18 to 20 May 2027 · Lisbon
Voices on the main stage.
The first eight to confirm for 2027: Halvora's leaders and the customers already building with it. The full line-up opens with the agenda in February.
Lucía Ferraz
Chief Executive OfficerHalvora
Lucía has led Halvora since 2019, taking it from a points ledger for two airlines to the rewards platform behind more than forty brands. She opens ASCENT on the river and closes it on the main stage.
Marco Dizon
Chief Product OfficerHalvora
Marco runs product across rewards, payments and travel, and spent a decade building checkout flows before that. His keynote sets out what Halvora ships over the next twelve months.
Amara Nwosu
Head of LoyaltyVelmora Bank
Amara built the card rewards programme that eight million Velmora customers now use every week. She talks about earning and spending points in the same moment, without a separate app.
Henrik Vale
Chief Technology OfficerHalvora
Henrik looks after the platform that settles points and card payments in a single transaction. He hosts the payments track and the hands-on labs on the final day.
Clara Benning
VP, Guest ExperienceQuaya Hotels
Clara redesigned the Quaya stay around the guest who never calls the front desk. She shares what changed when points became a way to pay for the room as well as to earn.
Arun Kesavan
FounderOstberg Freight
Arun started Ostberg Freight with two vans and now moves goods for retailers in eleven countries. He explains how a rewards scheme for business customers cut their late payments by half.
Jonah Feld
Head of DesignTessaro
Jonah leads design at Tessaro, where the checkout is the product. He runs the design sprint lab, in which teams rebuild a rewards checkout in ninety minutes.
Elena Moss
Chief Marketing OfficerNordvale Air
Elena moved Nordvale Air from miles to a points currency that travellers spend on the ground as well as in the air. She joins Amara on stage to compare what banks and airlines learn from each other.
See when each of them is on stage. Keynotes, sessions and labs across the three days.