London Agenda
Date | 18 September 2024
Location | etc.venues, 155 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 3YD, COMMERCIAL ROOM 3
Time | 12.00pm to 5.00pm
Segment 1
Gareth Jones
Technology Resilience Programme Director
Lloyds Banking Group.
Dize Dinçkol
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Oxford University Centre for Corporate Reputation.
Taking an API-first approach:
The business / digital / technology proposition
12.00 to 12.50pm
Topics:
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What it means to participate in the API economy.
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How it plays out for different players in wider ecosystems.
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What API-first thinking looks like in different scenarios, and as part of wider digital transformation.
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What's emerging from the impact of GenAI.
"I used to leave API conversations to my architect.
Now I know it's my business to understand, and lead on, APIs."
Segment 2
Shifting API thinking from projects to products: The value delivery mindset
1.45 to 3.15pm
Topics:
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Why APIs need designing and managing as "true" digital products.
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Where challenges and opportunities come from managing APIs as products.
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How to measure value from API and digital product investments.
Ryan Clifford
Platform Group Product Manager
APIs & Integrations at Spendesk
"To embed, or be embedded—that is the question."
Nathan Clarke
Delivery & Operations Lead
Bank of APIs - NatWest
Helen Mousley
Senior API Growth Manager
Bank of APIs - NatWest
Segment 3
Being partnership ready:
API provider / consumer relationships
3.50pm to 5.30pm
Topics:
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What partnership model options are out there?
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What helps inform—and then deliver—the best product < > partnership fit for your organisation?
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What activities best support accelerating your partnership opportunities at the stage you’re at?
"APIs are more than 'Just a better way to integrate'. "