e-Business Strategy Europe
Wednesday 20 October 2010 - 10h00 to 17h00 - Eurotop Auditorium
The "Davos" of the digital economy. This new e-Business Strategy Europe conference brings together industry and government to set the agenda for e-commerce and the digital economy.
In a ground-breaking, interactive one day event panels of top level industry and government leaders will debate the key e-Business issues, while throughout the four sessions audiences attending both physically and virtually – at the Eurotop auditorium in Lille and via the internet world-wide – will have opportunities to vote; voicing their opinions on core questions on the industry of tomorrow.
eBizEU provides business and government leaders a space for blue sky thinking and strategic planning.
4 Plenary Sessions on key issues for e-business in the coming years:
NEAR FUTURE TECHNOLOGY - Mapping the new commerce highways
- A review of what is becoming possible and where it may take us
- What’s in the pipeline and when will it matter?
- Driving commerce in a new technical landscape
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DO NOT MISS: For the first time in France, charismatic NILS MÜELLER CEO and Founder of TrendONE, Germany will present his show “Ecommerce 2020” A 40 minutes dazzling dive in the new technologies that will shake up e-Business in the next 10 years |
Speakers:
Nils MUELLER - CEO & Founder - TRENDONE, GERMANY
Raouti CHEHIH - CEO - EURATECHNOLOGIES, FRANCE
Ulrich JEROME - CEO - PIXMANIA FRANCE, UK & SCANDINAVIA
Andrew CONNELL - GLOBAL VICE PRESIDENT ONLINE SALES - NOKIA CORPORATION, FINLAND
Hosted by:
James ROPER FRSA - CEO - IMRG, UK
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12h00 - 13h00
E-GOVERNANCE - rules of the road for new frontiers
- Measuring and monitoring to enable management
- Political imperatives in e-commerce evolution
- Avoiding chaos through self regulation
Speakers:
John DOYLE - Information Society & Media Directorate General - EU COMMISSION, BELGIUM
Marc LOLIVIER - Secretary General - FEVAD, FRANCE
Christoph WENK-FISCHER - Executive Managing Director, BVH, GERMANY
Juraj SEBO - President - SLOVAK E-COMMERCE ASSOCIATION, SLOVAKIA
Marc PERIN - Director - BECOMMERCE, BELGIUM
James ROPER FRSA - CEO - IMRG, UK
Alex LANGSHUR - Past President & Director - EMERITUS, WEB ANALYTICS ASSOCIATION – USA
Hosted by:
Colum JOYCE - Strategy Director - IMRWORLD, IRELAND & BELGIUM
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14h30 - 15h30
NEW DISTRIBUTION MODELS - where’s my stuff?
Optimising for efficient distribution, recycling and disposal of consumer goods
Smart home delivery: ensuring first time delivery
Cross-border / what border / no border
Speakers:
Paul DONOHOE - e-Business Programme - UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION, SWITZERLAND
Paul OVERDIJK - Strategy Director - TNT PARCELS, THE NETHERLANDS
Lionel BERTHE - Director International Operations - COLIPOST (LA POSTE GROUP)
Jonathan REYNOLDS, PHD, MA - Academic Director - SAÏD BUSINESS SCHOOL, OXFORD INSTITUTE OF RETAIL MANAGEMENT, OXFORD UNIVERSITY – UK
Karl WILLS - MD, METAPACK, UK
Chris STEVENS, Head Of Industry -DISTANCE SELLING, GLOBAL SALES MANAGEMENT, SWISS POST INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT AG, SWITZERLAND
David SPOTTISWOOD - CEO - BORDERLINX, BELGIUM
Hosted by:
Colum JOYCE - Strategy Director, IMRWORLD, IRELAND & BELGIUM
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15h50 - 17h00
BEST PRACTICE - what does ‘good’ look like in the digital world
- Who is setting the pace and how
- What next in consumers’ expectations
- Stay tuned: keeping up with snowballing change
Speakers:
Brian GIROUARD - Leader, Global Consumer Products, Retail & Distribution Sector - Capgemini, USA
Denis TERRIEN - CEO - 3 SUISSES INTERNATIONAL, FRANCE
Jonathan WALL - e-Commerce Director - SHOP DIRECT GROUP, UK
Didier FARGE - President, Founder & CEO – CONEXANCE, SNCD (NATIONAL UNION FOR DIRECT COMMUNICATION), FRANCE
Colum JOYCE - STRATEGY DIRECTOR, IMRWORLD, IRELAND & BELGIUM
Moderators:
James ROPER, CEO & Chairman IMRWorld - UK

