Agenda
Payments Innovation Day 2023
Thursday, 11 May - One Moorgate Place, London
Dress code: Business/Business Casual
| Time | Session/Theme | Speaker(s) |
| 08:00 | Registration and welcome refreshments in The Atrium | Sponsored by: Discover Global Network |
| 08:45 | Welcome and opening remarks in The Auditorium | Jason Field, Vice President, Fintech, Mastercard UK and Ireland, Chair, Payments Innovation Forum; Matt Sloan, VP, Business Development, EMEA, Discover Global Network, Vice Chair, Payments Innovation Forum, and Diane Brocklebank, Executive Director, Payments Innovation Forum |
| 09:00 | Morning Keynote: Revolutionising Payments: A Global Perspective on Alternative Payment Solutions | Chris Ford, Senior Director, B2B, Blackhawk Network |
| 09:20 | Presentation: Payments for Good - Payment Choice Innovation for those in Need | Paul Wickers, Founder and CEO, Huggg |
| 09:40 | Presentation: Innovating in a Cost-of-Living Crisis | Kealan Lennon, Founder and CEO, CleverCards |
| 10:00 | Panel: Innovating Payments for All: Using Fintech to meet Societal and Economic needs | Chris Ford, Senior Director, B2B, Blackhawk Network; Kealan Lennon, Founder and CEO, CleverCards; Paul Wickers, CEO, Huggg, and Jayne Sibley, Co-Founder and CEO, Sibstar Moderated by: Clive Williams, Director, PSG International |
| 10:45 | Networking Break in the Atrium | Sponsored by: Discover Global Network |
| 11:15 | Panel: Who will lead the Future of Payments Innovation: UK, US or EU? | Shachar Bialick, Founder and CEO, Curve; Oliver Oram, CEO, Chainvine and Judith Rinearson, Partner, K&L Gates LLP Moderated by: Siobhan Moore, Partner, Keystone Law, Board Member, Payments Innovation Forum |
| 11:50 | Panel:
Why Regulation should be Embraced to Enable (not block) Innovation in Payments | Omar Salem, Head of Legal & Regulatory Affairs, Algbra; Stephanie Cully, Senior Legal Counsel, Payoneer and James Sullivan, Group General Counsel, Bitstamp Moderated by: Alison Donnelly, Director, fscom |
| 12:30 | Networking Lunch in the Atrium | Sponsored by: Discover Global Network |
| 13:30 | Afternoon Keynote: Payments Reimagined | Jason Field, VP, Fintech and EMIs, Mastercard |
| 14:00 | Presentation: The Embedded Future of Payments | Nirav Patel, Group CEO, Andaria |
| 14:20 | Presentation: Living in the Clouds | Suresh Vaghjiani, CEO & Co-Founder, CLOWD9 |
| 14:40 | Panel: The Shape of Payments to come: What will define Fintech Innovation in the next 18 months? | Jason Field, Vice President, Fintech, Mastercard UK and Ireland; Suresh Vaghjiani, CEO & Co-Founder, CLOWD9, and Nirav Patel, Group CEO, Andaria Moderated by: Diane Brocklebank, Executive Director, Payments Innovation Forum |
| 15:15 | Networking Break in The Atrium | Sponsored by: Discover Global Network |
| 15:45 | Panel:
The Payments Industry in an ESG-focused World: is Transparency the recipe for Real Innovation? | Thomas Blood, CS Sustainability Leader, Amazon Web Services; Patrick Butler, Board Chair, Net Zero Compute, and Darren Baggett, CEO & Founder, Earth9 Moderated by: Cosmo Spens, Co-Founder & Sustainability Advocate, CLOWD9 |
| 16:30 | Closing Keynote: Discover Global Network – Empowering Distribution through Fintechs and Innovation | Joachim Soderling, Senior Manager, Business Development, Discover Global Network |
| 16:50 | Closing Panel: Payments Disrupted: Why the time to Re (focus) on the Customer is now | Virraj Jatania, CEO & Founder, Pockit, Norris Koppel, Founder & CEO, Monese, Tom Jennings, Co-CEO, B4B Payments - A Banking Circle Group Company Moderated by: Jason Field, Vice President, Fintech, Mastercard UK and Ireland |
| 17:30 | Closing Remarks | Jason Field, Vice President, Fintech, Mastercard UK and Ireland, Chair, Payments Innovation Forum Matt Sloan, VP, Business Development, EMEA, Discover Global Network, Vice Chair, Payments Innovation Forum, and Diane Brocklebank, Executive Director, Payments Innovation Forum |
| 17:45 | PIF Spring Social The Club Room, One Moorgate Place | Sponsored by: Discover Global Network |
