Agenda for the III International Congress on Non-Cash Payments
(18-19 March 2015, hotel Sheraton, Warsaw)
Congress theme: Transforming the payments market – Poland in the European vanguard
Dzień I
9.00 – 10.00
Participants’ registration, morning coffee
10.00 – 10.30 Congress opening, welcome, introductory voice:
Robert Łaniewski, President of Foundation for Development of Cashless Payments
Professor Jan Turyna PhD, Dean, Faculty of Management, University of Warsaw
introductory addresses and opening remarks:
Professor Eugeniusz Gatnar PhD, Management Board Member of the National Bank
of Poland
Rita Wezenbeek – Head of Payment Systems Unit, Directorate General for
Competition, European Commission
10.30 – 13.30 Session I:
Influence of legislative and business changes on the payments card acceptance
market in Poland and in the European Union
10.30 – 11.30 Part A: presentation of research results
Polish market empirical study results1: Jakub Górka PhD, Faculty of Management,
University of Warsaw
European market empirical study results2: András Janecskó, Case handler in
Directorate General for Competition Competition, European Commission
11.30 – 12.00 Coffee break
12.00 – 13.30 Part B: Panel discussion and general discussion
Panelists:
Janina Harasim PhD, Professor and Vice-Rector for Academics, Research and
Development of Academic Staff at the University of Economics in Katowice
Professor Eugeniusz Gatnar PhD, Management Board Member of the National Bank
of Poland
Marek Paradowski, CEO of eService, Head of Polish Committee of Acquirers
Nikodem Szadkowski, Deputy Head of Market Analysis Department, Office of
Competition and Consumer Protection in Poland
1
Discussion material: Payment cards acceptance study 2014, research project by FROB and Faculty of Management, University of Warsaw,
commissioned by FROB, surveys performed by Ipsos.
2 Discussion material: Study on merchants' costs of processing payments by card and by cash, European Commission DG COMP Study, 2014.
Renata Juszkiewicz, Head of Representative Office METRO AG in Poland, President of
Polish Organisation of Trade and Distribution
Grzegorz Hansen, Director for Strategy and Development in Cash Management
Department
Moderator: Robert Łaniewski, President of FROB
13.30 – 14.30 Lunch break
14.30 – 16.00 Session II Opportunities and challenges stemming from new regulations in Poland
and the European Union – UUP, PSD2, IF Reg, PAD
14.30 – 14.45 Introductory presentation: Jan Byrski Phd, Traple, Konarski, Podrecki and Partners
Legal Advisors, Cracow University of Economics
14.45 – 15.00
Introductory presentation: Harry Leinonen, Financial Counsellor, Financial Markets
Department, Ministry of Finance, Finland
Panelists:
Rita Wezenbeek, Head of Payment Systems Unit, DG COMP, European Commission
Prof. Malte Krüger, University of Applied Sciences in Aschaffenburg (Niemcy), PaySys
Consultancy
Harry Leinonen, Financial Counsellor, Financial Markets Department, Ministry of
Finance, Finland
Agnieszka Wachnicka, Deputy Head of Financial Market Development Department,
Ministry of Finance
Jan Byrski Phd, Traple Law Office, Cracow University of Economics
Moderator: Jakub Górka PhD, Faculty of Management, University of Warsaw
16.00 – 16.15 Coffee break
16.15 – 17.45 Session III: Future of the payments market – what is the perspective for the next 35 years?
16.15 – 16.25 Introductory presentation: Aleksander Naganowski, Director for New Business
Development in Poland at MasterCard Europe
16.25 – 16.35 Introductory presentation: Małgorzata Ciszecka, Senior Manager Regional Product &
Market Development, Visa Europe
Panelists:
Aleksander Naganowski, Director for New Business Development in Poland at
MasterCard Europe
Adrian Kurowski, Country Manager Poland at Visa Europe
Tomasz Jończyk PhD, Head of clearing business line, Polish National Clearing House
Artur Szymoniak, Service Develoment Director, Żabka Polska
Adam Malicki, CEO, Polish Payment Standard
Wojciech Czajkowski, Managing Director, PayU
Moderator: Zbigniew Wiśniewski, independent expert
19.30 – 23.00 Gala dinner of the III International Congress on Non-Cash Payments
19.30 – 20.15 Gala dinner buffet, music accompanying the consumption
20.15 – 20.30 Official welcome
20.30 – 21.10 Spectacle by artists from the Roma theater (Part one: musicals)
21.10 – 21.40 Presentation of eDukat awards in five categories -BUSINESS, ACADEMIA, PUBLIC
ADMINISTRATION, MARKET ACHIEVEMENT, CASHLESS PAYMENTS MARKET
DEVELOPMENT
21.40-22.20
Spectacle by artists from the Roma theatre (Part two: entertainment)
22.20-23.00
Dance music
Day II
9.30 – 10.00
Morning coffee
10.00 – 11.30 Sesja Session IV: The Polish Cashless Transaction Development Programme for the
years 2014-2020
10.00 – 10.20 Introductory presentation on the Cashless Transaction Development Programme –
Adam Tochmański, Head of Payment System Department, National Bank of Poland
Panelists:
Adam Tochmański, Head of Payment System Department, National Bank of Poland
Professor Małgorzata Iwanicz-Drozdowska PhD, Head of Financial System
Department, Warsaw School of Economics
Mieczysław Groszek PhD, Deputy President, Polish Bank Association
Karol Stec, Director for Project Coordination, Polish Organisation of Trade and
Distribution
Piotr Piłat, Head of Financial Market Development Department, Ministry of Finance
Moderator: Jacek Uryniuk, Dziennik Gazeta Prawna editor
11.30 – 12.00 Coffee break
12.00 – 14.00 V: MUS (M-commerce – U-Commerce – S-commerce) – presentation of payment
market solutions, services and research papers
Anna Ostaszkiewicz, CEO of PayTel: " Innovation in payments – developing an
alternative acceptance network"
Grzegorz Wojtenko, D.Sc. (Tech.), Vice President MCX Systems: "Technology for the
propagation of security and for the increase of value of non-cash payments"
Professor Beata Świecka, PhD, Head of the Institute of Personal and Behavioral
Finance at the University of Szczecin : "Proximity and remote mobile payments as
innovations on the retail cashless payments market"
Professor Włodzimierz Szpringer, PhD, College of Business Administration at the
Warsaw School of Economics and Faculty of Management, University of Warsaw:
"Innovation in electronic payments – development tendencies"
Michał Grabowski, PhD, Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Warsaw:
"Selected aspect of the legal construction of eWallet"
Grzegorz Sobiecki, PhD, Faculty of Economic Sciences, Warsaw University of Life
Sciences: "Cryptocurrencies in Poland - regulatory challenges"
Moderator: Professor Marian Górski, PhD, Faculty of Management, University of
Warsaw
14.00 – 14.10 Congress summary – Robert Łaniewski, President of FROB
14.10 – …
Lunch