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Agenda At A Glance
Conference Planner \\ Agenda at a Glance
PREPAID CARD EXPO WORKSHOPS: Monday, March 3, 2008
| Prepaid Basics | Advanced Prepaid | Strategies Global Perspectives | Multi-Industry Focus |
| 12:30-2:15 | |||
| Making Sense of the Myriad Products, Services, and Business Models to Create a Successful Prepaid Program | Managing Payment Convergence Trends to Maximize Your Prepaid Opportunities | Creating Successful Prepaid Programs for a Diverse Audience in Europe | Developing an Effective Marketing and Sales Strategy for Your Prepaid Card Program |
| 2:30-4:15 | |||
| Ensuring Legal, Regulatory and AML/BSA Compliance | New Strategies for Improving Retail Loading Networks | Leveraging Opportunities in Asia & Australia | Successfully Marketing Your Prepaid Product While Managing Your Company's Reputation |
| 4:30-6:15 | |||
| Launching a Successful Prepaid Card Program | Latest Innovations in Processing Technology for Prepaid | Managing the Demand For Prepaid Products in Latin America | Identifying New Market Opportunities for Financial Institutions |
| 6:30-7:00 | |||
| Structured Networking | Structured Networking | Structured Networking | Structured Networking |
PREPAID CARD EXPO DAY ONE: Tuesday, March 4, 2008
| 7:30 Breakfast Sponsored by MASTERCARD | 9:15 Keynote Address: Jane Thompson, President, Financial Services, WAL-MART STORES INC. | 10:15 30-Minute Networking and Refreshment Break in the Exhibit Hall Sponsored by CARLSON MARKETING |
| 8:45 Welcome and Opening Remarks Sponsored by GREEN DOT CORPORATION | 10:45 Keynote Address: Harit Talwar, Executive Vice President, DISCOVER FINANCIAL SERVICES |
| Corporate & Consumer Track | Unbanked, Underserved & Payroll Track | Emerging Payment Trends Track | Risk Management, Legal & Regulatory Track | Retail Products & Strategy Track |
| Sponsor: AMERICAN EXPRESS | Sponsor: NETSPEND | Sponsor: GE MONEY | Sponsor: INCOMM | |
| Track Facilitator Paul Tomasofsky, TWO SPARROWS CONSULTING | Track Facilitator Lori Breitzke , E&S CONSULTING | Track Facilitator Paul Grill, FIRST ANNAPOLIS CONSULTING | Track Facilitator Cliff Mason, ECACHE | |
| 11:40 – 12:30 | ||||
| Incorporating the Latest Industry Metrics to Drive Marketing & Distribution | Integrating Customer Behavior Models in the Unbanked and Underserved Market to Create Profitable Card Programs | Payments Industry Updates- Leveraging New Front and Back End Technologies to Complement Your Card Business | Tactics For Remaining In Compliance with Legal & Regulatory Rules | Incorporating the Latest Trends in Gift Cards to Maximize Card Adoption and Transaction Amounts |
| 12:30 Lunch for Conference Attendees and Speakers: Sponsored by DISCOVER | ||||
| 2:00 -2:50 | ||||
| Driving Prepaid Consumer Spending Through Prepaid Cards CASE STUDY 1: Smart Destination's Go Card CASE STUDY 2: Travelex | Reducing Costs Through Payroll Cards Domino'sCASE STUDY: Strategies for Integrating Pay Cards ADP CASE STUDY: Deploying an Open- Loop Payroll Card Solution | CASE STUDY: Increasing and Diversifying Revenue Streams through the Addition of Value Added Services | Practical Approaches to Mitigating Risk and Fraud Issues Through Advanced Monitoring, Detection, and Data Collection Practices | RETAIL CASE STUDIES: Blackhawk Network: Driving Increased Consumer Spending Through Prepaid Card Products |
| 2:55 – 3:45 | ||||
| CASE STUDY 1: Starz Entertainment Group and Springbok Services CASE STUDY 2: Chrysler Corporation and Carlson Marketing | CASE STUDY: Driving Awareness and Sales of Reloadable Prepaid Cards Via Effective Advertising to "Underserved" Consumers" | Moving Payment Technology to Mobile Phones | PANEL DISCUSSION: Balancing Costs and Functionality of Your Prepaid Program By Employing the Right Vendor Selection Criteria | Maximizing Your Reach Through Distribution Channel Optimization |
| 3:45-4:15 Networking and Refreshment Break in the Exhibit Hall: Sponsored by AMERICAN EXPRESS | ||||
| 4:15-5:00 | ||||
| Maximizing the Success of Your Card Program By Understanding How to Utilize Program Managers | Helping Consumers Build and Access Credit with Prepaid Cards | Assessing the Market for Venture Capital Investments, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Private Equity Buyouts in Prepaid | CASE STUDY: US Treasury Financial Management Service's EagleCash Card: Reducing Costs and Increasing Security Through Prepaid Cards | CASE STUDY: Best Practices in Gift & Loyalty Marketing Stored Value Prog |
| 5:00 -6:00 Afternoon Happy Hour Sponsored by MASTERCARD | ||||
| 6:00-8:00 Industry Gala: Sponsored by VISA | ||||
PREPAID CARD EXPO DAY TWO: Wednesday, March 5, 2008
| 8:15 Morning Breakfast | 9:30 Keynote Address: Jeffrey Ma, Protagonist featured in the bestseller Bringing Down The House and "21", a major motion picture in 2008. | 11:00 Keynote Address: Laura Kelly, SVP, Global Prepaid Product Development and Management, MASTERCARD |
| 8:30 Keynote Address: Dr. Richard H. Carmona, 17th Surgeon General of the United States (2002-2006) | 10:30 Morning Break: Sponsored by BANK OF AMERICA | 11:45 Lunch Sponsored by METABANK |
| Corporate & Consumer Track | Unbanked, Underserved & Payroll Track | Emerging Payment Trends Track | Government Track Sponsor: US BANK | Retail Products & Strategy Track |
| 1:00-1:45 | ||||
| CASE STUDY: Keeping Clients Happy Through The Ecount Loyalty Incentive Solution | CASE STUDY: Emerald Prepaid Mastercard -- Developing Effective Education, Training and Customer Service Strategies to Meet the Needs of the Underserved Consumer | Utilizing New POS Technologies to Unlock New Revenue and Improve Customer Service | CASE STUDY: State and Municipal Governments: Deploying Prepaid Cards to Streamline Child Support and Unemployment Insurance Payments | Rethinking Prepaid/Gift Cards: Focus on the Merchant, or Connect to the Market? |
| 1:55-2:40 | ||||
| CASE STUDY: Influencing Customer Behavior Via Prepaid Card-based Consumer Promotions with the Any Hotel, Anywhere Lodging Card | Keys to Underwriting the Underbanked Segment | Houston Community College Case Study: University Prepaid Cards | Delivering Payments Via Prepaid at the State Applications: State of Alabama Department of Industrial Relations | Maximizing ROI and Flexibility of Your Closed-Loop Prepaid Program Via Self-Hosting |
| 2:45-3:30 | ||||
| Can Claim Cards Deliver Benefits to Insureds & Investors? | Building Trust Among Underserved Communities via Prepaid Remittance Cards | Adapting Your Card Payments System to Dovetail With the Latest Alternative Web-based Payment Platforms | Streamlining Federal Government Services through Prepaid Cards | CASE STUDY: One4all Gift Card - The Marriage of Open and Closed Loop Gifting |
| 3:30 Conference Concludes | ||||