Wednesday, February 4
10:00am – 6:00pm
Registration Open (Registration required for all sessions)
Entry Hall
11:00am – 4:00pm
Exhibitor Setup (Exhibit Hall open to exhibitors only)
Exhibit Hall
9:00am – 1:00pm
Diamond Sponsor Breakouts (Open to all registrants)
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Netevia: "POS Solutions that change the landscape: How Square is entering the ISO market." - Matisse
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NMI: “NMI University: Grow Your Business and Improve Merchant Success with NMI’s Smart Solutions” - Cezanne1
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GETTRX: “Get ISVs: Your Brand. Our Platform.” - Monet 3
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Global Payments: Your Roadmap to Payments Success” - Cezanne 2
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SignaPay: “Court-side with SignaPay” - Monet 1
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Merchant Industry: “Merchant Industry: More Deals. More Residuals. Total Control” - Degas
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Paytech Women: “Advancing Women in Payments: Leadership, Access, and Industry Impact” - Renoir 1
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VeriFone: "The Verifone Victa Experience: Powering Modern Commerce" - Renoir 2
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Electronic Payments: “EPI meet up & tech lab” - Monet 2 (Beginning at 10a)
Various Rooms
1:00pm to 1:05pm
NEAA 2026 Welcome Remarks
Picasso 1-3
1:05pm – 1:45pm
The B2B Opportunity for Acquirers - Roger McNamara, Director, Strategic Merchant Services, Visa Commercial
Picasso 1-3
5:30pm – 8:00pm
Opening Cocktail Reception sponsored by NMI (Exhibit Hall)
Exhibit Hall
Thursday, February 5
9:00am - 6:00pm
Registration Open
Entry Hall
9:30am - 1:00pm
Networking with Sponsors & Exhibitors
Coffee & Continental Breakfast - 9:30 - 11:00 am
Headshots 10:00am–1:00pm
Fun Photo Booth sponsored by Discover
Exhibit Hall
11:30am - 12:45pm
Lunch with the Exhibitors
Exhibit Hall
1:00pm – 1:15pm
Showcase Showdown Awards: People’s Choice Award, AI Judge, Panel Judges’ Award
Picasso 1-3
3:15pm – 3:30pm
Break
3:30pm – 4:15pm
Artificial Intelligence in Payment Facilitation from Risk to Real-time Intelligence. Moderator: Joseph Arthur, RPY Innovations, Panelists: Colin Luce, Basis Theory; Bill Lynch, AurionPro Fintech; Kham Inthirath, CCG; Arnav Kaushik, Quantic
Picasso 1-3
4:15pm – 5:00pm
Embedded payments: real-world takeaways in the new payments software landscape. Moderator: Dan Spalinger, Infinicept; Panelists: Ed Searcy, Elavon; Kyle Taylor, Linked2Pay; John Badovinac, Aurora Payments
Picasso 1-3
5:00pm – 5:30pm
Fireside Chat with Abby Gustaitis (former Olympic rugby player), Visa Champions Program, Moderated by Dale Laszig
Picasso 1-3
5:30pm – 8:00pm
Cocktail/Dinner Reception
Exhibit Hall