4/9/26, 10:00-11:00
In 2025 corporate investors navigated an extraordinary period of financial change. As the FOMC shifted rapidly from a “wait-and-see” stance to a “risk management” easing cycle, and reduced system liquidity contributed to persistent funding market stress, corporate treasurers were forced to re-think their investing strategies. Now, with new leadership at the Federal Reserve, treasurers face the next chapter in this evolving landscape, with one question on everyone’s mind: how will this impact the rate environment going forward?
Join us for a conversation on the go-forward of corporate investing and to hear how treasurers are remaining nimble and leveraging new tools to optimize their investment strategies in an increasingly volatile market environment.
David Azzolina, Textron
Andrew Bruner and Larry Walsh, Goldman Sachs

4/9/26, 11:15-12:15
Long-term investment success is a function of independent thinking, emotional stability, and a keen understanding of human and institutional behavior. This session will review the current economic environment, Fed stance, and the fixed income market. We will discuss how to build and manage an investment portfolio using the “Three Rs of investing: Research, Risk, and Return” and answer the question, “If I were investing today, what would I do?” You will learn how to establish investment goals and objectives, evaluate technicals (i.e., supply and demand), fundamentals, and valuations of investment instruments, and review and improve your investment processes.
Seth Roman CFA, Longfellow Investment Management Co., LLC

4/9/26, 1:45-2:45
In today’s unpredictable rate environment, corporate treasurers face mounting pressure to optimize liquidity while preserving capital and achieving yield. This session explores how institutional investment managers are adapting short-term strategies to remain agile across market cycles. You will leave with actionable insights and a decision matrix to help evaluate investment vehicles based on risk tolerance, liquidity requirements, and return objectives.
Joel Beadles, U.S. Bank

4/9/26, 3:00-4:00
Learn how institutional market participants, including corporate treasury teams, are increasingly exploring the combination of blockchain, smart contract, and tokenization technology to enhance and upgrade the processes and infrastructure supporting their financial activities and organizational workflows. The panel will review use cases for the use of tokenized MMFs supported by blockchain to show how the treasury management ecosystem can be enhanced across a range of activities, including funding, collateral management, short-term investments, B2B payments, and asset settlement.
Ric Golubov, Franklin Templeton
Matt Jones, Franklin Templeton

4/9/26, 4:15-5:15
In today’s volatile markets, corporate treasurers need more than forecasts—they need a resilient, repeatable process for making confident cash and fixed income decisions. This session introduces a practical “3D” playbook that separates structural, cyclical, and tactical signals, mapping them directly to cash segmentation, liquidity ladders, and short-duration investment choices.
You will learn how to build a durable cash governance “operating system” that ties policy, risk limits, and investment menus to real-world execution and clear communication with boards and senior management. You will also understand how a rapidly changing banking environment for liquidity management is driven by regulation such as LCR and Leverage Ratio.   Moreover, as digital assets move into mainstream treasury practice, this session will also spotlight practical considerations for integrating digital assets and tokenized MMFs into your cash and investment framework—ensuring new opportunities are harnessed responsibly, with governance and risk controls that match your organization’s needs.
Mark Zdunek CPA, Citibank
Will Goldthwait, State Street Global Advisors

4/10/26, 10:30-11:30
Join us in this session to gain an understanding of the Federal Reserve’s dual mandate from Congress and how its organizational structure is designed to ensure structural independence from political influences. We will examine recent changes in Federal Reserve membership and consider what these developments indicate about the sustainability of the Fed’s independence, particularly as the Administration nominates new members and has attempted to remove others without cause. Additionally, we will assess the implications of Jerome Powell’s current term as Chair of the FOMC, which ends in May 2026, for the future direction of Federal Reserve independence and policy.
Steve Johnson CFA and Travis Dugan CFA, Silicon Valley Bank, a division of First Citizens

4/9/26, 3:00-4:00
This highly interactive session is based on Jeff Horowitz’s book, REACH: Strategies for Success – How to Enhance Your Professional Relationships. In a world where treasury and finance professionals are expected to do more with less, technical skills are no longer enough; your ability to build trust, influence stakeholders, and collaborate across functions is now a true differentiator.Jeff will focus on three core areas: Motivating Yourself – how to manage your mindset, energy, and confidence so you show up as your best, even under pressure; The “REACH” Framework for Enhancing Professional Relationships – a practical, repeatable model for preparing, engaging, and following through with colleagues, banks, and partners and; “Eight Great” Best Practices – concrete habits you can apply immediately.  You articipants will work through real-world treasury/finance scenarios, brief pair discussions, and live exercises, leaving with a personal action plan you can use right away.
Jeff Horowitz, Treasury Sources Group

4/10/26, 9:15-10:15
Corporate treasury is evolving beyond cash management and risk mitigation, facing growing demands for real-time insights and strategic resilience. Legacy tools often fall short, but Artificial Intelligence (AI) offers a transformative path—enhancing forecasting, optimizing liquidity, strengthening fraud detection, and automating compliance.
This presentation highlights how AI-driven solutions are reshaping treasury into a proactive, strategic partner through predictive modeling, intelligent risk management, and seamless ERP and open banking integration. You will gain actionable insights into efficiency, precision, and resilience, and a vision of the autonomous treasury of the future.
Carlos Conde, Elire, Inc.

