Agenda
Airline & Travel Payments Summit APAC
Tuesday 25th August 2026
1:30pm – 2:30pm
Welcome and Registration
2:30pm – 5:00pm
Payments Track
Payments Workshops: Open to all registered delegates
Small group sessions to let delegates learn first-hand on key payment topics from leading industry experts
Topics & Session Leaders
Issues, Challenges and Solutions for Tokenisation
– Manuel Bourel, Business Development Director, PCI Proxy
Agentic AI and Payments
Speaker to be announced
Regulatory Update
Speaker to be announced
Fraud Track
Asia-Pacific Fraud Roundtable | Account Take Over & Loyalty Security Sessions
Please note this session is Invitation Only for Airline & Travel Fraud Professionals
Moderator:
– Chris Staab, Co-founder, Loyalty Security Alliance
Topics & Session Leaders
Agentic AI – Bots – friends or foes when it comes to fraud?
Speaker to be announced
2026 Update: Loyalty Security and Account Take Over Prevention
Speaker to be announced
5:30pm – 7:30pm
Networking Session
Airline & Travel Payments Summit APAC
Wednesday 26th August 2026
8:30am – 9:00am
Registration and Coffee
9:00am – 9:30am
Chairman’s Welcome Remarks
– Michael Smith, Board Advisor, AiConnects
Agentic AI – How a-commerce is going to change payments & fraud
Speaker to be announced
9:30am – 10:00am
The Fraud and Security Landscape for Airlines & Travel: How the AI Arms race is going to impact the industry
Speaker to be announced
10:00am – 10:30am
Payment Personalisation: Delivering the seamless & embedded experience to drive conversion
Speaker to be announced
10:30am – 11:10am
Coffee Break & Networking
11:10am – 11:50am
Are Airlines & Travel Companies Fintechs? Can they deliver digital wallets better than others?
Speaker to be announced
11:50am – 12:20pm
Plugging the gaps and vulnerabilities in booking travel: From AgenticAI to call centres – minimising the risks
Speaker to be announced
12:20pm – 2:00pm
Lunch & Networking
2:00pm – 2:30pm
Agentic AI Platforms: Which will win out – Google, Visa, Mastercard or Amex (or none of them!)
Speaker to be announced
2:30pm – 3:00pm
FX Challenges and Opportunities
Speaker to be announced
3.00pm – 3.45pm
Panel Session: Will AI replace payment orchestration – or is AI the orchestrator of the orchestration platforms?
Moderator
– Patrick van der Knoop, Global Commercial Lead Airlines, nuvei (invited)
Panellists
To be announced
3:45pm – 4:15pm
Coffee Break & Networking
4:15pm – 5:00pm
Fraud Panel: Is AgenticAI a friend or a foe for fraud prevention?
5:00pm – 6:00pm
Networking Session
Upcoming Events
- Tuesday, 19 May, Dublin
- June 10, 11am AEST
- Martes 16 de Junio
- Junio 16-17, Santiago de Chile
- Junio 16-17, Santiago de Chile
- August 25-26, Bali
- Date TBC, Sydney
