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Program 31 March

The program consists of pre-conference expert sessions followed by two full conference days.
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Pre-conference workshops
Program 1 April 2009
Hotel reservation

08:30

Reception and coffee

Conference Lounge

9:00

Douwe Lycklama, CEO Innopay
Harry Smorenberg, CEO SCC

Welcome
Opening

Setting the stage

9:05

Jan P. Krahnen
Professor of Finance, Goethe Universität Frankfurt and Director, Center for Financial Studies

Financial Logistics: the new perspective

  • New industry structure
  • New value opportunities
  • Cross industry cooperation
  • Where banks can make a difference

9:40

Irmfried Schwimann
Head of Unit for Financial Services, Directorate General for Competition, European Commission

Payments and competition policy:

  • What has been achieved so far
  • Future of interchange fees in Europe
  • Payments and open standards in competition policy
  • Opportunities and challenges that lie ahead

10:20

Break

Conference Lounge

 

10:50

Maarten Mol
Head of Transaction Banking, ABN AMRO

Leveraging SEPA: the key to unlocking the full potential of the internal payments market

  • The development of forward looking products and services to leverage the SEPA
  • Benefits for FIs and Corporates
  • Estimating the potential cost savings
  • Where to from here?

11:20

Dave Rietveld
General Manager New Business Equens SE

Innovations in payment processing – 3 case studies

  • European cross border e-invoicing pilot – intermediate results
  • Mobile top up – increasing success and international expansion
  • Pre-paid gift cards – current status and development plans

11:50

Nicolas Levi
Mobile payments Director Payment Services,
Orange/France Telecom Group

Cash, cheque or mobile?

  • What consumers and merchants say about mobile payments
  • Where is the money to be made in mobile payments?
  • What are the immediate opportunities?

12:20

Lunch

Coffee after lunch in Conference Lounge

14:00

Panel session e-invoicing

  • Charles Bryant (Senior Advisor EBA - panel coordinator)
  • Stefan Foryszewski (OB10)
  • Jackie Keogh (SWIFT)
  • Gerhard Laga (Austrian Chamber of Commerce)
  • Christiaan van der Valk (TrustWeaver)

E-invoicing – why is it so slow to make the obvious happen?

  • The current reality
  • Impact areas and dependencies
  • Market structure and opportunities
  • Steps forward

15:15

Panel session pan-European debit cards schemes

  • Hugo Godschalk (PaySys – panel coordinator)
  • Oliver Hommel (EAPS)
  • Petra Stange (Deutsche Bank)
  • Dominique Buysschaert (PayFair)
  • Luke Olbrich (Maestro)
  • Pedro Deserrano (V PAY)
  • Patrice Hertzog (Cartes Bancaires)

5 minute presentations from each scheme

  • Developments in the last 12 months
  • The challenges of implementing a pan-European debit scheme
  • Which business model will succeed?

16:00

Break

Conference Lounge

 

16:30

Continued: Panel session pan-European debit cards schemes

  • Panel discussion and audience Q&A
  • What are the critical factors for success?
  • What is needed from the regulators?
  • Where are the benefits for the end customer?

17:00

Robert Wastyn
Chairman, EPCA

ECPA Awards 2009

  • Overview innovation
  • Presentation of nominees
  • Short ceremony

17:30

Cocktail party at Conference Lounge

19:00

End

 

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