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Can Existing Networks Meet Future Needs?
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Can Existing Networks Meet Future Needs?

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The Chicago Fed hosted its third payments conference entitled, Can Existing Networks Meet Future Needs?, May 29–30, 2003. Conference speakers were payment industry leaders who provided an insider's perspective on the necessary success factors for electronic supply chain and epayments integration.

05/29/03
11:30 AM
Registration
12:00 PM
Lunch
12:30 PM
Welcome and Opening Remarks

Speaker

Gordon Werkema,  First Vice President and Chief Operating Officer,  Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

12:45 PM
Keynote Address

This session will trace the evolution of payment innovations and investments. The speaker will highlight successes and failures, consider lessons learned, address how the mind-set of investors has changed since the investment boom of the 1990s and discuss the investment outlook for the future. The reliance of payment innovations on existing networks and/or on the development of new networks will be discussed.

Speaker

Carl Rutstein,  Vice President and Head of Americas Payment Practice,  Boston Consulting Group, Inc.

1:15 PM
Break
1:30 PM
Investing in Payments

This panel will explore the dynamics and underlying decision-making process for payment investments. The unique opportunities and risks associated with these investments will also be addressed.

Moderator

Carl Rutstein,  Vice President and Head of Americas Payment Practice,  Boston Consulting Group, Inc.

Speakers

Collin Roche,  Principal,  GTCR Golder Rauner, LLC

John Perry,  Chief Executive Officer, Intercept Payment Solutions and Former Chief Executive Officer,  Spectrum EBP

Nick Alex,  Senior Vice President,  Bank of America Corporation

3:30 PM
Break
4:00 PM
End Users' Perspective

This panel will discuss the costs and benefits of using different payment methods. The conflicting incentives among consumers and firms will be addressed.

Moderator

Peter Burns,  Vice President,  Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

Speakers

Jay DeWitt,  Senior Manager,  Amazon.com, Inc.

Paul Kapioski,  Owner,  West Seattle Thriftway

Gail Hillebrand,  Senior Attorney,  Consumers' Union

Cathryn Gregg,  Partner and Director,  Treasury Strategies, Inc.

5:30 PM
Reception
05/30/03
7:30 AM
Continental Breakfast
8:15 AM
The Federal Reserve and Payment Systems: Development and Directions

Speaker

Gary Stern,  President and Chief Executive Officer,  Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

8:45 AM
Leveraging the Payment Infrastructure

What challenges are payment networks facing today? This panel will discuss how networks expect to evolve.

Moderator

Jennifer Kingson,  Senior Editor,  American Banker

Speakers

Bond Isaacson,  Co-Chief Executive Officer,  Concord EFS, Inc.

Steve Abrams,  Senior Vice President,  MasterCard International, Inc.

George Thomas,  President and Chief Operating Officer,  Electronic Payments Network

Andy D'Amato,  Senior Vice President,  Certegy, Inc.

10:15 AM
Break
10:30 AM
Results of Federal Reserve Payment System Development Committee's Study on Clearing and Settlement

This session will discuss the implications of technological innovation for the adoption of electronic payments and the overall efficiency of the payments system. Barriers to innovation noted in the study will also be reviewed.

Speaker

Jeff Marquardt,  Associate Director,  Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

11:00 AM
Future of Payment Networks

Where are we headed? What will it look like? How will we get there? This panel will describe several innovative delivery mechanisms and discuss whether existing networks are equipped to support them or whether new networks must emerge.  

Moderator

Laura Walker,  Payment System Standards Coordinator,  Federal Reserve e-Business Support Office

Speakers

Leo Van Hove,  Assistant Professor of Economics,  Free University of Brussels

Austin Adams,  Chief Information Officer and Executive Vice President,  Bank One Corporation

Norman Litell,  Vice President,  Visa U.S.A, Inc.

12:30 PM
Closing Remarks

Sujit Chakravorti,  Senior Economist,  Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Background Information

Event Information
Date
05/29/03 - 05/30/03
Location
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
230 South LaSalle Street
Chicago, IL 60605-1413
Schedule
Th 8:30 a.m. - 5:15 p.m. F 7:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

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