September 15 - 18, 2019
18th Annual Compliance & Ethics Institute 2019
Gaylord National, National Harbor, MD, United StatesDiscussion Groups
Saturday, September 14
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08:30 AM - 12:00 PMSCCE's Annual Volunteer Project In additon to networking with your peers and listening to expert speakers, attending an SCCE Compliance & Ethics Institute gives you the opportunity to help a local area charity. Registration is free for this event and provides you with a volunteer t-shirt, lunch and transportation to and from the project location. It's a great way to start the CEI with fellow conference attendees, speakers, and SCCE board members.
Sunday, September 15
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08:44 AM - 12:00 PMPre Conference Morning Session
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10:15 AM - 10:30 AMNetworking Break Sunday
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12:00 PM - 01:30 PMSunday Lunch (On Your Own). Braindates Time Need Ideas for lunch? Check in with the registration desk to find where to go to grab a quick bite or to mingle with old friends or new peers.
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01:00 PM - 04:45 PMPre Conference Afternoon Session
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03:00 PM - 03:15 PMNetworking Break
Monday, September 16
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07:00 AM - 08:00 AMContinental Breakfast, Exhibitor Networking and Braindates Time
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08:00 AM - 08:15 AMOpening Remarks and Awards Presentation
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08:15 AM - 09:15 AMGeneral Session: From Crisis to an Electric Future: Inside the Cultural Transformation of One of the Largest Companies in the World. A Disscusion. Kurt Michels, Chief Compliance Officer, Volkswagen Group Matt Kelly, Editor & CEO, Radical Compliance -Starting a transformation in the aftermath of a crisis -Behind the scenes of Volkswagenās cultural transformation: the strategies that drove the turnaround -Using a crisis to implement change: Lessons learned for compliance professionals
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09:15 AM - 10:00 AMNetworking Break with Exhibitors
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10:00 AM - 11:00 AMBreakout Sessions#DG01DG01: Secrets from In-House Ethics & Compliance Buyers: How to Keep the Gate and Your Sanity Jay Rosen, VP, Business Development and Monitoring Specialist, Affiliated Monitors, Inc.
- Learn how to manage vendor relationships to maximize their value proposition and minimize persistent and time consuming sales pitches.
- Vendors believe they can make a buyer's life easier, but they must listen for "buying or non-buying" cues and modulate their contact proportionately.
- While the compliance community has seen that tomorrow's solutions for today's E&C issues come from the vendor community, in-house buyers respond to authentic vendor relationships as they easily can separate salesy bluster from those who really care.
Discussion Groups 310#DG02DG02: Being Comfortable with Discomfort Meric Bloch, Vice President, Global Investigations, Booking Holdings, Inc.- Discuss some of the common friction points and speed bumps you encounter during workplace investigations and how to address them.
- Be prepared to respond both as a member of management and as the investigator when issues arise. Thinking in advance about these issues allows you to be prepared when they arise. And they will arise.
- Learn that the investigation process, by its nature, prevents us from being all things to all people. Learn how flexible you can be in accommodating management, colleagues, and investigation participants.
Discussion Groups 311 -
11:00 AM - 11:30 AMNetworking Break
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11:30 AM - 12:30 PMBreakout Sessions#DG03DG03: Engaging your Board- The Importance of Relevance Paige Shannon, Compliance Officer and Corporate Counsel, ATI Adelle Elia, VP, Ethics & Compliance Office, WSP USA
- How do you as a Compliance Officer tap into your Board's current priorities to engage them?
- How compliance connects to the "hot topics" for Board members in 2019
- How does your organization's compliance function impact the Board's actions related to how culture impacts performance; cyber security; sexual harassment; board diversity; and shareholder activism.
Discussion Groups 360#DG04DG04: Retaliation: Real or Imagined in the Age of Speak-Up Cultures Albert Gagne, Former Director, Ethics & Compliance, Retired- This Advanced Discussion Group will identify what exactly constitutes retaliation. -The group will discuss methodologies for identifying various forms of retaliation and how to deal with them.
- Finally, the group will address strategies for communicating a "Speak-Up" Culture for their respective organizations.
Discussion Groups 361 -
12:30 PM - 01:15 PMNetworking Lunch & Braindates Time Starter: Spinach salad EntrƩe: Mustard and thyme chicken breast Dessert is served in the Exhibit Hall
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01:15 PM - 02:00 PMDessert and Networking Break with Exhibitors
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02:00 PM - 03:00 PMBreakout Sessions#DG05DG05: What Keeps You Up at Night? How to Control Potential Travel and Expense Fraud Connie Hoen, Director - Global Audit Services, SAP - Concur Caroline Butterfield, Senior Solution Marketing Manager, SAP Concur
- Attendees will work alongside their colleagues to discuss what controls each have in place for Travel and Expense policy compliance. Discussing employee education, policies and responsibilities of your employees, managers and internal Audit teams.
- Ensuring compliance across Travel and Expense policies and regulations. Attendees will learn ways to identify the common fraudulent expenses included mileage, FCPA and Sunshine Act violations.
- This session will identify next steps after you have discovered non-compliant and fraudulent spend. Discussion will occur around how to measure fraud and anomaly compliance success.
Discussion Groups 410#DG06DG06: AMP IT UP: Move Your Compliance Program from Good to Great Jacki Cheslow, Global Compliance Program Leader, IEEE- Now that the building blocks for a good compliance program - policies, training, assessments, remediation, and more - are in place, what more is needed to move your program from good to great?
- This session is designed to be a fun and interactive open discussion among peers. The goal is to get and keep your creative juices flowing and help you to identify best practices and strategies for elevating your program to the next level.
- Join us as we tap into the wisdom of the crowd rather than rely on a "sage on the stage".
Discussion Groups 510 -
03:00 PM - 03:15 PMNetworking Break