4/9/26, 1:45-2:45
AI is quickly becoming a daily tool for treasury teams, from cash forecasting and liquidity analysis to scenario planning. But leading treasurers are discovering that the real advantage isn’t using AI. It’s knowing what to ask.
When AI is prompted with the right questions, in the right financial context, it can surface risks earlier, reveal hidden patterns, and strengthen decision-making. When it’s not, it can confidently produce misleading answers. In some cases, it might introduce data exposure or compliance risk.
This session explores the five AI questions forward-thinking treasurers are already asking to turn AI into a trusted decision-support partner. You’ll learn how to frame questions around the financial issues that matter most, avoid common prompting mistakes, and use AI in ways that sharpen judgment rather than replace it.If AI is part of your treasury workflow, these are the questions you can’t afford not to ask.
Niv Yaar, Panax

4/10/26, 10:30-11:30
This session will cover today’s AI solutions for treasury, finance and accounting professionals. Planning a project, calculation the project ROI and executing a plan to add AI functionality as a tool to improve accuracy and efficiency. Bring your financial bottleneck problems to discuss an AI solution.
Dave Sackett, AIOne

4/10/26, 11:45-12:45
This panel brings together industry experts to explore how stablecoins are reshaping payments, settlement, and bank strategy. Attendees will learn how stablecoins work, where automation and 24/7 settlement create value, and what recent regulatory developments mean for banks and financial professionals. Real-world examples and forward-looking insights will highlight how institutions are aiming to balance risk, drive innovation, and maximize operational efficiency in a rapidly changing payments landscape.
Jim Maimone, Citizens Bank
Mark Dixon, Nacha
Chris Colson, Atlanta Fed
Steve Wager, Fiserv

4/9/26, 3:00-4:00
Is your company expanding internationally?  For international growth companies, treasury teams face mounting challenges in supporting new markets and evolving business models. This session will explore how fragmented treasury technologies, diverse local payment infrastructures, and complex legal and tax requirements impact cash management efficiency. You will gain insights into strategies for overcoming these hurdles and building a treasury function that enables sustainable global growth.
Amit Bhatt, Moody’s
Kevin McKeever CTP, Scotiabank

4/9/26, 11:15-12:15
It’s no secret that the global economy is getting tougher to navigate.
With growing uncertainty around shifting trade policies, tariffs, and rising geopolitical tensions, staying ahead is more challenging than ever. For finance and treasury professionals, navigating these complexities calls for strategic insight and proactive tools. Whether your organization is expanding or you’re managing existing international exposure, this session will provide valuable insights to help you navigate today’s global landscape with confidence.
Tom Stapleton, Rockland Trust

4/9/26, 10:00-11:00
Join U.S. Bank to explore ways to navigate tariff uncertainty, currency volatility, supply-chain disruption, and the risk of foreign cash becoming trapped in overseas accounts. The discussion will explore rethinking international account structures and developing contingency plans that allow accounts to be opened, closed or adapted quickly with changing conditions. We will investigate cross-border liquidity with a concentration on consolidating foreign currencies, improving visibility and control, and reducing friction in international money movement. Additionally, we will focus on operational needs to reduce risk, optimize working capital and build resilience in volatile global operating environments.
Jason Camilleri, U.S. Bank
Paula Comings, U.S. Bank

4/10/26, 10:30-11:30
Want to strengthen your human firewall? In this session, we will explore a practical, people-first approach to strengthening organizational security and discuss how teams respond, learn, and improve when confronted with fraud and cyber threats. We will focus on human behavior, processes, and governance that empowers frontline staff in finance including Treasury, AP, and AR. The key takeaway: You will be armed with a pragmatic blueprint for embedding security into culture, workflows, and leadership routines.
Adrienne Terpak,TDBank

4/9/26, 4:15-5:15
Unclaimed property compliance is rapidly evolving, presenting new challenges and risks for organizations of all sizes. This session guides attendees through the essentials of unclaimed property requirements, offering a comprehensive overview to build a strong compliance foundation. Discover the latest enforcement trends and understand how they can impact your organization. Gain actionable strategies to mitigate risk and resolve issues of non-compliance, and learn effective methods for uncovering and recovering assets that may be rightfully yours. Whether you’re new to unclaimed property or seeking to strengthen your compliance program, MarketSphere delivers the insights and tools you need to protect your organization and maximize asset recovery.
Tracy Olsen, MarketSphere Unclaimed Property Specialists

