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  • CTIA Wireless IT & Entertainment 2007
    Speaker:  Karen Webster
    Dates:  October 23 - 25, 2007
    Location:  San Francisco, CA

    Karen Webster moderated the panel asking "What Will it Take to Become the Next Big Thing in Wireless?"  mCommerce—from mobile banking to contactless payments—has all the earmarks of a Killer Application: Convenience, Ubiquitous Devices, Deep Interest among all the players in the Value Chain. And yet, unlike eCommerce, which has taken off, mCommerce seems to be spinning its wheels in the US. This panel took a look at the issues that are holding back the deployment of mCommerce services in the US and posited what must be done to get the marketplace rolling.

  • Digital Media 2010: Profit or Perish? Strategies for Survival and Growth
    Organizer:  David Evans and Karen Webster
    Dates:  September 27 - 28, 2007
    Location:  Hampshire, England
    (Invitation Only)

    Executives from all facets of the digital media ecosystem, the regulators that devise and oversee policies related to their digital world, and noted academics who publish research related to its business and economic dynamics, assembled to discuss the challenges, risks and opportunities in building business models for digital media. This unique cross-industry, cross disciplinary summit debated how these so-called “business catalysts” owe their success to the ability to create virtual platforms that bring multiple groups together and help them interact. For those who do it well, great value—and profits—are unleashed. 

  • Red Herring East 2007:  Tapping Innovation and Seizing Opportunity
    Speaker:  Richard Schmalensee
    Organizer:  Red Herring
    Dates:  June 26-28, 2007
    Location:  Boston, MA

    Top     decision makers and innovators from technology companies gathered for two and a half days to discuss the business of technology. Respected industry leaders from Florida to Canada were under one roof in a dynamic marketplace forum for lively conversations, analyses of emerging trends, and penetrating questions about the evolution of business and technology.  Richard Schmalensee, MPD Chairman and Dean of MIT Sloan, presented.     

  • 2007 EPRG Contactless Forum
    Speaker: Karen Webster
    Date:  May 21, 2007
    Location:  Federal Reserve Bank Boston

    The Emerging Payments Research Group hosts this annual forum that brings together invited industry experts, academics, and Federal Reserve System payments professionals to explore consumer and merchant payment choices related to contactless (RFID) technology, examine security risks and vulnerabilities with RFID-enabled payments, and finally look at future adoption—the barriers and the opportunities with contactless smart cards.
  • Card Tech 2007: Building on Contactless Transactions
    Date:  May 15-17, 2007
    Location:  San Francisco, CA

    Market Platform Dynamics hosted the Merchant-Driven Alternative Payment Systems track moderated by MPD's David Evans and featured opening presentations by Mary Kay Bowman of Amazon and Peter Hazlehurst of Yodlee.

    The track featured two panel discussions: "Battle of the Systems", featuring Tim Attinger of Visa, Jason Hogg of Gratis Card, Mike Grossman of Tempo, Marwan Forzley of MODASolutions, and moderated by Barry McCarthy of First Data; and "Alternative Technologies Roundtable", featuring Jack Harvey of iCache, Hoss Mohsenzadeh of Aliaswire, and Peter Wakim of Nokia, and moderated by Eric Bynn of FT Ventures.

    MPD's President Karen Webster shared her thoughts on loyalty in the card industry in her presentation, Getting Cardholders on Board, and Founder David Evans offered closing thoughts, Who Wins and Why.

  • Catalysts and the New Economics of Business
    Speaker: David Evans
    Date: May 10, 2007
    Location: London, UK

    David Evans spoke at the University of Cambridge on "Catalysts and the New Economics of Business." Listen to the audio of Catalysts and the New Economics of Business or request a copy of the presentation.

  • Cerner CEO Summit
    Speaker: David Evans
    Date:  March 30, 2007
    Location:  San Diego, CA
  • MPD Quarterly VC/Tech Lunch
    Date:  March 30, 2007
    Location:  Cambridge, MA
    (Invitation Only)

    This quarterly gathering of the Boston-based technology community kicked off with a free-wheeling discussion of the opportunities risk and profits associated with the much-heralded world of Web 2.0.
  • The Lydian Roundtable
    Date:  March 23-25, 2007
    Location: Santa Fe, NM
    (Invitation Only)

    The Lydian Roundtable assembles the world's most influential industry participants for a weekend of discussion, debate and shared insights. Participants this year included CEOs and entrepreneurs at the forefront of new payment technologies around the world, senior executives of the prominent players (themselves upstarts only a generation ago), as well as CEOs and senior executives from the Internet-based businesses that will be major players or stakeholders in the payment card industry of the future. 
  • NAFCU Lending & Collections Conference
    Speaker:     David Evans
    Date: March 20-23, 2007
    Location: Scottsdale, AZ

    On March 21, 2007, MPD's David Evans delivered a keynote address at NAFCU's 2007 Lending & Collections Conference in Scottsdale, AZ.

    In his presentation, Evans examined the current status of contactless penetration from both a consumer and merchant perspective and discussed the pros, cons, uncertainties, and potential drivers behind the adoption of contactless payments in the U.S. 
  • 2007 Prepaid Card Expo
    Speaker:     David Evans
    Date: February 28, 2007
    Location: Las Vegas, NV

    MPD Founder David Evans offered some advice for association-sponsored prepaid issuers on how to balance competitive pressures in this developing market alongside pressures to lower interchange fees.

    Read his Perspective.     
  • IQPC's 2007 Contactless Payments Summit
    Speaker:     David Evans
    Date: January 30, 2007
    Location: Miami, FL

    On January 30, 2007, MPD’s David Evans delivered the keynote presentation at IQPC’s     2007 Contactless Payments Summit in Florida.

    In his presentation, Evans examined the current status of contactless penetration from both a consumer and merchant perspective and discussed the pros, cons, uncertainties, and potential drivers behind the adoption of contactless payments in the U.S.

    Download the presentation     here.