HLTH is the largest and most important conference for health innovation. It's an unprecedented, large-scale forum for collaboration across senior leaders from established payers, providers, employers, and pharma services, as well as from disruptive startups, prolific investors, representatives from government, academia, health associations, business groups, media, and industry analysts. The event is unique in creating a marketplace for the key stakeholders leading the dialogue and development of a new health ecosystem. HLTH's mission is to be a catalyst to drive substantial reductions in health costs and dramatic increases in health quality. To learn more, visit www.hlth.comTwitter: @hltheventLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12020774/

Oak HC/FT is the premier venture growth-equity fund investing in Healthcare Information & Services (“HC”) and Financial Services Technology (“FT”). We are focused on driving transformation in these industries by providing entrepreneurs and companies with strategic counsel, board-level participation, business plan execution and access to our extensive network of industry leaders.

HumanX is an organization building the premier community for artificial intelligence (AI) and its deployment. Its flagship event will be a large-scale industry gathering that is forging dialogue, confidence, and conviction for decisionmakers in AI.

Feedzai is AI. We’re coding the future of commerce with a leading platform powered by artificial intelligence and big data. Founded and developed by data scientists and aerospace engineers, Feedzai has one critical mission: make commerce safe. The world’s largest banks, payment providers and retailers use Feedzai’s machine learning technology to manage risks associated with banking and shopping, whether it’s in person, online or via mobile devices.

Merino produces and finances films that through artistry, creative freedom, and a collaborative spirit, offer impactful perspectives on the human experience.

Ubiquity is a multinational business process and call center outsourcing organization that helps partners improve customer satisfaction while reducing operating costs. Ubiquity offers live customer experience management services, interactive voice response (IVR) solutions, and a comprehensive risk and compliance solution that includes fraud investigations, and dispute and chargeback management. Engineered for operational excellence, Ubiquity’s technology platform also delivers actionable business intelligence. Headquartered in New York City, the company has delivery locations in Europe, Asia and the Americas, as well as an innovation hub in Amsterdam. Inc. magazine named Ubiquity one of the fastest-growing private companies in the United States for the past two years. Together with its partners, Ubiquity is pioneering a new approach for maximizing the potential of every customer contact. For more information, visit www.ubiquity.com.

The Events Venture Group (EVG) fuels the success of groundbreaking entrepreneurs with access to strategic funding, expert mentorship, and a collaborative community of members who are interested in researching and investing in early stage events on an individual basis. Learn more at eventsventuregroup.com.

FastPay reduces friction and unlocks capital for buyers and sellers across the media landscape. We empower advertisers, agencies, suppliers and technology companies with smarter payments covering the entire media ecosystem, increased access to capital, and intelligent back-office workflows that improve efficiency and reduce cost. We deliver proven results because of our media industry expertise, proprietary data & technology, and vast capital resources. Headquartered in Los Angeles, with offices in New York, San Francisco, Boston, and London, FastPay has originated over $5 billion in transaction volume since inception.

(SHOPTALK WAS ACQUIRED BY HYVE GROUP PLC IN DECEMBER 2019) Shoptalk is widely regarded as retail’s best show. With 8,000+ attendees, including more than 750 CEOs, and the world's best speaker lineup and agenda, we help you get smart about the innovation and trends that continue to transform the sector globally. For 5 years, we’ve defined the industry’s digital community by bringing established retailers and brands together with direct-to-consumer and tech startups, large tech and Internet companies, venture capital investors, real estate developers, equity analysts, media and others. Be part of the conversation and community on March 22-25, 2020 at Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas.

MONEY 20/20 WAS ACQUIRED BY ASCENTIAL (LSE: ASCL.L) IN 2014Money20/20 organizes the world's largest fintech events. More than 15,000 attendees from over 5,000 companies and 75 countries, attend the U.S. and Europe events annually, Money20/20 also holds the largest global fintech hackathon.

Joined the Payments & Google Wallet team following the acquisition of TxVia, a VC-backed fintech company. Headed all global business developments efforts across the Payments and Wallet group.

(TxVia WAS ACQUIREd BY GOOGLE IN APRIL 2012)TxVia pioneered the platform-as-a-service (PaaS) delivery model for processing complex forms of emerging payments and financial services, including those created by the mobile Internet and resulting convergence of online and offline commerce. TxVia was funded more than $55m by top-tier financial technology investors, including Oak Investment Partners, and was ranked among the Top 50 Venture Funded Companies of 2011 by the Wall Street Journal.

Prepaid Expo and Paybefore were acquired by Informa (LSE: INF.L), in 2007 and 2011, respectively. Prepaid Expo was subsequently rebranded to APEX (All Payments Expo) and Paybefore to Fintech Futures, part of Informa Connect.Prepaid Media launched the Prepaid Expo conference and Paybefore trade publication as the leading in-person, digital and print media properties for the network branded (Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover) prepaid card and retail gift card industries.

TSYS Prepaid, a wholly-owned subsidiary of TSYS (NYSE: TSS), was formed in 2004 following the acquisition of Clarity Payment Solutions, an institutionally-funded specialty payments processing company.

ACQUIRED BY TSYSClarity Payment Solutions was a pioneering payments processor that enabled numerous electronic payments innovations by leveraging established payment networks and the widespread adoption of the Internet. Clarity was the first third-party processor for prepaid Visa accounts and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) payment cards, incentive, consumer promotion, gift and general purpose reloadable cards. Clarity raised venture capital from Banco Espírito Santo, Allied Irish Banks (AIB) and M&T Bank, and was sold in 2004 to TSYS (NYSE: TSS).

The Hub Communications Company Ltd., a premier agency in London, England, where I worked on interactive channel strategies of Fortune 500 corporations, including in the financial services, payments, and marketing sectors.