--- title: "RavCon 25 wrap-up: What we learned & #RavCon25 in numbers" date: 2025-04-24T13:00:00+01:00 author: Nikoleta Dimitriou canonical_url: "https://www.ravelin.com/blog/ravcon-2025-takeaways" section: Blog --- Blog /[Press release](/resources?search=&category%5B0%5D=175650#resourceContainer "Go to Press release") # RavCon 25 wrap-up: What we learned & #RavCon25 in numbers Our takeaways from the day's seven insightful sessions on fraud, payments and data. 24 April 2025 ![RavCon 25 wrap-up: What we learned & #RavCon25 in numbers](https://storage.googleapis.com/ravelin-website-assets-production/assets/images/_blogSmall/263276/325-Post-RavCon-Socials-885-x-505.webp) Dedicated to trends, insights and real-life stories from fraud and payments, RavCon – Secure Growth Summit brought together professionals across fraud, risk, payments, data science and ecommerce looking to connect and discuss. Organized by Ravelin, the fifth edition of RavCon was held on **April 3, 2025 at London's Pan Pacific Hotel**. Thank you for joining us for one more year. We immensely enjoyed speaking to you, sharing and making memories. ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/ravelin-website-assets-production/assets/images/250403-owenbphoto-RavCon25-036_websize.jpg) ## The connecting thread: Data The topics our 12 illustrious speakers delved into were diverse. #RavCon25 was a whirlwind of ideas, stories and discussions. **But we found one connecting thread: data. Breadth, wealth, quality and deep understanding of data.** - From **Tim Harford**'s unforgettable rules for thinking about data clearly (and how babies are actually made)... - ...to **Lei Tang from Nando's**, who explained how a dedicated fraud tool can help make the most of transaction data... - ...to the brilliant, passionate merchant panel and their message to contextualize everything, featuring **La Redoute's Myriam Bourgeot, Puig's Daniella Lilliu Atance, Next's Nadeem Jassat APCIP,** and our own **Liana Gohery**... - ...to **Katrina Scott and Digant Tyagi** linking criminology theory to data and maths, showing us some of the inner workings of fraud calculations and [machine learning features](https://www.ravelin.com/blog/ai-fraud-detection-with-ml-and-nlp)... - ...to **Mastercard's Julia Faesser**, who stressed the need for insights in addition to data, generously sharing [authentication metrics](https://pages.ravelin.com/state-of-payments-mastercard-ravelin), advice for merchants, and legislation insights... - ...to **Dr Alfred Tiley** breaking down the data behind real-life refund requests and using it to make a business case... - ...and of course our illustrious CEO **Martin Sweeney** sharing a sneak preview of the findings of our upcoming Fraud Survey... - **...the sessions of this year's RavCon were about not just gathering data but processing it; combining it; comprehending it.** We left with new information, several takeaways and new ideas 💡 Thank you once again for joining us. ## RavCon 25 in numbers ![ravcon25](https://storage.googleapis.com/ravelin-website-assets-production/assets/images/250403-owenbphoto-RavCon25-065_websize-1.jpg) - 12 speakers - 7 insightful sessions - 229 attendees - 67 companies - 96 photo booth snaps - 43 songs covered by the string quartet - endless conversations **Be sure to also check out our [RavCon 2025 photo gallery](https://www.ravelin.com/blog/ravcon-2025-photo-gallery) and [our case studies with our clients](https://www.ravelin.com/customers), for more insights into hands-on fraud prevention and payments optimization.** ![ravcon merchants](https://storage.googleapis.com/ravelin-website-assets-production/assets/images/250403-owenbphoto-RavCon25-138_websize.jpg) ## 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. 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