Global Micropayments Conference

22 September 2010, City of London, UK

Micropayments are still the Next Big Thing, only now industries out there are begging for a solution - before they go under. The Global Micropayments Conference will review developments in the field of micropayments worldwide, and give pointers for the future of this vital sector.

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Preliminary programme

(subject to change)

9.30 Introduction and welcome, Global Micropayments Conference convenor Dr Robert McCaffrey

Session 1: The current situation and some future trends

9.40 Keynote: Setting the scene - current status of micropayment systems worldwide (speaker to be confirmed)

10.15 Progress towards common standards and 'single passports': Is there room for more than one leader in the field?

10.45 Coffee and networking

11.30 Device independence - is there a platform-agnostic solution?

12.00 Barriers to micropayments: Fixed charges, mental transaction costs, exception handling, user-resistance and anti-monopoly laws

12.30 Have iTunes and PayPal got it all sewn up already? (No...and here's why)...and why publishers must join together to provide a solution (and why it might be illegal)

1pm-2pm Standing buffet and networking

Session 2: Real world solutions

2.00 Case study of a currently operating micropayment solution

2.30 Case study of a micropayment solution that failed - the important lessons that can be learned

3.00 OysterCard, Microsoft Points, in-game MMORPG payments, Club Penguin: Micropayment systems that work, NOW.

3.30 Coffee and networking

Session 3: Next steps towards universal micropayment systems

4.00 The emergence of a defacto monopoly: Lessons from Microsoft

4.30 Managing user expectations: Micropayments are not free.

5.00 Are we barking up the wrong tree?

5.30-5.35 Closing statement and conference end

(Interested in speaking? Contact rob at propubs dot com)