Day One - Wednesday, 20 September
PIF AGM 2023
(PIF members only until 17:30)
| Time | Session | Speakers | Venue |
| 15:00 | Arrival and refreshments | The Main Reception | |
| 15:30 | Welcome and opening remarks/Welcome to new members | Matt Sloan, VP, Head of Business Development, EMEA, Discover Global Network/Chair, Payments Innovation Forum (PIF), Nirav Patel, Group CEO, Andaria/Vice Chair, PIF and Diane Brocklebank, Executive Director, PIF | The Main Reception |
| 15:45 | The PIF Year in Review 2023 | Introduced by Diane Brocklebank, Executive Director, PIF | The Main Reception |
| 16:15 | Networking Break | ||
| 16:45 | PIF Board Election 2023 Appointments for member approval | Introduced by Matt Sloan, VP, Head of Business Development, EMEA, Discover Global Network/Chair, PIF | The Main Reception |
| 16:50 | Industry insights, reflections and the PIF Strategic Plan 2024 | Introduced by Diane Brocklebank, Executive Director, PIF and members of the PIF Board of Directors | The Main Reception |
| 18:00 | Networking Drinks Reception sponsored by Andaria | The Great Hall | |
| 19:00 | PIF Annual Dinner 2023 | The Great Hall |
Day Two - Thursday, 21 September
PIF Summit 2023
| Time | Session | Speakers | Venue |
| 08:00 | Arrival and refreshments sponsored by Andaria | The Atrium | |
| 09:00 | Welcome and Opening Remarks | Matt Sloan, VP, Head of Business Development, EMEA, Discover Global Network/Chair, Payments Innovation Forum (PIF), Nirav Patel, Group CEO, Andaria/Vice Chair, PIF and Diane Brocklebank, Executive Director, PIF | The Auditorium |
| 09:15 | Keynote: European economic outlook – balancing high inflation, rising interest rates and resilient consumers | Max Lambertson, Director, Economist, Mastercard Economics Institute | The Auditorium |
| 09:45 | Presentation: Re-launching a pioneer: How to continue to modernise your brand | Betsy Samuel, Chief Marketing Officer and Vanessa Kreimeia, Head of Marketing, Thredd | The Auditorium |
| 10:00 | Panel: Why trust is the recipe for real innovation (and how to build it right) | Jonathan Vaux, Head of Propositions and Partnerships, Thredd and Daniel Saliba, Chief Compliance Officer, Optimus Cards, Rob Darby, Head of Sales, IDT Financial Services, and Scott Dawson, Head of Sales & Strategic Partnerships, DECTA Moderated by: Matt Sloan, VP, Head of Business Development, EMEA, Discover Global Network/Chair, Payments Innovation Forum (PIF) | The Auditorium |
| 10:45 | Networking Break sponsored by Andaria | The Atrium | |
| 11:15 | Presentation: How generative AI can be a force for good | Neil Taylor, SVP, Data Strategy, Mastercard | The Auditorium |
| 11:30 | Presentation: Lessons in hallucinations, how to tame them, and how to keep AI and humans working hand in hand to prevent fraud | Boris Dyakonov, Co-Founder, ANNA Money | The Auditorium |
| 11:45 | Panel: Accreditation or Disqualification: Unravelling the role of AI in Fintech | Emily Campbell-Ratcliffe, Head of AI Assurance, Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation (CDEI), an expert directorate in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), Neil Taylor, SVP, Data Strategy, Mastercard, Professor Bonnie Buchanan, Director of Sustainable and Explainable FinTech (SAEF) Center and Professor of Finance, Eduard Panteleev , Co-Founder and CEO, ANNA Money, and Mark Taylor, Head of Digitalisation, Osborne Clarke Moderated by Chris Ellis, Director, PIF | The Auditorium |
| 12:45 | Networking Lunch sponsored by Andaria | The Atrium | |
| 13:45 | Presentation: Emerging digital payment trends shaping the fintech ecosystem | Sophia Furber, Fintech Research Analyst, EMEA, S&P Global | The Auditorium |
| 14:15 | Panel: Keeping pace with the global innovation race: How is regulation framing the future for payments in the UK, US and EU? | David Roche, Partner, Aramis, France, Paul Munson, DMLRO & Regulatory Specialist, Optimus Cards, UK, Heather O’Gorman, Associate Director of Payments, Fscom, Brian Tate, President & CEO, Innovative Payments Association, USA Moderated by Judith Rinearson, Partner, K&L Gates, UK/USA | The Auditorium |
| 15:00 | Networking Break sponsored by Andaria | The Atrium | |
| 15:30 | Presentations + Moderated Q&A: Open Banking in the UK: Three Fintech founders on its uptake | How can open banking adoption be supercharged and does it even need to be? David Monty, CEO, Tell.Money
Does open banking need its catalysing moment? Fliss Berridge, Director and Co-Founder, Ordo Beyond regulation: How Open Banking APIs are shaping the new business model of banking Huw Davies, Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer, Ozone API | The Auditorium |
| 16:30 | Presentation: Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) in the payment ecosystem | Brian Lawlor, Group CCO, B4B Payments | The Auditorium |
| 16:50 | Panel: Innovate to include: What will drive better business banking and payments? | Featuring Malcolm Portelli, Chief Information Officer, Andaria, and Nick Chambers, Partner, Customer Strategy Network Moderated by Matt Sloan, VP, Head of Business Development, EMEA, Discover Global Network/Chair, Payments Innovation Forum (PIF) | The Auditorium |
| 17:30 | Closing remarks | Matt Sloan, VP, Head of Business Development, EMEA, Discover Global Network/Chair, Payments Innovation Forum (PIF), Nirav Patel, Group CEO, Andaria/Vice Chair, PIF, and Diane Brocklebank, Executive Director, PIF | The Auditorium |
| 17:45 | Networking Drinks sponsored by Andaria | The OMP Club |