UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF HIS HIGHNESS LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SHEIKH SAIF BIN ZAYED AL NAHYAN DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER, MINISTER OF INTERIOR
Seamless is the region's leading payments and commerce technology conference and exhibition. The event has separate conference agendas covering the world of Payments, Fintech, Ecommerce, Retail and Identity. With one shared free-to-attend exhibition hosting 350 of the region's leading technology providers.
The future of payments is now. Banks, retailers and merchants alike are rapidly adapting to the new payments landscape.
Seamless payments will bring together the entire payments eco-system to discuss, debate and evaluate alternative payment strategies and technologies.
The region’s fintech ecosystem has rapidly elevated from zero to one hundred in the last three years. “Collaboration” is considered the key in developing a flourishing fintech environment. Seamless Fintech will assess disrupting technology for all verticals of the financial ecosystem.
With new waves of growingly sophisticated ID fraud and crime; collaboration and global interoperability is a must to stay ahead of the game.
Identity explores the latest identification, authentication and access control technologies being unleashed in the market place.
Bringing together entrepreneurs and innovators from across the entire ecommerce value chain. From storefront creation to digital marketing and from payment to fulfilment and delivery. Seamless ecommerce is a catalyst for ecommerce growth across the Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia and South Asia.
The connected shopper is changing the face of retail. Seamless retail will enable retailers to adapt, grow and thrive in this new world of connected commerce. Accelerating retail with new ideas, exciting innovations and cutting edge technology.
• 10,000 Attendees
• 400 Speakers
• 350 Exhibitors
• 250+ Sessions
• 8 Conferences
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LAY OF THE LAND
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PANEL: THE RISE OF PROMISING PAYMENT PLATFORMSPayments
Uncovering the rise of tech firms leveraging the mobile marketplace
Delving into ecosystems, environments, regulations and demographics driving the rapid adoption
Accelerating mobile payments with mega-wallets and “super-apps”
Identifying the hurdles of mainstream adoption
Effect on the incumbents and the wider value chain?
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PANEL: INCLUSION RISES. DISPARITIES REMAIN.Fintech
Overcoming the inequalities between rich and poor, men and women
Outlining the opportunity o 1.7 billion adults unbankedo 2/3rds have a mobile phone
Empowering with digital banking for prosperity and economic growth
Capturing the exponential growth in mobile financial transactions to reach underserved or unserved markets
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PANEL REFASHIONING THE BANK FOR A CHALLENGER ECOSYSTEMBanking Innovation
Countering neobank, challenger bank and digibank competition
Launching a digital arm
Big client lists, big pockets, big reputations: the incumbent advantage
BaaS: is this the future of traditional banks? Are banks doomed to become the backend dumb pipe?
Discovering the impact of mid-sizes banks: squashed in the middle?
Stripping legacy systems to become more agile and innovative
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PANEL JOINING THE E-STATE REVOLUTION: INTEROPERABILITY AND DIGITAL IDSeamless ID
Developing a framework for e-ID interoperability across the GCC
Removing regional, national and international friction with seamless integration
Leapfrogging the full migration process with technology to connect disparate systems
Public-private collaboration across the entire ecosystem
Self-sovereign ID: decentralising ID with vendor neutral standards
Activating and expanding the use cases of the identity card for various state sectors
Collaborating for the multi-modal travelling millennial
Testing global eMRTD to ensure reliability and interoperability
Securing documents across different industries through collaboration and interoperability
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THE CURRENT SITUATIONEcommerce
Taking an overview of the current regional ecommerce industry
Discussing the potential of the ecommerce industry to reach 50 billion AED by 2020
Keeping pace as competition is driving the industry forward
Leveraging the young population demographics of the region who value convenience over experience
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PANEL: EMBRACING DIGITAL TRANSFORMATIONRetail
Examining the current stance of the regional retail industry
Understanding the process: establishing a realistic strategy
Enabling a truly seamless offline to online journey
Creating a digitally enabled organization from the bottom up
Where to look for innovation? Home-grown, R&D, partnerships…
Developing your omnichannel offerings
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PANEL: CRACKING THE SUPPLY CHAIN CODEHome Delivery
Integrating a customer focused end to end omnichannel strategy from packaging to last mile delivery
Adapting your operating model: collaboration across marketing, merchandising, store management and IT
Choosing your supporting infrastructure for omnichannel supply chain: EDI v’s API
What and when to stock: using analytics to intelligently predict demand patterns
Utilising disruptive data-driven technology, including machine learning, artificial intelligence and IoT
Applying AI and data insight to substantially change the way supply chains are managed: from reactive to responsive
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PANEL: BUILDING LOYALTY AND COMMUNITY WITH AUTHENTIC STORYTELLINGEcommerce
Gaining competitive edge and increasing sales by connecting with your customers
Understanding and evoking your customers emotions to strengthen your brand identity
Enhancing the value of your content with storytelling to increase brand loyalty
Combining professionally created content with intelligently curated user generated content
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AI AND AUTOMATION: A BREAKTHROUGH MOMENT FOR RETAILRetail
Understanding the full power of AI transformation:o Sales and CRMo Customer recommendationso Manufacturingo Logistics and deliveryo Paymentso Implementing AI across the entire product and service cycle
Uncovering new ways to optimise physical locations to increase revenue and overall profit
Powering conversational interfaces like Alexa, Google Assistant and Facebook Messenger, with no need for human touch
Placing IT systems to capture and analyse the data that AI applications generate
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IS YOUR REVERSE SUPPLY CHAIN FIT FOR PURPOSE?Home Delivery
Facing the new challenges associated with reverse logistics in an ever growing omnichannel market place
Guaranteeing that the structure of your reverse supply chain is fully optimised so delays aren’t eating into profit
Automating reverse logistics aspects to decrease costs and increase efficiency
Leveraging physical stores as product return hubs to offset inflated costs
Consolidating brick and mortar with ecommerce reverse operations for complete optimisation
Incorporating blockchain use to track products flowing back upstream
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PANEL:TRANSCENDING FASTER CHECKOUT WITH DIGITAL WALLETSPayments
Adopting mobile platforms to eliminate purchasing friction
From “buy to bye”: increasing conversion rates for businesses
Establishing secure, convenient and rewarding payment systems
Combining convenient CX and customer intimacy on a mobile platform
Cracking authentication with intangible credentials
Going beyond a faster and convenient checkout
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PANEL: THE FINTECH PROMISE: ACHIEVING FULL FINANCIAL INCLUSIONFintech
Are incumbents falling behind to meet sustainable development goals?
Utilising innovative business models, products and emerging technologies to drive financial inclusion
Spurring fintech innovation for the vulnerable
Going beyond banking with additional opportunities such as savings and investment, low cost payment systems, insurance and credit
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CIO PANEL: REFASHIONING THE BANK FOR A CHALLENGER ECOSYSTEMBanking Innovation
Countering neobank, challenger bank and digibank competition
Launching a digital arm
Big client lists, big pockets, big reputations: the incumbent advantage
BaaS: is this the future of traditional banks? Are banks doomed to become the backend dumb pipe?
Discovering the impact of mid-sizes banks: squashed in the middle?
Stripping legacy systems to become more agile and innovative
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DEMYSTIFYING THE TECHNICAL STANDARDS FOR DIGITAL IDENTIFICATIONSeamless ID
Transforming the organisation with new business goals, structure and strategies
Ensuring all applications unite with semantic interoperability
Implementing open interfaces, interconnection services, middleware etc. through innovative technology
Securing interoperable networks with biometrics, digital signature standards and protocols
Driving interoperable G2B and G2G communications
Looking towards LDS 2.0 for international interoperability
Harmonising breeder documents and exploring case studies e.g. CEN/TC 224/WG 19
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SUCCEEDING IN THE SUBSCRIPTION ECONOMYEcommerce
Harnessing rich data generated from subscriptions to improve services and customer retention
Creating compelling customer experiences by focusing on customers not products
Enticing your customers by adding value to your subscriptions
Establishing mutually beneficial relationships to inspire loyalty and trust in your brand
Retaining your subscriptions and maintaining the consistent cash flow
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AR AND VR: CONVEYING OMNICHANNEL CONNECTED CONTENTRetail
Understanding the explosion of AR and VR in retail
Utilising AR and VR tech to streamline your omnichannel content
Increasing engagement with AR & VR
Creating high quality content that show products in real context
Why does it matter?
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ADOPTING EMERGING SUPPLY CHAIN OFFERINGSHome Delivery
Applying AI to enhance and automate decision making to reinvent current business models
Combining pattern capabilities with more advanced prescriptive capabilities
Mitigating future adverse events with advanced analytics
Using IoT for better asset utilization, higher uptime, improved customer service by better understanding customer needs
Autonomous Mobile Robots: doing more with less
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MOBILE WALLETS AND PAYMENTS: WHERE DO WE REALLY STAND?Payments
What are the barriers to mainstream adoption?
Is the wallet and payment industry headed towards consolidation?
Providing consumers a reason to register and use a service
What incentives will actually change consumer habits: rewards, in-app and online payments, offers and notifications
Using mobile payments as the catalyst for a better commerce experience
Is mobile payment infrastructure up to scratch?
