24-25 November / Vienna

nexo Annual Conference 2025

Expanding Global Payments Interoperability

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DAY 1

24th November

Expanding Global Payments Interoperability

15:00 - 18:00

Registration desk open – badge collection

17:30 - 18:00

Meet in the lobby for transportation

18:00 - 18:40

Event Transport by the organisation

18:40 - 19:40

Networking activity

nexo Team

19:50 - 20:00

Secretary-General speech

Jacques Soussana

Secretary-General , nexo standards

20:00 - 20:30

Awards ceremony

Ana Pereira

Castles Technology & MarCom co-Chair , nexo standards

Virginie Dhellemmes - Heripret

Crédit Mutuel & MarCom co-Chair , nexo standards

Arnaud Crouzet

Vice President - Business Consulting , Consult Hyperion

20:30 - 22:00

Cocktail & Networking at Rathauskeller

DAY 2

25th November

Expanding Global Payments Interoperability

08:30 - 09:00

Welcome Coffee & Networking

09:00 - 09:15

Annual Conference Opening

Mylène Jacqueline Ah-Hang

EMEA Marketing Manager , Discover Global Network

Gary Munro

VP Payments Consulting , Consult Hyperion

09:15 - 09:30

Opening Ceremony

Jean-Philippe Joliveau

Nexi Group & Chairman of the Board of Directors , nexo standards

François Mezzina

TotalEnergies & Chairman of the General Assembly , nexo standards

09:30 - 10:10

First Keynote

The Airline Industry and nexo standards: Exploring the Case for Change

Thierry Stucker

Director, Industry Payment Programs , IATA

10:15 - 10:30

Coffee Break & Networking

10:30 - 11:30

Second Keynote & Round table 1

Accessibility and inclusion in payments

Moderator:

Andrea Toucinho

Director of studies, prospective and training , Partelya Consulting

Panellists:

Sandra Mianda

Founder & CEO , Paypr.work

James Lotz

SVP Northern and Western Europe , Castles Technology

Bettina Borbola

Global Partnership Manager , Paysafe and EWPN Austria

Blandine Moreau

Head of Functional Standardisation , CB

11:35 - 12:15

Third Keynote

Shaping the Future of Payments: Biometric, Education and financial inclusion in Africa.

Christophe Rosenberger

Biometrics research , ENSICAEN

Ndiaga Faye

Pedagogical Director of the Master’s in Electronic Payments and Secure Transactions , ENSICAEN

12:20 - 12:30

Platinum Sponsor Speech

nexo: at the edge of transformation

Frédéric Mazurier

President & Chief Executive Officer , Market Pay

12:30 - 14:00

Lunch & Networking

14:00 - 15:10

Fourth Keynote & Round table 2

From Fragmentation to Standards:
How open payment standards are driving the future of retail as a key enabler of integrated, customer-centric commerce.

Moderator:

Panagiotis Kriaris

Head of Business & Corporate Development , Unzer

Panellists:

Matthias Dekan

Head of Payments & Daily Banking , Raiffeisen Bank International AG

Isabel Lamotte

Partner & Project Manager , Handelsverband Österreich

Manfred Haase

Head of Payment Services , ASFINAG Maut Service GmbH

Marco Polissi

Head of Digital Payments - Digital Banking solutions , Nexi

15:10 - 15:30

Coffee Break & Networking

15:30 - 16:30

Round table 3

Vendor Agnostic Interoperability with the nexo Terminal Management System (TMS)

Moderator:

Leigh Garner

Head of Industry Relations , Discover Global Network

Panellists:

Mohamed El Yakhlifi

CEO , AFSOL

Grzegorz JAGLARSKI

Partner / Vice-president / Business Development , Novelpay

Thierry Muckensturm

Head of IT / Acceptance & Acquiring , Caisse Fédérale De Crédit Mutuel

16:30 - 17:00

Farewell Cocktail

About the event

The nexo standards Annual Conference is an industry forum dedicated to advancing open, ISO 20022-based specifications that remove fragmentation in global payment acceptance. Bringing together merchants, processors, schemes and technology providers, it features expert keynotes, real-world case studies and networking sessions that foster further standardisation and innovation.