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Lagos 1.0

BRIGDING

THE

GAP

driving the conversations that will shape the future of Lagos.

ABOUT

THE

CONFERENCE

Technology is changing our world.

It is fast shaping the way we live, work, shop, and commute; and with this evolution comes the need to advance, from being a mega city to being a smart city.

AOT LAGOS 1.0 will bring together 2000 Tech giants, Policy makers, Government officials, Venture Capitalists, Product Designers, Cultural Architects, Software Engineers/Programmers, Creative architects, Innovators, Tech enthusiasts and a whole new wave of Lagosians to drive innovations that will pave way for the evolution of a smarter, digital, more efficient and a more competitive Lagos.

Conversations at the AOT Conference will centre on Tech & Culture, Building MVPs, Consumer-Centric Products (and not just apps), The Future of Work, Funding Mechanics, Women In Tech and even the ‘Hard-Talk’ where truths are laid bare by both the government and tech community. After insightful Keynotes and a series of focused workshops, tech innovators will have a chance to compete at the COLLABORATE LAGOS PITCH and win a juicy deal with the Lagos State Government.

AOT 1.0 will be filled with speakers and panellists from Africa and around the world, insightful conversations, keynotes, exhibitions, experiences, and immense networking opportunities.

You cannot afford to miss all these things!

Registration is Free

Days

Hours

Minutes

Seconds

VENUE

ORIENTAL HOTEL, VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS

DATE

DECEMBER

5th-6th

2019

9AM

DAILY

CONFERENCE

KEYNOTE

SPEAKERS

Our Keynote speakers feature experts in Innovation, big data, blockchain and artificial Intelligence. Their talks will explore new realities and suggest ways local Tech Innovators can become and remain competitive. They’ll decode the complex advances in these fields to reveal a constantly evolving world that is changing in exciting ways to create the world we currently inhabit, and the future. Whether your company is on the verge of a high-tech breakthrough, or about to take off, these top technology keynote speakers can help you. Their takeaways will help you revolutionize your organization, markets, customers, and society at large.

Babajide Sanwo-Olu

GOVERNOR LAGOS STATE

Andrew Nevin

ADVISORY PARTNER PWC

KOLA AINA

FOUNDER VENTURE PLATFORM

Juliet Ehimuan

WEST AFRICA GOOGLE

Amauche Emenari

DOCTORAL RESEARCHER M.I.T

PANEL

SESSIONS

Our panel discussions will provide leading innovators, thought-leaders, and technology companies an opportunity to engage on how to increase the understanding and awareness of the opportunities and challenges of new technology and exponential change. It will explore how to support collaborative platform(s) to facilitate the sharing of the best ideas and innovations to inform policy and inspire collective action for scale and global impact.

FUTURE OF WORK

The Connect between the Ecosystem and the Talent

FAREED AROGUNDADE

WORKSTATION

OLATUNBOSUN ALAKE

LAGOS STATE GOVT

JOSEPH OLOFINSOLA

Deloitte

LANRE PHILLIPS

HP

TECH INFLUENCE

Influence of Tech on Culture and Behaviour

LEKE ALDER

Consultant Leke Alder Consulting

ADDY AWOFISAYO

GOOGLE

OLUSEGUN ADENIJI

FINANCIAL EXPERT

HARD TALK

Frank Conversations for a more collaborative Ecosystem

VICTOR ASEMOTA

Interaction Design Foundation

IYINOLUWA ABOYEJI

ENTREPRENEUR

MIKE OGBALU

VERVE

MEGHAN CURRAN

ACUMEN

BREAKOUT

SESSIONS

FUNDING:

BEST PRACTICES

To compete in the tech space you need funding; to hire talent, pay bills, scale etc. How do you compete when better funded competitors exist in the market? Is bootstrapping still an option? Foreign VCs are beginning to fund local startups. How does this affect the future of the local tech ecosystem?

The Chinese are coming! How does the rise of Chinese startups like Opay and PalmPay, with Warchests of $50m and $40m respectively affect the industry? This session will educate Nigerian VCs about how best to approach investing in the tech space, enlighten the audience on what VCs look for when investing and point out red flags to watch out for both as a startup and a VC.

