Travel Fraud Symposium

The Fraudsters are Bold – will your business survive?

This is the 5th annual symposium for the travel industry (Travel Agencies/Online Travel Agencies, Car Hire Companies, Hotels, Rail Operators, & Airlines) on the ever evolving best practices for stopping fraud in the travel industry. Airlines were the first to address fraud, which is pushing fraudulent bookings to others who sell travel online. Join us to discuss the latest travel fraud prevention techniques for online, mobile and call center bookings and how to keep more of your hard-earned sales.

Symposium Agenda: The Fraudsters are Bold – will your business survive?

9.30 – 10.00:
Check-in, Networking & Coffee sponsored by Kount

10.00 – 10:30:
Chairman’s Welcome Remarks, Ground Rules & Audience Introductions
• Laurie Gablehouse, Principal Consultant – Travel Payment Strategies, Ingenico ePayments

10.30 – 11.00:
Travel Fraud Through New Eyes: Top trends & considerations to support growth in the digital economy • Denise Burkett-Stus, Strategic Market Consultant, CyberSource

The digital economy continues to evolve customer travel experiences. At the same time as presenting new opportunities for growth, digital strategies can also open up new opportunities for fraudsters, that require an holistic approach to fraud management. Join Denise Burkett, fraud consultant at CyberSource, as she shares insights into how CEO’s are driving change and taking personal ownership of digital growth, and how you can support this growth strategy by looking at fraud management through a new lens. Denise will explore the latest fraud trends and will provide you with a quick question guide to help consider the appropriateness of your fraud model for today’s digital environment – whilst maximising revenue, through a positive customer experience and minimising operational costs by maximising efficiency.

11.00 – 12.00:
Panel Discussion: The Fraud Journey – from Fraudster to Chargeback & all steps in between
This panel will attempt look at lifecycle of fraud from when it’s committed by the fraudster to the chargeback with each industry stakeholder in between represented – Merchant, Issuing Bank, Card Scheme, Fraud Solutions Provider, etc.

Moderator:
• Michael Smith, Managing Partner, Airline Information

Panellists:
• Jan-Jaap Kramer, Chief Fraud Officer, Perseuss
• Monica Eaton-Cardone, COO & Co-Founder, Chargebacks911

12.00 – 13.00:
Group Lunch & Networking sponsored by Chargebacks911

13.00 – 13.30:
KYC & Authentication as a Fraud Management Tool
• Masha Cilliers, CEO, Payment Options

13.30 – 14.00:
Airline Fraud Case Study
• Neil Gabriel, Director of Sales, Accertify
• Scott Wels, Fraud and Loss Operations Manager, EasyJet

14.00 – 14.45:
Lions Den: New products and innovations are key to reducing fraud. The Lions’ Den is a showcase of new products & services in which companies are given 5 minutes to pitch their payment or fraud prevention-related innovation live & unrehearsed to our board of industry executive “Lions.” Honest & critical feedback on the product & sales pitch is then provided in front of our conference audience. The Lions’ Den is consistently an audience favourite at Ai’s events.

Lions:
• Sara Savidge, Director Strategic & Enterprise Development, First Data
• Sandeep Mander, Fraud Prevention Expert & VP Sales – Airlines, Continuum Commerce
• David Cabreza, Director International Distribution Services, Hilton Hotels & Resorts

Pitching Companies:
• Ravelin
• Ethoca
• Chargebacks911
• Riskified

14.45 – 15.15:
Coffee Break & Networking

15.45 – 16.15:
Fraud Question Time: Ask any fraud question, simple or bold and have it answered by our expert audience!

15.15 – 15.45:
Loyalty Program Fraud: The New Fraud and how it impacts beyond programs to other travel industry companies
• Michael Smith, Managing Partner, Airline Information & Co-Founder, Loyalty Fraud Prevention Association

16.15 – 17.15:
Closing Panel Discussion: what travel companies must do to keep more of their hard-earned money! wrap-up and key take aways from this event

Moderator:
• Masha Cilliers, CEO, Payment Options

Panellists:
• Laurie Gablehouse, Principal Consultant – Travel Payment Strategies, Ingenico ePayments
• Clare Murphy, Director of Global Payment Solutions, Travelport
• Darren Hodder, Editor, #TheFraudTube

17.15 – 18.30:
Drinks & Networking

Registration from $299 USD (travel industry – airlines, car hire companies, hotels, online travel agencies, & travel agencies) and $699 USD (financial services industry) is now available until on/before Friday 3rd of February.