Solving eCom’s greatest challenges. Together.

Friday 2nd October

Hosted at the Science and Industry Museum, Liverpool Road, Manchester M3 4FP

A one-day summit in Manchester for the brands, agencies and platform teams building eCommerce. Two tracks, marketing and technical, with talks and panels from people who do this every day.

Where strategy meets technology.

Digital Clubhouse Summit is where senior practitioners and founders get together to work through what’s really happening in eCommerce.

Two focused tracks, marketing and technical, each with its own talks and panels from people who work in this every day.

One day.
Two tracks.

Track 1

Marketing

Growth, retention, brand and the experiments behind programmes that actually convert. For the people responsible for the number.

  • CRO & the psychology of the funnel
  • Retention & lifecycle that compounds
  • Performance marketing in a privacy-first world
  • Brand building for DTC

Track 2

Technical

Architecture, performance, payments and AI in production. For the teams building and running the platforms underneath it all.

  • AI in action - practical, hands-on deployments
  • Platform performance & stability
  • Payments & the evolving checkout
  • Composable & headless architecture

Agenda.

More speakers and talk titles announced soon.

9:00 – 9:30
Registration and Networking
Main Stage
9:30 – 9:40

Introduction, Actuate, Brave & Athos Commerce

Mat O’Connor

Mat O’Connor

Founder, Actuate

Tony Conte

Tony Conte

Founder, Brave

Alan Pilkington

Alan Pilkington

Partnerships, Athos

9:40 – 10:10

The Blind Spot Problem

Amy Lee

Amy Lee

Director, The Wonder Agency

10:15 – 10:45

Keynote

Title and speaker announced soon

10:45 – 11:00
Break and Networking
Marketing Stage
Technical Stage
11:00 – 11:20

Death by a Thousand Accurate Numbers

Steve Lee

Steve Lee

Director, The Wonder Agency

Under the Sink: Ecommerce plumbing for people who’d rather not think about it

Dylan Fernandez

Dylan Fernandez

Head of Growth, MRE Digital

Ritesh Mistry

Ritesh Mistry

Founder, MRE Digital

11:25 – 11:45

Q4 Full Funnel Performance Creative: Discovery to Post-Click

Ed Weston

Ed Weston

CMO, Prospa

How to deal with attacks and bot traffic

Dion van de Griend

Dion van de Griend

Partnership Manager, Hypernode

11:50 – 12:20

CRO and the psychology of the funnel

GUESTS
Mat O’Connor

Mat O’Connor

Founder, Actuate

More panellists announced soon

Speed, stability and the frontend

GUESTS
Tony Conte

Tony Conte

Founder, Brave

More panellists announced soon

12:20 – 13:05
Lunch
13:05 – 13:25

Talk

Title and speaker announced soon

When AI Does the Shopping: Why Product Data Decides Who Gets Found

Julius Kauffeld

Founding Expansion Lead, Cernel

13:30 – 13:50

How to Win at AI Search

Drew Brigham

Drew Brigham

MD, Lantra

Talk

Title and speaker announced soon

13:55 – 14:25

Marketplaces and retail media

HOST
Alan Pilkington

Alan Pilkington

Partnerships, Athos

GUESTS
Tash Jones

Tash Jones

Channel Builders

More panellists announced soon

Payments, checkout and post-purchase

Panellists announced soon

14:25 – 14:40
Break and Networking
14:40 – 15:00

Talk

Title and speaker announced soon

Talk

Title and speaker announced soon

15:05 – 15:25

Talk

Title and speaker announced soon

Talk

Title and speaker announced soon

15:30 – 16:00

The founder panel

Panellists announced soon

AI in production

HOST
Tony Conte

Tony Conte

Founder, Brave

Panellists announced soon

16:00 – 16:15
Break and Networking
Main Stage
16:15 – 16:45

Migrating platforms, honestly

Panellists announced soon

16:50 – 17:20

Build vs buy: building got cheap, owning didn’t

Magnus Bruun

Magnus Bruun

Co-Founder & CCO, Cernel

17:20 – 17:30
Thank you
17:30 – Late
Networking and After Party

Speakers.

Founders and senior eCommerce teams sharing what’s actually working across our marketing and technical tracks. More speakers announced soon.

Amy Lee

Amy Lee

Director, The Wonder Agency

Steve Lee

Steve Lee

Director, The Wonder Agency

Ed Weston

Ed Weston

CMO, Prospa

Magnus Bruun

Magnus Bruun

Co-Founder & CCO, Cernel

Dylan Fernandez

Dylan Fernandez

Head of Growth, MRE Digital

Ritesh Mistry

Ritesh Mistry

Founder, MRE Digital

Drew Brigham

Drew Brigham

MD, Lantra

Dion van de Griend

Dion van de Griend

Partnership Manager, Hypernode

Speaker photo

Julius Kauffeld

Founding Expansion Lead, Cernel

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The Venue.

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The Summit is hosted at the Science and Industry Museum on Liverpool Road, a ten minute walk from Deansgate and fifteen from Manchester Piccadilly. Nearest tram is Deansgate-Castlefield. There’s no on-site parking, so if you’re driving the Great Northern and First Street car parks are both close by.

Where

Science and Industry Museum
Liverpool Road, Manchester M3 4FP

When

Friday 2 October 2026 · 9am – 5:30pm, networking and drinks after

Science and Industry Museum, Manchester

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Connect directly with senior decision-makers across marketing and technology - from CMOs and CTOs to Heads of Digital, Product and eCommerce. High-impact packages from £1,000 to £10,000.

Speaking & panel slots on the main stage
Direct exposure to a hand-picked audience of senior practitioners & founders
Premium branding across social, stage, slides, swag & print
Lead generation through attendee lists & a dedicated marketplace booth

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Free entry

Retailers & Brands

Free

Free if you work in-house at a retailer or brand. Agencies, vendors and consultants need a paid ticket. Limited numbers.

Full-day access to both tracks
Lunch, refreshments & closing drinks
Marketplace & swag bag
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Lunch, refreshments & closing drinks
Marketplace & swag bag
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