Please note: This agenda is still being finalized. Session topics, times, and speakers may change as we get closer to the event.
Monday, July 27, 2026
7:00 AM
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7:00 PM
Registration
Grand Ballroom Foyer
8:00 AM
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10:30 AM
Continental Breakfast / Break
Grand Ballroom Foyer
9:00 AM
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9:50 AM
9:00 AM
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9:50 AM
9:00 AM
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9:50 AM
Payment Fundamentals
Pre-Conference
Matt Leman, J.P. Morgan | Stephanie Meyers, CommonSpirt
Grand Ballroom D
9:00 AM
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9:50 AM
10:00 AM
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10:50 AM
10:00 AM
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10:50 AM
10:00 AM
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10:50 AM
Payments Fundamentals
Pre-Conference
Matt Leman, J.P. Morgan | Stephanie Meyers, CommonSpirt
Grand Ballroom D
10:00 AM
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10:50 AM
11:00 AM
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12:00 PM
Power Hour Topics - Tokenization, Recurring, Orchestration, Crypto, Chargebacks
Pre-Conference
Grand AB
12:00 PM
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1:00 PM
Lunch
Pavilion
1:00 PM
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1:15 PM
1:15 PM
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1:45 PM
From Data Silos to Decisions: The Role of Payments Data Exchange in Optimization
Mainstage
Anand Goel, Optimized Payments
Grand AB
1:45 PM
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2:15 PM
2:15 PM
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2:30 PM
Movement Break
2:30 PM
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3:15 PM
2:30 PM
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3:15 PM
Exclusive Insights: How Agentic Commerce Is Reshaping Merchant Strategies
Concurrent Session
Prahsant Sharma, JP Morgan Payments
Grand Ballroom E
2:30 PM
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3:15 PM
Making Payments Data Actionable: Using Data Ownership to See Beyond Dashboards
Concurrent Session
Trey Jackson, FOX | Anthony Flattery, FOX
Grand Ballroom D
2:30 PM
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3:15 PM
The Art of Selective Friction in Modern Checkout
Concurrent Session
Devang Gaur, Adobe
Grand Ballroom C
3:15 PM
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4:00 PM
Break
Grand Ballroom Foyer and Commonwealth A
3:30 PM
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4:00 PM
4:00 PM
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4:45 PM
Merchant Only Round Table - Tokenization Merchant Only
Concurrent Session
Melissa Shields, PaymentsEd
Commonwealth C
4:00 PM
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4:45 PM
4:00 PM
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4:45 PM
The Rise of the AI Shopper: How Agentic Commerce Will Redefine Your Payments Funnel
Concurrent Session
Dominick Yin, Stripe
Grand Ballroom D
4:00 PM
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4:45 PM
Tuesday, July 28, 2026
7:30 AM
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8:30 AM
Breakfast
Pavilion
7:30 AM
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5:00 PM
Registration
Grand Ballroom Foyer
8:45 AM
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9:00 AM
9:00 AM
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10:00 AM
10:00 AM
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10:30 AM
Break
Grand Ballroom Foyer
10:30 AM
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11:15 PM
10:30 AM
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11:15 PM
AI Accountability: A frank conversation on data custody and security in the age of agentic commerce
Concurrent Session
Arthur Bedel, VGS
Grand Ballroom E
10:30 AM
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11:15 PM
Beyond the Checklist: Winning Disputes with Smart, Data-Driven Evidence
Concurrent Session
Cindy Fashingbauer, Stripe
Grand Ballroom D
10:30 AM
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11:15 PM
Customer Context Converts: Boosting Retention and Revenue with Metadata
Concurrent Session
Grand Ballroom C
11:15 AM
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12:00 AM
Break
Grand Ballroom Foyer and Commonwealth A
11:30 AM
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12:00 PM
12:00 PM
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12:45 PM
