[News](https://www.payments.ca/insights/news-research?field_article_type=24) # Payments Canada in the field: upcoming industry events (April - May) April 8, 2019 **The spring season is rich with payments industry events, including [The SUMMIT](https://www.thesummit.ca/), May 14-16 in Toronto.** Find us at some of the following events this April and May: ### [CIO Peer Forum - April 11, 2019](https://www.ciocan.ca/cio-peer-forum/) ***Hosted by*** the [CIO Association of Canada](https://www.ciocan.ca/), this annual event is an opportunity for CIOs to learn new leadership approaches. The goal is to challenge and enable CIOs to manage the rapidly changing landscape more effectively. ***Payments Canada Watch: Andrew McCormack, Chief Information Officer at Payments Canada, will speak to how the implementation of a new Real-time Rail, enhancements to retail batch payments, and deployment of Lynx, a new high-value payments system, will support faster and more efficient payment interactions.*** ### [Payments Canada Update - AFP Ottawa Chapter - Ottawa, Canada - April 17, 2019](http://www.afpc-ottawa.ca/event-3114930) ***Hosted by*** the [Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) ](http://www.afpc-ottawa.ca/)Ottawa chapter, Payments Canada will provide attendees an update on payments and its Modernization initiative. ***Payments Canada Watch: Ryan Grundy, Lead, Industry Relations, will present on the status of Modernization and what financial professionals need to know.*** ### [Retail Banking Conference & Awards 2019 - London, United Kingdom - April 24, 2019](https://www.verdict.co.uk/retail-banker-international/events/retail-banking-conference-awards-2019/) ***Hosted by*** [Vocalink](https://connect.vocalink.com/), this annual conference will bring together high-street banks alongside their challenger competitors for a full day of debate and insight into industry trends and new opportunities for the sector. ### [European Payment Summit 2019 - The Hague, Netherlands - April 25-26, 2019](http://europeanpaymentsummit.com/) ***Hosted by*** [Currency Research](https://currencyresearch.com/), EuropeanPaymentSummit (EPS) offers a unique 2 day dual program featuring key developments in the payments/transaction space combined with key sessions on Open Banking, the latest developments in the regulatory landscape and advances in technology. ### [Faster Payments Conference 2019 - Orlando, United States - May 5 - 8, 2019](https://payments.nacha.org/) ***Hosted by*** [NACHA](https://www.nacha.org/), this conference is designed for diverse organizations that are driving innovation, delivering value through new solutions and services, and employing these offerings to meet their business needs and transact with their customers. ### [Canadian Credit Union Association (CCUA) IMPACT - Winnipeg, Canada - May 5 - 9, 2019](https://ccua.com/events/national_conference/2019) ***Hosted by*** the [Canadian Credit Union Association](https://ccua.com/en), this national conference offers collaborative workshops, keynote addresses, and the biggest credit union focused trade show in Canada. It is designed to equip attendees to make an impact in a competitive financial services market. ***Payments Canada Watch: Paul Rogers, Head, Industry Relations, will join panelists to discuss how to prepare for payments modernization.*** ### [The Payments Canada SUMMIT - Toronto, Canada - May 14 - 16, 2019](https://www.thesummit.ca/) ***Hosted by*** [Payments Canada](https://www.payments.ca/), The 2019 SUMMIT connects the payments ecosystem, offering a broad spectrum of topics that influence payments in Canada and around the world. It is Canada’s largest and most well-attended payments conference. ### [Collision - Toronto, Canada - May 20 - 23, 2019](https://collisionconf.com/) ***Hosted by*** [Web Summit](https://websummit.com/), Collision is the fastest-growing tech conference in North America. Now in its fifth year, Collision has grown to over 25,000 attendees. Following their European event Web Summit, Collision has become a crossroads for the world’s largest buyers and sellers of technology, alongside many of the world’s most disruptive emerging technology companies. 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