--- title: RavCon 2024 is just around the corner... date: 2024-03-18T10:30:00+00:00 author: Nikoleta Dimitriou canonical_url: "https://www.ravelin.com/blog/ravcon-2024-is-just-around-the-corner" section: Blog --- Blog /[Press release](/resources?search=&category%5B0%5D=175650#resourceContainer "Go to Press release") # RavCon 2024 is just around the corner... Just a few days to go for Ravelin's annual fraud and payments conference, exploring how leading online merchants work towards achieving secure growth. 18 March 2024 ![RavCon 2024 is just around the corner...](https://storage.googleapis.com/ravelin-website-assets-production/assets/images/_blogSmall/211736/232_RavCon_Blog_885x505.webp) **London, 18th March 2024.** Organized by Ravelin for the 5th year, London’s favorite fraud and payments conference returns on Thursday, March 21 to the Pan Pacific Hotel. RavCon – Secure Growth Summit promises a day of thought-provoking presentations, panel discussions, knowledge-sharing, get-togethers and ample opportunities for networking. The goal? To work together to identify new issues, improve upon processes, and showcase avenues for growth that does not compromise security. This year’s event features seven exhilarating sessions by a panoply of fraud fighters and payments professionals, including: - **Tackling CNP fraud during hypergrowth** – Krystyna Savotchenko, Fraud & Risk Manager, Flixbus - **3D Secure: Why you should care** – by Antoine Cathelin, Senior Product Manager, Scalapay & Catherine Jones, Senior Product Manager, Ravelin - **Out of control? Refund abuse trends & solutions** – a merchant panel featuring River Island, Superdry and FitFlop - **Real-life stories of real-time fraud attacks** – Philip Clarkson, Chief Scientific Officer, Ravelin and Ollie Smith, Senior Data Scientist, Ravelin - **A delicate balance: How Trainline handles refund abuse** – Nick Aiken, Director of Fraud and Payments, Trainline - **How Spotify uses machine learning to prevent fraud** – Cicely Robinson, Lead Data Scientist, Payments Fraud, Spotify Available to some of the most influential figures in the realms of fraud, payments and ecommerce strategy in London and beyond, most tickets are already booked for the one-day event. Among them are specialists from leading retailers and household names: John Lewis, LEGO, Zara, Deliveroo, Bumble, Ocado, M&S, AllSaints, ASOS, Currys PC World, Spotify, The White Company, Next, Holland & Barrett, Glovo, Warner Media, KFC, Avanti West Coast, Depop, Mastercard, Frasers Group, River Island, Morrisons, Boots, Cotswold Outdoor and more… For those who weren’t able to be with us this year, we are planning to feature some of the most insightful points on our blog. Make sure to check back soon – or, better yet, sign up for our mailing list below to ensure you don’t miss out on news, trends, and insights on what’s important in payment and fraud. ## Author ![Nikoleta Dimitriou](https://storage.googleapis.com/ravelin-website-assets-production/assets/images/_avatarSmall/196785/1669287463716_2023-12-07-164059_ybjd.webp) Nikoleta DimitriouSenior Content Manager With a marketing career focused on technology, Nikoleta has worked for the data science, e-learning, and fraud industries, among others. Since 2023… [More from this author](https://www.ravelin.com/author/nikoleta-dimitriou) ## Related content [Blog / Fraud analytics ### First-party friendly fraud in ecommerce: The definitive guide Half of merchants believe that consumers are a bigger threat to ecommerce than professional criminals. Discover out the types, signals and techniques of first-party fraud and abuse, and how to stop it. ![Sam fitzpatrick](https://storage.googleapis.com/ravelin-website-assets-production/assets/images/_33x33_crop_center-center_none_ns/266444/sam-fitzpatrick.webp)Sam Fitzpatrick,Product Director](https://www.ravelin.com/blog/first-party-friendly-fraud-in-ecommerce-guide) [Blog / Fraud analytics ### Card testing enumeration attacks explained (and the controls to stop them) This is how fraudsters turn payment authorization into intelligence on stolen cards, often with the help of automation and AI. ![Rosalie](https://storage.googleapis.com/ravelin-website-assets-production/assets/images/_33x33_crop_center-center_none_ns/287252/rosalie.webp)Rosalie Rogers,Data Science Manager](https://www.ravelin.com/blog/card-testing-enumeration-prevention) [Blog / Fraud trends ### Online Retail Fraud Trends 2026: New global report Refund abuse just outranked traditional forms of first-party abuse in terms of its negative impact on retailers – while 78% say fraud has stifled their growth to some extent. ![1669287463716 2023 12 07 164059 ybjd](https://storage.googleapis.com/ravelin-website-assets-production/assets/images/_33x33_crop_center-center_none_ns/196785/1669287463716_2023-12-07-164059_ybjd.webp)Nikoleta Dimitriou,Senior Content Manager](https://www.ravelin.com/blog/online-retail-fraud-trends-2026)