Payments Forum 2023: Welcome remarks and program kick-off

Daniel Wolfe, Content Director, American Banker

Transcript:

Daniel Wolf (00:10):

Hello and good afternoon San Diego. I know most of us are not from San Diego, but that is what you say. There is for those just filtering in, there is still a few seats up front. Do not be scared. My name is Daniel Wolf. I am an Editor with American Banker and I would like to welcome you all to Payments forum.

(00:40)

For those of you who were here this morning for the most influential women in payment sessions, I hope you had an amazing time. I always love those conversations. I find them unlike anything else that I ever experienced and it, there is always a lively time of the event. For those of you who missed it, please join us next year. Before we begin, I need to make some opening remarks. Everyone should have received an email titled No Before You Go, in that there was information on downloading the event app. This will have the most up-to-date schedule and information if you do not have the app. Our website also has that information, but in the app there's a tab called Polls. This is in reference to our Meet the Experts taking place at five o'clock on the stage in the exhibit area. That is right outside during our reception. We will have some of our top minds there to answer your questions, but this will allow you to submit questions in advance. Tomorrow morning, we will have Sunrise Yoga taking place in the harbor Terrace overlooking the Pacific. At 7:00 AM mats will be provided to the first 15 people.

(01:44)

To finish the day, we will have a reception, I think we are talking about tomorrow now, mixed in with our wine down session. That is WINE wine down. For this, we will have tables set in the exhibit area with different topics. We will do two 15 minute sessions, and then we will ask everyone to rotate to a new table. I do not know if rotating gives you a new class of wine, but I am going to suggest that once I am off stage Wednesday morning, we will have a walk run activity at 7:00 AM going out to the end of the Embar Cordero Marina Pier and back. We will start from the Harbor Terrace as well. So that is all they told me to say. I would like to welcome our first panel hosted by my boss, the amazing Kana Schoenberger, Editor In Chief of American Banker.