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45 minsJoin us for breakfast, connect with fellow attendees, and please collect your name badge from the registration table before entering the event.
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5 mins
Official opening of the Clarion Leaders’ Summit as we welcome attendees and set the stage for an engaging and inspiring event. We look forward to welcoming you and kicking off the summit together.
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10 mins
Chairperson Keynote as we open the summit with insights, perspectives, and a vision for the discussions and opportunities ahead.
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30 minsHosted by apexx global, this session explores the future of payments in the AI economy, from intelligent routing and payment orchestration to agentic commerce. Discover how businesses can build flexible, resilient payment stacks that improve performance, scale efficiently and prepare for the next generation of digital commerce.
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30 minsHosted by PayPal, this panel explores how payment failures impact customer trust and merchant performance. The session examines the causes of legitimate declines and how smarter insights, routing strategies and recovery approaches can help businesses improve conversion, reduce lost revenue and optimise the payment experience.
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10 minsTake a moment to refresh and recharge during the Tea and Coffee Break. Enjoy refreshments while connecting with fellow attendees, continuing conversations, and building new relationships throughout the event.
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60 mins
Join focused peer to peer roundtable discussions exploring the key challenges and opportunities shaping the future of payments. These interactive sessions provide a platform for attendees to exchange insights, share experiences, and discuss practical approaches across four key themes.
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TEA & COFFEE BREAK5 mins
Take a moment to refresh and recharge during the Tea and Coffee Break. Enjoy refreshments while connecting with fellow attendees, continuing conversations, and building new relationships throughout the event.
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90 mins
Take part in prescheduled one to one meetings with solution providers, tailored around your projects, priorities, and business needs. Alongside these focused discussions, use the networking opportunity to connect with other attendees, exchange ideas, and build valuable industry relationships.
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Lunch & Networking60 minsEnjoy lunch while taking the opportunity to connect with fellow attendees, continue conversations from the day’s sessions, and build valuable relationships in a relaxed networking environment.
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20 minsThis session explores the evolution of Europe’s real time payments infrastructure and its role in shaping the future of digital commerce. Discover how instant payment networks, cross border connectivity and scalable infrastructure will drive innovation, competition and new services across the European payments ecosystem.
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20 minsThis session explores the future of payment methods and the evolving competition between account to account payments, digital wallets and cards. Discover how emerging solutions such as Wero, SEPA Instant and Open Banking could reshape checkout experiences, drive merchant adoption and deliver greater value for businesses and consumers.
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90 mins
Take part in prescheduled one to one meetings with solution providers, tailored around your projects, priorities, and business needs. Alongside these focused discussions, use the networking opportunity to connect with other attendees, exchange ideas, and build valuable industry relationships.
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TEA & COFFEE BREAK10 mins
Take a moment to refresh and recharge during the Tea and Coffee Break. Enjoy refreshments while connecting with fellow attendees, continuing conversations, and building new relationships throughout the event.
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30 minsThis session explores the strategic choices businesses face when building their payments infrastructure. Discover the trade offs between owning, outsourcing and orchestrating payment capabilities, and how to create a future proof payments architecture that balances control, cost and speed.
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60 mins
Join focused peer to peer roundtable discussions exploring the key challenges and opportunities shaping the future of payments. These interactive sessions provide a platform for attendees to exchange insights, share experiences, and discuss practical approaches across four key themes.
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15 minsThis session explores the journey from iDEAL to Wero and the role of collaboration in scaling a European payment solution. Discover how banks, merchants and infrastructure providers are aligning to enable seamless adoption, with lessons from the Netherlands shaping Wero’s expansion across Europe.
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115 minsJoin us for an unforgettable Amsterdam evening reception filled with vibrant networking, live local music, and the creative energy of the city. Connect with industry peers while enjoying an interactive AI photo booth experience, inspiring entertainment, and a curated selection of Amsterdam’s finest local food and drinks. Whether you're making new connections or catching up with familiar faces, this reception promises the perfect blend of business, culture, and the unique spirit of Amsterdam’s hospitality.
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45 mins
Join us for breakfast, connect with fellow attendees, and please collect your name badge from the registration table before entering the event.
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5 mins
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10 mins
Chairperson Keynote as we open the summit with insights, perspectives, and a vision for the discussions and opportunities ahead.
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60 mins
Take part in an interactive Breakfast Briefing featuring roundtable discussions designed to encourage the exchange of ideas and experiences. Each session includes a 45 minute discussion followed by a 15 minute wrap up, where moderators share the key findings and themes from their table with the wider group, ensuring everyone benefits from the morning’s conversations.
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30 minsThis session explores the next wave of payment innovation driven by instant payments, artificial intelligence and agentic commerce. Discover how businesses can unlock new value through smarter data, improved customer experiences and the capabilities needed to shape the future of digital commerce.
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15 mins
Take a moment to refresh and recharge during the Tea and Coffee Break. Enjoy refreshments while connecting with fellow attendees, continuing conversations, and building new relationships throughout the event.
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90 mins
Take part in prescheduled one to one meetings with solution providers, tailored around your projects, priorities, and business needs. Alongside these focused discussions, use the networking opportunity to connect with other attendees, exchange ideas, and build valuable industry relationships.
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30 minsThis session explores the future of frictionless checkout and the challenge of balancing seamless customer experiences with security and trust. Discover how intelligent orchestration, smart routing and advanced payment technologies can help merchants reduce abandonment, improve approval rates and create smoother journeys across every channel.
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45 mins
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45 minsThis lunch roundtable style knowledge drop-in session gives attendees and solution providers the opportunity to engage in insightful conversations with specialist consultants from Edgar Dunn, Consult Hyperion and Polymath Consulting. Explore key industry topics including the digital euro, agentic commerce and open banking, gaining expert perspectives, practical insights and a deeper understanding of the trends shaping the future of payments.
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40 minsBringing together senior female leaders from across retail, marketplaces, gaming, travel, and health; alongside BFSI professionals to share insights, discuss emerging trends, and foster meaningful connections. This exclusive gathering celebrates the achievements of women in payments, encourages knowledge-sharing, and supports mentorship and networking opportunities to inspire the next generation of leaders in the industry.
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30 mins
Take part in prescheduled one to one meetings with solution providers, tailored around your projects, priorities, and business needs. Alongside these focused discussions, use the networking opportunity to connect with other attendees, exchange ideas, and build valuable industry relationships.
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30 minsThis session explores the challenge of aligning finance operations with the speed of instant payments. Discover how businesses can modernise legacy systems, manage liquidity demands and create intelligent, connected solutions that bring payment operations and cash management together.
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20 minsThis session explores how agentic commerce could transform the future of online shopping and merchant engagement. Discover how AI driven purchasing journeys will reshape digital sales, customer experiences, upselling opportunities and the approach to managing fraud and risk in an increasingly automated world.
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5 mins
The session will conclude the summit with a prize draw for our attendees.

