SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 18, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Apigee®, developer of an intelligent API platform for digital business, today announced that it is bringing the “I Love APIs” conference to Europe for the second year in a row. One of the world’s largest conferences dedicated to APIs and digital business, “I Love APIs” will be a one-day event for digital business leaders and technology innovators held in London on March 2, 2016.
The conference will feature over 18 sessions delivered by Apigee customers and other expert digital practitioners from all over the world, with hundreds of attendees from a diverse range of industries, providing a powerful networking opportunity.
“More than one in three UK companies last year said that digital improvement is their top priority, yet building ‘an app for that’ may not be enough to stay competitive,1” said Denise Persson, Apigee chief marketing officer. “The ‘I Love APIs’ conference is designed for today’s technology and business leaders to explore new ways to use digital technologies to better engage with customers, build new channels and increase enterprise efficiencies. Our expert sessions will cover a broad range of topics – from APIs and microservices to proven business strategies for digital acceleration.”
Apigee customers including Orange, Burberry, Bupa and Haymarket, will share their strategies for digitizing their business and the lessons they learned along the way. There will also be hands-on education sessions led by API experts across three topic tracks:
- Business track: looking at digital transformation
- Technology track: looking at architecture, IT and platform
- Developer track: looking at API technology and best practice
Confirmed speakers include:
- Peter Dignan, Platform Director, Haymarket
- Annabelle Gawer, Professor of Digital Economy at University of Surrey
- Chris Hewertson, Chief Technology Officer, glh Hotels
- Stuart Hughes, Chief Technology Officer, Laterooms.com
- Kay Lummitsch, Head of Business Development and Marketing, Swisscom API Group
- Patrice Slupowski, Vice President of Digital Innovation, Orange
- Dhananjay Tripathi, Senior Enterprise Architect, Bupa
- Wolter van Haersma Buma, Head of Strategy & Development, Transavia
I Love APIs London 2016 will be held at Tobacco Dock, London. For the latest updates on events and speakers, go to http://london.iloveapis.com/.
Media Registration
The all-day conference will be held at: Dock, Tobacco Quay Wapping Ln, London, E1W 2SF (view on Google Maps). For information on a press pass, members of the media may contact: apigee@3monkeys.com.
For more information on Apigee’s study of senior executives and IT decision makers in the UK, or to download the full Apigee Institute UK Business Survey Snapshot, please click here or go to https://pages.apigee.com/2015-UK-digital-business-report.html.
About Apigee
Apigee® (NASDAQ:APIC) provides an intelligent API platform for digital business. Many of the world's largest organizations select Apigee to enable their digital business, including more than 25 percent of the Fortune 100, five of the top six Global 2000 retail companies, and five of the top 10 global telecommunications companies. Apigee customers include global enterprises such as Walgreens, Burberry, Morningstar, and First Data. Apigee is headquartered in San Jose, California and has over 400 employees worldwide.
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1According to a 2015 study by Apigee of 252 senior executives and IT decision makers across the UK in four major industries