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Gondola and cicchetti tour
Step aboard a famous Venetian gondola to journey through the city’s historic canals with a local guide before enjoying a refreshing aperitif and classic cicchetti. All in a relaxed setting, perfect for sparking fresh connections. Limited capacity – sign up in the registration portal.
Doge Palace guided tour
Join a guided tour of the Doge’s Palace – the heart of Venetian history, politics, and art. This exclusive experience blends cultural discovery with the chance to connect with fellow attendees in one of the city’s most iconic landmarks. Limited capacity – sign up in the registration portal.
Join us at the rooftop bar of the Hilton Molino Stucky for canapés, cocktails, and connections. Kick off Thrive in style with stunning views as the sun goes down over the Grand Canal.
Pick up the pace in our morning run around the canals or join us in the hotel’s gardens for a sunrise stretch to awaken your mind and body. Limited capacity – sign up in the registration portal.
Explore new innovations, meet our teams, and connect 1:1 over coffee.
The world of payments is shifting faster than ever. AI, stablecoins, agentic commerce, rising compliance. In such uncertainty, uptime and speed are table stakes – performance demands you adapt quickly and confidently when the unexpected hits. Join Guillaume Pousaz to hear how Checkout.com keeps you performing in the long-term.
Look under the hood of our latest innovations and learn about everything we’re building to help you chase every basis point.
Meron Colbeci and Mariano Albera unveil our latest advancements to take your payment performance to an even higher level: initiatives to support your geo-expansion goals, exciting developments in the fight against fraud, our take on agentic commerce, and a whole lot more. A session you won’t want to miss.
In payments, performance is often reduced to a single metric: acceptance rate. But it’s more complex than that. Every transaction needs to walk the line between lifting revenue, fighting fraud, and cutting costs.
This panel brings together experts from across the industry to unpack the trade-offs, share real-world tactics, and reveal how leading businesses are fine-tuning their payments setup in pursuit of performance.
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What does building the technology powering one of the world’s most successful B2B growth stories take?
Join Mariano Albera in conversation with Karen Bolda, Chief Product & Technology Officer, B2B at Expedia Group, as they explore how Expedia Group is scaling its B2B technology through its payments platform. Discover what it takes to build a resilient payments infrastructure and how product innovation fuels growth. This fireside chat will unpack the mindset, collaboration, and technology required to perform in a fast-changing digital economy.
Take a well-earned pause with a networking lunch. Enjoy good food and relaxed conversation with peers from your industry – swapping ideas, sharing challenges, and uncovering fresh ways to drive performance.
Revisit the Payments Studio or continue key 1:1s with drinks, snacks and great coffee.
Adolfo Laurenti, Visa’s Principal European Economist, will unpack the story behind Europe’s economic pulse for 2025 - 2026. Using Visa’s Spending Momentum Index, we will explore why spending is steady, but not surging - driven by non‑discretionary debit purchases. We will consider how inflation in goods is easing, yet high service costs keep consumers cautious, even as confidence slowly firms. Adolfo will explore how consumption’s role in euro area growth is fading, what that means for early - 2026 softness before a rebound, and where the hottest payment trends - from ecommerce to affluent travel - offer opportunities for businesses to adapt and thrive.
We’re closing the day with a rare conversation with one of the most influential leaders in tech - Kevin Weil, VP of OpenAI for Science. With a career spanning companies including OpenAI, Twitter, Instagram and Meta, Kevin has shaped how billions of people connect, share, and build. Now steering the future of AI, this is the moment to sit back, lean in, and get inspired.
Expect revealing insights, behind-the-scenes stories from the frontlines of innovation, and a vision for how AI is reshaping everything we know.
In the heart of Murano, the Glass Cathedral sets the stage for an unforgettable evening of entertainment, connection, and festivity in a setting like no other. Dress code: smart casual. Meet in the hotel lobby at 6:30pm for transfers.
Pick up the pace in our morning run around the canals or join us in the hotel’s gardens for a sunrise stretch to awaken your mind and body. Limited capacity – sign up in the registration portal.
Time to power up! Kick off the final day with us, featuring unmissable highlights.
Kickstart day three by joining us for a candid conversation between the leaders shaping the future of the payments industry.
Fuel your morning with illuminating insights, fresh perspectives, and connections with a community pushing payments forward.
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The digital economy doesn’t stand still – and neither do your customers.
Join us for a lively discussion revealing what’s shaping consumer behaviour ahead of peak season. From payment preferences to platform habits, discover how Gen Z and younger generations are rewriting the rules of ecommerce.
Our expert panel will unpack the trends and offer insights to help you stay ahead and sell smarter.
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Agentic commerce is no longer a future concept. AI agents are already shopping on behalf of consumers via platforms such as ChatGPT and Perplexity.
Join to hear our panel of experts from across the payments ecosystem discuss how different players are working together to make agentic commerce happen. All in a way that builds trust for consumers while putting the needs and performance of merchants front and centre.
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As Thrive Venice draws to a close, join Guillaume Pousaz for a fireside conversation that brings it all together. Reflecting on three days of collaboration, innovation, and performance.
More than just looking back, we’ll keep it moving forward. Because in the pursuit of performance, there’s no finish line.
Final product tours, meetups, and wrap-up conversations.
* Agenda subject to change