“Transformation – Anticipating a Decade of Change”

Following another summer of virtual meetings, IFSF is excited to announce its 2021 Annual Conference, scheduled to take place in Prague on 9-10 November.

With constant change dictating the pace of change within our industry, we have chosen to focus this year’s event on the theme of Transformation.

The event will be spearheaded by the exciting keynote speaker Melanie Lane, CEO of NewMotion. New Motion is focused on speeding up the transition to a lower carbon world, by providing EV charge points for business, home or on the go. We will also welcome Martina Weimert, CEO of the European Payment Initiative to provide our members with early insights into the objectives of the exciting and transformative project with so much capacity to change our industry for the better.

The API research and development at the heart of IFSF’s work over the last four years will again command a share of the schedule, with further updates on our joint work with Conexxus in developing interoperable APIs, and insightful discussions on where our industry should focus its efforts and resources.

The conference, spanning two days, will allow members and interested parties to network and network again in a face-to-face environment at the Marriott Prague Hotel. We hope to attract a wide-ranging audience again, from all segments of our industry, as we are keen to welcome a record number of participants to kickstart a challenging decade for our industry.

Heather Price, IFSF Chair said: “We at IFSF are doing everything within our power to enable our members to meet up face to face, enjoy some fascinating presentations and to discuss new challenges with friends and colleagues, new and old. The decade of the 2020s has not got off to the most auspicious of starts, but as with any major crisis, COVID-19 has brought unprecedented change to the way our customers want to do things, providing us all with great opportunities to enhance our offering.“