Do consumers still have security concerns?
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PANEL COLLABORATION AND DIVERSITY: THE KEYS TO FINANCIAL INCLUSIONFintech
Looking at the bigger picture to tackle regional necessities
Opening financial inclusion to the many with multiple platforms through partners
Utilising the advantages of both banks and fintechs for new product launches, investment opportunities and infrastructure development
Collaborating with the wider industry e.g. insurers, remittance etc. for a diverse product range
Disaggregation of the value chain with open platforms and APIs
Supporting fintech experimentation on a regional and global scale
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CXO PANEL: SPURRING DIGITAL BANKING IN THE GULFBanking Innovation
Keeping pace with the young, dynamic, growing and digitally native population of the gulf
Delivering engaging digital experiences for the demanding consumer
Combining traditional banking, Islamic and fintech services to cater for the entire population
Proactively collaborating with fintechs to offer multiple services
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PAPER TO BIOMETRICS: HARNESSING DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY FOR GLOBAL IDENTITIESSeamless ID
Building national e-ID, m-ID and digital identity systems in the region
Discussing the UN SDG 16.9 vision of 2030
Creating a holistic lifetime identity management system
Collaborating national systems on an interoperable network for seamless ID management
Transforming population registers with digitisation
Digital babies: shifting birth registration and baby related services from paper to digital
Distributing national ID renewals through an automated system
Balancing privacy regulation with the global movement of digital ID
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PANEL: HOW TO GO VIRAL: INFLUENCER MARKETINGEcommerce
Including influencers in the entire marketing process for deeper insight and alignment
Choosing the right influencer to drive authentic engagement and brand loyalty
Maximising return on investment by creating a measurement framework
Actively engaging with consumers through user generated content
Understanding the rules and regulations of influencer marketing
Giving your brand a voice across all channels: scaling your social media exposure
Delivering true, authentic engagement via real experiences
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FROM SELF-CHECKOUT TO CASHIER-LESS: THE FUTURE OF THE CHECKOUT EXPERIENCERetail
Making physical shopping closer to one-click online shopping
Advancing from self-checkout to seamless ‘walkout’ technology
Return of the QR code
Knowing your customer history before they check out
Using tablets for checkout and driving cashless payments
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BLOCKCHAIN: THE BACKBONE OF DIGITAL SUPPLY CHAINSHome Delivery
Implementing blockchain to shorten lead times, save money and build transparent supply chains
Optimising end to end blockchain enabled supply chain to increase traceability
Ending the lack of transparency with data and adding value with blockchain
Validating each milestone of the supply chain with QR codes
Reducing fraud for high value goods and eliminating the impact of counterfeit productsDecreasing the time spent validating data and focusing instead on delivering goods and services
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LEVERAGING LOYALTY TO DRIVE MOBILE PAYMENTS ADOPTIONPayments
Blurring the lines between customer experience and loyalty
Capitalising on big data to predict and personalise services
Incentivising consumers to purchase with real time promotions and offers
Monetising customer insights across the business
Overcoming the major hurdles with loyalty longevity
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ACCELERATING FINANCIAL INCLUSION WITH DIGITAL IDENTIFICATION AND BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGYFintech
Bringing billions of people into the financial system swiftly and securely with digital ID
Is this a prerequisite for true financial inclusion?
Overcoming the problems with KYC and authentication in emerging markets
Optimising identification with a blockchain based self-sovereign biometrics system
Aiding financial inclusion through virtual currencies
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DIGI-PHYSICAL: THE “SECRET SAUCE” FOR DIGITAL BANKING SYSTEMSBanking Innovation
Developing unique experiences through multiple platforms
Refashioning application journeys, new payment technologies and back office automation
Deflecting challenges with exceptional human intervention and personal CX
Revitalising the onboarding process
Offering consumer choice, live chat, innovative KYC and human intervention if required
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MANAGING DIGITAL IDENTITIESSeamless ID
Initiating a scalable and repeatable identity strategy across the region
Externalising identity management across all of platforms
Looking to blockchain as the potential identity management system
Putting the customer at the centre of identity management by using behavioural analysis
Overcoming concerns with fraudulent biometric activity
Collaborating across all industries to manage and maintain the digital identification ecosystemReserved for sponsor
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VIDEO: DELIVERING CONNECTED CUSTOMER CONTENTEcommerce
Understanding the explosion of online video and its impact on marketing budgets
Creating content that transmits and resonates with your audience
Increasing engagement with vertical videos
Transmitting brand authenticity, transparent context and cutting costs with live streaming
Square it up: square shaped videos v’s vertical videos, why does it matter?
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BOOSTING PROFIT MARGINS WITH SUPPLY CHAINHome Delivery
Unlocking the value of your supply chain operations to improve profits and competitiveness
Embracing omnichannel as the critical driver of growth
Transforming legacy supply chains to increase commercial growth potential and ensuring optimum efficiency
Achieving greater customer engagement, profitability and share per wallet with your supply chain strategy
Integrating automation to reduce costs while advancing efficiency
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CREATING A COMMUNITY WITH ENGAGEMENT SOFTWAREEcommerce
Managing campaigns, content and responses in one place with analytics baked in
Steering questions to a community of advocates to build and develop your own
Collecting feedback and reviews from your brand superfans
Centrally managing customer engagement securely and at scale across social, web and mobile appsEnquire now sponsor
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SEAMLESS OMNICHANNEL ROLL OUT: INSTORE AND ONLINERetail
Seamlessly integrating all selling channels and solutions into a single platform
Providing consistent, meaningful experiences to your customers at every touch point
Anticipating what your customers are doing across every channel and every business unit
Integrating digital customer engagement and commerce within your physical store
Capturing customer orders, improving customer service and managing customer financialsEnquire now sponsor
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11:30 KEYNOTE OFFICIAL WELCOME ADDRESSKeynotes
Reserved for H.E Ambassador Mohamed Al Rabea, Secretary General, Council of Arab Economic Unity
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11:30 KEYNOTEKeynotes
Reserved for H.E. Dr. Ali M. Al-Khouri, Advisor, Council of the Arab Economic Unity, Chairman, Arab Federation for E-Commerce League of the Arab States
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KEYNOTE RISE OF THE ROBOTS… KNOWING WHAT TECHNOLOGIES TO INVEST IN, AND WHENKeynotes
The increasing datafication of our lives: knowing what to do with unprecedented amounts of data
Voice-enabled assistants: how important is voice as a revenue stream?
Leveraging AI and automation to deliver a hyper-personalised commerce experience
Beyond the hype of AR and VR: bridging the gap between online and offline
Anticipating the billions of connected IoT devices: understanding which to invest in
Blockchain: changing the nature of all transactions
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KEYNOTE “SEVEN LINES OF CODE”: REVOLUTIONISING THE FUTURE OF COMMERCEKeynotes
Transforming transactions with a new standard in digital payments
Scaling faster and more efficiently with the complete toolkit for an internet business
Eliminating needless, complex and extraneous tasks with robust, scalable and flexible integrations
Increasing transaction volume in the “brutal battleground” of payments with partnerships
Moving beyond payments to collectively grow the GDP of the internetReserved for Stripe
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KEYNOTE THE NEW NORMAL FOR COMMERCE: WHAT WILL SHOPPING LOOK LIKE IN 2030?Keynotes
How is technology shaping shopping?
Creating new efficiencies with backend technology improvements
Combining automated warehouses with new pickup and delivery options to reduce fulfilment times and changing consumers’ definition of immediacy
Simplifying returns making it far less painful for retailers and consumers alike
Deploying AI and ML across the entire supply chain, optimising the most inefficient parts of retail
Generating natural language text and voice for search to flawlessly match the intent and preferences of the shopper
Allowing shoppers to visualise products on their faces and bodies, and in their homes, with AR
Start-ups: delivering the capabilities that will enable new shopping experiences and providing greater competition for established brands that must now be nimble enough to compete
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KEYNOTE TELCO BANKS OF THE FUTURE: REINVENTING MOBILE MONEYKeynotes
Shifting to constant connectivity with mobile wallets
Utilising existing network infrastructure and connectivity to offer seamless services
Collaborating with banks and retailers to achieve maximum effectiveness
Financial inclusion: the importance of mobile wallets, payments are remittancesEnquire now to sponsor
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PANEL: EXPLORING THE NEXT EVOLUTION OF X-BORDERPayments
Eliminating borders with cross border, multi-currency wallets
Proliferation of P2P X-Border with mobile payments
Connecting digital wallets globally with seamless interoperability
Utilising AI to connect global wallets securely through KYC and fraud detection
Globalisation: new business models for a new global landscape
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PANEL: REGTECH 2020 AND BEYONDFintech
Leveraging technology to survive in the global regulatory framework
Managing the influx of solutions for a complete ecosystem overview
Will regtech ever overtake fintech for investors? When will investing become a “no brainer”?
Compliance officers: declining in importance, or vital role for expertise, judgement and experience?
