2024 Summit Talks

2024 Summit Talks

  • Briana Marbury

    Interledger Foundation Keynote with President & CEO Briana Marbury

    - 30min

    Briana Marbury will open the Summit with an overview of the year the Interledger Community has had and a look at where it is going.

  • Roberto Valdovinos

    Bridging communities with Rafiki: the migrant/remittances market for account-serving entities

    - 45min

    This panel will bring together CEOs of account-serving entities in the US interested in implementing Rafiki so that their users may send remittances, along with specialists in remittances’ regulation, in a provocative discussion around remittances, migrant populations and the use of Rafiki.

  • Timea Nagy

    Rafiki and Test Wallet Updates

    - 30min

    Join us for an update on Rafiki, and the Rafiki-powered Test wallet.

  • Smriti Parsheera

    The promise and peril of DPI for competition policy: 'Alt big tech' in the making?

    - 30min

    Many countries have reaped the benefits of financial inclusion, efficiency and scale from building DPIs in the field of digital payments. India's Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and the Brazilian PIX system are among the commonly cited examples. A large part of the success of such systems can be attributed to the design principle of pursuing interoperability among market players through the …

  • Ioana Chiorean

    Pay the Web Forward with Web Monetization!

    - 30min

    The ability to transfer money has been a long-standing omission from the web platform. As a result, the web suffers from a flood of advertising and broken business models. Web Monetization provides an open, native, efficient, and automatic way to compensate creators, pay for content, and support crucial web infrastructure. In this session, we will cover the latest updates of the Web Monetizat…

  • Akshat Sharma

    Advancing Secure and Intelligent Transactions: Integrating AI and Cybersecurity in Open Payments

    - 30min

    I will demonstrate how artificial intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity can be integrated into open payments for Interledger.I also have 2 publications in the related field. It has started a new period of secure and smart monetary transaction processes. AI-driven algorithms are capable of keeping an eye on payment activities continuously to detect and mitigate risks in real-time. Thus, this addition…

  • Michael Mbuthia
  • Alex Mozeak

    Sharing is Caring – Using Web Monetization to Expand Access and Engagement with Gib

    - 30min

    Join Alex from Gib and learn how Web Monetization enables content creators to earn money online through paid sharing. He’ll explain why this type of sharing matters and how it compares to current methods. You'll get to try out Gib, a Grant for the Web project, right there in the session. See for yourself how it works with a live audience demo! You can test two different ways of accessing t…

  • Fernando Almiñana

    Wallet Guru: Revolutionizing the Streaming Industry with Interledger’s Streaming Payments

    - 30min

    Join us for a compelling session on Wallet Guru’s Paystreme, an innovative payment streaming platform designed to revolutionize the video streaming industry using the Interledger Protocol. Discover how Paystreme enables real-time, secure microtransactions, providing a flexible and efficient payment solution for services such as mobile phone coverage, broadband internet, pay-TV, and streaming conte…

  • Ayden Férdeline

    Parliamentarian Perspectives: Fostering Inclusive Open Payments in Africa

    - 45min

    This session will bring together five Members of Parliament from various African countries for a mainstage discussion on the role of policy and regulation in developing responsible, ethical, open payment systems in Africa to enhance digital financial inclusion. ​​In a world increasingly reliant on digital connectivity, access to digital financial services remains a crucial determinant of econom…

  • Nandini Harihareswara

    Immersive Debate: Is DPI Inherently "Gender Neutral"?

    - 90min

    The best way to learn is sometimes to argue both sides of a question. In this session, we offer participants an opportunity to get up out of their seats and actively debate each other on the topic of whether Digital Public Infrastructure is Inherently Gender Neutral. You will be randomly assigned to be on the side of “Pro”, “Con”, or a judge. With the help of DPI Expert Facilitators, you will…

  • Greg McCormick

    Tazama Real-Time Open Source Software for Fraud Detection

    - 90min

    Tazama is a recently launched project in the Linux Foundation. Tazama offers open source real-time transaction monitoring software for fraud and money-laundering detection. Our presentation introduces the product and its origin story, from its ideation as one of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's Level One principles, to its MVP launch in April 2022 and ultimately its integration in…