Suggested Presentation Topics for our next conference

The Utility Payment Conference attendees were asked what topics they would like to see covered.  
Suggested topics are listed below.
Topics
Descriptions
ACH
Process for posting of ACH payments pushed to utility bank
account from commercial customer banks and bank to bank.  
BEST PRACTICES, FAILURES
AND RECOVERIES
Case studies; industry best practices
  Case studies; tell us "If I could do it over, I'd do this" or "I wish I
had known"
  More company implementation stories
  It would be great to hear from an organization that has gone
through the whole process - bid - implementation issues,
pitfalls, what went well, failures, etc.
  Bench marking information
BILLING
Electronic B2B billing
CHECK 21
In depth information on Check 21
CREDIT AND COLLECTIONS
Collection effort on active vs. inactive
  Collection solutions
CREDIT CARD    
More credit card information
  We should have some news on new regulations for credit and
debit cards so the timing should be good to review those
changes
  Secure Vault Payments, Credit card impact to utilities
  Industry averages and trends in credit/debit card pay (compare
against like companies) Visa/MC presentation in managing
credit card costs
  Visa, MC rules, more about new payment options, debit card
network pricing
FOCUS GROUPS    
Share insights into their consumer focus groups
FRAUD
What vendors are doing to mitigate fraud exposure for the client
INNOVATIVE IDEAS        
Software Businesses to utilities banks any innovative ideas to
get your customer to pay
INTERNAL PROCESSING  
Tips for internal processing agencies
MOBILE PAYMENTS
More on mobile SMS TXT
NEW TECHNOLOGY
Any new technology available
  Technology sessions, new technology available, with current
billing -- payment technology vs. problems,benefits of each
  CIS solutions, IT/Interface solutions, Automation technologies
OUTSOURCING vs. IN HOUSE
PAYMENT PROCESSING       
Changes in ARC, ICL, outsourcing vs. in house payment
processing, trends in all mentioned
PAYMENT PROCESSORS
Google, PayPal payments
PRE-PAYMENT
Pre-payment discussion
REGULATIONS       
Update on government regulations affecting payment channels,
ie, credit card fees
  Discuss issues with Federal Government payments and billing
Dept of Defense (DFAS); Dept of Justice, VA, (DOJ), etc.
  More topics applicable to deregulated, competitive industry
REMITTANCE
Have key remittance processes give presentations about how
they see consumer payment behaviors changing in the future
  What's on horizon
RETURN MAIL  
Ways to reduce return mail
  processing/solutions
RFP’s
How to prepare RFP's - models to use.  
UNIDENTIFIED PAYMENTS –
ESCHEATMENT       
Unidentified payments - How are they handled.
  Escheated payments – when and what do you do with them.
  Exception payments – how are they handled
  Managing exception best practices
  Handling payments received without account information, Money
orders.  More operational aspect.  
  Payments received from 3rd party consolidators which drop to
paper because of bad account numbers.  How do you reduce
the number?
WEB   
Process for one-time or convenience payment which allows
customer to make one time payment without log on to website.
  Ebill Marketing Strategies
www.paymentconference.com
Utility    
Communications, Cooperatives,
Municipalities and Utilities