• “Mobile Money Canada is quite simply the most relevant forum for all things m–banking and m–commerce in Canada. It should not be missed!” – Scott Lapstra, VP Emerging Payments, MasterCard Worldwide
  • “Mobile Money Canada brings together an international audience to network and exchange worldwide success stories. This premiere North American event is for all players involved in the mobile money ecosystem and your opportunity to learn from transformational players active in the market” – Vincent Kadar, President, Telepin Software
  • “Mobile Money Canada is the premier mobile event in Canada. It's a must-attend if you are involved in Canadian mobile finance.” – David Eads, VP Marketing, Kony
  • “Mobile Money Canada is timely and on-point. As the mobile commerce landscape continues to grow MMC presents a unique opportunity to focus on what is needed to advance our market.” – Debbie Gamble, Gamble Consulting
  • “Mobile Money Canada is THE forum to be at if you want to truly engage in the future of mobile banking, enterprise alerting and mobile payments within the Canadian market. It is a focused and directly relevant event for banks, mobile operators and payment processors alike” – Serge van Dam, VP, Market Development, M-Com (now part of Fiserv)

Chairman’s Message

Thank you for participating in the 3rd Annual Mobile Money Canada Conference.

On behalf of DonRiver Inc, each our speakers, and all of the conference sponsors, I would like share our appreciation that you chose to attend and make Mobile Money Canada 2011 worthwhile to each of the attendees by contributing your time and attention, sharing your insights, and networking amongst the group

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CONFERENCE KICK–OFF & CHAIRMAN WELCOME

Brent Ho–Young kicked things off by stating that Canada is at a tipping point for the widespread adoption and growth of mobile financial services. He further opined that we are far removed from 2009, the year of the inaugural Mobile Money Canada conference, which represented a small, but promising, mobile money ecosystem in Canada. Brent and the DonRiver team referred to that period of time as Mobile Money 1.0.

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TRACK #1: State of the Industry: Mobile Money Emerging Trends & Opportunities

Senior Executives from KPMG, Rogers & MasterCard provided their perspectives and answer to the question: Is Canada at the Tipping Point for Mobile Payments? Yvon Audette, KPMG Canada’s National Leader for IT Advisory Services, kicked off the track and provided an overview of the global and Canadian mobile payments landscape. Yvon touched on adoption barriers and opportunities as well as provided insight into the forces shaping the mobile payments market.

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TRACK #2: Mobile Money Success Stories in the Developing World

Mobile Money Canada 2011 delegates had the exclusive opportunity to network and learn from Michael Joseph; the former Safaricom CEO that built, launched, and grew Kenya’s successful mobile money transfer service, M–PESA – the only mobile payments system in the world to achieve scale. Michael’s session, which received high marks in the post–conference evaluation surveys, included entertaining and insightful stories and best–practices throughout his M–PESA adventure.

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TRACK #3: Mobile Banking in Canada

Steve Tyers, VP of eChannels Strategy at CIBC Retail & Business Banking, his colleague Jimmy Dinh, Senior Director, eChannels Strategy, Derek Colfer, Business Leader, Global Mobile Product Innovation, Visa Inc., Sarah Anson–Cartwright, Director, Policy & Research, Canadian Payments Association, and Sharad Ojha, Head of Mobile Channel Strategy at RBC, shared their perspectives on how best to approach the rapidly growing mobile channel to deliver financial services to customers, retain market share, and protect or enhance revenues.

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TRACK #4: Mobile Money Business Models

Mobile Money Canada 2011 delegates once again were provided the opportunity to learn from the “god–father” of mobile payments, Michael Joseph. Although Michael did share with the audience that he prefers the term “pioneer” as it masks his age! In his second session, Michael shared share his opinions and insights as it related to how to build a compelling mobile money proposition for commercial success in Canada and abroad.

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TRACK #5: Mobile Payment Applications & Services

Speakers in Track 5 spoke to the deliverance of mobile financial services to mobile subscribers & mobile network operators. Mobile payment service and platform providers BOKU Inc., DonRiver Inc., Kony Solutions, Telepin & TransferTo discussed innovative mobile payment solutions being developed, deployed, and operated globally; from international mobile airtime top ups to multi–channel, mobile payment and carrier billing offerings.

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TRACK #6: Banks in Mobile Payments

Aran Hamilton, Managing Director of Venture Grower Inc, and an advisor to the Task Force for the Payments System Review, created by the Canadian government, moderated a highly acclaimed executive banking panel featuring: Paal Kaperdal, SVP Online Channels, TD Canada Trust; David Heatherly, VP Payment Products, BMO Financial Group; Dave Revell, SVP Strategic Initiatives, CIBC; and Brian McCabe, VP Day to Day Banking, Scotiabank.

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Michael Joseph

Monetizing the Mobile Banking Chanel

Safaricom Strategic Advisor

Steve Tyers

Vice President, eChannels CIBC Retail Markets

CIBC Retail & Business Banking

Derek Colfer

Business Leader – Global Mobile Product Innovation

Visa Inc.

David Robinson

Vice President, New Business Planning

Rogers Wireless

Sharad Ojha

Head - Mobile Channel Strategy

Royal Bank of Canada

Brent Ho-Young

Mobile Practice Lead

DonRiver Inc.

Karim Khoja

CEO

Roshan (M-Paisa)

Wellington Sculley

Business Development

BOKU Inc.

Jimmy Dinh

Senior Director, Mobile Banking Strategy & Planning

CIBC Retail Markets

David Eads

VP, Product Marketing

Kony

Anant Tailor

Head of Delivery, Mobile Financial Services Practice

DonRiver Inc.

Aran Hamilton

Managing Director

Venture Grower Inc.

Yvon Audette

National Leader, IT Advisory Services

KPMG Enterprise

Eric Barbier

CEO

TransferTo

Scott Lapstra

VP, Emerging Products

MasterCard

David Heatherly

Vice President, Payment Products

Personal and Small Business for BMO Financial Group

Brian McCabe

VP, Day to Day Banking

Scotiabank

Catherine Johnston

President and CEO

ACT Canada

Paal Kaperdal

Senior Vice President Online Channel, Direct Channels and Distribution Strategy

TD Bank Financial Group

Sarah Anson-Cartwright

Director of Policy and Research

Canadian Payments Association

Vincent Kadar

CEO

Telepin Software