UCHE ISIUGO

EMERGING INFRASTRUCTURE CAPITAL

TOYIN ADEGBITE-MOORE

Sheafam & Tam Limited

COLLINS ONUEGBU

SIGNAL ALLIANCE

WOMEN IN

TECH

There are less women studying STEM courses or working in related fields. The tech ecosystem can look like a men-only club but there are women making major contributions in startups we all know and love. You’ll find women in software development, marketing, product management, and other roles in tech, but is the tech space the career first choice for most ladies? What unique opportunities exist for women?

This session will highlight the achievements of women in Tech and encourage female tech enthusiasts to take their places and live their dreams in the tech space.

ODUNAYO EWENIYI

PIGGYVEST

TOYIN OSHINOWO

FIELDINSIGHT

IQUO UKOH

ENTOD MARKETING

TEMIE GIWA-TUBOSUN

LIFEBANK

Building

MVPs

Building an MVP is less expensive than building a full-fledged product that nobody needs or wants. Product failure can be very expensive. There are many reasons startups fail but starting with an MVP helps reduce failure as a result of a bad product. When then do we have startups building solutions looking from problems? Why don’t some startups get sufficient feedback before they build and launch?

This session will help to minimize product/startup failures.

SOLAPE HAMMOND

IMPACTHUB

BAMKOLE PETER

ENTERPRISE DEV CENTRE

TITILOLA ORIDAMI-BRIGHT

LAGOS WATER CORPORATION

Consumer-Centric Products,

Not Apps

Developers and techies can get carried away with using the latest and the greatest technologies, throwing buzzwords around, but all these mean little or nothing to the people going to use what is built.

Successful products are all about making life easier for consumers, reducing time, effort and money needed to get things done, and delighting the consumer, isn’t it? Is there a secret formula for great products? This session will bring understanding of how to get consumer feedback effectively and show how great features and products are consistently created.

AZEEZ OGUNJOBI

BRIMATEL

WOLE ODETAYO

OPACUS TECHNOLOGIES

AYOTUNDE COKER

RACK CENTRE

TOMI OTUDEKO

HONEYWELL GROUP

SPONSORSHIP

/EXHIBITION

PACKAGES

PLATINUM

PACKAGE

₦4M

Free exhibition booth with live product exhibition in conference room

Adverts on screens during breaks

Banners at the background during live social streaming

Premium and dedicated table during Gala

Named as Platinum Sponsor of the conference

Logo and advert on the conference website and linked to the sponsor’s site

Logo on other memorabilia

DIAMOND

PACKAGE

₦2M

Free exhibition booth

Intermission of adverts during streaming to virtual participants

Banners at the background during live social streaming

Named as Diamond Sponsor of the conference

Logo and advert on the conference website and linked to the sponsor’s site

Logo on other memorabilia

GOLD

PACKAGE

₦1M

Free exhibition booth

Named as Gold Sponsor of the conference

Logo and advert on the conference website and linked to the sponsor’s site

Logo on other memorabilia

If you will like to sponsor AOT Lagos 1.0 or showcase your platform.

AGEN

DA

Day 1

DECEMBER 5TH

8.00

AM

Accreditation

8.55

AM

Mr Governor's Arrival

9.00

AM

National Anthem

9.10

AM

Welcome Address

9.20

AM

Executive Speech

9.50

AM

1st Keynote

10.20

AM

Mr Governor's Pavilion Inspection

10.40

AM

Breakout Session

11.40

AM

1st Product Launch / Demo

11.45

AM

Plenary – 1

12.25

PM

2nd Product Launch

12.40

PM

2nd Keynote

1.20

PM

Plenary – 2

2.00

PM

3rd Keynote

2.40

PM

Vote of Thanks / Lunch

Day 2

DECEMBER 6TH

8.00

AM

Accreditation

9.00

AM

National Anthem

9.10

AM

Welcome Address

9.20

AM

1st Keynote

9.50

AM

Product Talk -1

10.00

AM

Plenary – 1

10.40

AM

Product Talk -2

10.55

AM

Breakout Session

12.00

PM

Product Fair

3.00

PM

Vote of Thanks / Lunch

SPON

SORS

CORPORATE

SPONSORS

MEDIA

SPONSORS

Kola Aina

FOUNDER VENTURE PLATFORM

Kola Aina is an engineer, entrepreneur, and investor. He is passionate about using technology and innovation to solve problems in society and ultimately create prosperity. He is an impact-oriented capitalist and he believes that it is possible to do well and do good at the same time. Kola is a passionate supporter and collector of contemporary African art.

