2023 EXPO Agenda

Time Track 1
8:30 am - 1:00 pm

Golf Outing

1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Registration Opens

3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

ICMA ACE-M: Manufacturing Training Session, Part 1 (separate registration required)

5:30 pm - 6:00 pm

New Member Reception

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Exhibition Grand Opening / Welcome Reception with Exhibitors

Time Track 1
8:00 am - 9:00 am

Exhibition / Continental Breakfast in Exhibit Hall

9:00 am - 10:15 am
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
10:15 am - 10:45 am
10:45 am - 11:30 am
11:30 am - 12:15 pm

The State of Play

Thomas Decker, VP Product Marketing Finance, Linxens
12:15 pm - 1:30 pm

Lunch / Exhibits

1:30 pm - 2:00 pm

Making Metal Smart Cards Truly Smart

Chris Burket, Senior Marketing Engineer, TDK
2:00 pm - 2:15 pm

Gather to prepare for Speed Networking

2:15 pm - 3:15 pm
3:15 pm - 3:45 pm

Break in Exhibit Hall

3:45 pm - 4:30 pm

More Inclusive Payments for All: How to Provide an Advanced Payment Card Experience that Can Better Serve Our Aging Population

Traci Skala, Director of Payment Technology and Product Management, Giesecke+Devrient
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Parley Global Impact

Haley Cubell, Operations Growth & Development Manager, Parley for the Oceans
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Time Track 1
8:00 am - 9:00 am

Exhibition / Continental Breakfast in Exhibit Hall

9:00 am - 9:45 am

Energy Efficiency in Card Production

Christian Reuther, Managing Director, Plasticard-ZFT GmbH & Co. KG
9:45 am - 10:30 am

The Economics of Declining Card Volume

Dan Oswald, CEO, Arroweye Solutions
10:30 am - 11:00 am
11:00 am - 11:45 am
11:45 am - 12:30 pm

Going Green

Matteo Panetta, Area Sales Manager, SPICA
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm

Exhibition / Lunch in Exhibit Hall

2:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Plastic-Free Wood Cards: Enabling Sustainability to the Payment Card Industry

Munish Chanana, Head of R&D and Board of Directors Member, and Christian Lehringer, CPO and Head of Sales & Marketing, Swiss Wood Solutions
2:30 pm - 3:15 pm

Top of the Wallet: The New Journey of Payments Cards

Jorge Lara Villalobos, Strategic Marketing Banking, S-P-S In Groupe
3:15 pm - 3:35 pm

Exhibition / Break in Exhibit Hall

3:45 pm - 4:30 pm

The Future of Instant Issuance

Rob Dixon, Vice President of Digital and Business Development, CPI Card Group
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Élan Awards of Excellence: Presentation & Dinner – Beach Party!

Time Track 1
8:30 am - 9:30 am

Continental Breakfast & Final Exhibits Session

9:30 am - 10:15 am

Metal Cards in Sync With Evolving Customer Expectations

Megan Heinze, President, Payment Services, North America at IDEMIA
10:15 am - 11:00 am

Big Changes in Card Durability Standards

David Tushie, Magellan Consulting, Inc., ICMA Standards and Technical Representative
11:00 am - 11:45 am
11:45 am - 12:00 pm

Closing Remarks

12:00 pm - 12:30 pm

Closing Lunch

1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

ACE-M Exams

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