Agenda at a Glance


Pre-Conference Workshops | Tuesday, July 23, 2019

9:00 – 12:30
Workshop A (Registration begins at 8:30am) Global Compliance & Risk Management in the Big Picture: A Complete Guide to Evolving Your Program and Managing the Convergence of Anti-Corruption, Fraud, AML and Economic Sanctions Risks
1:30 – 5:00
Workshop B (Registration begins at 1:00pm) The Finer Points of Vetting and Monitoring Third Party Vendors, M&A Targets and JV Partners: A Deep-Dive into the Most Significant, Oft-Overlooked Missteps that Your Due Diligence Program Must Account For

Day One | Wednesday, July 24, 2019

7:45
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:45
Conference Co-Chairs’ Opening Remarks
9:00
KEYNOTE GOVERNMENT INTERVIEW
9:45
GEOPOLITICS, POLITICAL DESTABILIZATION & ASSOCIATED RISKS How Multinational Decision-Makers are Assessing and Ranking the Knowns and Unknowns in an Increasingly Turbulent Global Marketplace
10:45
Coffee & Networking Break
11:00
AT THE INTERSECTION OF LAW, ACCOUNTING AND TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION IN CHINA Real-Time Insights on Optimizing Management of More Readily-Available Data to Track and Prevent Improper Payments in Furtherance of Compliance
12:00
ARGENTINA ON THE GROUND Of “Notebooks” and Corporate Criminal Liability Risks: What Every Multinational and Individual Needs to Know about New Anti-Corruption Regulations
12:45
Networking Lunch
1:45
INVESTIGATIONS HYPOTHETICALS ACROSS HIGH-RISK GEOGRAPHIES AND CULTURES Compare & Contrast: The Reality of Cross-Border Internal Investigations with Limited Resources
3:00
Coffee & Networking Break
3:15
ENTERING AND OPERATING YOUR BUSINESS IN INDIA How Renewed CBI and Other Enforcement Are Impacting Multinationals’ Corruption, Bank Fraud, AML and Corporate Governance Risks
4:00
NIGERIA, EQUATORIAL GUINEA, GABON & ANGOLA The Grey Areas of Cash-Based Economies and Local Modality of Payments Risks: The Unwritten Rules of the Road for Identifying and Mitigating Unique Risk Factors Affecting Your Compliance Status
4:45
CHAMPAGNE ROUNDTABLES – COMPLIANCE BENCHMARKING
  1. Operating and Exiting Markets in Turmoil: Legal, Political and Security Risks Affecting your Anti-Corruption Teams in Venezuela and Russia
  2. What it Now Takes to Succeed as a Compliance Officer
  3. Increasing the Odds of Success Via “Local Employee Ambassadors” and an Organically-Grown Compliance Team
5:30
Conference Adjourns

Day Two | Thursday, July 25, 2019

7:45
Continental Breakfast
8:30
Conference Co-Chairs’ Remarks
8:35
KEYNOTE PANEL Prospects and Predictions for the EU’s New European Public Prosecutor’s Office and Collaboration with International Financial Institutions
9:30
INTERNATIONAL GENERAL COUNSEL ROUNDTABLE Where Anti-Corruption Sits Among the Legal Priorities of Multinationals: General Counsel Perspectives on What is Changing Their Assessment
10:30
Coffee & Networking Break
10:45
“STATE CAPTURE” IN SOUTH AFRICA VERSUS LESSONS FROM BRAZIL Guilty by Association – What Every Multinational Should Know About the Parallels and Contrasts with Reputational Risks, Business Prospects and Potential Exposure
11:45
TRACK & TRACE – TRADE FRAUD AND UNCERTAINTY The Latest Developments Affecting Global Business: How Industry is Weathering the Growing Nexus Between Trade and Anti-Corruption
12:30
Resurrection After “Conditional Non-Debarment”: How a Multinational Mastered a Turnaround
1:00
Networking Lunch
2:00
INTERVIEW SERIES – MALAYSIA, INDONESIA, SINGAPORE, SOUTH KOREA & VIETNAM Setting Up Shop in East and Southeast Asia Amid Global Trade Tension, Cyber and Anti-Trust Challenges: Industry Decision-Makers Share their Experiences, Successes and Unexpected Roadblocks
2:45
MEXICO:UNDER AMLO, WILL THERE BE ENFORCEMENT? Local Insights on Contingency Planning, the Political Transition and What’s Next for Enforcement
3:30
Networking Break
3:45
BRAZIL The Next Phase of Anti-Corruption Compliance: Inside Independent Board Committees and More Novel Approaches
4:15
COGNITIVE COMPUTING FOR COMPLIANCE IN EMERGING MARKETS: PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS Leveraging Innovation to Obtain Real-Time Insights and Results with a SMART Anti-Corruption Compliance Program
5:00
Conference Concludes