7:30 – 8:30 a.m. Check-In and Breakfast

8:30 – 8:45 a.m. Welcome

Charles L. Evans, President & Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

8:45 – 10:00 a.m. Opening Keynote: Lessons on Industry Improvement Initiatives

Gary Shapiro, President & Chief Executive Officer, Consumer Technology Association

10:20 a.m – 12:00 p.m. The Faster Payments Ecosystem: Maintaining Collaboration and Momentum (PDF)

Sean J. Rodriguez, Executive Vice President & Faster Payments Strategy Leader, Federal Reserve System

Grace Hou, Partner, McKinsey & Company

Bradley Wilkes, Founder and President/Chief Executive Officer, WingCash

Richard W. Burke, Jr., Head of Corporate Products & Services, TD Bank

Charles Ellert, Payment Strategy Manager, Verizon

12:00 – 1:45 p.m. Luncheon Keynote: Activating Innovation for Success

Introduction: Gordon Werkema, Outgoing Payments Strategy Director, Federal Reserve System

Jonah Berger, Author and Expert on Decision Making, Consumer Behavior, Word of Mouth and How Products and Ideas Become Popular

1:45 – 3:15 p.m. Infrastructure Readiness & Outlook

Cyrus Bhathawalla (PDF), Director, KPMG US

Kevin Christensen (PDF), Senior Vice President, SHAZAM Network

Steve Ledford (PDF), Senior Vice President, The Clearing House

Bob Steen (PDF), Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Bridge Community Bank

Magnus Carlsson, Manager for Treasury & Payments, Association for Financial Professionals

Chris Hamilton, Chief Executive Officer, BankServ Africa

3:45 – 5:15 p.m. Payments Security & Sustaining Activities (PDF)

Todd Aadland, Senior Vice President & Payments Security Strategy Leader, Federal Reserve System

Glen E. Ulrich, Senior Vice President, U.S. Bank

Reed Luhtanen, Senior Director of Payments Strategy, Walmart

Peter Tapling, Chief Revenue Officer, Early Warning