Chief Compliance Officer Summit

The Chief Compliance Officer Summit is organized by American Conference Institute (ACI), a C5 Group company, as part of C5 Group’s Anti-Corruption Global Series.

ACI’s inaugural Chief Compliance Officer Summit is a highly curated, invitation-only forum for Chief Compliance Officers and equivalent senior compliance executives. Limited to up to 40 CCOs from across industries, it is designed for closed-door conversations, candid benchmarking, practical problem-solving, and strategic peer exchange on evolving compliance, risk, regulatory, and governance priorities.

The Chief Compliance Officer Summit will take place on December 9, 2026, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, 201 Waterfront Street, National Harbor, Maryland 20745-1135.

Participation is by invitation only and reserved for senior-level compliance, ethics, risk, legal, and governance professionals, particularly Chief Compliance Officers and equivalent senior compliance executives. Attendance requests are reviewed individually, and applicants are asked to submit a biography or LinkedIn profile for consideration by the advisory team.

The faculty and participating organizations represent a cross-industry group that includes technology, healthcare and medical products, pharmaceuticals, financial services and banking, media and entertainment, aerospace and defense, manufacturing, consumer products, food, energy, professional services, information services, and other multinational businesses.

Topics include the evolving CCO mandate, compliance investment and resource allocation, AI use cases and governance, third-party due diligence, ethical culture measurement, board engagement and compliance ROI, resource constraints, geopolitical risk, sanctions, tariffs and trade, enterprise risk, and the expanding strategic role of the Chief Compliance Officer.

Attendees will benchmark how peers are addressing compliance spend, staffing, third-party risk, AI adoption, ethical culture, board reporting, geopolitical disruption, and changing regulatory expectations. Interactive discussions and working groups will also explore practical approaches to risk prioritization, automation, governance and escalation protocols, cross-functional coordination, crisis preparedness, and demonstrating compliance program value.

The faculty is centered on sitting Chief Compliance Officers and equivalent senior executives responsible for ethics, compliance, legal, regulatory relations, enterprise risk, and governance. It also includes senior practitioners in investigations, forensics, anti-bribery and anti-corruption, and risk and compliance.

Faculty organizations include IBM, Cook Group and Cook Medical, Tyson Foods, Santander, Davis Polk LLP, NBCUniversal, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Manuchar, Mastercard, Valaris Limited, Circana, Verizon Compliance, Cipla, BDO, ZimmerBiomet, Honeywell Aerospace, Dow Jones, Panasonic, Coty, Valley Bank, and Zoetis.

The Summit is structured around executive peer connectivity, with a private breakfast and executive networking, audience discussions, interactive benchmarking, small-group peer exchange roundtables, a networking luncheon with facilitated table topics, scenario-based working groups, networking breaks, and a private executive reception. The closed-door format is designed to support candid discussion and practical benchmarking among senior compliance leaders.

Group discount information is not specified for this invitation-only Summit. Participation requires an approved application, and qualified applicants will be contacted with registration details.

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ACI has arranged a limited number of rooms at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center at a negotiated rate. Delegates should contact the hotel directly and quote “ACI / American Conference Institute”; the guest room block cut-off date is November 24, 2026, and availability and the negotiated rate are not guaranteed after that date or once the block fills.

CLE accreditation will be sought in jurisdictions requested by registrants that have continuing education requirements. The activity has been approved for CLE credit by the New York State Continuing Legal Education Board and the State Bar of California, and is identified as nontransitional for CLE accreditation purposes. CPD and CME credit availability is not specified in the current materials.