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2025 Current Event Track
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All general and concurrent sessions are open to all attendees and have no specific prerequisites to attend. However, it is recommended that participants have a general knowledge of the subject matter being presented either through formal education and classes or work experience. The sessions are formatted in a group setting and are geared towards intermediate level learning. In keeping with the "green initiative," paper handouts for each session will not be distributed but will be available for downloading from the website to your laptop or other mobile device. Speaker presentations will be available closer to the conference based on speaker preference. If the name of the session is highlighted, this is a hyperlink to an electronic copy of the presentation.
Recertification is in process and will be updated once approvals are received.
2025 Carolinas Cash Adventure Schedule
All sessions are held in Kensington D & E Conference Rooms.
Sunday Afternoon
Registration - 4:00 to 6:00 - Harrow Room
(corner of Westminster & Cambridge Halls - next to normal conference rooms)
Poolside Social
After registration.
Monday Morning Sessions
Session 1 (8:30 AM – 9:30 AM)
Kickoff Speaker
More details: Kickoff Speaker
Session 2a and 2b (9:45 AM – 10:45 AM)
Strategic Treasury: Tactical versus Strategic Treasury Responsibilities
Justin Guerra & Ken Kiebles - Kaufman Hall
Working Capital & Cash Forecasting - Lessons Learned
Greg Lattanzi, CTP - IGS Energy
Focused heavily on cash forecasting and how IGS has made progress to overcome forecasting issues such as:
Sessions 3a and 3b (11:00 AM – 12:00 PM)
A Nimble Approach to Managing Liquidity & Investments in Any Monetary Cycle
Ed Baldry & Nick White - ICD
In recent years, the dynamic nature of global financial markets has proven particularly challenging for treasury and finance teams to navigate. Now, in 2025, added uncertainty over geopolitical conflicts, tariffs, interest rates, and economic growth are top-of-mind for many practitioners. But despite the challenges of modern markets, there are still plenty of opportunities for organization to effectively steward their liquidity. In this session, ICD will discuss best practices for treasury teams to successfully manage their cash and investments in a fully compliant, risk-reduced, and yield-optimized fashion.
ACH and Real-Time Payments Update
Gary Nesbitt
Luncheon & Keynote Address (12:30 PM - 1:30 PM)
Geopolitical Risk
Daniel Sheehan, SVP International Affairs - Bank of America
Discussing current environment and how recent changes in administration may have an impact for the US and global environment.
More details are available here: Keynote Speaker
Monday Afternoon Sessions
Sessions 4a and 4b (1:45 PM – 2:45 PM)
Demystifying APIs
Peter G. Bailey - JP Morgan
In this discussion it may be helpful for attendees to see what can be accomplished with an API connection. Overview, Use Cases, Integration, and More
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Sessions 5a and 5b (3:00 PM – 4:00 PM)
Cash Positioning and Investment Inclusion
Aeron Sharp - Kyriba
In this session you will: Increase financial resilience by reducing risk exposures, standardizing processes, and improving business continuity.
The Future of Payments is Here - RTP, ISO 20022, and even Crypto (stablecoins)
Richard Dooley - Fifth Third Bank
ISO20022, embedded finance and payments., the changes that ISO20022 made to payments in the last few years and what is to come.
TBD
Danielle B - Huntington Bank
TBD
Tuesday Morning Sessions
Sessions 6a and 6b (9:00 AM – 10:00 AM)
A Guide to Treasury Optimization through Automation, Aggregation, Analysis, and Action
Jennifer Kelly - Treasury Curve
Treasury Optimization practicum
Leverage Embedded Finance
PNC Bank
Leveraging embedded finance means integrating financial services into everyday applications and platform. This can improve the user experience, drive business growth, and help businesses meet consumer expectations.
Session 7a and 7b (10:15 AM – 11:15 AM)
The Future of Payments is Here - RTP, ISO 20022, and even Crypto (stablecoins)
Richard Dooley - Fifth Third Bank
ISO20022, embedded finance and payments., the changes that ISO20022 made to payments in the last few years and what is to come.
Realizing the Value of Faster Payments
MIchelle Golembieski &Farhan Somani - JP Morgan
Including Instant Payments and Faster Payments into a business' ecosystem for bottom-line improvement.
Session 8 (11:30 AM – 12:30 PM)
Economic Update
TD Bank
Macro and micro economic forces impact our day-to-day processes. This presentation shares what we see today on both counts and how to adequately prepare to address them for business success.
Lunch/Regional Meeting (12:30 PM – 1:45 PM)
NCTMA Business Meeting
Tuesday Afternoon Sessions
Session 9 (1:45 PM – 2:45 PM)
Automation through RPA: A Panel Discussion
Kristy Kretzschmar, Palani Durtairanj, Santhosh Shanmugam - all with Martin Marietta
How would you like to have an “employee” who works 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 52 weeks a year without vacation time and sick time and bonuses? What if that employee was fast and accurate and required minimal human intervention? Martin Marietta has just that with “Rocky,” its bot. This panel of representatives from the company’s Treasury and IT departments will participate in a discussion of bots and what RPA is and isn’t. They will share examples of how they’ve used this technology to automate manual processes including cash positioning and compliance reporting. They will talk about how they identify processes that are good candidates for RPA automation, and they will share their implementation of this technology.
Session 10 (3:00 PM – 4:00 PM)
Cyber Threats to include Business Email Compromises, Ransomware and Cyber Enabled Fraud
Supervisory Special Agent (SSA) Thomas Rankin and Mark Mahon
FBI
Tuesday Night Event
6:30 pm- 10:00 pm
Details coming soon!
Wednesday Morning Sessions
Session 11 (9:00 AM – 10:00 AM)
Building and Managing an Impactful Brand as a Treasury Professional
Ernie Humphrey
An impactful professional brand can drive the career momentum of any treasury professional. A lack of commitment to investing in it, or even knowing and carrying about it, can create an inherent barrier to career success. In today’s world of all things AI and technology, treasury professionals need to stand out amongst peers and demonstrate they have skills that matter no matter where technology takes the treasury profession.
Join us to discover how to craft a unique and compelling professional value proposition, develop all areas of a professional network that fuel treasury success, and access and upgrade soft skills that matter.
Cash Management Success: Talent, Culture, Technology
Ernie Humphrey
Despite all the of the hype around all things 'AI' that are possible in the realm of treasury, cash management is where IA can, is, and will have ethe largest impact. However, no matter where AI can take cash management, communication and collaboration are just as critical to cash management success. This session will explore how to right-size treasury technology, develop the soft skills of treasury team members, and share actionable advice treasury professionals can use to collaborate beyond treasury to deliver strategic impact across an organization.