4/9/26, 1:45-2:45
Too often, payment operations are seen as a back-office necessity rather than a driver of business value. In this session, we’ll explore how leading merchants are flipping the narrative – transforming payments from a cost center to a strategic profit lever. Learn how to frame routing strategies, cost reduction, and analytics investments in language that resonates with CFOs and executive stakeholders. We’ll share real examples of pitches that led to greenlit initiatives and offer a practical framework you can use to build executive buy-in and secure internal funding for your optimization roadmap.
Talal Rojas and Tom Wrigley, Optimized Payments

4/9/26, 10:00-11:00
Embedded banking is increasingly shaping the way corporates access payments, financing, and cash management capabilities by integrating them directly into operating platforms such as ERP systems, procurement tools, and digital marketplaces.
In this session, panelists will explore how embedded banking is moving from concept to execution, highlighting where corporates are seeing real operational benefits, and where complexity can quickly outweigh value. The discussion will focus on governance, data ownership, security, and scalability, offering a realistic view of what it takes to embed financial services without compromising control.
Chidinma Mbanefo, TD Bank
Elizabeth Lindstrom, TD Bank
Joshua Desrochers, FISPAN

4/10/26, 11:45-12:45
In today’s rapidly evolving landscape, building a best-in-class payables operation requires far more than efficient payment execution with your bank partners. This session will break down the complexity of procure-to-pay and offer a practical framework for transforming your payables function. We will explore how to assess and redesign workflows, align functional groups around shared goals, and evaluate the technology ecosystem supporting your operations. Whether you are a practitioner seeking process improvements, a treasurer focused on working capital, a banker advising clients, or an AP or supply chain leader navigating day-to-day challenges, this session will equip you with the knowledge to elevate your organization’s procure-to-pay capabilities. Join us as we demystify the procure-to-pay landscape and outline actionable steps that any organization can take to build a more efficient, secure, and strategically aligned payables operation.
Justin Guerra and Marko Adams, Kaufman Hall

4/10/26, 9:15-10:15
For many organizations, electronic and card payment costs represent one of the largest, yet least measured, expense categories. While finance teams closely monitor revenue, margins, and liquidity, key payments metrics often remain fragmented across processors, gateways, and internal systems.
This session will focus on identifying and tracking the most important KPIs that drive financial performance in electronic and card payments. Attendees will learn how to monitor metrics such as effective rate, interchange qualification, authorization performance, chargeback ratios, routing efficiency, and processor variances – and how these indicators directly impact cost, cash flow, and operational risk.
Real-world examples will illustrate how organizations have used KPI tracking to uncover inefficiencies and strengthen financial oversight. This session is designed for finance, treasury, and payments leaders seeking to bring greater transparency and accountability to their payments environment.
Talal Rojas and Tom Wrigley, Optimized Payments

4/10/26, 8:00-9:15
ACH credit-push fraud—including Business Email Compromise (BEC), vendor impersonation, and payroll attacks—has been rising steadily, prompting Nacha to update its Operating Rules. These new Rules, effective in phases through 2026, require all ACH Network participants—corporate originators, financial institutions (ODFIs and RDFIs), and third-party providers—to implement risk-based fraud monitoring processes and procedures. This session provides a practical roadmap for treasury, finance, and banking professionals to understand, prepare for, and comply with the new requirements. You will learn the specific responsibilities for each participant, best practices for fraud monitoring, and actionable steps to strengthen defenses. Real-world examples, case studies, and checklists will illustrate how organizations can update policies, leverage technology, and coordinate cross-functional efforts to reduce exposure to ACH credit fraud.
Sean Carter AAP, NEACH Payments Group

4/9/26, 4:15-5:15
In today’s complex global environment, companies are under increasing pressure to unlock liquidity, build resilience, and strengthen supplier relationships—all while navigating inflation, volatility, and shifting supply chain risks. This session explores practical, actionable levers that treasury, procurement, and finance teams can use to optimize trade working capital while strengthening strategic partnerships.
We will break down the core drivers of working capital performance and examine tools such as payment term design, supply chain finance and receivables programs. The discussion will also highlight how process design, governance, and supplier engagement play a critical role in achieving sustainable outcomes. You will walk away with a clear understanding of how to evaluate trade flow friction points, benchmark performance, and build programs that support both liquidity objectives and supplier financial health.
Lisa Spano, U.S. Bank
Michael Stitt, U.S. Bank

