Mike Lowndes

Senior Director Analyst at Gartner

Mike Lowndes is a digital commerce technology expert covering topics such as architecting a commerce site, commerce platforms, APIs, DXPs, search and content management for commerce. Dr. Lowndes has two decades of experience in digital commerce, web content management, search, and overall web application evelopment, leadership and architecture.

Niall Edwards

Head of Shopper Engagement Technology at LEGO Group

Niall Edwards is responsible for Shopper Technology at The LEGO Group. He and his team design, build & operate exceptional shopper experiences that delight users (and their kids!) With over 15 years of experience in ecommerce, technology and marketing across brands such as Uniqlo and Toys ‘r’ Us, as well as manufacturing and B2B organisations, Niall can offer a wealth of perspectives on what it takes to provide a truly user or shopper centric experience backed by the technology transformation to make it happen.

Tariq Khan

Vice President of Consumer Experience at Coty

Tariq is Vice President of Consumer Experience at Beamly who are Cotys in-house digital product and marketing technology accelerator. Coty is one of the world’s largest beauty companies overseeing cosmetics, fragrance & hair brands such as Max Factor, Gucci, Ghd, Rimmel, Burberry, Calvin Klein and Wella. Primarily working with progressive technologies such as AR and AI, Tariq is leading multiple teams to create consumer facing digital products and platforms.

Candy Dulfer

Jazz and Pop Saxophonist Player

Candy Dulfer (born 19 September 1969) is a Dutch jazz and pop saxophonist. She is the daughter of jazz saxophonist Hans Dulfer. She began playing at age six and founded her band Funky Stuff when she was fourteen. Her debut album Saxuality (1990) received a Grammy nomination.

Kelly Goetsch

CPO at commercetools

Kelly Goetsch is Chief Product Officer at commercetools. He came to commercetools from Oracle, where he led product management for their microservices initiatives. Before that, he was an architect with ATG. He is the author of three books – APIs for Modern Commerce (O’Reilly, 2017), Microservices for Modern Commerce (O’Reilly, 2016) and E-Commerce in the Cloud (O’Reilly, 2014).

Dave Morris

Delivery Director at REWE Digital

Dave Morris is the Delivery Director for REWE Digital, the provider of online strategy and execution for the REWE Group – a $60B German retail and tourism group that includes the REWE supermarket chain which has more than 15,000 stores and 211,000 employees worldwide.Under Dave’s leadership, REWE Digital is responsible for the digitalization of the food retail sector in Germany; ensuring that REWE customers are given the opportunity to order food online which is then delivered, fresh and cooled, to their doorsteps at their desired time. Before joining REWE Digital, Dave was IT Director for Travis Perkins – the UK’s largest builder’s supply retailer where he led multiple digital transformation projects.  Dave also led a 250+ person team in a multi-million dollar eCommerce platform rollout as Delivery Director at Tesco. 

Andy Tzou

Partnerships & GTM Lead, Kubernetes at Google

Andy spent his early career in enterprise IT for the public sector. In 2011 he made the move to Google New York City, helping large brands make the transition to mobile. Since 2016 Andy has focused on hybrid/multi-cloud, working closely with organizations large and small to help chart their course for modernization.

The next runtime

In a few short years, our industry has seen the emergence and rapid adoption of a new set of open standards. These standards are poised to define how we build and operate applications in the coming decades. Open source initiatives like Docker, Kubernetes and Istio provide a solid foundation for organizations managing complexity across vastly different environments. In this talk Andy will illustrate this modern architecture and explore its crucial role in enabling brands to serve their users nimbly.

Hugo Knobbout

Head of IT Eurail

Hugo Knobbout is Head of IT at Eurail B.V. He has been working for several companies as an IT leader. At Eurail B.V. he is part of the leadership team and is responsible for the complete IT architecture, plays a vital role in Eurail’s strategy and the way of working between IT and business within the company.

Sonja Kotrotsos

Head of EMEA GTM & Alliances at Contentstack

Arje Cahn

Chief Product Officer at Bloomreach

Arjé is the brains behind the Bloomreach Digital Experience Cloud. He has a track record of building groundbreaking software in his role as co-founder and CTO of Amsterdam based Hippo CMS. Hippo got acquired in 2016 by Bloomreach, the leading Silicon Valley based AI search vendor. At Bloomreach, he’s been the driving force behind its API based DXP strategy. He is regularly recognized by top analyst firms for his vision on digital experience technology. He has earned his stripes in the open source world as an elected Member of the Apache Software Foundation in 2007. He is a sought-after speaker at conferences on digital experience management. Also, he lives with his family on a dike in Amsterdam where he fights against the rising water and, usually, a jet lag.