Payment Security & Compliance Conference 2025

17th - 18th June 2025

Manchester

Hilton Deansgate Hotel

(with optional pre-event dinner on 16th June)

Join us for the leading payment security and compliance event for the higher education sector. In its 14th year, this will be a jam-packed event full of insights from industry experts and peers in the education sector. Focusing on payment security and building on previous events we will look at the latest insights from the PCI Security Standards Council, learn from institutions implementing payment security programmes and identify best practices. Based on feedback, this year’s conference has evolved to include compliance covering topics such as AML, fraud and risk management. The event will consist of panel discussions, workshops, presentations, and fantastic opportunities to network with your peers and industry experts.

Who should attend

Payment Acceptance, Payment Security and Compliance are critical to institutional business practices. To be implemented successfully, Payment Security needs leadership support, buy-in and commitment from teams across institutions and at all levels, including those in Compliance, Finance, IT, Information Governance.

Agenda

Optional Pre Event Dinner: Monday 16th June

Time	Session
18:30 - 22:30	Informal Networking Dinner

Day 1 - Tuesday 17th June

Time	Session
07:00 - 08:00	Exercise
08:30 - 13:00	Registration
09:30 - 10:30	Optional: AML and Fraud Workshop Flywire AML and Fraud Toolkit Jo Brewin, Consultant, Flywire Bridget Walker, Senior Consultant Flywire	Optional: Payment Security Workshop Third Party Service Provider Assurance Dave Neild, Head of Consultancy UK, Flywire Mike Vale, Senior Security Consultant, Flywire
10:30 - 11:00	Networking Break
11:00 - 12:00	Optional: AML and Fraud Workshop Flywire and We Fight Fraud International Students and Payment Fraud. Jo Brewin, Consultant, Flywire Bridget Walker, Senior Consultant Flywire	Optional: Payment Security Workshop E-commerce and impact on scope (Benefits of Merchant of Record). Dave Neild, Head of Consultancy UK, Flywire Mike Vale, Senior Security Consultant, Flywire
12:00 - 13:00	Networking Lunch Break

13:00	Conference Commence
13:00 - 13:15	Welcome & Introduction: Simon Read, SVP Education, EMEA, Flywire
13:15 - 14:00	Latest Insights from the PCI Security Standards Council John Bloomfield, Manager, Data Security Standards, PCI Security Standards Council
14:00 - 14:30	Payment Security Keynote: Dave Neild, Head of Consultancy UK, Flywire
14:30 - 15:00	Networking Break
	Track 1 - Governance Risk and Compliance	Track 2 - Payment Security
15:00 - 15:30	Flywire Compliance Program Adrian Muller, Compliance Director, Flywire William Chung, Director AML Compliance, MLRO and Risk Management, Flywire	Self Assessment Questionnaires - Expected Testing and Evidence Christopher Blackadder, Cyber Security Analyst, Queen's University Belfast
15:30 - 16:00	Student Sanctions Jo Brewin, Consultant, Flywire Caroline Bennett, Anti Money Laundering Compliance Manager, University of Portsmouth	Payment Security Implementation Programme - Using Office 365 to simplify compliance. Liam Smith, Payment Acceptance and Compliance Manager, University of Bristol
16:00 - 16:30	Panel Discussion: Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 Bridget Walker, Senior Consultant Flywire Dan Harris, Global Financial Crime Compliance Director, Kaplan International Helen Bennett, Head of Financial Compliance, Cardiff University Lisa Worsley - Finance Governance, Risk & Compliance Projects Finance Manager, University of Leeds	P2PE Devices - what you really need to know! Phil Watson, Consultant, Flywire
16:30 - 17:00	Acronym Bingo returns for a second year
18:30 - 22:30	Informal Evening Reception

Day 2 - Wednesday 18th June

Time	Session
09:00 - 09:30	Registration
09:30 - 09:35	Welcome to Day 2: Simon Read, SVP Education, EMEA, Flywire
09:35 - 10:35	Keynote Speaker: Ben Owen: Former British Intelligence Officer and Boss of BAFTA winning Hunted on C4
10:35 - 11:05	Case Study: University of Leeds Neil Favager, IT Risk and Assurance Manager; Filipe Baldin, InfoSec Risk & Compliance Analyst, University of Leeds
11:05 - 11:35	Networking Break
11:35 - 12:30	Payment Security and Compliance Panel Heather Lowrie, Chief Information Security Officer \| Board Member and Strategic Advisor John Bloomfield, Manager, Data Security Standards, PCI Security Standards Council Dave Neild, Head of Consultancy UK, Flywire Facilitated by Jo Brewin, Consultant, Flywire
12:30 - 13:15	Networking Lunch Break
13:15 - 13:55	Building Resilience in the Age of AI: How Deep Tech is Strengthening Cybersecurity and Fraud Prevention Heather Lowrie, Chief Information Security Officer, Board Member, Strategic Advisor, and co-founder of Resilionix
13:55 - 15:00	Keynote Speaker: Organised Crime, Threat Actors, Student Money Muling on a Global Scale Geoff White, Author, Speaker, Investigative Journalist, Podcast Creator
15:00	Conference Close

Really great speakers with ‘wow factor’ information
Always a great opportunity to network, keep up to date with future changes and best practice and pick up little nuggets of information that can help with what we are trying to achieve
It was really valuable to network, discuss issues with colleagues and hear some of the latest news within the industry sector
The conference was fantastic. Highly valuable information to take back and use as part of a wider review on our own processes

How valuable did you find the conference overall?

9.4

How likely is it that you would recommend the conference to a colleague?

9.6

How valuable did you find the networking opportunities?

9.6

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