The program is set, but session topics, times, and speakers may shift as we get closer to the event.
Registration
Continental Breakfast / Break
Stablecoins in the Modern Payment Ecosystem
Fraud Fundamentals
Scott Adams, Fraud Deflect
Payment Fundamentals
Matt Leman, J.P. Morgan · Stephanie Meyers, CommonSpirt
Breaking Down the Cost of Payment Acceptance
Erika Curtis, W. Capra
Fraud Fundamentals
Scott Adams, Fraud Deflect
Payments Fundamentals
Matt Leman, J.P. Morgan · Stephanie Meyers, CommonSpirt
Breaking Down the Cost of Payment Acceptance
Erika Curtis, W. Capra
Power Hour Topics – Tokenization, Recurring, Orchestration, Crypto, Chargebacks
Cathy McGarry, Northwestern Medicine · Jonathan Lee, Netflix · Melissa Shields, PaymentsEd · Stephanie Meyers, CommonSpirt
Lunch
Welcome
From Data Silos to Decisions: The Role of Payments Data Exchange in Optimization
Anand Goel, Optimized Payments
Ethoca Fireside Chat: Key Trends for Chargebacks, Dispute Deflection and Transforming the Post-purchase Experience
Karim Bishara, Ethoca
Movement Break
Fireside Chat – Discover
Nicole Molina, Discover Network
Exclusive Insights: How Agentic Commerce Is Reshaping Merchant Strategies
Prahsant Sharma, JP Morgan Payments
Making Payments Data Actionable: Using Data Ownership to See Beyond Dashboards
Trey Jackson, FOX · Anthony Flattery, FOX
The Art of Selective Friction in Modern Checkout
Devang Gaur, Adobe · Sudhee Dwivedi, Adyen
Break
BIC – Innovations in Dunning Strategy
Ami Domadia, Adobe
Merchant Only Round Table – Tokenization
Melissa Shields, PaymentsEd
Cost: Why You Want to Track It at the Transaction Level
The Rise of the AI Shopper: How Agentic Commerce Will Redefine Your Payments Funnel
Dominick Yin, Stripe
VAMP: One Year Later
Scott Adams, Fraud Deflect
Breakfast
Registration
Welcome
Keynote Speaker
Break
Fireside Chat – Visa
Erich Franken, Visa
AI Accountability: A Frank Conversation on Data Custody and Security in the Age of Agentic Commerce
Arthur Bedel, VGS
Beyond the Checklist: Winning Disputes with Smart, Data-Driven Evidence
Cindy Fashingbauer, Stripe
Customer Context Converts: Boosting Retention and Revenue with Metadata
Break
BIC – Omnichannel
Merchant Only – AI & Operations
Alx Block, Automattic
APMs in Disguise: What New-Generation BINs Mean for Merchant Performance
Luke Derusha, CMSPI
We're From Legal and We're Here to Help!
Marc Roth, Cobalt LLP
Why Accept Mobile Driver's License Now? Digital Customer Servicing
David Kelts, Decipher Identity, LLC
Lunch
Fireside Chat – American Express
Kristy Cook, American Express
Auth Rates, Cost, and Competition: What's Really Happening in the World of Debit Cards?
Abigail Dasbach, CMSPI · Peter Jessiman, Wendy's Company
From Retry Logic to Real-Time Intelligence: AI in Payment Recovery
Todd Doherty, Vindicia
Beyond Transactions: The Strategic Partnership Between Treasury and Payments
Matt Leman, J.P. Morgan · Cathy McGarry, Northwestern Medicine · Matthew Moore, The Ohio State University
Mainstage – Adyen – You Can Get With This..or You Can Get With That – A/B Testing Payment Providers
Tyler Huen, Adyen
Mastercard Mainstage – Combating Return Fraud: How Merchants are Leveraging New Data Inputs to Modernize Return Strategies
Stephen Keefe, Mastercard · Katie Franklin, Walmart
Movement Break
Omnichannel Unfiltered
Merchant Only – Selling Payments Internally
Brian Cullen, Sony PlayStation
5 Mistakes to Avoid When You Start Selling Globally
Joe Emig, AltoPay · Fran Jones, Digistore24
Leading the CX Revolution: What Merchants Need to Know About Payments Innovation
Dan Gonzalez, Federal Reserve Financial Services
Movement Break
Worldpay Mainstage – Preparing Your Payments Stack for Agent Commerce: What Merchants Need to Know Now
Brant Peterson, Worldpay
Daily Wrap up
Breakfast
Registration
PaymentsEd Awards
Visa Mainstage – Summer 2026 Economic and Market Outlook (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
Wayne Best, Visa
Fireside Chat – MasterCard
Lam Van Lund, Mastercard
Building a Payment Optimization Roadmap: Quick Wins to 90-Day ROI
Anand Goel, Optimized Payments
How Banks Decide Which Payments Get Approved: The Signals, Thresholds, and Data Gaps That Cost You Revenue
Ray Watson, Revaly
The Never-Ending Story: How to Make PCI Compliance an Ongoing Success
Shelli Moring, W. Capra · Kevin Salerno, NewFold Digital
Break
BIC – Redundancy: Failsafe at Launch
Ragni Satyadev, PayPal Braintree
Mainstage – dLocal – Building Across Asia: What Actually Works in Payments
Bianca Carozzo, dLocal
The Hidden Economics of Involuntary Churn Subtitle: Declines, Retries, and Customer Loss in Subscription Commerce
Justin Shoolery, Sticky.io · Bill Tull, Sticky.io