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PANEL: BANKING WITHOUT BRANCHESBanking Innovation
Discovering the new wave of digibanks in the region
Innovating internally or partnering with fintechs?
Where next? The future of brick and mortar branches
Capturing the millennials with digital banks and usable apps
Exploring the success stories
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PANEL: DATA BREACHES: TRANSFORM NOW!Seamless ID
Collaborating to become the custodianians of data
Securing permission to use data in digital identification
Empowering end users with mobile ID provisions containing their ID and data
Personalising identification for users on different platforms based on analytics
Learning from attacks: implementing proactive regulation
Post-quantum cryptography: preparing for future attacks
Intelligence led-borders: utilising data for passenger experience and security
Authentication always: combining man and machine
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FINTECH: LEVELLING THE PLAYING FIELD IN FX AND X-BORDERPayments
Are fintech’s surpassing banks?
Producing the technology to support B2B and B2C payments
Meeting the changing consumer expectations with innovative mobile remittance platforms
Offering multiple payment options for fast, secure and affordable transfers
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SANDBOXES & REGLABS: TRANSITIONING TO A DIGITAL FUTUREFintech
Conducting small scale, live tests of new products and delivery models
Tackling global technology with a regional mindset
Turning experiments into real life use cases
Attracting VCs and pushing start-ups beyond borders to increase international competition
Are regulatory sandboxes working? Do we need more?
Recognising the importance of incumbent-innovator partnerships with open sandbox access
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PANEL: THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF AUTOMATION IN BANKINGBanking Innovation
Placing banking at the forefront of the new “machine age”
Transitioning RPA and AI from the back office to the front office
ATM 2.0: moving towards robo-banking, interactive ATMs and chatbots
Spurring innovation, increasing demand and altering the competitive dynamics beyond operational transformation
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SECURITY: STRATEGY TO TECHNOLOGY FOR ID VERIFICATIONSeamless ID
Building secure open standards for the decentralised identity ecosystem
Remodelling the data and security economy with multifactor ID verification
Creating a unified identity platform allowing a repeatable way to protect
Accelerating security and staying ahead of counterfeits
Adopting an “assume you have been compromised mindset”
Sharing intelligence across borders with multiple stakeholders
Graphic coding: implementing machine-readable systems for coding and authentication
Enhancing security with cross-validation, diverse security elements, printed graphics and holograms
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PANEL: ‘DEAR FIRST NAME…’ DRIVING A BETTER ECOMMERCE EXPERIENCE WITH PERSONALISATIONEcommerce
Hyper-personalising your content to nurture prospective customers with relevant messaging
Understanding the true intent and context of each visitor with behavioural tracking
Personalising product results for customers through the search box and capitalising on the data
Auto-suggesting and recommending content: helping customers to make a selection
Customising the homepage to drive conversion
Automatically analysing and applying insights from your data
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PANEL: INTRODUCING THE NEW ROI- RETURN ON INVOLVEMENTRetail
Measuring ‘Return on Involvement’ and developing a highly involved customer
Understanding your customer’s motivations to build long lasting experiences
Avoiding overinvestments that provide an underwhelming solution
Keeping shopping as human and visual as possible
Using technology as an enabler and connector of experiences
Creating immersive customer journeys that enhance brand affinity
Employing automation to ask the right questions rather than analysing the wrong answers to enhance brand experience
Case Study: turning participation into a strategy
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PANEL: PREPPING FOR THE FUTURE OF DELIVERY AND FULFILMENTHome Delivery
Changing consumer expectations:
Same-day delivery evolves into two-hour delivery
Next day delivery standardisation
Drone delivery
Driverless delivery
Crowdsourced delivery
Reshaping the rules of accountability in the supply chain: who pays for the damage?
Ensuring product integrity with packaging: recycled, durable and slick
Rolling out data virtualisation for end to end fulfilment transparency
Assessing your fulfilment system capabilities and partnering with trusted 3PL’s to meet customer needs
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TRANSPARENCY & SPEED: CROSS BORDER TRANSFERS FOR THE DIGITAL AGEPayments
Digital first remittance firm’s v legacy innovation
Moving people, moving money: powering remittance services for the travelling generation
Enabling real time settlement through blockchain technology
Utilising technology for a quicker, cheaper and safer international cross border remittance system
Creating transparency through the customer journey
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DATA CENTRICITY: RISE OF THE APIS AND SHARING SYSTEMSFintech
Addressing concerns in shared services and storage to mitigate increased pressure on APIs
Looking towards fintech collaboration to drive data sharing protocols
Developing the technology for banks to be the “ultimate gatekeepers”
Becoming the trusted home of digital IDs and associated data sets
Leveraging regtech to safely store and share consumer data
Managing data in a “right to be forgotten” era
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EXPLORING THE NEW VOICE-FIRST BANKING LANDSCAPEBanking Innovation
Monetising assistants with voice payments
Going beyond engagement with personalised banking systems
Enabling banks and FIs the opportunity to deliver next-gen smart payments
Competing with the “bigtechs” through creation of voice-enabled digital assistants
Empowering conversations with APIs
Placing KYC authentication at the forefront of voice banking
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PANEL: AI EMPOWERED AUTOMATION: HYPE OR SEISMIC INDUSTRY IMPACT?Banking Innovation
Delivering a major industry change with chatbots, advanced machine learning and deep learning
Extracting relevant information from unstructured data with AI technology
Disappearing payments into the broader transactional experience
Integrating payments into automated machines acting on the consumers behalf
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GOING DIGITAL WITH PAPERLESS IDENTITY AUTHENTICATIONSeamless ID
Capturing the tech savvy population with multifactor biometric platforms
Developing a 360 view of the individual with behavioural analytics
Combining biometrics, blockchain and AI for the millennial traveller
Overcoming threats of identity fraud with trackable identities on a shared system
Optimising traveller throughputs at ABC gates
Optimising man and machine authentication with reliable black box ID
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AI: REVITALISING AND AUTOMATING EMAIL MARKETINGEcommerce
Gaining insight into your customer’s insights and needs to deliver customised experiences
Performing more robust testing
Identifying trends in real time with machine learning: subject lines, email content, send times, frequencies, calls to action
Driving click and conversation rates in real time
Accelerating emails with chatbots for high-quality conversation
Understanding the general data protection regulation (GDPR) and the impacts to your marketing strategy
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CREATING THE FUTURE SHOPPING EXPERIENCE, TODAY, WITH ADVANCED PERSONALISATIONRetail
Combining tech powered personalisation with human interaction to create great CX
Understanding the personalisation disconnect: targeting your strategy to meet customer expectations
Evaluating missed chances to engage with your customers, reduce shrink and improve sales
Identifying specific customer segments with location intelligence and spatial analytics
Tailoring stores, websites and merchandise to the expectations of well-defined customer segments
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FROM FLYING MONEY TO BLOCKCHAIN: THE TURNING POINTPayments
Speeding and simplifying X-border transactions through AI and blockchain technology
Tracing payments in real time on a distributed ledger
Role of distributed ledgers and cryptocurrencies: what does the future hold?
Driving commerce globally with blockchain powered instant X-border payments
Supporting SMEs with efficient and cheap global payment systems Reserved for sponsor
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SUPTECH: GOING BEYOND REGTECHFintech
Revolutionising regulatory watchdogs with supervisory technology
Digitising data, operational procedures and automating regulatory process
Revolutionising the regulatory watchdogs with proactive and automatic notifications
Preventing noncompliance and responding to violations in a matter of minutes
Utilising AI, blockchain, data analytics, and machine learning to overcome previous compliance breachesReserved for sponsor
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BACK END TO FRONT END DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION & AUTOMATIONBanking Innovation
Substituting humans for machines for routine, codifiable tasks
Allowing employees to instead perform problem solving, adaptable and creative tasks
Opening systems and reworking IT architecture for the automatic era
Digitising workflows through automation of processing
Focusing on the consumer with your IT infrastructure, rather than existing system capabilitiesReserved for sponsor
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TRANSFORMING DIGITAL ID WITH BIOMETRICSSeamless ID
Moving to the third stage of authentication with biometric
Overcoming the probabilistic measurement concerns with fingerprint and facial recognition
Layering digital ID alongside biometric technology for a powerful combination
Utilising biometrics in the e-city e.g. workplace, national cards, insurance, travel
Using cryptographically backed integration with biometric authentication
Combining collaboration, identity assurance and biometrics to end paper IDs
Implementing biometric smart cards for a unique link between owner and ID cardReserved for sponsor
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PANEL: P2P: “THE NEXT SHINY OBJECT” IN MOBILE BANKINGPayments
Transforming systems for the increased spending power of millennials
One step ahead: creating innovative solutions that consumers aren’t yet aware they need
Multiplying customer engagement through real time P2P/social offers
Monetising P2P payments through social networks
Exploring the contributing factors of the sharing economy
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PANEL: RETHINKING THE LENDING AND CREDIT VALUE CHAINFintech
Exploring the new ecosystem
Collaborating or competing with fintechs and bigtechs?
