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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Electronic Payments - Monet 2 Room
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Gettrx - Monet 3 Room
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Global Payments - Cezanne 2 Room
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Merchant Industry - Degas Room
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NEAA Command - Van Gogh Room
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Netevia - Matisse Room
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NMI - Renoir 2 Room
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Paytech Women - Renoir 1 Room
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SignaPay - Monet 1 Room
Various Rooms
1:00pm to 1:15pm
NEAA 2026 Welcome Remarks
Exhibit Hall
1:15pm – 2:00pm
The B2B Opportunity for Acquirers - Roger McNamara, Director, Strategic Merchant Services, Visa Commercial
Exhibit Hall
2:30pm – 2:45pm
Break
Exhibit Hall
4:15pm – 5:30pm
PokerPower
Exhibit Hall
5:30pm – 8:00pm
Opening Cocktail Reception sponsored by NMI (Exhibit Hall)
Exhibit Hall
8:00pm – 10:00pm
First Night Party sponsored by Netevia
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
Exhibit Hall
1:15pm – 2:00pm
Solutions “A View from the Hill” – Scott Talbott, Executive Vice President, ETA
Exhibit Hall
3:15pm – 3:30pm
Break
Exhibit Hall
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
Exhibit Hall
4:15pm – 5:00pm
A Deep Dive into Embedded Payments. Moderator: Dan Spalinger, Infinicept; Panelists: Ed Searcy, Elavon, Kyle Taylor, Linked2Pay
Exhibit Hall
5:00pm – 5:30pm
Fireside Chat with Abby Gustaitis (former Olympic rugby player), Visa Champions Program, Moderated by Dale Laszig
Exhibit Hall
5:30pm – 8:00pm
Cocktail/Dinner Reception + Photo Booth
Exhibit Hall
8:00pm - 10:00pm
Closing party sponsored by GETTRX at Puttschack Boston
Exhibit Hall