4/10/26, 11:45-12:45
This session explores how intelligent automation can help treasurers and finance leaders transform Accounts Receivable by streamlining cash application, improving remittance data capture, and reducing manual effort across increasingly complex payment environments

Don Porzio, Bank of America
Joseph Mattiello, Bank of America
Eric Nowinowski, CarGurus

4/9/26, 1:45-2:45
ISO 20022 is officially in effect, yet adoption across banks and corporates remains inconsistent. With SWIFT requiring ISO formats for payments today—and mandatory bank reporting deadlines approaching in Spring 2026—many institutions are facing fines for non-compliant messaging. Treasury teams now need a clear, cost-effective path to convert quickly.
This session breaks down the current state of ISO 20022 adoption and provides practical steps to become compliant with minimal disruption. You will learn how to evaluate your payment formats, address gaps, and leverage tools and partner support to enable a smooth and efficient migration.
Carlos Conde, Elire, Inc.

4/9/26, 10:00-11:00
The faster markets move, the faster finance needs to refresh assumptions. This session maps how streaming bank, ERP, and market data—unified into a finance‑grade fabric—supports resilient forecasting and rapid course correction. We’ll cover practical pipelines, data contracts with IT, and governance disciplines that keep plans synchronized to reality, plus a stepwise roadmap to evolve from monthly batch reporting to continuous planning. See how real‑time telemetry compresses decision cycles from weeks to hours, and what “real-time enough” means for your organization.
Kevin Stevens, Clearsulting
Bill Strodel, Kyriba

4/10/26, 10:30-11:30
Help me understand – Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Stablecoin teaches the essentials of blockchain and digital assets and current trends such as stablecoin.
Ernest Smith, E3 Treasury Consulting

4/9/26, 11:15-12:15
Pull up a chair as we crack open some of the great mysteries in treasury—like why bank fees are so hard to understand, how to know if you’re getting a fair deal, and whether an RFP will actually save you money. In this fireside chat with a banker, a treasurer, and a bank fee consultant, we will share real talk, smart strategies, and a few secrets for managing costs and making confident decisions.
Tamir Shafer, Redbridge Advisory
Heather Jonasen, J.P. Morgan
Kent Wittler

4/9/26, 11:15-12:15
Your treasury team has the right systems. They have the right process maps. And yet, transformation projects still stall. Communications break down. Timelines slip. Accountability vanishes.
The brutal truth? Most failures aren’t technical failures—they’re human failures rooted in poor communication, siloed thinking, and misaligned commitment.
In this interactive  session, Clint Padgett draws from three decades of advising complex organizations to reveal the often-hidden gap between technical expertise and the softer skills that actually move projects forward. He challenges conventional project management wisdom and introduces a practical, proven framework for shifting how treasury teams communicate, build genuine buy-in, and execute with confidence.
You will gain immediately applicable strategies to lead transformation initiatives with greater alignment, predictability, and measurable success—whether you’re modernizing payments infrastructure, implementing new systems, or redesigning treasury operations.
Clint Padgett, Convincing Company

4/10/26, 9:15-10:15
Join us as we test your knowledge of key cash management services and how banks charge for them. Winners will take home valuable insights that will generate cash savings on their own bank fees.
Denise Zelaya, Redbridge DTA

4/9/26, 3:00-4:00
The Basel IV reforms continue to have significant on the global financial system.  “Help me understand – Basel IV” breaks down the complex world of capital requirements and risk management into easy-to-understand concepts, using plain language, relatable examples, and practical explanations.
Ernest Smith, E3 Treasury Consulting

4/9/26, 3:00-4:00
During this intimate fireside chat, we will cover how and why practitioners overlook common hidden costs associated with their FX trading. We will examine and discuss aspects of how your FX trading partners could be hindering your ability in obtaining and having visibility to the best rates possible, while we will also talk through the misguided assumption that a “trading platform” ensures you are getting a competitive rate. Additionally, we will talk about a topic on everyone’s mind: how AI could assist you in this process!
Tamir Shafer , Redbridge Advisory
Anders Nicolai Bakke, Just Technologies

4/9/26, 1:45-2:45
In-house banking and cash pooling can unlock liquidity, reduce bank fees, and simplify funding, but many programs stall due to entity resistance, weak governance, and messy data. This session breaks down the practical blueprint for launching or modernizing an in-house bank: choosing the right pooling structure (physical vs notional, domestic vs cross-border), defining intercompany lending and pricing, and building the operating model, controls, and connectivity needed for daily execution. Attendees will leave with a step-by-step approach, common pitfalls to avoid, and a 90-day “start small” path that delivers measurable results without a multi-year transformation.
Kevin Stevens and Kevin Koeneman, Clearsulting
Bill Strodel, Kyriba