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The forum begins September 17th with registration and welcome cocktail reception sponsored by Discover. The conference sessions, which take place on the 18th and 19th, will include discussions and debates about the important challenges and opportunities facing the international acquiring and payments industry today.

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Topics and speakers include:

• GLOBAL ACQUIRING: PERSPECTIVES AND INSIGHTS
  Pamela A. Joseph, Chairman Elavon and Vice Chairman US Bancorp
  
  
• ACCEPTANCE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE EUROPEAN MARKET
  Jeremy Nicholds, EVP, Visa Europe
  
  
• JAPAN AND THE EMERGING PAYMENTS MARKETS OF ASIA
  Kimisha Imada, Deputy President, JCB International
  
  
• CHINA UNION PAY: GROWTH THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS
  Kelley C. Knutson, EVP, TSYS International 
  
  
• CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES: ACCEPTANCE AND ACQUIRING IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
  Ricardo Ibarria, Group Head, Acceptance for Latin America and the Caribbean, MasterCard International
  
  
• CYBERSECURITY AND RISK MANAGEMENT: RECENT TRENDS IN TECHNIQUES AND TECHNOLOGY
  Neira Jones, Partner, Accourt Ltd., Moderator
  Stewart Room, Partner, Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP
  Ed Gibson, Senior Director, Forensic Technology Services, Alvarez & Marsal Global Forensic and Dispute Services, LLC (invited)
  
  
• THE DARK SIDE OF ACQUIRING: THE TEMPTATIONS OF VOLUME FROM NON-TRADITIONAL MERCHANTS
  Alan Goslar, former EVP, Visa CEMA, Moderator
  Robert Caldwell, Founding Partner, G2 Web Services
  Catherine Cummings, Senior Director, International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children
  Stanley Skoglund, SVP, Credorax
  
  
• ACQUIRING MODELS: THE EVOLUTION OF BANKS, PROCESSORS AND ISOs
  Michael Burtscher, VP Global Business Development, Payvision
  Shane Fitzpatrick, President and Managing Director, Chase Paymentech Europe Limited
  Thomas Staudt, Chief Executive Officer, Global Collect 
  
  
• PAYMENT INNOVATION AND DISRUPTORS
  Carol Realini, Entrepreneur, Moderator
  David Birch, Director, Consult Hyperion
  Christian Bucheli, Head of Strategy and Executive Director, SIX Payment Services
  Alastair Lukies, Group Chief Executive Officer, Monitise
  Julie Pukas, Managing Director, Citi Enterprise Payments
  
  
• BUILDING A GLOBAL ACQUIRING BRAND
  Ron Kalifa, Deputy Chairman, Worldpay
  Diane Offeriens, Executive Vice President, President - Payment Services, Discover
  
  
• MERGERS AND ACQUISITION TRENDS: BUILDING VALUE IN GLOBAL MARKETS
  Sean Minnihan, Managing Director, GCA Savvian
  Jean-Baptiste Petard, Managing Director, UBS
  
  
• MANAGING THE CHALLENGES OF REGULATION IN THE NEW PAYMENTS LANDSCAPE FOR CENTRAL BANKS AND ACQUIRER / PROCESSORS
  Thomas O’Riordan, Partner, Paul Hastings (Europe) LLP, Moderator
  Alma Obaeva, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of the Russian Federation (invited)
  Dr. Nguyen Toan Thank, Deputy Governor, State Bank of Vietnam (invited)
  
  
• ECOMMERCE AND INTERNATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
  Jim Magats, Head of Global Core Payments, PayPal

This is a must-attend conference for executive level payments professionals who want to learn more about the opportunities and challenges of expanding and enhancing their acquiring and processing business in existing and new markets around the world. View the full agenda here.