Social Commerce Forum 2011

Driving Revenues & Valuations with Social Commerce & New Business Models

NOTE: Postponed to later in the year. Book the Funding & Investment Summit

• Sean Seton-Rogers, PROfounders Capital

• Natalie Tydeman, GMT Partners

• AndyTait, Pembridge Partners LLC

• Nenad Marovac, DN Capital

• Mauro Pretolani, TLcom Capital LLP

• Nicki Hattingh, Creative Arts Investment Network

• Paul Comben, AT New Media

• Andrew Romans, Georgetown Ventures

• Nic Brisbourne, DSJ Esprit

• David Bailey, Seven Arts Pictures

• Dorian Bloch, gfk Chart Track

• Nick Parker, Parker Consulting

• Gina Fegan, SEMN

• Joshua March, iPlatform

• Barry Hoffman, Independent with GamePoint & Ingress Europe

• Volker Hirsch, Blue Beck

• Nina Pustilnik

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Social Commerce: A subset of electronic commerce that involves using social media, online media that supports social interaction and user contributions, to assist in the online buying and selling of products and services. More here

SOCIAL COMMERCE FORUM 2011

Driving Revenues & Valuations with Social Commerce & New Business Models

09.30 - 09.40: Welcome

09.40 - 10.15: Data & trends. What's the value now of social commerce, and what will it grow to be in the next few years? What's the buying trend from physical to digital product? How many people are moving online per year and what are the key drivers? How and why is the government supporting this trend? How important is tackling cybercrime in realising growth?

10.15 - 11.00: Monetising Community & Building Trust: How is the UK leading the pack? What are the new supply and value chains?

Speakers include: Chris van der Kuyl, CEO BrightSolid - “We see the acquisition of Friends Reunited Group as an exciting opportunity to provide new focus for and build on the iconic status of the Friends Reunited brands. Between them these brands attract over three million unique users per month. This also marks another step forward in the future strategy of brightsolid, widening its offering to the consumer marketplace, in particular by creating Britain’s leading genealogy business.”

11.00 - 11.30: Networking Break

11.30 - 12.15: Top trends in using social media to monetise the consumer leisure buying experience (games, music, sports, publishing, physical goods). A 'how-to' panel experience with the leading captains of industry. Current role of Facebook, mobile apps, iPad?

12.15 - 13.00: What's on the horizon? What direction will social commerce take? What are the secrets of a sustainable and profitable retail future online? What are the leading platforms, devices and destination sites? Which will prevail? How will advertising contribute?

13.15 - Forum closes.