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Challenges….or opportunities?
Let us help you steer through the rapidly changing financial services business. Keep up with new approaches and constantly changing rules of electronic payments. Your challenge is to stay competitive. Your opportunities are endless. How will you choose to compete?
Navigate the knowledge base of experts in the industry at the 23rd annual electronic payments conference, Navigating Payments 2008. You’ll find valuable tools and information to signal the right course for success in payments services.
Navigating Payments 2008 will help you:
- Gain the knowledge you need for the journey in electronic payments
- Identify ways to accelerate your business with ACH services
- Explore the hottest topics of the day with industry experts on Check 21, ARC, remote capture and opportunities with state government epayments
- Understand the best fraud-prevention techniques and map out a plan to protect your most important assets.
Attend three general sessions, choose from approximately 30 special-interest classes, four product showcases, and network with presenters, colleagues and vendors from corporations, government agencies and financial institutions.
Navigating Payments 2008 will deliver the fuel you need for the electronic payments journey. Reserve your seats today!
REGISTER NOW!
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SPEAKER CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Download the 2008 Call for Proposals.
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KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Dr. Benjamin Ola. Akande
Dean, Webster University
Benjamin Ola. Akande is the dean of Webster University’s School of Business and Technology, which recently received a gift of $10 million from former U.S. Ambassador George Walker III. As the chief academic officer of the 13,000-student business school, Dean Akande leads a faculty of 1500 spanning 106 campuses in the U.S., Europe and Asia. During his tenure at Webster, Akande provided leadership that has elevated the business school to new heights in curriculum innovation and dynamic partnerships with corporations.
Dean Akande holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Oklahoma and completed post-doctoral studies at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He serves on the boards of civic and private organizations. The dean consults with some of the leading Fortune 500 companies in the areas of strategy and market positioning. Dean Akande is an electrifying speaker who exudes passion and excitement in his delivery. He brings to every presentation and conversation a wealth of experience that spans over two decades as a professor, leader and consultant. His understanding of the issues that define our time is thorough and insightful. Dr. Akande has a sense of constructive impatience and affirms that the future belongs to those who can see it.
Benjamin Akande, born in Nigeria and raised in Oklahoma, is married to Bola and they have three daughters.
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SESSION INFORMATION
TBA
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BROCHURE
2008 Navigating Payments brochure coming soon
Download the 2007 Navigating Payments brochure
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2008 HOTEL INFORMATION
Doubletree Hotel Minneapolis Park Place
1500 Park Place
Blvd.
Minneapolis
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MN
55416
Phone: 952-542-8600
Room rates are $129 per night, single or double. Mention the UMACHA Conference for this special rate. Make your reservation online by clicking here.
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EXHIBITS
Download the 2008 Exhibitor Letter
Click here to see an Excel sheet of 2007 conference attendees.
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SPONSORS/EXHIBITORS
2008 Sponsors & Exhibitors coming soon
Click here to see the 2007 Sponsors and Exhibitors
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Hosted By:
23rd Annual Electronic Payments Conference
October 9-10, 2008 I Minneapolis, Minnesota
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