Discovering hybrid lending models to capitalise on the SME market
Playing to your strengths: scrutinising the incumbents and fintechs
Utilising the banks liquidity with balance sheet lending
Combining the banks scalability, firepower and reputation with fintech innovation
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PANEL PLANET OF THE APIS: RESHAPING THE FUTURE OF PAYMENTSBanking Innovation
Distributing digitally innovative services for customers
Encouraging partnerships through open APIs
Collaborating with fintechs to promote customised apps
Overcoming regulatory and cybersecurity concerns with open APIs
APIs becoming mandatory? PSD2 in Europe
Enabling mega-wallet functionality owned by the many, not the few
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PANEL: CREATING A NEW FUTURE FOR DIGITAL IDENTITY: BLOCKCHAIN TO THE RESCUESeamless ID
Protecting digital identity from DDoS and networks hacks with blockchain
Collecting information on the ledger and removing the need for inefficient credentials
Replacing paper with a single key, on an immutable ledger ready for vision 2020/2021
Encrypting data to authenticate in real time
Disrupting government services
Revamping issuing, usability and mobile applications
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CREATING FULLY INTEGRATED AND DYNAMIC DIGITAL ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNSEcommerce
Building connected and contextual digital adverts with audience targeting
Integrating augmented reality to be used as suggestions and FYI-styled messages
Aligning brand strategy and agency solutions at every stage of the journey
Ensuring your multi-channel messaging strategy is up to scratch
Upping your cross-channel game to net more customers and more revenue
Is ad blocking an immovable object?
Messenger ads: case study
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DRIVING CLICK & COLLECT PROFITABILITYHome Delivery
Giving consumers a reason to visit the store: capitalising on impulse purchases
Staying competitive: enabling customers to shop their preferred way
Increasing convenience: no delivery, no tracking, no waiting
Leveraging your existing store network to fulfil from stores
Serving an omnichannel consumer with in-store pick up, ship-to-store and same day delivery
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NAVIGATING THE BALANCE BETWEEN PROFIT AND RETAIL CXRetail
Reinventing to meet the demands and expectations of their customers v’s the cost at hand
Staying relevant by asking customers what they want
Building intelligent customer feedback strategies
Utilising tech advancements to gather reliable data and business insights
Making feedback an integral part of your CX plan: capitalise on comprehensive data collection
Understanding the bottom line: positive customer experiences drive sales
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PANEL: MAKING MONEY SOCIAL: BANKING IN THE PALM OF YOUR HANDSPayments
Placing the purchasing power back in the hands of the consumer
Engaging with customers on a social platform and creating intimacy
Integrating payment platforms with social media
Overcoming the worries of data and privacy
Bridging the gap from banks to social media and beyond
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REDEFINING BANKS WITH APISBanking Innovation
Enhancing data driven internal and external services through open APIs
Taking the initiative to provide greater choice to consumers
Playing to your strengths in the new, unstructured, banking value chain
Overcoming the shifting consumer, regulatory and technology landscape
Accelerating consumer choice with traditional service unbundling
Designing services in an API ecosystem
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QUANTIFIED SELF: CREATING SELF-SOVEREIGN IDENTITYSeamless ID
Pushing digital credentials to a personal cloud storage with identity hubs
Empowering individuals access to official documentation
Becoming your own record keeper with blockchain technology
Moving forward with digital ID to purchasing goods and services
Consumer control: allowing consumers the choice of what companies use to identify
15:20
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REMARKETING: THE ENGINE OF LEAD GENERATIONEcommerce
Understanding the evolution of app remarketing and mobile measurement partners
Creating powerful and effective personalised adverts with dynamic retargeting
Successfully using visual analytics to optimise your retargeting strategy
Reassessing your return on advertising spend to protect your prospects
Reducing basket abandonment with enticing retargeted offersEnquire now to sponsor
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MARRYING THE ONLINE AND OFFLINE EXPERIENCE, IN THE STORERetail
Capitalising on the average shopper’s preference for social and experimental experiences
ROPO (research online, purchase offline): your most important multichannel digital marketing report
Integrating data from all sources to give your brand a head start
Knowing how to ‘sell a story’ instore
Leveraging mobile strategies instore: push notifications, loyalty offers, app integration, AR and more
Differentiating your service, rewarding loyal customers and building a more sustainable businessEnquire now to sponsor
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PROVIDING THE LAST MILE SERVICE OF THE FUTUREHome Delivery
Increasing customer engagement with seamless delivery and meeting the standards of tomorrow
Providing customer’s growing expectations of high speed, same-day delivery
Thinking beyond home delivery: using delivery as an effective retention tool
Understanding how the shared economy will affect last mile delivery?
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PANEL: REINVIGORATING ECOMMERCE PAYMENTSEcommerce
Eliminating cash on delivery risks for a smoother process by offering viable payment options
Understanding and offering the payment solutions your millennial customers wish to use
Integrating Apple Pay, Samsung Pay and Android Pay into your omnichannel payments platform
Rolling out one-click payments to streamline check out processes; an Amazon Pay case study
Minimising registration forms to improve conversation rates
Streamlining your loyalty process and including it in the payments process
Accepting cryptocurrencies – a necessity?
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PANEL: MERCHANDISING 3.0: TAKING ADVANTAGE OF ANALYTICS TOOLSRetail
Measuring the profit impact of promotions
Aligning product availability with marketing exposure; knowing the demand with real time analytics
Understanding customer profitability by segment
Matching customers with the right products using intelligent distribution
Protecting margin by knowing when another action is more profitable than a price reduction
Receiving alerts when there is a problem or major opportunity
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COMMERCE WITHOUT BARRIERSHome Delivery
Offering the same level of convenience and value customers expect with intra-country delivery
Taking advantage of rapidly growing internet connectivity to reach an untapped consumer base
Making “try & buy” and other consumer wishes a reality across borders
Ensuring your forward and reverse supply-chain operations make cross-border commerce a profitable move
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INTERFACES OF THE FUTURE: CHATBOTS AND CONVERSATIONAL COMMERCEPayments
Establishing greater customer intimacy with voice based assistants
Overcoming the hurdles with chatbot commerce
Onboarding customers and increasing monetisation seamlessly
Accelerating commerce whilst reducing payment fees
Partnering with leading tech companies for consumer convenience
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SME CREDIT: WHERE TO NEXT?Fintech
Is there a fintech and bank discourse in the SME place?
Changing the traditional thinking behind SME lending with hybrid banking models
Reaching the undeserved in emerging and developed markets with SME credit
Leveraging solutions to serve new consumer groups
Capturing a new market segment with SME lending and credit
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THE FINTECH EDGE: CREDIT AND LENDING INNOVATIONFintech
Utilising the natural attributes of a fintech to win market share; lean, agile, innovative, flexible
Building automatic, analytical and innovative platforms from scratch
Securing market opportunities with unique offers
Combining traditional methods of approval with cash flows, social media and non-financial data
Constructing a panorama of an individual’s creditworthiness
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OPEN APIS: REINVENTING THE FUTURE OF FINTECHBanking Innovation
Accelerating innovation and generating app and software ecosystems
Automating services to allow others to integrate
Successfully navigating through a rapidly emerging digital ecosystem
Transforming products into platforms
Triggers everywhere: delivering cross app interoperability to ensure seamless experiences
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MAKING SUCCESS OF EIDS ACROSS THE SMART CITYSeamless ID
Refinancing the digital ID to support smart city initiatives
Discovering the case studies e.g. Nigeria eID payment function
Utilising digital identity cards for additional services
Widening the scope of digital ID to overcome the challengeso Long registration and wait timeso High turnover of staffo Low customer satisfaction and revenueo High overheads
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CAPITALISING ON CROSS-BORDER CONSUMERSHome Delivery
Tracking fast-growing cross border shopping habits
Aligning mobile optimisation with an increasingly global consumer base
Driving security and convenience through your choice of payment options
Considering seller protection as well as buyer protection when trading internationally
15:50
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FINTECH TO TECHFIN: THE FUTURE P2P ECOSYSTEMPayments
Launching a P2P platform within banks
Combining fintech strategy with innovative banking platforms
Discovering the new threat of Techfin within the industry
Empire building in the digital age
Becoming the new global online behemoth
Identifying the role of primary financial institutions in the hyper-competitive industryReserved for sponsor
15:50
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REINVENTING LENDING AT CHECKOUT FOR MILLENNIALSFintech
Changing digital commerce with checkout and POS lending
Partnering with merchants and card companies alike to offer transaction-based lending
Alleviating consumer cashflow concerns with checkout lending
Moving from B2C to B2B through automated risk scoring
Incentivising bigger purchases through generous financial offers and payment plansReserved for sponsor
15:50
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API SECURITY IN THE DIGITAL AGEBanking Innovation
Rethinking security with the influx of open and shared data
Security driven design: security technology across all interfaces
Validating API parameters even in an open ecosystem
Utilising AI and machine learning to detect specific threats on the API
Collaborating to overcome parameter, identity and man-in-the-middle API attacks
Reaping the rewards of the digital era with effective and efficient API securityReserved for sponsor
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IDENTITY MATTERS: BEYOND PASSWORDS FOR EMPLOYEESSeamless ID
Developing cross device digital ID verification
Removing the expensive and time-consuming nature of passwords across the company
Overcoming the threat of fraud with multi-factor authentication process with biometrics
Capturing digital behaviour for secure and seamless authentication
From onboarding to retirement: utilising digital ID throughout an employee’s journey
Establishing “identity” across the entire business
Accessing background checks, employee qualifications and experience through digital record keeping e.g. blockchain
Collaborating across the smart city to integrate information seamlessly
Creating a mutual convenience with a decentralised employee management systemReserved for sponsor
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THE FUTURE OF MERCHANDISING: LIMITED IN-STORE MERCHANDISE?Retail
Redefining what it means to have a physical store location
Offering sampling opportunities, in-store experiences and same day order pickup to create a more immersive experience
Forging a more emotional connection between consumer and brand
Using audio and visual cues to replicate the multisensory nature of physical merchandise in a show room type setting
Analysing the success of real world case studies
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ANTICIPATING THE EVOLUTION OF AUTOMATED WAREHOUSINGHome Delivery
Presenting a business case for complete DC automation
Developing an efficient strategic supply networking model for DC locations
Considering capacity planning as key
Investing in the right tech (ASRS, GTP tech, predictive analytics, shuttle systems etc.)
