Commerce is constantly evolving and technology continues to transform the way consumers, businesses, citizens and governments connect, shop, buy and transact. Future purchases will be dominated by connected devices that will provide seamless transactions whilst generating exponential amounts of data. Smart devices will anticipate customer’s needs and save them time by purchasing products for them.

Cards & Payments Middle East is the undisputed global stage for payments and commerce innovation. The event is part of the Ecommerce Middle East Show 2016 and will take place on May 31 and June the 1st at the Dubai Convention Center.

Industry experts will gather to share their insights. Speakers including Janti Abdallah, general manager of STS PayOne, Ola Doudin, CEO and Founder of BitOasis, Lamia Ipek Kutsal, Marketing Specialist at Verifone, Raghu Malhotra, Divisional President at Mastercard Middle East and Africa, and Sebastien Slim, Head of Marketing at Hightech Payment Systems.

The panels and topics discussed include the following: 

• CEO interview: Catering to the rising expectation of Middle Eastern customers, by Bernd Van Linder, Managing Director, Saudi Hollandi Bank 
• Privacy in big data, by Abdeslam Alaoui Smailli, Managing Director of HPS and Gopi Krishnan, CIO of Qatar Islamic Bank5 essentials to secure identity in a digital world
• The Fintech revolution, a panel that includes Linnar Viik, cofounder of Pocopay, and Jay Kimmelman, CEO and founder of Bridg and Ambareen Musa, CEO of Souqalmal.Com

Send your entire team to the region’s largest commerce and payments event to prepare your business for this digital revolution.