Agenda Friday 2 October.

Everything happening on Friday 2 October, by time and stage. Keep this page open on the day — titles and speakers update as they are confirmed.

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

Introduction, Actuate, Brave & The Digital Facilitators

Mat O’Connor

Mat O’Connor

Founder, Actuate

Tony Conte

Tony Conte

Founder, Brave

Alan Pilkington

Alan Pilkington

CEO, The Digital Facilitators

9:40 – 10:10

The Blind Spot Problem

Amy Lee

Amy Lee

Director, The Wonder Agency

10:15 – 10:45

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

Magnus Bruun

Magnus Bruun

Co-Founder & CCO, Cernel

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

Why they didn’t buy: CRO and the psychology of the funnel

HOST
John Hughes

John Hughes

VP Product, Hyvä

GUESTS
Mat O’Connor

Mat O’Connor

Founder, Actuate

Rich Himsworth

Rich Himsworth

CEO, Salesfire

Nadine Killoran

Nadine Killoran

Aromatherapy Associates

Steve Lee

Steve Lee

Director, The Wonder Agency

From first click to payment: speed, experience and checkout

HOST
Tony Conte

Tony Conte

Founder, Brave

GUESTS
Gemma Mander

Gemma Mander

Head of Account Management (UK), Order Editing

Anugrah Pundir

Anugrah Pundir

Marketing and Partnerships Lead, Loxa

Daniel Corner

Daniel Corner

Mollie

James Pitkin

James Pitkin

Agency Account Manager, TrackBee

12:20 – 13:05
Lunch
13:05 – 13:25

One catalogue, many feeds: what every marketplace, Google and AI assistant wants from your products

Julius Kauffeld

Julius Kauffeld

Founding Expansion Lead, Cernel

Stop Counting Visits. Start Understanding Visitors.

Russell Westgarth

Russell Westgarth

Business Development Manager, Salesfire

13:30 – 13:50

From size guide to shopping assistant: Helping customers find their Dryrobe

Sophie Hawkins

Sophie Hawkins

Ecommerce Manager, Dryrobe

Your biggest competitor hasn’t launched yet: How story, trust and technology are giving the next generation of ecommerce founders a head start

Simon Green

Simon Green

Sprintr

13:55 – 14:25

Someone else’s shop floor: marketplaces and retail media

HOST
Alan Pilkington

Alan Pilkington

CEO, The Digital Facilitators

GUESTS
Tash Jones

Tash Jones

Channel Builders

Ian Rabbidge

Ian Rabbidge

Founder & Commercial Director, Alvio

Laura James

Laura James

Fruugo

Black Friday isn’t lost yet: a four-week plan

Mat O’Connor

Mat O’Connor

Founder, Actuate

Tony Conte

Tony Conte

Founder, Brave

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

How to Win at AI Search

Drew Brigham

Drew Brigham

MD, Lantra

The 14-Day Shift: Migrating a Major Vape Brand from Shopify to Magento Open Source

HOST
Rebecca Brocton

Rebecca Brocton

Community Manager, Hyvä

GUESTS
Ollie Hunt

Ollie Hunt

CEO, Dev Team

Dean Bowes

Dean Bowes

Head of Ecommerce, NextGEN360

15:05 – 15:25

Growth, Hypergrowth, and Nearly Losing Everything

Luke Bream

Luke Bream

Founder & CEO, Valentte

We all went broad on Meta and Google. What if you didn’t have to?

Oli Bello

Oli Bello

Head of GTM, Outra

15:30 – 16:00

Founders, unfiltered: what building a brand actually took

HOST
Lucie Macleod

Lucie Macleod

Hair Syrup

GUESTS
Ryan Murray

Ryan Murray

Mimi Holliday

Liam Browne

Liam Browne

Full Power Cacao

Megan Jones

Megan Jones

Founder & CEO, By Babes

Fran Gresswell

Fran Gresswell

Founder, Riviera Iced Tea

Past the demo: AI in production

HOST
David Wiltshire

David Wiltshire

Founder, Cogent2

GUESTS
Chris Perkins

Chris Perkins

Ex Wedgwood / Hays Travel

Drew Brigham

Drew Brigham

MD, Lantra

Magnus Bruun

Magnus Bruun

Co-Founder & CCO, Cernel

Beth Norton

Beth Norton

Founder & Strategic Brand Advisor, True Meridian

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

Will moving actually fix it? Migrating platforms, honestly

HOST
Naomi Davies

Naomi Davies

Founder, NMD Marketing

GUESTS
Ollie Hunt

Ollie Hunt

CEO, Dev Team

Luke Bream

Luke Bream

Founder & CEO, Valentte

Brad Houldsworth

Brad Houldsworth

Director of Sales & Strategy, Remarkable Commerce

Steve Webster

Steve Webster

Barking Cat Advisory

16:50 – 17:20

Your Invisible Audience: Unlocking the Value of Suppressed Emails

Rich Himsworth

Rich Himsworth

CEO, Salesfire

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