Decreasing reliance on manual labour, reducing picking errors and improving efficiencies
Calculating automation ROI: case study
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CYBERSECURITY: REINFORCING CUSTOMER CONFIDENCEEcommerce
Strengthening cybersecurity to boost customer loyalty and trust
Continuously evolving your security network to face advancing threats
Eradicating data breaches and security vulnerabilities with comprehensive risk management focus
Verifying quickly, accurately and seamlessly with everyday activities
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TAKING PRODUCT DISCOVERY INSTORE WITH ADVANCED TECHRetail
Webrooming: driving online shoppers into the store
VR: transporting shoppers into various scenarios so as to better showcase the products and push for sale
AR: provides the best kind of show-and-tell experience that transcends any in-store sales pitch
Driving more interactions with retail apps that have an instore-mode
16:30
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3RD ANNUAL SEAMLESS PITCH-OFF SPONSORED BY OMA EMIRATES-SOLUTION GULFKeynotes
Calling all fintechs from around the world…Fintechs from around the world will have three minutes each to pitch their product or solution to our expert panel made up of VCs and consultants. These innovative, early-stage, global companies will come head-to-head live and on stage at Seamless 2019.In these three-minute pitches, competitors will try to convince our industry experts that their business model, technology or platform is going to be a game changer that will revolutionise the finance industry.100 start-ups will be shortlisted and 6 will be selected to pitch our panel of expertsThe winner of the Pitch Off will receive a cheque of $5000 and all finalists have the potential to receive over $500,000 in investment courtesy of OMA Emirates.
16:30
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THE ANATOMY OF A PERFECT CHECKOUT PAGEEcommerce
Actionable steps to win trust and more sales
Reinforcing the benefits to buy with you throughout the checkout process
Providing cart management options at checkout
Instilling a progress indicator
Ensuring the “simple” process are in place: optimised fields, autofill and vertical alignment
16:30
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CAPITALISING ON THE POWER OF VISUAL MERCHANDISINGRetail
Reimagining merchandising as customer expectations and data availability grow at an exponential rate
Creating aesthetically pleasing designs that encourage interaction and increase foot traffic
Optimising the store for social media interaction: ‘instagramable’ displays and spaces
Utilising strategic retail lighting to drive unplanned purchases
Designing with a minimalistic approach: prioritising function and using neutral tones
Planning, measuring and implementing merchandising initiativesEnquire now to sponsor
16:30
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DRIVING EFFICIENCY WITH THE ‘FUTURE’ WAREHOUSEHome Delivery
Empowering shipping speed, efficiency and pricing by leveraging technology and software from the outset
Using software as a key driver for logistics automation
National expansion: understanding the infrastructure, volume and network requirements for expansion
How urban fulfillment centers will help enable an efficient distribution model for retailersEnquire now to sponsor
17:00
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KEYNOTE INTERVIEW: PERSONALISATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS: THE ENGINE OF COMMERCEKeynotes
Driving data-driven ecommerce offering curated product discovery and 24/7 recommendations
Realising main target demographics and proactively engaging with them
Deepening brand connections and motivating product interest
Connecting with the local retail community to continuously grow product assortment
Moving into grocery ecommerce
17:25
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KEYNOTE INTERVIEW FEATURE INTERVIEW: TAKING ECOMMERCE ONE STEP FURTHERKeynotes
Taking perspective on the current luxury ecommerce market
Uncovering the Middle East’s unique market positing and the opportunities v challenges that lie within
How appealing is the market to new entrants?
Understanding where traditional brick v mortar fits in
Case study: farfetch’s journey so far
19:00
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SEAMLESS AWARDS 2019Keynotes
The annual tech awards for the finance, retail and ecommerce industries.The Seamless Awards identify and reward those companies and individuals who have demonstrated an unparalleled ability to succeed, continually set standards of excellence and who will be the future stars of the industry.The Seamless Awards is a prestigious evening event to be held in a 5* hotel in the heart of downtown Dubai and attended by banks, fintechs, retailers, retailers and governments from across the region.
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KEYNOTE SEE YOU IN THE FUTURE: EMBRACING INNOVATIVE PAYMENT TECHNOLOGYKeynotes
Redefining the finance industry with AI, robotics and VR
Embracing IoT, personalisation and ‘gig’ payments
Reimagining how we see currency with the digital coin
Transforming economies with cryptocurrencies and blockchain
Accepting and initiating payments from unattended IoT devices
09:00
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KEYNOTE THE END OF OMNICHANNEL?Keynotes
Omnichannel, will go away in the coming years as retailers move to become hyper-focused on what customers want, need, and find useful while shopping
Distinguishing between the reality of how omnichannel may be delivered today vs. the seamless, unified experience that everyone wants
What should be on retailers’ roadmaps for the near future?
Accepting and embracing the need to be ‘omnichannel’ and all that this entails to deliver on omnichannel promises behind the scenes
Denoting the blending of channels into one experience
Customer experience in omnichannel will become the new unit of measure for success in modern shopping
Unifying the experience, not just unifying the operation
09:30
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KEYNOTE FINTECH: JUST THE BEGINNING FOR THE MIDDLE EAST?Keynotes
Building a thriving ecosystem for financial innovation
Creating the regional fintech hub
Kickstarting innovation with sandboxes, accelerators and investors
Enticing international talent to the Middle East with global partnerships
Identifying the government driven initiatives
10:00
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KEYNOTE COMMERCE AND AI: GAME-CHANGERS VS GIMMICKSKeynotes
Leveraging AI to create the ultimate customer experience
Effectively utilising machine learning to actively engage, educate and personalise
AR, VR, chatbots… What tech is worth your time and money?
Marrying new tech with mass acceptance?
10:00
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KEYNOTE WHEREVER. WHENEVER. WHATEVER: TRANSFORMING POSKeynotes
Revolutionising the way, we think about POS: no longer a destination
Providing platform-level technologies to enable innovation
Shaping the future of payments and helping people lead frictionless lives
Smart fashion: from biometric shirts to contactless payment jackets
Discovering the next wave of wearables with hearables and jewellery
Transforming cars, homes, appliances, cities, governments and retails with innovative POS technologyReserved for Platinum Sponsor
10:20
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KEYNOTE DRIVING THE ‘DISTANCE RETAIL’ LANDSCAPEKeynotes
Understanding the growing cross-border trade and evolution of online marketplaces, domestic and abroad
Will domestic transactions be outpaced by cross-border transactions within the next five years?
Utilising existing infrastructure and driving collaborative models
The key driver of cross border commerce? Price- sensitive millennials
Are marketplaces winning the cross-border commerce industry?
