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2019 Program

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All event activities at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Monday, October 14, 2019

Time Topics
8:00 – 9:30 PM Welcome Reception for Participants and Speakers at the Money Museum

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Time Topics
7:30 – 8:30 AM Breakfast
8:30 – 8:45 AM Symposium Welcome
Ellen Bromagen – Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (PDF)
8:45 – 9:45 AM Keynote Speaker: Innovation: Looking Around the Corner
Rita Gunther McGrath, Best-selling Author, Columbia Business School Professor (PDF)

*Bios available on Speakers tab
9:45 – 10:15 AM Break
10:15 – 11:30 AM U.S. Faster Payments Landscape: Approach and Progress 

  • Kim Ford – U.S. Faster Payments Council, Moderator
  • Grace Klopcic – McKinsey & Company
  • Russ Waterhouse – The Clearing House
  • Al Ko – Early Warning Services
  • Ken Montgomery – Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
  • Mike Bilski – North American Banking Company (PDF)
11:30 – 11:45 AM Break
11:45 – 1:00 PM Luncheon Keynote Speaker
Esther L. George
(Off-site)
President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Introduction by Dave Sapenaro – Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
*Bios available on Speakers tab
1:00 – 1:15 PM Break
1:15 – 2:30 PM Consumer Perspectives: Looking Around the Corner 

2:30 – 2:45 PM Break
2:45 – 4:00 PM Business Perspectives: Looking Around the Corner 

4:00 – 5:00 PM Payment Innovation: Looking Around the Corner 

  • Kassi Quimby – Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Moderator
  • Bradley Wilkes – Open Payment Network
  • Laurence Cooke – NanoPay
  • Steve Kirsch – Token
  • Matt Ribbens – BB&T
5:00 – 6:45 PM Onsite Reception

Wednesday, October 16, 2019

Time Topics
7:30 – 8:15 AM Breakfast
8:15 – 8:30 AM Day Two Welcome
Shonda Clay – Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
8:30 – 9:30 AM Building for the Future: Next Gen Considerations 

9:30 – 9:45 AM Break
9:45 – 11:00 AM Payment Security: Collaboration and Technology Tool Outlook 

11:00 – 11:15 AM Break/ Boxed Lunches Available
11:15 – 12:30 PM Building FedNowSM – Be a Part of the Future of Faster Payments (PDF)
12:30 PM Wrap-Up