Keynote: Payment's developments
Gijs Boudewijn
Chair of the European Payments Council (EPC)
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A huge thank you to all our speakers for their inspiring and high-quality presentations, and to every participant for bringing such great energy, curiosity, and engagement.
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Keynote from Day 1
CEO welcome & market outlook
Madalena Cascais Tomé
Chief Processing & Financial Institutions Officer, Worldline Financial Services
Wero: Shaping the future of European Payments
Alexander Burkhard
Third Party Acquirers Relationship & Management Lead, EPI
Wallet interoperability in practice
Kim Fuglsang Kristoffersen
Head of Strategic Partnerships, Vipps MobilePay
IRIS payments. Scaling Instant Payments in Greece
Niki Andravidioti
Business Development & Innovation Specialist, DIAS S.A.
AI-driven payments: External keynote overview
Mehdi Esmail
Chief AI and Data Officer, Worldline
AI in payments innovation
Antoine Larmanjat
Sr. Technical Director, Google
A European perspective on risk, fraud & identity
David Ostah
Managing Director, PSA Payment Services Austria
Data-driven defenses for payments
Myles Simpson
Chapter Lead Fraud Management, Worldline
Keynote from Day 2
European Payments, more than a fistful of Euro
Olivier Denecker
Director, Firesti BV
Global perspectives on stablecoins
Thibault Pele
Head of Product Digital Currency, Worldline Financial Services
Qivalis | The European Bank Consortium Stablecoin
Vid Hribar
Head of Institutional Partnerships, Qivalis
Digital Euro – State of Play
Eric Tak
Head of Division, Digital Euro Product Proposition, European Central Bank