Agenda
Wednesday, September 10, 2025
4:00 pm
Pre-Conference On-Camera Virtual Meet-Up for All Attendees and Speakers
Join us one week before the event to break the ice and get a sneak peek at who’s joining before the event begins.
Day 1
September 16, 2025
Registration Open
Are you ready to make the most of your conference experience? Networking isn’t just about exchanging business cards, it’s about building meaningful relationships that can shape your career, and fuel your growth. Whether you’re looking to collaborate with like-minded professionals, expand your network, or discover insights from industry leaders, this session will spark the conversation.
Raina GandhiFounder and CEORising Tide Consulting
INTERACTIVE DISCUSSION
Dealing with Uncertainty: Guiding Your Organization Through Continuing Game Changing Developments and What’s Next
Caroline HillSenior Director of Global Policy & Regulatory Strategy Circle
Haley VanderMeerChief Counsel, Global Trade ControlsPfizer
Samantha SultoonSVP | Senior Financial Crimes DirectorTruist
- Updating your approach to the job in response to a new landscape of risk and change
- How to prepare when geopolitics collide with AML & Sanctions
- Managing economic instability
- Stay ahead business and/or supply chain disruption?)disruption
- Responding to multiple regulatory changes
- Advising senior management during these changes
Government Roundtable
Policy and Enforcement Priorities for the Rest of 2025 and Beyond
Networking Break
Rethinking Multi-Jurisdictional Compliance: Tips to Update Your Program in Response to Global Divergence in Trade, Sanctions and AML
Michaela ArndtRegional Head, CFCC, Europe & Americans Economic Sanctions Compliance & Group Head US Sanctions Standard Chartered Bank
Vedia EidelmanHead, Regional Trade Law OfficeDHL
- Updating your risk assessment modes to account for geopolitical changes, changing sanctions policies and multi-jurisdictional AML requirements
- Maximizing your resources and know-how to account for regional nuances in your strategy
- Best practices for engaging with international organizations, industry groups and local stakeholders to navigate discrepancies
Keynote: AML Latest Developments
Justyna GudzowskaExecutive DirectorThe Sentry
Suzanne RyningDeputy Head of Financial Crimes PolicyStripe
- Prioritizing yourself and your team: New, proven techniques
- How to pace yourself to be effective and support your colleagues
- Gaining buy-in for sufficient tools and resources
- Morale boosters-compensation and otherwise
Participants will break into smaller groups to discuss substantives topics. Attendees will select in advance to secure your spot.
- Risk Assessments
Amanda Sloan, Team Lead, U.S. AML Risk, BMO Bank, N.A. - Russia Sanctions
Randi Adelstein, Executive Vice President – General Counsel Regulatory, Mastercard - Public Private Partnerships
Justyna Gudzowska, Executive Director, The Sentry - Increased focus on Cartels and FTOs
Inessa M. Owens, Associate General Counsel & SVP, Head of Global Financial Crimes Legal, Bank of America - KYC Best Practices
Justine Eldridge, Head of AMCB AML Risk Advisory – Emerging Risk, TD Bank - China Trade
- Iran Developments
Networking Reception
End of Day One
Day 2
September 17, 2025
Continental Breakfast
Co-Chairs’ Opening Remarks
Regulatory Readiness in Reality: AML and Sanctions Leaders Share How They Remain Effective Despite Limited Resources
Priti AgrawalAssociate General Counsel, Financial Crime LegalHSBC Group plc
- Strengthening cross-functional collaboration
- Focusing on scalability to adapt to frequent regulatory changes
- Optimizing training for your team to ensure that it is updated frequently
- Strengthening your risk-based approach
- Strengthening communication and messaging
Government Insights: Hear Senior Government Officials Share Perspectives and Real-World Experiences to Achieve Consensus
Networking Break
Should Artificial Intelligence Change Your Compliance Calculus? How AI Is Changing Your Role and Your Current and Future Staffing Needs
Thai TrowerVP, Head of Financial Crime Compliance & Risk Marqeta
Lisa HumphreyAssistant Vice President, Head of AMF/CFT Financial Intelligence Unit Navy Federal Credit Union
- Searching for enhanced efficiency through automation: How far to go?
- Upskilling existing staff to collaborate and leverage AI
- Navigating the heightened intersection of AI, screening and compliance
- Shifting your compliance team toward proactive compliance and forward-looking strategies
Participants will break into smaller groups to discuss specific topics. Attendees will select in advance to secure your spot
- Building your network in a remote world
Amanda Sloan, Team Lead, U.S. AML Risk, BMO Bank, N.A. - Why you need a mentor
Randi Adelstein, Executive Vice President – General Counsel Regulatory, Mastercard - Strategies for moving up the ladder: Real-Life examples
Justine Eldridge, Head of AMCB AML Risk Advisory – Emerging Risk, TD Bank - Managing your stress and mental health
Diana Iskelov, Legal- Director and Senior Counsel, BNP Paribas - Upgrading Leadership skills
Networking Lunch
Marwa HassounAssociate General Counsel, Global Trade ServicesTE Connectivity
Liz OwerbachDirector & Senor Corporate Counsel, Global TradeSalesforce
Madina IsrailovaDeputy Head of Sanctions, America UBS
- Intensifying BIS enforcement risks and new, anticipated restrictions
- Rethinking export compliance for sensitive technologies, including semiconductors, AI and quantum computing
- Navigating Chinese countermeasures and the Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law
- Supply chain diversification strategies and the future of your business in China
Jennifer MakiSenior Director, Global Trade Xylem
Garrett StephensonPresidentGateway Recruiting
- Mapping out your long-term career path
- Challenging yourself: Maximizing your potential and skills
- The pros and cons of changing industries
- Key questions to ask employers when presented with a possible new opportunity
- Warning signs to look forward in your career trajectory: Traps that many fall into and how to avoid them
Networking Break
INTERACTIVE DISCUSSION
Real World Success Stories: How AML & Sanctions Professionals are, Multi-Tasking and Juggling Conflicting Priorities
Inessa M. OwensAssociate General Counsel & SVP, Head of Global Financial Crimes LegalBank of America
- How to stay current and how to know if you are covering your bases
- Strategies to heighten your efficiency
- Preparing for what you don’t know and what will be coming across your desk sooner than later
- Outbound investment and more new regulatory changes to put on your lost of things to watch
Diana IskelovLegal- Director and Senior CounselBNP Paribas
Ginny HildrethDirector, American Financial Crime LegalBarclays
- Defining legal vs ethical parameters and risks affecting your roles and responsibilities
- Understanding your role in the organization
- Approaching your role and responsibilities alongside your company’s risk appetite
- What if you don’t agree with senior management and how best to communicate your concerns
- Aligning yours and your company’s risk appetite
Conference Adjourns
Friday, October 10, 2025
12:00–3:00 pm
Bonus Virtual CLE Session — Future of Payments Compliance: Domestic and International Transactions
Sanction Evasion, Circumvention, and Money Laundering Latest Schemes: Updating Your Arsenal of Detection and Prevention Tools