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The Payments Academy Conference

May 7-10, 2023 The Westin Indianapolis Indianapolis, Indiana

The Payments Academy Conference will feature two educational tracks packed with content; the Payment Trends and Technology Track and the PCI Track. Registered attendees can choose the sessions they want to attend from either track in a combination of traditional panel sessions and hands-on workshops. Download the Agenda.
Payment Trends and Technology Track: Higher education professionals often find themselves contending with multiple platforms for incoming and outgoing payments. Sessions in this track will focus on learning about the rapidly evolving payments landscape, and ways to simplify the payment processing environment on campus.
PCI Track:This highly interactive track is focused on PCI and data security regulatory topics. Sessions are designed to foster small and large group discussions, brainstorming, and idea sharing.
Learning in New Ways: A number of the Workshop sessions will foster hands-on learning and teamwork, behaving as if they are class 'labs'. Following an educational session on the same topic the 'labs' will encourage collaboration and focus by taking a deeper dive into the subject content. Attendees will learn the concepts and best practices during the sessions and then have an opportunity to participate in the engaging Workshop. Attendees will leave with checklists, hands-on training, and deeper, actionable insights into the material.

Planning to Attend

Conference Times
  • Sunday, May 7 the welcome reception is the only scheduled activity of the day, 5:00 - 6:30 PM
  • Monday, May 8 7:00 AM - 6:30 PM
  • Tuesday, May 9 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Wednesday, May 10 7:00 AM - 11:00 AM
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Hotel Information

241 W. Washington Street
Indianapolis, IN 46204
A block of rooms has been reserved for this conference at the rate of $199+ per night, Sunday, May 7- Wednesday, May 10, 2023. The block includes a limited number of rooms Saturday, May 6 and Thursday, May 11. Hotel Reservations can be made by booking online or by calling Reservations directly at 800.228.3000 and referencing The Payments Academy Conference 2023. Through the booking website, you can book, modify, or cancel your hotel reservations.
The group rate will be honored up to three days before and/or after the event, subject to hotel availability, however, you will need to contact hotel reservations as you cannot reserve them via the booking website. Visiting Indy for the first time? Check out the Indy Transportation Guide for details on airport transportation and navigating downtown.

The Program Committee

The Program Committee is a dynamic group of volunteers who strive to help their peers engage with what is happening in the evolving payments industry and learn how it affects higher education. The Conference is the place to network with other schools, meet solution providers and evaluate ways to reduce risks and lessen compliance burdens.
Preston DuBose
Texas A&M University
Kevin Mooney
Cornell University
Joseph K. Goodman
Virginia Tech
Kevin Sisler
University of Kentucky
Amena Harris
University of Pennsylvania
Allison Zwaschka
Tufts University

Thank you to our 2023 Conference Supporters

General Conference Information

Event Participation
Attendance is limited to representatives from colleges and universities and supporters of The Payments Academy. If you have any questions regarding this policy or would like to inquire about becoming a conference supporter, please contact us at events@thepmtsacademy.org. Click here for the Supporter Prospectus.
Fees
The registration fee for the 2023 Conference is $650. We encourage you to register online and use your Visa, MasterCard, or Discover card. Although we use PayPal for credit card processing, you do not need to create a PayPal account during the checkout process. Click on the "Pay with Debit or Credit Card" Button. If you are unable to make a payment using the registration portal and require an invoice, please complete the online registration up to the payment step and then send an email with invoice details to events@thepmtsacademy.org. Upon payment completion, a registration acknowledgment is sent by the registration system to the registrant's email.
Refunds
Refunds will be made for cancellations until Tuesday, April 11, 2023. After that date, the registration fee can be transferred to a colleague for the 2023 Annual Conference. All change requests must be completed by Tuesday, May 2, 2023. To request changes to your registration please contact us at events@thepmtsacademy.org.
Continuing Education Credits
The 2023 Conference is pre-approved for AFP CTP, CCM, and FP&A continuing education credits. You will need to submit the sessions to your certification provider for their consideration. Approval is at the discretion of your certification provider.
In all cases, you are responsible for reporting your professional credits. Conference attendees who have previously self-submitted for CE credits recommend keeping the program's Credit Reporting Form, the agenda with session descriptions, and your certificate of attendance as support should your credit submission get audited.
Conference attendance certificates will be e-mailed to all attendees within two weeks of the program conclusion. We ask that you save copies of these certificates for your records. Please note, if you decline emails from The Payments Academy, you may not receive your certificate or program updates.

The PCI listserv

The PCI listserv is an online higher education practitioner community where members can network and share information between Conferences. To request to join send an email to PCI-COMPLIANCE-request@LISTSERV.TAMU.EDU The body of your email you must include: Subscribe PCI-COMPLIANCE your first name and your last name. To play it safe, also remove your email signature if you have an automatic one.
Also a spam prevention measure, the listserv will automatically reply with another email asking you to verify it was really you who sent the request. After you act upon that verification email, the subscription will be forwarded to the list owner.