GDI Amsterdam Conference Is Today!

12th May 2016 Danielle White

In a few hours, we will be kicking off GDI’s first ever European conference in Amsterdam.

We are thrilled to be hosting the event today at the Rode Hode venue, which brings together the dating industry for a day of great talks, panels & networking.

The first talk will start at 10am, and throughout the day we will see presentations from the CEOs of top worldwide dating & technology brands like Zoosk, Paktor, if(we), Venntro & Elite Singles.

For all those attending, we would like to remind them that registration starts at 9.30am with coffee and pastries on arrival, and presentations will begin at 10am.

The venue is called the Rode Hoed, and the address is: Keizersgracht 102, 1015 CV Amsterdam, Netherlands, Tel No: +31 20 638 56 06.

The conference finishes at 16.00pm, with the European Dating Awards registration starting from 18.30pm with a champagne reception.

For everyone coming to the conference, and those unable to attend, keep up to date with the conference & all the day’s news using the hashtag #GDIAMS16, and follow us on Twitter @Global_Dating.

We would also like to say a huge thank you to our event sponsors Dating Factory, if (we), Venntro, Scamalytics, M14, Inner Circle & the ODA.

To check out the full agenda for the day, please see below:

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Time	Speaker & Company	Topic
9.30am	REGISTRATION	–
10.00am	Kelly Steckelberg Zoosk, CEO	Running an online dating giant in a changing market
10.30am	Eva Peris Once, CMO	10 things I’ve learnt building a mobile dating success
10.50am	Sam Van Campenhout Agile Wings, CMO	Lifestyle products, coaching and online dating: friends or foes?
11.10am	BREAK	–
11.30am	Ross Williams Venntro, CEO & co-founder	How we grew an $80million/year online dating empire and nearly lost it all in 7 days
11.50am	Joseph Phua Paktor, CEO & founder	How we navigated the unique Asian market & what we learned about scaling quickly
12.10pm	John Kershaw M14 & Bristlr, CEO & founder	The new challenges and how to succeed: acquisition, monetisation & gender
12.30pm	Panel Debate Chaired by Jenny Gonzalez VP of Sales & Marketing Dating Factory	Innovation & Technology John Kershaw Dash Gopinath Michael O’Sullivan David Vermeulen
1pm	LUNCH	–
2pm	David Vermeulen The Inner Circle, CEO & co-founder	How we used 5 mistakes to improve & grow our European dating brand
2.20pm	Jeronimo Folgueira Elite Singles, MD	The impact of the “casual dating” boom in “serious” dating
2.40pm	Dash Gopinath if(we), CEO	Embracing churn in dating
3.10pm	Final Panel Debate Chaired by George Kidd Chief Executive ODA	State Of The Industry Kelly Steckelberg Joseph Phua Ross Williams Jeronimo Folgueira
4pm	FINISH	–