2025 Summit Sessions

2025 Summit Sessions

  • Smriti Parsheera

    From Classroom to Codebase: How Universities Cultivate the Next Generation of Open Payments Talent

    - 45min

    English Spanish Translation available

    This panel examines the pedagogical approaches and curricular innovations emerging from universities that have received Interledger Foundation grants to integrate Open Payments technologies into their academic programs. Faculty representatives will present their methodologies for teaching complex concepts such as the Interledger Protocol and its relationship to the Open Payments API, cross-border…

  • Chris Lawrence

    The Philanthropic Puzzle: Connecting Internet Freedom and Financial Inclusion Funding

    - 45min

    English Spanish Translation available

    For too long, internet freedom advocates and financial inclusion champions have operated in parallel universes. One side fights for privacy, decentralization, and user rights. The other pushes for accessible banking, payment systems, and economic opportunity. But what if these aren't separate battles? This panel brings together voices from both worlds to examine why the future of digital f…