He is the Founder of Ventures Platform an early-stage fund that provides smart capital and growth support for bold entrepreneurs who are leveraging innovation to solve
problems in Africa and around the world. Beyond capital investment, VP provides the necessary infrastructure for these entrepreneurs to thrive through its co-working business – Ventures Park. VP also provides capacity building and ecosystem support through its not-for-profit entity – Ventures Platform Foundation.

Through Ventures Platform, Kola has invested in over 30 startups including CrowdForce, PayStack, Kudi, and PiggyVest. He is a mentor on XL Africa, the World Bank Accelerator and Google Launchpad Accelerator. He is also a board member and advisory board member of various organizations ranging from ARM Financial Advisers Limited, Reliance HMO and the Yemisi Shyllon Art Museum.

Prior to founding Ventures Platform, Kola founded Emerging Platforms, a technology outsourcing company. EP has created solutions in various sectors including education
and security for both public and private sector organizations. Building various platforms
that have provided services to hundreds of thousands of Nigerians.

He studied Electrical Electronics Technology at Savanah State University, Georgia, USA. After this, He got an MBA with a specialization in Finance from Bowling Green State
University, USA. He has attended various senior executive programs at Havard Business School, University of California’s Berkeley Center for Law, Business and The Economy, Lagos Business School amongst others. Kola has work experience in Nigeria and the US where he worked as a Financial Analyst at Fifth Third Bank.

He is a member of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG). He is also a member of the Presidential Committee on job creation and youth employment and the Presidential Advisory Group on Technology & Creativity, both advisory bodies to the Nigerian presidency.

Uche Isiugo

CEO Emerging Infrastructure Capital

Dr. Uche C. Isiugo, Jr. is the CEO & Managing Partner of Emerging Infrastructure Capital, LLC. He is an Investment, Project Finance & Commercial Management executive with a solid track record in investment execution and development at the intersection of innovative clean energy, technology startups and infrastructure. He has had broad responsibility in project finance structuring, commercial, operations, asset management, project development, power marketing and regulatory as Director at Key Capture Energy (New York) and Portfolio Manager at NextEra Energy (Florida).

At NextEra Energy, the world’s largest generator of Wind and Solar energy, Uche was the Lead Portfolio Manager of the utility scale energy storage portfolio group, and jointly managed the $10 billion project finance and investor tax equity portfolio of 11 GW in Solar & Wind projects, which garnered the Business Management Innovation Award. Prior to joining NextEra Energy,

Uche worked in the Citigroup investment banking team, where he supported the execution of key transactions, including power asset acquisition bids and technology mandates. Preceding his work at Citigroup, Uche was employed for several years at The Boeing Company where he provided corporate financial analysis, guided investment decisions, and in 2009, won first place in the annual VP Finance Award across over 25 other finance teams for generating record corporate savings.

Uche also works as an Adjunct Professor at Florida Atlantic University and teaches Mergers & Acquisitions in the Executive MBA Program. He holds dual Bachelors degrees in Finance and Economics from Temple University, an MBA from Seattle Pacific University, and a Ph.D. in Financial Economics

from the University of New Orleans. Emerging Infrastructure Capital (EIC) is an investment and operating platform that builds, owns, operates, and finances innovative assets at the intersection of clean energy, technology and infrastructure. Focused on opportunities across Africa, U.S. minority and women-run companies, EIC combines specialty financing, ingenious business models, world-class industry experience and best practice operational management to achieve superior risk-adjusted returns and sustainable, impactful outcomes in communities. EIC has offices in Palm Beach (Florida, USA) and Lagos (Nigeria).