MPC19, the 13th Mobile Payments Conference, is set for August 26-28 at the Swissôtel Chicago. This year’s theme, “Global Commerce in Motion: Enabling Frictionless Mobile Payments,” will focus on the impact of the 5G revolution on mobile commerce and removing friction from the payments process for users and merchants.

In its ninth year, the Mobile Payments Conference is the premier annual conference and exhibition on the future of alternative payments worldwide. Attendees benefit from access to the world’s foremost experts in emerging payments and commerce, blockchain and digital currencies, cybersecurity and consumer privacy, customer experience and loyalty, and customer engagement and marketing.

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Session title: Next-Gen Mobility: How 5G and Emerging Mobile Tech Will Reshape Payments & Commerce

Session description: Mobile payments have always been about anywhere, anytime transactions. 5G takes that to a whole new level, making the experience faster, easier and cooler! (Holograph, anyone?) In this session, you’ll hear how 5G and other emerging mobile tech like QR codes and biometrics promise to enhance the buying experience with greater speeds, lower costs, higher security, more capabilities, interoperability and better user experiences that are projected to generate trillions of dollars.

Session date: Tuesday, August 27, 2019 at 4:25pm – 5:00pm

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Moderator: Greg Wilfhart, Chief Mobility & Marketing Officer, AP Technology

Panelists: Michelle Evans, Head of Digital Consumer, Euromonitor International

Jim Ciortan, General Managers – Global Strategic Sales, Braintree, PayPal

Richard Love, CEO, AP Technology