2:30pm- 3.00pm

Coffee, Registration and Networking

3.00pm – 3.30pm

Chairman:

– Scott Harrison, Principal Consultant, Loyalty & Reward Co

A novel approach to promoting co-brands and micro-rewards

– Steve Mathwig, Senior Manager Loyalty Program Engagement, Best Western Hotels
– Anna Shimova, Senior Director North America, SKUx
– Trisha Asgeirsson, President, SKUx

3.30pm – 4.00pm

Behind the scenes in Congress:  The Politics of the Credit Card Competition Act

– Ryan Calder, Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University

4.00pm – 5.00pm

The Famous Ai Events Lions’ Den:  Innovative product pitches

Back by popular demand the Lions’ Den new products and service pitching contest returns to the Co-brand and Travel Rewards conference.  The sessions is for innovative start-ups (or brand new products from estasblished players) pitch for 5 minutes each, and then take 5 minutes of questions from our experienced judges. Judges will choose a Best Product, while the audience will choose Best Pitch.

This is a paid for pitching session and last year it SOLD OUT! If you have a product that you would like to pitch, please email MSmith@AiConnects.us for more details.

Lions (Judges) and Pitchers

– Marc Berman, CEO & Managing Partner, The Mallett Group
– James McClain, VP Business Support, Wells Fargo
– Peter Schinasi, Loyalty Director USA Canada Mexico, Air France KLM

Pitchers

– SKUx
– PassEntry

….others to be announced

5.00pm – 7.00pm

8.00am – 8.50am

Registration, Check-In and Breakfast

8.50am – 9.00am

Welcome from the Chair – Opening Remarks

– Scott Harrison, Principal Consultant, Loyalty & Reward Co

9.00am – 9.25am

How Cathay Pacific took a radical different approach to launching their co-brand card partnership in Canada

Speaker to be announced

9.25am – 9.50am

Truly Understanding Engagement: Thinking Big – engagement beyond miles & cards

– Charles Christianson, Chief Revenue Officer, cxLoyalty in conversation with
– Mike Petrella, Managing Director Strategic Partnerships, United Airlines

9.50am – 10.15am

10.15am – 10.45am

Networking and Coffee Break

10.45am – 11.35am

Panel: What does the future look like for co-brand cards?  With regulation looming and payments shifting to digital platforms what do program managers need to do to stay relevant?

Moderator
– Michael Smith, Board Advisor, Airline Information

Panellists
– George Zilvetti, Strategic Advisor, Bicycle AI (invited)

….others to be announced

11.35am – 12.00pm

Personalised Marketing:  The Holy Grail to get cards in to wallets and to get them used – who is actually doing this well?

– Lia Grimberg, Loyalty Program Consultant, Radicle Loyalty

12.00pm – 12.30pm

Lessons from Regulated Interchange in Australia | More cards, more spend and more revenue for programs?

– Lance Blockley, MD, The Initiatives Group (recorded interview)

12.30pm – 2.00pm

Lunch & Raffle Sponsored by Arrivia

2.00pm – 2.30pm

Beyond Airline and Travel:  One year one and essons from Bilt Rewards

– Dave Canty, SVP Head of Loyalty & Partnerships, Bilt Rewards (invited)

2.30pm – 3.00pm

How the latest loyalty research is impacting co-brands

– Rob Daniel, EVP Client Solutions, Bond Brand Loyalty

3.00pm – 3.30pm

Spend and Redemption lessons from Capital One:  How their travel platform is creating a virtuous circle

– Kirsten Osland, Head of Card Partnerships Business Development, Capital One (invited)

3.30pm – 4.00pm

Coffee Break & Networking

4.00pm – 5.00pm

2024 Deep Dive:  A Second Look – one year one – at a second look approach for airline & travel co-brand cards

Moderator
– Mike Isom, Spirit Airlines 

Speakers & Panellists

– Rolando De Gracia, Chief Commercial Officer, Concora Credit
– Khary Scott, SVP Partnership Development, Atlanticus

……others to be announced

5.00pm – 6.00pm

Networking Reception