Revive & Thrive Town Event – Hastings
Sponsored by Reward Your World, in partnership with host Hastings Town Centre Management.
This event promises us to a tour de force of new technologies and how these can influence the changing face of the high street. We will take a look at gamification, multi store gift cards, click and collect and augmented reality. Followed by a more serious look at BIDS and consideration of how all these things can come together to create a complete solution for town centres. For full agenda see below or Download here Book your free ticket here
Venue – Sussex Room, White Rock Theatre, Hastings, East Sussex TN34 1JX
Date – 10 September 2014 09.30 to 16.30
Agenda:
09.30 – Registration, networking and refreshments.
10.00 – Introduction and welcome: Jeremy Birch (Leader of Hastings Borough Council), Rob Woods (Hastings Town Centre Manager) and Mark Barnes (MD, Revive & Thrive)
10.10 – Daniel Gipple, CEO, Reward Your World: Dan is a social and commercial entrepreneur with strong experience in the areas of social and consumer behaviour change, loyalty and sustainability Facilitated discussion – issue and solution generation of 4 critical town issues.
11.00 – Simon Kitto, Head of Sales, People 1st and National Skills Academy for Retail: Why it’s not optional for businesses to not be online
11.30 – Tim Lewis, Director, MyHigh: taking a quick look at some of the serious, and the more fun, new consumer technologies and software that will be arriving on a High Street – or phone – near you soon, as well as the essentials in taking your store and town online….
11.50 – Simon Turnock, MD, IVTS: Using ‘click & collect’ to create the 24 hour high street
12.10 – Jeremy Rucker, MD City Dressing Digital: Virtual graphics, smart windows and how augmented reality can enhance the shopper
12.30 – Anne-Louise Perez, Imogen McIntosh, Directors, YourStreet: How the use of multi retailer prepaid gift cards can retain local wealth, increase dwell, connect local retailers and encourage exploration around a town.
12.50 – Christopher Bristow, COO, Reward Your World: Using ‘gamification’ and ‘fun’ to connect different parts of a town; seafront to town
13.15 – Buffet lunch, networking. Lunch provided by Reward Your World & Hastings Town Centre Management
13.50 – Simon Opie, Hastings’ People’s Pier: Success from engaging with communities & the power of emotional attachment to ‘place’
14.15 – Cllr John Hodges, County and Borough Councillor Topic TBC
14.40 – Gavin Stewart, Brighton Business Improvement District (BID) Manager: A BID’s role in the future high street. The Brighton BID (trading as Brilliant Brighton) is now in its second term and delivering a business plan to 517 city centre shops, restaurants , bars and cafes.
With a total investment over five years of £1.8m, the BID has been pivotal in supporting the city centre, creating a sustainable business environment and delivering value for money to the BID members.
15.05 – Matthew Powell, Director for Policy & Partnerships, Revive & Thrive: Providing value for money for BID levy payers by providing the right solutions for your retailers
15.35 – Daniel Gipple, CEO, Reward Your World: Joining up the ‘dots’ in a community. How ‘non retail’ stakeholders in a community can benefit from driving footfall through a town centre and make use of shared space.
16.10 – Hannah Bowden, Director for Strategy & Innovation, Revive & Thrive: It’s Time4Towns to compete. Presentation of a journey that converts ‘couch to customer’ and turns ‘apathy into action.’
16.30 – Jeremy Birch, Daniel Gipple, Rob Woods, Matthew Powell, Hannah Bowden, Mark Barnes: Summing up and next steps.
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