Making use of international, customisable, hassle-free payment platforms
Key considerations for your cross-border business:o Localisationo Translation of copyo Regional contento Copy that buyers can relate too Shorter supply chains Enquire now to sponsor
11:20
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PANEL: B2B: THE NEXT TRILLION-DOLLAR OPPORTUNITY?Payments
Optimising B2B business with interactive platforms
Jumping onboard the revolution with faster payments, blockchain, APIs, open banking efforts and collaboration
Looking beyond faster payments to change and accelerate the entire B2B process
Addressing the major pain points within B2B payments
11:20
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PANEL: EMBRACING BLOCKCHAIN: DON’T BE LEFT BEHINDFintech
From theory to practice with blockchain banking projects
Identifying the initial avenues that blockchain would improve e.g. X-border
Developing infrastructures to support new assets and payment systems based on blockchain
Building relationships with regulators ready to implement blockchain
Overcoming the obstacles; privacy, integration, regulation, scalability
11:20
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PANEL: SECURING THE FUTURE OF BANKIN: ARE MOBILE WALLETS THE NEXT TARGET FOR FRAUD?Banking Innovation
Moving beyond CNP fraud with mobile wallets
Balancing the new necessities; user experience, convenience and security
Outplaying the increase in malicious apps, bot attacks, emulators and simulators and RATs
Harnessing location services and digital behaviour to battle in the mobile world
Proactively managing consumer base with strong regulatory frameworks
11:20
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PANEL THE CHANGING B2B BUYEREcommerce
The stats: B2B ecommerce will reach over $6.6 trillion by 2020
Examining the huge potential surrounding B2B and what’s driving the excitement
Recognising the fundamental differences between B2C and B2B systems – one doesn’t fit all
Changing the mindset of traditional businesses and SMEs alike
Offering self-service access, better delivery/inventory insight and an all-round improved customer experience
Incentivising to convert legacy customers to online efficiency
Reassessing your B2B sales process to meet CX expectations
Adapting your payment options for B2B customers
11:20
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PANEL EMBRACING A DIGITAL CULTURERetail
Transforming your employees into tech-savvy, brand advocates
Identifying and closing the digital skill gap
Building a flexible workforce that benefits employers and employees
Matching your employee capabilities to your customer’s expectations
Bridging the generation gap: building a multi-generation workforce
Creating truly digital workplace with agile training utilising AR and VR
Foresting talent: capitalising on the creative approach of millennials
11:20
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PANEL WINNING CUSTOMER LOYALTY IN AN DIGITAL WORLDLEAD (Loyalty, Experience, Analytics, Digital)
Adopting an multi-channel, seamless loyalty approach to reward customers in real time, on any channel
Connecting and recognising customers at all touch points
Yielding stronger engagement and higher spends with personal and authentic customer experiences
Rewarding customers for more than spending: sharing, referring and responding
Capturing spend and engagement data to market future customer retention offers
11:40
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LIFTING THE BURDEN OF B2B PAYMENTS WITH BLOCKCHAINPayments
Shifting the B2B norm from manual to automatic
Transforming huge ERP and legacy systems such as EDI to open the gates for innovation
Digitising business processes externally on a secure distributed ledger
Collaborating data in smart contracts
Optimising the entire supply chain with real time visibility and smarter decision making
Levelling the playing field for SMEs through blockchain technology
11:40
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NO BORDERS. NO MASTERS. JUST BLOCKCHAIN.Fintech
Decentralising the entire ecosystem with blockchain
Discovering the role of incumbents and the central bank with a decentralised ledger
Central Bank: buy, regulate or launch a new national coin?
Reinventing the economy with DLT and multiple shared parallel blockchains, each with a different core use
Discussing cross industry uses of blockchain technology
11:40
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STRENGTHENING AUTHENTICATION THROUGH BEHAVIOURAL ANALYTICSBanking Innovation
Combining adaptive authentication with behavioural analytics
Ensuring all user systems locate the “usual” behaviour of individuals
Utilising machine learning and AI for real time analysis based on consumer data
Scaling down false positive declines
Considering device profile, location awareness and user behaviour to remove malicious threats
Supplementing biometrics with behaviour analytics for multifactor authentication
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MOBILE B2B ECOMMERCE: PROVIDING A B2C-LIKE SERVICE FOR MILLENNIAL BUYERSEcommerce
o Preparing for millennial business buyers are young, tech-savvy and sophisticatedo Offering purchasing ease-of-use that millennials are accustomed to on consumer websiteso Providing access to mobile along the entire purchase patho Delivering B2B services expected by millennials includingo researching productso comparing prices and feature setso contacting merchantso completing transactions
Apr 1111:40
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SHAPING THE SHOPPING EXPERIENCE WITH YOUR EMPLOYEE EMPOWERMENTRetail
Providing employees with the right set of up-to-date, automated and digital sales, service and operational tools
Enabling outstanding customer service with a motivated, informed, connected workforce
Delivering easy access to customer buying history and loyalty information
Preparing for temporary and seasonal workforces; Expo 2020 case study
Ensuring customer experience is not affected: online courses, digital training, seamless on-boarding
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TRANSFORMING B2B WITH B2C INSIGHTSPayments
Rethinking traditional business models for an innovative platform
Quantifying research focusing on the client needs
Embracing change and allowing consumerisation to make inroads
Digitising platforms as business becomes fluid
Advancing back end and legacy systems with 100% automation
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PANEL: UNEARTHING THE UNPARRELLED EXPLOSION IN CRYPTOCURRENCIESFintech
Looking towards cryptocurrencies as a new legal tender
Anticipating the coins of the future
Pressuring the traditional players: should banks be investing?
Discovering the bitcoin growth: was this hype or true value?
Debating the plunge of cryptocurrencies, IMF call for regulation and global government worries
Apr 1112:00
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BIOMETRICS: THE RISE OF MULTIFACTOR AUTHENTICATIONBanking Innovation
Making the transition: “what you know” to “what you have” to “what you are”
Moving away from passwords with two factor authentications
Educating consumers and improving CX across biometric touch points
Overcoming the usability limitations of facial recognition and fingerprints
Embedding biometrics into CNP transactions
Shifting to advanced biometrics with automatic recognition
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PANEL: THE GROCERY BOOMEcommerce
Cracking a notoriously tough market
As physical retailers set the pace, can ecommerce keep up?
Collaborating for growth
Assessing profitability outside of purely urban areas
Viewing the logistics conundrum as a stepping stone towards a multifunctional high-frequency platform
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TURNING YOUR EMPLOYEES INTO ADVOCATESRetail
Building your brand to become the employee of choice
Introducing collaboration and empowerment to drive company culture
Boosting employee social media activity to organically increase brand exposure
Increasing employee engagement through better communications
Cultivating employee support with up to date content and product enhancements
Pinpointing natural leaders and communicating the vision
12:00
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SOCIAL MEDIA AND CUSTOMER LOYALTY: A MATCH MADE IN HEAVENLEAD (Loyalty, Experience, Analytics, Digital)
Rewarding customers for social interactions to drive brand loyalty
Quality over quantity: engaging your loyal followers for referrals and customer acquisition
Welcoming trust as the new digital currency: increasing consumer confidence and brand loyalty
Creating social communities as hubs for brand evangelists
Don’t fear the negative comments: act on them and convert the unsatisfied
12:20
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DISRUPTING GLOBAL B2B PAYMENTSPayments
Identifying key platforms which are set to revolutionise the B2B cross border industry
Collaboration of fintechs and FIs as the exponential growth continues
Reforming the clunky correspondent banking network
Unlocking the full ecosystem platform with multiple solutionsReserved for sponsor
12:20
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ACCELERATING PAYMENTS WITH BLOCKCHAINFintech
Realigning the global financial bubble and pressuring incumbents to either pioneer or perish
Eliminating the middlemen and intermediaries to remove complications, delay and cost
Conducting payments between B2B and B2C customers
Decentralising payments with a transparent, cheap, safe, seamless and fast process
Reducing fraud with effective blockchain technologyReserved for sponsor
12:20
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A NEW WAY OF THINKING: IT SECURITY IN THE CLOUD ERABanking Innovation
Implementing scalable and flexible security to enable tech development
Securing deployments with visible infrastructure
Orchestrating security defence with threat intelligence
Protecting, analysing, hunting and responding to threats automatically
Building a future proof banking platform which enables cloud innovation
Searching for reliable CSPs to integrate legacy systems to the cloudReserved for sponsor
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MANAGING YOUR MODERN RETAIL WORKFORCE FROM THE BACK OFFICERetail
Integrating automated processes to augment employee’s capabilities
Ensuring high value people are doing high value tasks to increase cost efficiency
Increasing employee productivity and payroll savings
Using intelligent labor forecasting from traffic and store data to avoid under or over staffing
Balancing employee preferences with collaborative schedules
Capturing precise employee clock in and out with biometricsEnquire now to sponsor
Apr 1112:20
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AI: CHANGING LOYALTY FOREVERLEAD (Loyalty, Experience, Analytics, Digital)
Managing and interpreting customer data captured by loyalty activities and customer interactions
Taking data and turning it into actionable information to make more motivating programmes
Linking AI data with other touch points such as POS and CRM to generate 360 degree results
Accurately predicting customer behaviour and influencing within the shortest time frame
Preparing for chatbots in loyalty: chatbots take preference and can service the customer faster and easierEnquire now to sponsor
12:30
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INNOVATIVE INVENTORY MANAGEMENTEcommerce
Maximising experience: optimising inventory and assortment by location to meet the demands of customers
Using digital technology to ensure stocking and planograms are accurate
Utilising predictive merchandising to overcome inventory challengesEnquire now to sponsor
14:00
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PANEL: SHAPING THE FUTURE PAYMENTS EXPERIENCE WITH AIPayments
Predicting behaviour and intuitively managing transaction timings
Offering timely and relevant offers to support consumer cashflow
Personalising services with psychographic algorithms
Improving retention, revenue and profitability
Amplifying CX with machine drive conversational capabilities
Leveraging transactions for customer centricity
Developing a interoperable AI network of the future
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PANEL COLLABORATION: THE FUTURE OF INSURTECHFintech
Reviewing the “new industry” as the competition collaborate e.g. B3i
Developing a flourishing industry with incumbent-fintech partnership
Rethinking product development with new business strategies
The bancassurance and invisible insurance revival: implementing new regulatory initiatives
Continuously developing healthy competition and a stronger ecosystem
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PANEL: THE HUGE DIFFERENTIATOR: REDEFINING THE PLAYING FIELD WITH ANALYTICSBanking Innovation
Taking the lead with advanced analytics rather than playing catch up
Advancing agility, competitiveness and interoperability
Making smart, targeted investments to stand out from the crowded marketplace
From customers to risk to financing to workforce management: integrating analytics across the entire infrastructure
Competing with the emerging digitally native competitors
Riding the tide with the newer nimble players.