Merchant Only - AI & Operations Merchant Only
Concurrent Session
Alx Block, Automattic
Commonwealth C
12:00 PM
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12:45 PM
APMs in Disguise: What New-Generation BINs Mean for Merchant Performance
Concurrent Session
Luke Derusha, CMSPI
Grand Ballroom E
12:00 PM
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12:45 PM
12:00 PM
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12:45 PM
Why accept Mobile Driver's License now? Digital Customer Servicing
Concurrent Session
David Kelts, Decipher Identity, LLC
Grand Ballroom C
12:45 PM
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1:30 PM
Lunch
Pavilion
1:30 PM
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2:15 PM
Fireside Chat - American Express Merchant Only
Fireside Chat
Kristy Cook, American Express
Commonwealth C
1:30 PM
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2:15 PM
Auth Rates, Cost, and Competition: What's Really Happening in the world of Debit cards? A
Concurrent Session
Robbie MacDiarmid, CMSPI
Grand Ballroom E
1:30 PM
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2:15 PM
From Retry Logic to Real-Time Intelligence: AI in Payment Recovery
Concurrent Session
Todd Doherty, Vindicia
Grand Ballroom D
1:30 PM
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2:15 PM
Beyond Transactions: The Strategic Partnership Between Treasury and Payments
Concurrent Session
Matt Leman, J.P. Morgan | Cathy McGarry, Northwestern Medicine
Grand Ballroom C
2:30 PM
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3:00 PM
3:00 PM
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3:30 PM
3:30 PM
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3:45 PM
Movement Break
Grand Ballroom Foyer and Commonwealth A
3:45 PM
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4:30 PM
3:45 PM
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4:30 PM
Merchant Only - Selling Payments Internally Merchant Only
Concurrent Session
Brian Cullen, Sony PlayStation
Commonwealth C
3:45 PM
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4:30 PM
5 Mistakes to Avoid When You Start Selling Globally
Concurrent Session
Joe Emig, AltoPay | Fran Jones, Digistore24
Grand Ballroom E
3:45 PM
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4:30 PM
Leading the CX Revolution: What Merchants Need to Know About Payments Innovation
Concurrent Session
Dan Gonzalez, Federal Reserve Financial Services
Grand Ballroom D
4:30 PM
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4:45 PM
Movement Break
4:45 PM
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5:15 PM
Worldpay Mainstage - Preparing Your Payments Stack for Agent Commerce: What Merchants Need to Know Now
Mainstage
Brant Peterson, Worldpay
Grand AB
5:15 PM
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5:30 PM
Wednesday, July 29, 2026
7:30 AM
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8:30 AM
Breakfast
Pavillion
7:30 AM
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12:00 PM
Registration
Grand Ballroom Foyer
8:30 AM
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8:45 AM
8:45 AM
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9:15 AM
9:30 AM
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10:15 AM
9:30 AM
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10:15 AM
Building a Payment Optimization Roadmap: Quick Wins to 90-Day ROI
Concurrent Session
Anand Goel, Optimized Payments
Grand Ballroom E
9:30 AM
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10:15 AM
How Banks Decide Which Payments Get Approved: The Signals, Thresholds, and Data Gaps That Cost You Revenue
Concurrent Session
Ray Watson, Revaly
Grand Ballroom D
9:30 AM
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10:15 AM
The Never-Ending Story: How to Make PCI Compliance an Ongoing Success
Concurrent Session
Shelli Moring, W. Capra | Kevin Salerno, NewFold Digital
Grand Ballroom C
10:15 AM
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Break
Grand Ballroom Foyer and Commonwealth A
10:30 AM
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11:00 AM
BIC - Redundancy: Failsafe at Launch
Best In Class Session
Ragni Satyadev, PayPal Braintree
Commonwealth B
11:00 AM
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11:30 AM
Mainstage - dLocal - Building Across Asia: What Actually Works in Payments
Mainstage
Bianca Carozzo, dLocal
Grand AB
11:30 AM
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12:00 PM
The Hidden Economics of Involuntary Churn Subtitle: Declines, retries, and customer loss in subscription commerce
Mainstage
Justin Shoolery, Sticky.io | Bill Tull, Sticky.io
Grand AB