Photo Coverage: ETA Strategic Leadership Forum 2018

ETA’s Strategic Leadership Forum last week brought together hundreds of top payments technology and merchant services leaders for three days of high-powered networking and leading-edge industry discussions in a beautiful oceanside setting in Dana Point, California.

The event featured keynotes from major industry players like Worldpay CEO Charles Drucker, ETA’s first-ever Hall of Fame induction ceremony, and plenty of networking coffee breaks, lunches and receptions. You can read a full event recap here.

Check out our event photo coverage below. Interested in more ETA SLF photos? Click here to see the full 300+ image library from ETA’s Strategic Leadership Forum.

The opening keynote featured Kim Fitzsimmons (left), Merchant Services’ Corporate & Investment Bank President, JP Morgan Chase & Co., and Bill Clerico (right), Co-founder of We-Pay.

ETA SLF attendees networking at the opening reception on the VueLawn, sponsored by White & Case.

ETA inducted eight payments industry icons and visionaries into the ETA Hall of Fame in a special ceremony sponsored by Visa at ETA SLF. Click here to read about the Hall of Fame inductees and the ceremony. 

ETA Hall of Fame inductees, from left to right. Back: Ed Labry, Paul Garcia, Brandon Kaplan, Danielle Kaplan. Front: Chuck Burtzloff, Diane Faro.

Worldpay CEO and Executive Chairman Charles Drucker gives a morning keynote on his strategic vision for Worldpay.

‘Security as a Strategic Driver’ was the focus of this SLF panel discussion, which featured discussion from (left to right): Ralph Dangelmaier, CEO of Bluesnap; Angela Brown, CEO of Moneris; Bradley J. Wiskirchen, CEO of Kount; and moderator Phillip McHugh, Senior EVP and President of Merchant Services, TSYS.

Olabisi Boyle, Senior Director, Internet of Things (Iot) Global Connected Car, Visa, presents insights on the future of connected commerce via automobile. 

ETA SLF attendees demo Visa’s Connected Car experience during a networking break.

Payments tech executives connect between sessions.

A networking lunch on the VueLawn, sponsored by Visa, gives ETA SLF attendees an opportunity to build connections and partnerships before afternoon programming begins.

ETA’s popular fintech and payments podcast, Transaction Trending, recorded several episodes on-site at ETA SLF. Podcast production at SLF was generously sponsored by Kount.

It might be the prime season for pumpkin spice late Instagram pics, but ETA lattes were the subject of pictures during an afternoon networking break at ETA SLF.

Merchant services are evolving to encompass more than payments acceptance at the point-of-sale. Software and payments tech executives discuss integrated payments and customized software at ETA SLF. From left to right: Derek Webster, CardFlight CEO (moderator); Dan Chandre, Vice President Strategic Development, MINDBODY, inc.; Rushi Patel, Co-Founder, Homebase; Jared Isaacman, CEO, Shift4 Payments.

Kim Crawford Goodman, payments and technology industry veteran and current President of Card Services at Fiserv, discusses new digital opportunities for payments companies in a keynote at ETA SLF. 

Any SLF attendee will tell you that the opportunity to connect with high-level executive peers – without interruptions or distractions – is what makes this gathering unrivaled in the industry. ETA is thrilled with energy and engagement experienced over the past three days, and we encourage everyone to register early to make the cut for ETA SLF 2019 — another event sure to bring an engaging, informative and connection-driving experience to payments’ top leaders.

Thank you to our attendees, presenters and sponsors who have made this year’s ETA SLF an amazing success. We look forward to seeing the partnerships cemented at ETA SLF 2018 grow and thrive!

ETA’s next event is TRANSACT Tech San Francisco, a one-day event taking place in the heart of SF at the Wells Fargo Connections Center. TTSF will bring together fintech, banking, payments tech and merchant services professionals for an event exploring Software-as-a-Service, integrated payments and data in the modern ecosystem. Click here to register.