Agenda

Here's what's scheduled for the event. All times are in GMT.

8:15 AM
Registration, networking & morning coffee
 
8:45 AM
Conference introduction
 
8:50 AM
Chair’s opening remarks

Natalie Lewis, Partner, Head of Fintech, Market Infrastructure and Payments, Travers Smith 

9:00 AM
Keynote address I: The role of the FCA and PSR in delivering the National Payments Vision

David Geale, Executive Director, Payments and Digital Finance, Financial Conduct Authority and Managing Director, Payment Systems Regulator 

9:20 AM
Panel: Does the PSR’s consolidation into the FCA and the PVDC’s new model for design & delivery of retail payments infrastructure create a framework for success?

Moderator:

Harry Millerchip, Senior Counsel, Travers Smith 

Panellists:

Justin Jacobs, Chief Policy and Engagement Officer, Pay.UK

Simon Eacott, Head of Payments, NatWest Bank 

Iana Vidal, Head of UK Public Policy, Block 

10:00 AM
Fireside chat: How AI is transforming the payments landscape

Host:

Arjun Lakhani, Counsel, Payments and Fintech Regulation, Sidley Austin

In conversation with:

Sam Hinton Smith, 'Head of International Public Policy, Stripe

10:25 AM
Keynote address II: How the Government could aid the integration of digital currencies into the payments ecosystem

The Lord Holmes of Richmond MBE 

10:45 AM
Networking & morning coffee
 
11:05 AM
Panel: The practicalities of integrating digital currencies into the payments ecosystem

Moderator:

Oliver Tonkin, Co-Founder and CEO, BCB Group

Panellists: 

Austin Elwood, Digital Assets Industry Lead, NatWest 

Emma Hagan, UK CEO, ClearBank 

Jannah Patchay, Executive in Residence, Global Digital Finance 

Caner Sevinc, Senior Counsel, Gemini 

11:45 AM
Keynote address III: Next generation UK retail payments

Sarah Breeden, Deputy Governor for Financial Stability, Bank of England 

12:10 PM
Panel: Driving innovation in retail payments

Moderator:

David Song, Director, Global Counsel 

Panellists:

Ruth Akiba, Director of EMEA, Merchant Advisory Group

Andy Sacre, Head of Payments, Monzo

Megan Coulson, UK Public Policy Lead, TrueLayer 

12:50 PM
Networking & lunch
 
2:00 PM
Panel: Open Finance and Smart Data: the legal and regulatory implications for data protection, consumers and competition concerns

Moderator

Fliss Berridge, Founder, Blue Strawberry Thinking & Advisor to UK Payments Initiative

Panel:

Rory Tanner, UK Head of Government Affairs, Revolut 

Adam Jackson, Chief Strategy Officer, Innovate Finance 

Nilixa Devlukia, Chair, Open Finance Association

2:40 PM
Fireside chat: Meeting regulatory requirements around operational resilience, governance and outsourcing

Host

Richard Offord, Partner, Travers Smith 

In conversation with

Anil Toraty, VP - Risk Strategy, Supervisory and Optimisation, Visa 

3:00 PM
Panel: Fighting fraud, money-laundering and financial crime in the payments industry

Moderator:

George Hoare, Partner, Reed Smith 

Panellists:

Simon Miller, Director of Strategy, Policy and Communications, Cifas 

Chetan Shah, CEO, Wirex Limited 

3:40 PM
Fireside chat: Strategies for improving financial inclusion

Host 

Sian Williams, Chair, Financial Inclusion Commission 

In conversation with

Kathryn Townsend, Head of Customer Vulnerability and Inclusion, Nationwide 

4:00 PM
Chair’s final remarks

Natalie Lewis, Partner, Head of Fintech, Market Infrastructure and Payments, Travers Smith 

4:10 PM
Networking & afternoon tea
 
4:30 PM
Close of proceedings
 

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