14:00
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PANEL: SHOW ME THE MONEYEcommerce
Attracting the right kind of investors for your business
Promoting your unique positioning as an advantage; no existing legacy systems etc.
Partnering with startups to extend a new generation of offerings
Tackling the top 3 most common hurdles
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PANEL: DATA DRIVEN DESIGN: USING CREATIVE DESIGN TO ELEVATE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCERetail
Blending data and innovative tech to create the ideal customer experience
What does the ambient aisle look like?
Leveraging data-driven shelf optimisation
Capturing data with instore technology advancements: putting sensors in the forefront of your design
Big data and bigger retail data: identifying and utilising the data you already have
Measuring emotional responses and removing negative experiences
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PANEL: EXPANDING YOUR CUSTOMER JOURNEY STRATEGYLEAD (Loyalty, Experience, Analytics, Digital)
Delivering value with mapping to infuse the customer’s point of view into their activities
Realigning metrics, analytics, experience design, and innovation around customer journeys
Defining your end-goal and building your framework
Ranking touchpoints by importance: don’t be overwhelmed by the experiential aspect of marketing
Understanding the essentials:a. Removing pain pointsb. Raising the barc. Minimising customer effortd. Accelerating the processe. Driving customer retention
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THE FACE OF AI: VOICE INTERACTIONPayments
Transforming virtual assistants into real time actionable processes
Monetising voice interaction with automatic purchasing power
Implementing solutions for the “do it for me” revolution
Implementing verbal demands for recurring payments
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TRANSFORMING THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY WITH IOT & ANALYTICSFintech
Insurance: the data hungry business
Manipulating data analytics, machine learning and AI to unlock the potential of IoT connectivity
Data sources into insights into services
Reducing friction with chatbots and blockchain
Insuring the connected world e.g. homes, cars, wearables etc.
Exploring P2P insurance, the sharing economy and the opportunities for insurers, banks and start-ups
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NOVELTY TO NECESSITY: THE FUTURE POWER OF PERSONALISATION TECHNOLOGYBanking Innovation
Predicting choices of consumers with innovative analytics
Anticipating needs, personalising services and offering targeted services
Accelerating the accumulation of data across all touchpoints
Turning data into powerful customer insights What does the future hold in the emergence of the global privacy environment?
Automating and alleviating repetitive and mundane tasks
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PANEL: WHAT DO THEY WANT?Ecommerce
Ensuring your business is different: give investors something to talk about
Guaranteeing you offer the potential for immediate vertical growth
Offering investors the option to exit regardless of success
People make a company. Is your team strong enough?
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FUTURE PROOFING YOUR BRICK AND MORTAR STORERetail
Creating a physical expression of your online personality
Saving space and reducing cost with augmented and virtual reality sales tools
Developing store apps to accompany the full purchasing cycle
Creating your store for the future: smarter, sustainable and secure
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CASE STUDY: IMPLEMENTING THE HYBRID WORKFORCE: A CX DREAM TEAMLEAD (Loyalty, Experience, Analytics, Digital)
People and machines: combining strengths to compensate for one another’s limitations
Allowing agents to perform higher value, more complex tasks
Providing assisted service to more digitally primed self-service channel engagements
Maintaining a ‘human touch’ and upgrading from mass service to mass personalization
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HARNESSING MACHINE LEARNING IN PAYMENTSPayments
Reviewing and monitoring financial decisions
Reducing recurring task burdens through innovative AI
Overcoming inefficiencies with quick and painless P2P payment bots
Authenticating real time payments with AI and machine learning
Analysing the digital footprint of the consumer for unusual behaviour
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PANEL: TRANSFORMING TRANSACTIONS: THE END OF BROKERS?Fintech
Diminishing the role for intermediaries with a digital insurance marketplace
Does Insurtech expand the power of brokers with new data tools?
Reducing friction vs keeping the personal touch of brokers
Harnessing innovation and technology to improve existing insurance services
Empowering brokers with back end technology innovation
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DATA DELUGE: REINVIGORATING CUSTOMER INTELLIGENCE TO BE PRESCRIPTIVE AND BEHAVIOURALBanking Innovation
Combining the four general categories of analytics to enhance entire infrastructure i.e. descriptive, diagnostic, predictive, prescriptive
Renovating customer relationships with deep insights
Analysing data sets to create patterns and predictions
Improving customer convergence with targeted offers in line with past action
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PANEL: TRAVERSING THE EVOLVING CONVERSATIONAL COMMERCE ECOSYSTEMEcommerce
Building brand preference and affiliation with bots and intelligent assistants
Understanding EoT (Engagement of Things) and embracing the click to purchase within messaging apps
Seamlessly integrating conversational commerce into your customer service strategy
Creating a two-way conversation between brand and customers: AI, chatbots, live video, messaging apps
Analysing why consumers love voice assistants and how to capitalise on it
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PERFECTING THE PATH TO PURCHASERetail
Decoding the path to purchase by employing touch points that matter
Recognising that browsing begins online
Converting online behaviour into in-store purchasing with simplified and effective design
Creating a clear path for shoppers to increase foot traffic
14:40
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RE-EXAMINING AND REVAMPING CX METRICSLEAD (Loyalty, Experience, Analytics, Digital)
How are CX metrics driving change in your organisation?
Connecting key drivers to performance metrics to measure customer experience
Going beyond NPS and satisfaction surveys
Building effective programmes around core customer experience efforts
Focusing on surveys that will provide actionable insights
Constantly A/B testing to measure efficiencies
Moving seamlessly to cloud-based analytics and bringing the IoT to life
14:50
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AI AND CYBERSECURITY: THE REAL DEAL?Payments
Accelerating the search and discovery of needles in a rapidly growing haystack with AI
Adding to existing technologies with incremental analytic horsepower
Collaboration to detect, identify and plug into potential threats
Utilising pattern recognition as an additional cyber tool
Detecting cyber-attacks and fraud throughout customer portfolio in real timeReserved for sponsor
14:50
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EMPATHY EMPOWERED: PERSONALISING INSURANCEFintech
Engaging consumers with personal, tailored offers and programmes
Personalising insurance packages and personal incentives based on behavioural economics and data
Combining digital technology and human empathy for exceptional customer service
Deploying technology to empower frontlines whilst allowing system deviation
Increasing loyalty and customer lifetime with holistic profilingReserved for sponsor
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KYC AND ANALYTICS: FROM DATA TO DOLLARSBanking Innovation
Driving revenue and reducing risk through personalised offers and KYC compliance
Utilising data for KYC systems through prescriptive analytics, AI, machine learning, segmentation, personalisation and targeting
Predicting outcomes to increase profitability and relationship management
Planning cash and liquidity to enhance business management and customer management
Understanding each customer to achieve a win-win in collection processes
Enhancing application screening with analyticsReserved for sponsor
15:00
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PANEL: ENSURING INNOVATIVE PAYMENT PLATFORMS ARE INTEGRATED AND INTEROPERABLEPayments
Going beyond single platform integration with interoperable networks connecting the multitude of payment platforms
Revolutionising payment systems to communicate effectively regardless of the platform
Allowing consumers to use their favoured vehicles for payment regardless of recipient technology
Capturing the masses with multi-platform functionality
15:00
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PANEL: BECOMING MILLENNIALLY-MINDED: TRANSFORMING WEALTH MANAGEMENTFintech
What does the future hold for the investment ecosystem?
Exploring GAFA and the “bigtechs” encroaching on the wealthtech space
Role of incumbents: innovate internally, acquire or collaborate?
Supporting HNWI’s with digital solutions
Is software creating a “winner takes all” ecosystem?
Partner, merge, acquire or acquihire: where next for wealthtech collaboration?
