Technology Dinner

18:30 - 22:30 BST
UK
7.7.2021
Dinner

8 Lancashire Ct, London W1S 1EY

London

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Technology Dinner

London

Dinner

July 7, 2021

Summary

Making Headless Fly

At its heart the move towards a stack of connected "best of breed" technologies is driven by a need for greater performance. Lightning fast page load, seamless brand experience, greater global reach, faster time to market - choose your metric and the search for performance is the driver.

Headless (and all the other names associated) has also become a lightning rod for all things agile, dynamic and iterative - but not always customer first. It is undoubtedly time to debate the real drivers and value behind a Headless stack, and the latest thinking from those en route to how customers will really benefit.

At our technology dinner, we invited industry professionals for an evening of discussion and a chance to debate the endless possibilities for customisation.

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  • Your Headless outcome - why are you motivated?
  • Customer First - How will they benefit?
  • Speed - Where should you spend your time investing?
  • Economic efficiency - How can you gain significant savings across your TCO.
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Leon Shepherd

Leon Shepherd

CIO

Ted Baker

Leon is the Chief Information Officer of Ted Baker, overseeing all technology strategy and delivery. He is a member of the organisation’s Board, accountable for leading the delivery of a 3-year digital transformation project. With over 20 years’ experience at the forefront of digital technology and having led multiple eCommerce replatforms he is also a passionate advocate of Agile ways of working, Leon has worked across some of the world’s largest companies including Vodafone and Jack Wills. Leon started his career as a programmer working on C++ and other object-oriented languages before moving into project management and leadership.

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18:30
Arrival & Welcome Drinks
19:15
Guests Sit
19:20
Welcome
Commerce Futures
19:30
Opening Speech
Leon Shepherd
20:00
Starters
Topic One - Discussion at individual tables
20:20
Topic One discussed as a collective
20:40
Mains
Topic Two - Discussion at individual tables
21:10
Topic Two discussed as a collective
21:30
Desserts & Networking
23:00
Event Closes
18:30
Arrival & Welcome Drinks
19:15
Guests Sit
19:20
Welcome
Commerce Futures
19:30
Opening Speech
Guest Speaker
20:00
Starters
Topic One - Discussion at individual tables
20:20
Topic One discussed as a collective
20:40
Mains
Topic Two - Discussion at individual tables
21:10
Topic Two discussed as a collective
21:30
Desserts & Networking
23:00
Event Closes
08:30
Registration & Networking Breakfast
09:15
Welcome from Commerce Futures
09:25
Ryan Clark, STATSports & Jim Hingston, The Gym Group
Keynote
10:10
Hollie Weatherstone, Muc-Off
Keynote
10:35
Break
10:55
Multi-brand panel – Decathlon, Ellis Brigham, Helen of Troy
Keynote (Main Stage)
Speed dating for delegates
(Breakout Room)
11:50
George Huxford, Apidura
Keynote
12:15
Break
13:15
Rich Philip, Contested
Keynote
13:40
Marc Guisti, Veloforte
Keynote (Main Stage)
David Hanney, Alpkit
(Breakout Room)
14:35
Networking
15:00
Closing Remarks from Commerce Futures
18:30
Arrival & Welcome Drinks
19:15
Guests Sit
19:20
Welcome
Commerce Futures
19:30
Opening Speech
Guest Speaker
20:00
Starters
Topic One - Discussion at individual tables
20:20
Topic One discussed as a collective
20:40
Mains
Topic Two - Discussion at individual tables
21:10
Topic Two discussed as a collective
21:30
Desserts & Networking
23:00
Event Closes
18:00
Arrival & Welcome Drinks
18:45
Guests Sit
18:50
Welcome
Commerce Futures
19:00
Opening Speech
Guest Speaker
19:30
Starters
Topic One - Discussion at individual tables
19:50
Topic One discussed as a collective
20:10
Mains
Topic Two - Discussion at individual tables
20:40
Topic Two discussed as a collective
21:00
Desserts & Networking
22:30
Event Closes

AGENDA

18:30 Arrival & Welcome Drinks

18:50 Welcome
Commerce Futures

19:00 Introduction
Leon Shepherd, CIO at Ted Baker

19:30 Starters (Topic one - Discussion at individual tables)

20:00 Topic one discussed as a collective

20:20 Mains (Topic two - Discussion at individual tables)

20:50 Topic two discussed as a collective

21:10 Dessert (Topic three - Discussion at individual tables)

21:40 Topic three discussed as a collective

22:00 Final remarks / Networking

09:00
Registration & Networking Breakfast
09:30
Welcome & Partner Introductions
09:40
Panel Discussion with Q&A
Leon Shepherd
10:20
Networking Break
10:40
Workshop at tables
11:00
Group Discussion - Moderated
11:20
Final Comments & Networking
11:30
Event Closes
Leon Shepherd

Leon Shepherd

CIO

Ted Baker

Leon is the Chief Information Officer of Ted Baker, overseeing all technology strategy and delivery. He is a member of the organisation’s Board, accountable for leading the delivery of a 3-year digital transformation project. With over 20 years’ experience at the forefront of digital technology and having led multiple eCommerce replatforms he is also a passionate advocate of Agile ways of working, Leon has worked across some of the world’s largest companies including Vodafone and Jack Wills. Leon started his career as a programmer working on C++ and other object-oriented languages before moving into project management and leadership.

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8 Lancashire Ct, London W1S 1EY

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