

Cash Replacement with eCoin
Marc Brule, Royal Canadian Mint (Canada)

Global Change
Alberto Jiminez, Citi (USA)

1430

Growing the Digital Money Market
Scot Blum, Intuit (USA)

Learning from Google Wallet TSM
Jon Rutter, First Data (UK)

1500

Contactless and Mobile Evolution
Tom Gregory, Barclaycard (UK)

The Other Mobile Money: Gift Cards
David Stone, Cashstar (USA)

1530

Tea and Cakes
 

1600

Expert Panel: The New Europe
Chair: Wendy Grossman, net.wars (UK)
Geronimo Emili, “No Cash Day” (Italy)
Simon Lelieveldt  (Netherlands)
Maria Giannakaki, (Greece)
Anette Brolos, Copenhagen Finance (Denmark)

Expert Panel: Mobile, where next?
Chair: Douwe Lycklama, Innopay (NL)
Russell Buckley, Eagle Eye Solutions (UK)
James le Broq, MD O2 Money (UK)
awaiting confirmation
Tony Moretta, Everything Everywhere (UK)
TBD, Barclaycard (UK)

1700

New Horizons: In-App Payments
Pali Bhat, Google (USA)

The art of money competition

Award Panel:
Sandra Alzetta, Visa Europe
Catherine Eagleton, British Museum
Gloria Benson, Consult Hyperion
Nitipal Samsen, winner of 2010 competition
17.30 End of conference

1730

Branchless, Cashless, Clueless?
Brett King, author Bank 2.0 (USA)

1800

Digital Money e-Monopoly Game

1900

End of day one