15:00
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PANEL: CREATING A WINNING DIGITAL MARKETING STRATEGYBanking Innovation
Seamlessly combining digital and physical delivery channels
Looking towards optichannel marketing
Incorporating social networking platforms with mainstream banking
Contextualising campaigns with relevant, interactive content marketing
Understanding increasing complex consumer decision behaviour to optimise conversion rates
Deriving insight from multiple sources simultaneously using big data, predictive analytics and consumer insight
15:00
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REAPING THE BENEFITS OF THE CHATBOT REVOLUTIONEcommerce
Creating an interpersonal exchange with individual users for shipping information, upsell, cross-sell, cart recovery
Shortening the distance between prospect and purchase
Automating excellent customer service messages with chatbots
Reducing friction for consumers with chatbots
Discovering the additional benefits of chatbots: a case studyEnquire now to sponsor
15:00
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CASE STUDY: SETTING UP FOR GROWTHRetail
Moving from retail powerhouse to omni-channel leader
Emphasising experience to provide a unique shopping environment
Creating a shop floor with a community spirit where people meet and actively want to spend time
Reinventing customer engagement by leveraging digital innovation
Case study: Level Shoes success
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PROVIDING THE NEXT GEN CONTACT CENTRE: INSTANT COMMUNICATION FOR EXCEPTIONAL CUSTOMER SERVICELEAD (Loyalty, Experience, Analytics, Digital)
Anticipating the digital channels take over: email, chat, social, text, messaging
Mobile driven interaction management: in-app messaging, chat, SMS, and social
Messaging as the new channel of choice
Game changing customer service: smartphone video camera support
Sending photos or videos between agents and customers, faster and more timely
Stop, start, and continue with the conversation at the customer's convenienceEnquire now to sponsor
15:10
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PANEL: THE NEXT CHAPTER OF MOBILE OPTIMISATIONEcommerce
Understanding the changing shopping behaviour of the mobile-first consumer
Smarter chatbots and mobile messengers to deliver a better quality, more personal mobile experiences
Integrating augmented reality into your mobile channel to drive sales
Apps v’s mobile sites: discovering what will increase customer retention
Understanding “mobile-first indexing” to successfully create a mobile marketing strategy
15:10
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PANEL: REINVENTING THE MALL: MAKING THE MALL THE DESTINATION OF CHOICERetail
Crafting customer engagement spaces
Becoming the new ‘Main Street’: developing a sense of community
Creating a destination centre suited for weekend vacations and tourist traps
Boosting instore traffic by creating alternative enticing experiences
Understanding shoppers behavior to create memorable experiences
Balancing entertaining experience with product buying
Utilising unused space for pop-ups to drive new interest
Achieving the best tenant mix for your mall
15:10
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PANEL: MARTECH: HOW TO AVOID BEING BLINDED BY TECHNOLOGYLEAD (Loyalty, Experience, Analytics, Digital)
Investing in intelligent content ensuring it is targeted, optimised and activated across all devices and marketing slack
Using AI to process reams of unstructured data
Integrating chatbots into your marketing strategy to handle more complex products and transactions
Advancing mobile marketing analytics
Extending multi-touch attribution (MTA) to provide a holistic measurement framework: identity management, data integration and analytics
15:20
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DEVELOPMENT OR DISRUPTION? STREAMLINING NATIONAL PAYMENT PROCESSESPayments
Substituting traditional payment methods with new, innovative technology
Launching national payment systems which are interoperable and well regulated
Transforming national systems for a cashless society
Developing payment networks for financial inclusion and economic growth
Collaborating with banks and fintechs to drive multi-platform interoperability
Transforming legacy systems with new, supplementary payment technology
15:20
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ROBO ADVISORS: SCALING UP TO PROFITFintech
Discovering the influx of robo-advisors for HNWI’s with lower fees and costs
Efficiently managing customer acquisition costs with robo advice
Evolving technology to deal with different languages, tax, custodian banks, KYC, regulation
Robo advisors: collaboration to survive?
Building the infrastructure for innovation in wealthtech and robo advisories
15:20
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GENERATION Z: THE FUTURE OF BANKINGBanking Innovation
Building relationships with the unprofitable before they become profitable
Capitalising on the willingness to use tech as banking, P2P payments and social media
Utilising digital marketing to capture the new market segments and new consumers
Offering new, cheaper and digitally savvy products for the
Striking the right chord with financial education
15:30
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MOBILE DESIGN AND UX: KEEPING PACE WITHIN THE MOBILE APP UNIVERSEEcommerce
Why good UX design means better business: creating a seamless, customer-centric mobile experience
User journey simplification: the less effort, the better experience
Progressive disclosure: reducing cognitive load and improving comprehension of the interface
Removing visual clutter and improving comprehension to remove noise
Rolling out conversational design alongside emotional experiences
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RESHAPING ‘MALL-ENTERTAINMENT’ IN AN OMNI-CHANNEL AGERetail
Welcoming the world of entertainment to create unforgettable visitor experiences
Exploring data driven insights and growing the mall as a lifestyle destination
Developing lifestyle loyalty schemes that reward for more than just monetary transactions
Embedding technology seamlessly into customer experiences
Differentiating the consumer offering, with a focus on experience and convenience
Creating experiential reasons for customers to visit the mall and increase footfall
15:30
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PREDICTIVE AND PRESCRIPTIVE ANALYTICS: THE HOW AND THE WHYLEAD (Loyalty, Experience, Analytics, Digital)
Developing an all-inclusive view of your data landscape to draw meaningful, timely conclusions
Using historical patterns to predict future data quality outcomes
Prescriptive analytics: where future outcomes meet human decision-making
Turning to machine learning algorithms to enhance data quality anomaly detection
Dynamically detecting anomalies that might otherwise have gone unnoticed
15:40
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DIGITAL COIN: BUILDING THE INTEROPERABLE CHAIN OF CHAINSPayments
Functioning cohesively to unlock the full potential of cryptocurrencies
Addressing blockchain interoperability before the trend of blockchain verticalisation
Standardising smart contracts, APIs and 3rd party tools across blockchain ledgers
Seamlessly sending and receiving digital coin across multiple platforms
Becoming fully interoperable with cross-chain atomic swaps and message relays
15:40
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REVAMPING DECISION MAKING WITH AUGMENTED TECHNOLOGYFintech
Reconstructing digital wealth management with AI
Transforming customisation with machine learning and AI
Utilising algorithms to analyse financial data
Devising a hierarchy of personalised financial recommendations
Constructing a holistic view through empirical data formed from the professional relationship
15:40
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DRIVING THE NEXT-GEN CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE WITH CHATBOTSBanking Innovation
Reaching customers more efficiently and effectively than ever before
Creating bots that learn the behaviour and preferences of each individual user
Enabling conversational experiences between the customer and brand
Reaching out to the new generation of digitally savvy consumers
Using real-time natural language processing (NLP) to enhance the experience
15:50
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INTEROPERABILITY: SUPPORTING DIGITAL ECONOMIESPayments
Developing payment technology to support digital transformation
Becoming paperless with digital payment technology
Transforming the customer and merchant experience with international interoperability
Overcoming cultural and regional regulations with integrated and interoperable payment systems
Creating a level playing fieldReserved for sponsor
15:50
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REVOLUTIONISING INVESTMENTS AND ASSET MANAGEMENT WITH BLOCKCHAINFintech
Reconciling information on legacy systems and enabling new markets and products
Reducing trading times whilst increasing volume on stock exchange with blockchain technology
Transfiguring client onboarding with seamless data collection and verification
Managing portfolios in real time with open architecture and smart contracts
Easing compliance burdens with AML and KYCReserved for sponsor
15:50
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ADOPTING INSIGHT-DRIVEN MARKETINGBanking Innovation
Leveraging advanced analytics for insight-driven marketing
Cross selling, deepening relationships, improving wallet sharing, increasing products and driving revenue
Leveraging transactional, behaviour and demographic data
Increasing focus on ROI with targeted marketing and cutting of costs
Customising and personalising with a holistic view of the customer journey
Getting personal: customising to enhance the overall experience and increase ROIReserved for sponsor
15:50
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DICTATING YOUR SUCCESSFUL MOBILE SEARCH AND CONVERSION STRATEGYEcommerce
Expanding your consumer base with far-reaching mobile focused strategies
Optimising ASO, SEO and App indexing to improve CRO
Increasing your organic search with link-worthy, user-driven content
Harnessing the power of social search
Improving your internal site searches to increase conversion
Voice search: don’t risk getting left behindEnquire now to sponsor
15:50
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DISCOVERING DIGITAL AGE MALLSRetail
Assessing successful digital roll outs: facial recognition, location-based mobile ads and beacons
Adopting real time tracking to monitor shoppers and choose the appropriate tenant mix
Transforming the mall experience by leveraging technology and multichannel strategies
Exploring next gen technology: parking apps, interactive mall maps, robots, sleep podsEnquire now to sponsor
15:50
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DATA MANAGEMENT PLATFORMS (DMPS): THE BACKBONE OF DATA-DRIVEN MARKETINGLEAD (Loyalty, Experience, Analytics, Digital)
What exactly are DMPs? How, technologically, do they differ from standard CRM software?
Utilising a unifying platform to collect, organise and activate your data from all sources
Sorting and converting data into a useable form
Segmenting and audience building
In what circumstances does it make sense to invest in one?Enquire now to sponsor
16:00
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3RD ANNUAL SEAMLESS PITCH-OFFKeynotes
Calling all ecommerce start-ups from around the region…6 start-ups from around the region will have five minutes each to pitch their product or solution to our expert panel made up of VCs and consultants. These innovative, early-stage, global companies will come head-to-head live and on stage at Seamless 2019.In these three minute pitches, competitors will try to convince our industry experts that their business model, technology or platform is going to be a game changer that will revolutionise their industry.100 start-ups will be shortlisted and 6 will be selected to pitch our panel of experts