09-10 November - Westin Hotel, Ottawa, Canada

Conference Organizers

Neotelis

Our Partners

Canada's Telecommunications Hall of Fame
Technology Strategies International
Canadian Women in Communications
Lemay-Yates Associates inc.

Media partners


Payments Business--The Magazine of Transactions, Cards & EBPP in Canada
Telemanagement - The Autorative Journal of Business Telecommunications
Mobilesyrup - mobile news and reviews for canadians
TCG - The Cellular Guru






2010 Mobile Money Forum Program

DAY 1 - 09 November 2010

Chaired by Stephanie MacKendrick ( Biography ), President - Canadian Women in Communications

8:00amRegistration & Continental Breakfast
9:00amOpening Remarks & Welcome

John Reid
President & CEO - CATAAlliance.
9:15amKeynote
CIBC Mobile Banking - The Evolution
Early in 2010, CIBC emerged as the first major Canadian financial institution to launch a mobile banking application on Apple's iPhone platform. However, CIBC's mobile aspirations actually started much earlier. This presentation will provide a retrospective on the bank's foray into mobile banking and provide insight into some of the challenges, decisions and considerations that arose throughout the development and launch process. It will also examine some of the highly complex and competitive market dynamics at play in the industry. This ever-changing landscape continues to present CIBC with further opportunities to enhance clients' access and choice and maintain a leadership position in this space.

Michael Martin ( Biography )
Senior Vice President, Alternate Channels, Retail Markets - CIBC
10:00amMobile Money Lessons from a Developing World
  • Vendor Challenges
  • Market Challenges
  • Portability to developed markets: what will mobile money transform to in developed markets?
 Vincent Kadar ( Biography )
CEO - Telepin Software
10:30amNetworking Coffee Break
10:50amThe future of mobile payments in Canada
The payments space in Canada has experienced a period of unprecedented change over the past eighteen months. Drawing on recently completed research, this presentation will provide insights into how mobile payments in Canada are likely evolve over the next five years, in the context of developments in the Canadian payments system.

Christie Christelis ( Biography )
President - Technology Strategies International
11:30amMerchants' views on mobile money
The consumer and merchant experience is an integral element of the acceptance and adoption of new payment technologies. What you need to know about what merchants are looking for when they consider adding mobile payments to their point of sale.

Ruth Thorkelson ( Biography )
Senior Vice President, Public Affairs - Retail Council of Canada
12:15pmCanada's Telecommunications Hall of Fame (CTHOF) Lectures Luncheon

Lawrence Surtees ( Biography )
Research Vice President, Communications - IDC Canada
2:00pmKeynote
The Mobile Wallet - A Carrier's Perspective

David Robinson ( Biography )
VP Emerging Business - Rogers Communications Inc.
2:40pmMobile is the Next Web
Is the Web really dead? What is going to take its place? Is mobile the next Web? PayPal has seen mobile payment volume grow at an unprecedented rate. Darrell MacMullin, General Manager of PayPal Canada will discuss what makes mobile different from traditional e-commerce, what retailers need to do to be successful and what the future holds for the online payments business.

Darrell MacMullin ( Biography )
General Manager - PayPal Canada
3:20pmNetworking Coffee Break
3:40pmPanel
Moderator: Christie Christelis ( Biography ) - President - Technology Strategies International
Consumer protection and mobile payment risks and liabilities

Doug Kreviazuk ( Biography )
Vice- President of Policy & Public Affairs - Canadian Payments Association

Mike Bradley ( Biography )
Head of Product - Visa Canada Corporation

Ruth Thorkelson ( Biography )
Senior Vice President, Public Affairs - Retail Council of Canada

Jacques St Amant ( Biography )
Public Interest Advocacy Centre

Darrell MacMullin ( Biography )
General Manager - PayPal Canada

Susan MacKeown ( Biography )
Director - Contactless Products & Services
Interac/Acxsys Corporation
5:15pmNetworking Cocktail


DAY 2 - 10 November 2010

Chaired by Christie Christelis ( Biography ), President - Technology Strategies International

8:00amContinental Breakfast
9:00amInnovations in mobile payments
Innovations in products and platforms are needed in Canada for mobile payments to become mainstream.
The presentation reviews:
  • Visa and the payments industry's efforts to drive new technologies such as chip and contactless to market,
  • New payment options like Visa Debit and Prepaid "cards", and
  • A range of payment capabilities that are becoming enabled for mobile commerce.
 Mike Bradley ( Biography )
Head of Product - Visa Canada Corporation
9:40amConsumers & Mobile Money
Based on a recent study conducted by KPMG, find out what Canadians consumers think about mobile money

Yvon Audette ( Biography )
Partner, Performance and Technology
National Service Line Leader, IT Advisory Services - KPMG
10:20amThe Payments World meets Mobile Functionality
Contactless payments are now emerging as an alternate form factor for payment at the POS. What have we learned in the payments world about launching new technologies? What will it take for mobile payments to be a fast follower on the heels of new contactless card enhancements? This presentation will address the business drivers for introducing mobile NFC payments in the Canadian market.

Susan MacKeown ( Biography )
Director, Contactless Products & Services
Interac/Acxsys Corporation
11:00amNetworking Coffee Break
11:20amMobile Payments - Are existing payment networks choking the mobile competition?
Credit cards are 'expensive and inefficient,' according to a recent issue of Wired magazine. Learn how mobile payments can offer alternatives, competition as well as totally new fee structures. This presentation covers the following:
  • The challenge of creating a link between the phone and the till (cash register)
  • Using cell phone parking payments as an example, learn how the challenges are being met to some degree.
  • Systems/infrastructure that add costs and create barriers to mobile payments.
  • Using the UK and Kenya as examples, learn what regulatory changes are required to effect change.
 Mark Sibthorpe ( Biography )
Director - MSBA initiatives
12:00pmKeynote
The Importance of Mobile to the Future of Payments

Frank Maduri ( Biography )
Sr. Director, Business Management, Payments - Research In Motion
12:40pmNetworking Lunch
2:00pmMobile Money Remittance
An overview of Western Union's Mobile Money Transfer initiative in Canada and worldwide

Brian Fox ( Biography )
Senior Vice-President and General Manager for Canada - Western Union
2:40pmSmartphone penetration and mobile data service subscriptions in Canada
Mobile money and mobile banking usage is closely linked to the penetration of smartphones as well as to the subscription to mobile data services. Based on its own research, LYA will provide insight into the penetration of smartphones, subscription to mobile data services among Canadian mobile users as well as to the penetration of mobile financial services, all key elements for anyone assessing business opportunities in Mobile Money in Canada.

Johanne Lemay ( Biography )
Co-President - Lemay-Yates Associates
3:20pmNetworking Coffee Break
3:40pm2011- The Launching year of Near Field Communications (NFC) Commercial Roll Out
What are the driving forces to make the 2011 be the launching year of NFC mobile commercial roll out? There are multiple waves that are taking place today in United States as well as globally that we have not seen before making NFC finally real. Business model for NFC has started to hunt well through combinations of NFC mobile enabled payments, loyalty, and marketing programs.

Mohammad Kahn ( Biography ), President and Founder - VivoTech
4:20pmForum Closing Remarks
6:00pm2010 Telecom Laureate Awards Gala Dinner and Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony