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Pre-Conference Session
April 28, 2026
Women in Sanctions (WSN) Members’ Reception
Day 1 – Main Conference
April 29, 2026
Registration and Continental Breakfast
Claire McCleskeyCo-FounderClarity Compliance ConsultingFormer Head of OFAC Compliance, Office of Terrorism & Financial Intelligence (TFI)
Lawrence ScheinertAssociate Director, Compliance and Enforcement
Office of Foreign Assets Control U.S. Department of Treasury
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Future of Sanctions Compliance: Revisiting the Impact of Divergence, Global Fragmentation and Geopolitical Unpredictability on New Sanctions, Designations and More
Katherine FordManaging Director UBS Former Associate Director, Strategic Operations, FinCEN
Alexander ParetsGlobal Head of AML and Sanctions StrategyCapital One Former Chief of Staff and Counselor to the Under Secretary for TFI
Andrew KellerDeputy Chief, Financial Crimes OfficerAXA GroupFormer General Counsel, U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Adam SmithPartnerGibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
- Evolving geopolitics: How shifting global alliances are reshaping design, reach and effectiveness of sanctions and compliance strategies
- Technology: Redefining the role of AI, blockchain analytics and financial system modernization
- Best practices for overcoming new challenges to navigating increasingly complex regulatory landscapes
- Humanitarian and ethical considerations affecting compliance decision-making
Networking Break
Latin America Under Scrutiny: Mitigating the Expanding Cross-Industry Risks Posed by Cartels and FTO Designation
Carlton GreenePartnerCrowell & Moring LLP
Jordi de LianoGlobal Financial Crimes Office, Vice President, Sr. Corporate CounselLiberty Mutual Insurance
Nnedi Ifudu NwekePartnerAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Samantha SultoonSVP - Senior Financial Crimes DirectorTruist Bank Former OFAC Lead, U.S. Treasury Sanctions Review Team
- Tackling the escalating sanctions risk exposure across the region: How the US priority on cartels, FTOs and illicit networks has reshaped risk assessments
- Cross-industry vulnerabilities: Focus on heightened risk factors for financial services, logistics, energy, agriculture and manufacturing face heightened risk
- Identifying vulnerabilities in procurement, transportation and third-party relationships
- Implementing enhanced compliance frameworks in anticipation of future
Networking Luncheon
Breakout Sessions
Russia Sanctions Reality Check: New Designations, Circumvention, Due Diligence-and the Latest Compliance Hurdles
Jennifer DowningManaging Director- Head of Legal Financial Security AmericasBNP Paribas
David RybickiPartnerK & L Gates
Megan BartleyChief CounselU.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee
- Staying aware of emerging Russia-related circumvention patters
- How price-cap enforcement, shadow fleet activity translates into red flags, escalation triggers and enhanced due diligence expectations.
Aseel RabieCounselDebevoise & Plimpton LLP
Scott HortonDeputy General Counsel, Head of Corporate ComplianceAIG
Eric LorberPrincipal, Financial Crimes UnitPWC
FinCEN and OFAC are working closer together on many investigations. Learn more about current FinCEN activities, priorities and area of focus for 2026.
- Update: FINCEN’s modernized AML regime
- Sanctions driven supervisory priorities
- Impact of more enforcement and collaboration with OFAC, FinCEN and DOJ and global partners
Anne TakherVice President, Legal Compliance & Regulatory AffairsAmkor Technology, Inc
Ian RichardsonPartnerPaul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Steve KlemencicManaging Director and PartnerBRG
Dharak BhavsarAssociateGibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Hena SchommerAssistant General Counsel, Head of Global Trade ComplianceMarvell Technology
- Global tech supply chain under pressure
- Emerging risks through third party distributors, shell companies and transshipment hubs
- Free users/trial offers
- Operating amid compliance budgets
- Financing and M & A considerations
Change Breakout Sessions
Breakout Sessions
Venezuela in the Crossroads: Repositioning Your Strategy in Response to New Geopolitical Shifts, Sanctions and Export Controls -and Ensuring Program Agility
Darshak DholakiaPartnerMcDermott Will & Emery LLP
Steven DudleyCo-DirectorInSight Crime
Roxanna VigilInternational Affairs Fellow in National SecurityCouncil on Foreign Relations
- Preparing for enhanced enforcement and evasion exposure
- Evaluating your current and future business model
- Changes to the energy marketplace-and the cross-industry impact
- Potential of additional executive actions
- Upgrading sanctions and trade compliance protocols to optimize agility
Andrii DzhagaGlobal Sanctions OfficerStripe
Caroline HillSenior Director of Global Policy & Regulatory StrategyCircle Internet Financial, LLC
Zachary GoldmanPartnerSullivan & Cromwell LLP
Scott SchwartzDeputy BSA OfficerAnchorage Digital Bank
- Assessing Risk: Stablecoins as a tool of financial innovation and potential channel for illicit Finance.
- Approaching borderless transactions pegged to US dollars.
- Strengthening screening on Stablecoin Issuers and Intermediaries
Megan GordonPartnerClifford Chance US LLP
David ShogrenDirector, Office of Global TransactionsU.S. Department of the Treasury
Ilya ShulmanExecutive Director, Global Financial Crimes Counsel, Head of Sanctions LegalJPMorgan Chase & Co
- US Government expanding focus from inbound foreign investment to outbound flow of capital, technology and expertise
- Scope of proposed and enacted restrictions
- How will these frameworks intersect with sanctions, and other compliance requirements
- Strategies for designing scalable compliance programs
Networking Break
Breakout Sessions
Owais ArshadDirector - Global Economic Sanctions AdvisoryRoyal Bank of Canada
Michael OlverManaging DirectorPSA
How is artificial intelligence changing screening? Learn how several companies are incorporating AI and critical factors to consider.
- Leveraging data and technology to strengthen your program
- How are sanctions screening and alert management processes adapting?
- Where to start and potential landmines to avoid when selecting and implementing the right screening tool
- Success stories and big lessons learned
Convergence Continued: Managing the Overlap Between Sanctions and Export Controls-and Readying for the Affiliates Rule
Jana del-CerroPartnerDLP Piper LLP
Laurence HullSenior Counsel, Global Trade- Legal and ComplianceUber
Timothy LeeDirector, Trade & ComplianceCerebras Systems Inc.
- Getting ready for the BIS Affiliates Rule
- Payment compliance issues: How to coordinate with your banking partners
- Communicating risk: How to explain the risks and mitigation to your business partners and executives
Claire JungmanDirector of Maritime Risk and IntelligenceVortexa
Christian LarsonSpecial CounselCadwalader
Shelley ParkAssistant General Counsel Vitol Inc.
- Vessel challenges under the microscope
- Vetting potential joint venture partners
- New, emerging M & A considerations.
- Working with global players
- Training your teams to identify potential issues in advance from procurement and sales
Change Breakout Sessions
Breakout Sessions
Focus on Mexico: Cartels and FTOs Under the Microscope: Tools for Optimizing Third Party and Supply Chain Screening and Monitoring
Nicole ErbPartnerWhite & Case LLP
Sean ThorntonPartnerWilmerHale
Vedia Biton EidelmanHead of the Regional Trade Law OfficeDHL - Global Business Services
Iris PilikaSenior Sanctions Compliance Officer, Office of Foreign Asset ControlU.S Department of the Treasury
Stuart Jones Jr.Founder and CEOSigma360
Deepen your knowledge on the Government’s focus on Cartels and find out what the regulators are focused on.
- When are you vulnerable?
- Performing a current risk assessment
- Due diligence strategies on your third parties
- Evaluating your supply chain and removing vulnerabilities
Benchmarking – Future of Sanctions Compliance, Staffing and Spend: What to Watch -from AI and Tech Advancements to Geopolitics and More
Victoria VaykovichGlobal Managing Director, Head of Financial Crimes Strategy & Oversight MUFG
Edward SilvaVice President and Head of Financial Crimes UnitFederal Reserve Bank of New York
Caliopi Ionela Galindo TrigosFinancial Sanctions Compliance OfficerRaiffeisen Bank International AG (Austria)
- How technological advancments and geopolitical shifts are affecting resource allocation, spend and compliance priorities
- Strategies to work collaboratively across your organization
- The lengths and limits of new payment mechanisms
- Positioning your program in anticipation of more AI developments and geopolitical changes
Networking Reception
End of Day One
Day 2 – Main Conference
April 30, 2026
Continental Breakfast
Opening Remarks from Conference Co-Chairs
Stephanie ConnorPartnerHolland & Knight LLPFormer Assistant Director, Policy Division, OFAC
Nancy FischerPartnerPillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Orisia GammellChief Trade & Compliance CounselLumentum
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Elizabeth RosenbergGlobal Financial Crimes Public Policy Executive and Head of Global Economic SanctionsBank of America Former Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes (WSN Member)
- The present and future of maritime and shipping evasion: updates on shadow fleets of tankers
- Cyber and digital evasion: Ransomware, AI-driven phishing and voice/ video cloning scams
- Fragmented global enforcement over designations and the real-world aftermath
- China, India and Turkey: Revisiting the landscape of evasion risks
Networking Break
Roberto GonzalezPartnerPaul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Michael LiebermanAssistant Director for Enforcement
Office of Foreign Assets ControlU.S. Department of the Treasury
Michael GradyChief, Bank Integrity UnitU.S. Department of Justice
CHINA: Predicting and Preparing for the Next Wave of Tariffs, Tech Controls, and High Risk Sanctions Challenges
Neil MacBridePartnerDavis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Neena ShenaiPartnerWilmerHale
Christopher DenbowSanctions and Export Controls Global SpecialistMaersk
Eric J. KadelPartnerSullivan & Cromwell LLP
- Identifying organized crime risks in China
- Specific considerations for the energy sector—and the cross-industry impact
- How China and Russia will continue working together—and how it will re-shape compliance, risk assessments, screening and third party management
- Outbound Investment COINS Act and the implications
Networking Lunch
Breakout Sessions
Brandon SmithDirector Americas Head of Sanctions and Anti-Bribery CorruptionBarclays
Phil SmithGroup Head of Financial Crime Risk ManagementBooking Holdings
Chase KanieckiPartnerCleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Nabeel YousefPartnerFreshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
- Impact of reimposed maximum pressure on Iran in 2025 and continuing pressure on the shadow fleet
- Monitoring current activities and sanctions readiness if necessary
- Syria-top considerations for re-entering this market
The Crypto-Banking Convergence: Emerging Opportunities, KYC Risks and Underlying Compliance Considerations
Sarah BreslowAssociate General CounselPaxos
Nathanael KurcabPartnerMorrison & Foerster LLP
Valerie GottliebSenior Counsel - Financial Crimes LegalCoinbase
Samantha WelchManaging DirectorBRG
- How banks are upgrading screening, KYC and transactions monitoring frameworks
- How the rise of stablecoins, tokenized deposits and blockchain-based settlements is creating new opportunities for faster payments
- Best practices for addressing compliance for digital assets
Breakout Sessions
Tom BestPartnerPaul Hastings LLP
Terence GilroyPartnerBaker & McKenzie LLP
Anna HamatiSenior Sanctions Legal Counsel eBay
Alice RojasManaging Director, Americas Head of SanctionsSociete Generale
Break down recent OFAC enforcement actions to uncover the practical compliance lessons, risk indicators, and real‑world patterns shaping today’s sanctions landscape.
- Status of enforcement and the new takeaways affecting compliance decision-making
- Increased enforcement crackdown on specific industries
- Lessons from of significant 2025 penalties against IPI Partners, Interactive Brokers and GVA Capital
A Closer Look at the Securities Industry: Analyzing the Increased Focus on Gatekeepers and Advancements for Screening Your Investment Portfolio
Samuel ChangPartnerCleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Bisirat GhebrayGlobal Head of Sanctions Blackrock
Oliver BodmerProduct Management DirectorSIX
A closer look at OFAC’s focuses on gatekeepers—investment advisors, accountants, and providers of trust and corporate services—and the impact moving forward.
- Top risks and lessons in the wake of recent enforcement actions
- Screening best practices for investments
- Overcoming challenges related to liquidating funds that include sanctioned securities
Networking Break
Breakout Sessions
Liz AnnisLead Counsel, Global Trade ComplianceMeta
Michelle ConnellyVice President, Legal Global Sanctions and Regulatory Credit Agricole CIB
Jeanette A. MillerSVP - US Head of Sanctions Regulatory Response & Development,
US Financial Crime - Sanctions HSBC Bank USA
Robert SlackPartnerFenwick & West LLP
- U.S. dollar-denominated transactions in other countries and navigating various jurisdictional blocking statutes, such as EU member states, China and others
- How to utilize U.S. person recusal policies in global companies and financial institutions
- Current and future U.S., EU and UK sanctions program divergences (Iran, Russia, etc.)
Audrey DeckerSenior Counsel- RegulatoryMastercard
Andrea SharrinChief Compliance OfficerFIS
Rachel FiorillPartnerMorrison & Foerster LLP
- How to screen for alternative payment companies when information is hard to obtain
- Additional steps for third party due diligence
- Tools to reduce risk and strengthen compliance
- The lengths and limits of new solutions and automation
Change Breakout Sessions
Town Hall
Your 6–12 Month Outlook on Sanctions and Export Compliance & Enforcement: Candid Predictions from Former OFAC, BIS and DOJ Officials
David HornPartnerWilmer HaleFormer Acting Chief Counsel, OFAC
Matthew AxelrodPartnerGibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLPFormer Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement, BIS
David LimPartnerWhite & Case LLPFormer Co-Director, Task Force KleptoCapture, DOJ
This interactive Q&A session brings together former senior government officials to deliver a candid, insider-level forecast for the next 6-12 months in global sanctions and export compliance and enforcement. The discussion will unpack where major jurisdictions are likely to align—or break apart—on enforcement, licensing, and extraterritorial reach, and what this means for corporate risk, crossborder operations, and compliance strategy.