NEAA 2026 • Boston • Feb 3-5
2025 NEAA CONFERENCE AGENDA
Day 0 - Monday, March 17
Sponsor Appreciation St. Patty's Reception
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM | Rum Point Bar
By Invitation Only - Hosted by the NEAA Board
Day 1 - Tuesday, March 18
REGISTRATION OPEN - SPONSORED by SignaPay – Required for all Sessions
10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
EXHIBITOR SETUP (Exhibit Hall Open Only to Exhibitors)
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM – DIAMOND SPONSOR BREAKOUTS OPEN TO ALL
Wildwood Conference Center – Rooms 1-7
Netevia Room Wildwood #1 – Fireside chat with Vlad AI.
Electronic Payments-Wildwood #2 - EPI Meet Up & POS Lab
NMI- Wildwood #3- Grow your Business and Improve Merchant success with NMI’s Smart Solutions
Global Payments Wildwood #4 Global Payments POS Journey - Vital to Ovation to Genius POS and Heartland POS
Merchant Industry Wildwood #5- Unlocking ISO Success: Growth Strategies with Merchant Industry
SignaPay Wildwood #6- SignaPay- Hair of the Dog
Gettrx Wildwood #7 Find out how to future-proof your residuals by fully white-labeling a Stripe-like experience for your merchants and ISV partners
AFTERNOON Educational Sessions – Speaker Hall
Badge Registration required for Speaking Sessions
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM – High Risk Panel
Moderator: Peggy Olson, Strategic Marketing
Panelists:
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Fadi Cheikha, USAG
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Tom Olk, Grailpay
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Josh Fochek, Global Payments
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Naomi Mastera, NMI
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Jason Noto, Polsinelli
2:00 PM – 2:45 PM – New Offerings, New Opportunities for ISOs
Moderator: Tedd Huff - Founder & CEO, Volayre
Panelists:
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Marla Ellerman – Marketing and Business Development Executive, Founder of Mobile Payments Conference •
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Michele Johnson – Channel Partner Director, Sandler Partners
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Christopher Soucie – Director of Brand Strategy and Partner Engagement, NHC
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Maureen O’Connell – Senior Director, National Partner Sales, Comcast
2:45 PM – 3:00 PM – BREAK – Sponsored by CardConnect
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM – Catapult AI 2025
New Focus for 2025: AI Innovation
Competition featuring four selected companies presenting AI solutions for payments
Judges:
Stephen Kane, CEO, Stephen D. Kane Enterprises
Keith Sampson, SURV (2024 Winner of Catapult)
Sebastian Builes, Arcum
Taylor Medford, Goldman Sachs
5:30 PM – 7:30 PM – Opening Cocktail/Hors d’oeuvres Reception with Vendors in the Exhibit Hall
Thanks to our EMERALD SPONSOR: Electronic Payments
8:00 PM – 10:00 PM – Meet and Greet Party around the Pool
Thanks to our RUBY SPONSOR: NETEVIA
Day 2 - Wednesday, March 19
9:00 AM – 6:00 PM – REGISTRATION OPEN
Morning Visit with Sponsors and Exhibitors – Exhibit Hall
9:30 AM – 10:30 AM – Continental Breakfast sponsored by FISERV
9:30 AM – 1:00 PM – Coffee Cart Sponsored by DISCOVER GLOBAL NETWORK
9:30 AM – 1:00 PM – Networking with Sponsors and Exhibitors
10:00 AM – 1:00 PM – Professional Headshot Photographs for LinkedIn (Foyer) - Sponsored by US Bank/Elavon
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM – Photo Booth in Exhibit Hall – Sponsored by Payarc
11:30 AM – 12:45 PM – Lunch with the Exhibitors - Sponsored by American Express
Afternoon Educational Sessions – Speaker Hall
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM – NEAA KNOWLEDGE KNOCKOUT
A fast-paced audience participation trivia session to pair your knowledge with three payments legends.
Hosted BY ETA: Jaron Rice, Bart Kohler and Amanda Beam
2:00 PM – 3:15 PM – Keynote: “New Frontiers in AI” – Sam Maule
KEYNOTE SPONSORED BY GLOBAL PAYMENTS
AI, digital transformation, fintech, cloud leadership, and banking insights
Former Googler, banker, and startup executive with over 25 years of experience
3:15 PM – 3:30 PM – BREAK – Sponsored by CardConnect
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM – Cybersecurity “Better be Aware”
Jon Aronson, AJ GLOBAL Cyber Security Consulting
Rob Hegedus, CISO Global
4:30 PM – 5:15 PM – Game Changing Tech
Solve problems, drive revenue with game-changing tech.
For years, our industry has placed customers at the center of commerce. Isn’t it time to upgrade the agent, ISO, and merchant experience? Today, agents and ISOs can leverage AI, push payments, embedded payments, Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS), and other next-gen solutions to solve merchants’ unique challenges and drive new, recurring revenue streams. Join Dustin Siner, Chief Revenue Officer at Payarc, Vlad Sadovskiy, Founder and CEO of Netevia, and moderator Dale Laszig, payments journalist, to explore how game-changing technologies are empowering ISOs, agents, and merchants, and shaping the future of payments.
Evening Events
5:30 PM – 7:30 PM– Cocktail /Dinner Reception with Sponsors and Exhibitors -Sponsored by NMI
5:30 PM – 8:00 PM – Photo Booth in Exhibit Hall- Sponsored by Payarc
7:30 PM – Exhibit Hall Closes and Breakdown Begins
Thanks to our EMERALD SPONSOR: NMI
9:00 PM – 11:30 PM – NEAA CLOSING After-Party
Thanks to our RUBY SPONSOR: GETTRX
All Are Invited to the EDEN LOUNGE