Westminster Digital Business Symposium 2019

1st Westminster Digital Business Symposium: Digital Platforms

26 June 2019: Room MG14 35 Marylebone Road London NW1 5LS

Schedule

10:00 – 10:30: Registration and refreshments

10:30 - 10:45: Welcome and introduction

• Peter Bonfield – Vice Chancellor University of Westminster

• Sergio de Cesare – Director of Centre for Digital Business Research

10:45 – 11:30: Digital business transformation: a few uncomfortable truths

• Craig Walmsley (Publicis Sapient)

11:30 – 12:00: Coffee break

12:00 – 12:45: The Third Era of Digital Retailing

• David Roth (The Store WPP)

12:45 – 14:00: Lunch

14:00 – 14:45: Platforms Schmatforms - What do we mean by a Digital Platform … really?

• Ben Eaton (Copenhagen Business School)

14:45 – 15:30: Tales of Decentralisation: Platforms, Infrastructures and Blockchains

• Carsten Sørensen (London School of Economics)

15:30 – 16:00: Coffee break

16:00 – 16:45: Panel

16:45 – 17:00: Closing session

• Paul Elmer - Associate Head, Westminster Business School

• Sergio de Cesare - Director of Centre for Digital Business Research