The Retail PayTech Forum is a new initiative created to help UK merchants navigate the changing retail payments landscape. We do so by bringing them together to learn, share and collaborate.

We kick off 2017 on 7 February with a focus on Innovation & Tech. The event is shaping up well. Here’s the agenda, to give you a flavour:

• 2.00pm - Welcome: Ben Fricke, Nando's
• 2.15pm - Tired: Check outs; Wired: Check ins: David Birch, Consult Hyperion
• 2.45pm - Self-Acquiring Payments: A New Opportunity for Retailers: Rohit Bhatnagar, CardAlpha Consulting
• 3.15pm - Payment Trends and Digital Giving: Steve Back, MRH and Niki Akhurst, Pennies
• 3.45pm - Break, refreshments
• 4.15pm - Round table discussion on learnings from peak trading period: Mark McMurtrie, Payments Consultancy
• 4.45pm - Retailers present back learnings from peak trading period: Mark McMurtrie, Payments Consultancy
• 5.15pm - Case study: "The Body Shop launches Alipay”: The Body Shop, Alipay & Wirecard

Get involved

Retailers

If you’re a retailer and, like your peers, you’re interested in learning about the above (and more), we’d love you to attend as a delegate, with a view to becoming a member. Click the Register button to reserve your place.

If you’re retailer with a relevant payments-related case study, we’d love you to speak at one of our events. Email ross.musgrove@emergingpayments.org for more info.

Non-retailers

If you’re a service provider helping retailers overcome payments-related challenges, we’d love to talk to you about speaker and sponsor opportunities. Email ross.musgrove@emergingpayments.org for more info.