Programme

Monday, March 16

  • 08:30 AM - 08:45 AM
    Opening Remarks
  • 08:45 AM - 09:45 AM
    General Session: New Frontiers in Data Privacy Robert Bond, Senior Counsel & Notary Public, Bristows LLP David Wright, Director, UK Safer Internet Centre, SWGfL Kim Smouter-Umans, Head of Public Affairs & Professional Standards, Esomar
    • Understanding your workers struggles with the new online world
    • How data capture and global conflicts are becoming intertwined
    • Where the next challenges are likely to be
  • 09:45 AM - 10:15 AM
    Networking Break
  • 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM
    Breakout Sessions
    #101
    101: When Change Must Succeed: What Can We Learn from Journeys from Shame to Change Richard Bistrong, CEO, Front-Line Anti-Bribery LLC Thomas Meiers, Chief Coordinator Volkswagen Group Monitorship , Volkswagen AG
    • In today’s fast changing economic environment, things can go wrong in an organization. Looking at an organization’s most important asset, its people, what happens in the mindset of good people when they start doing bad things?
    • When bad news and events do erupt, it can turn an entire organization upside down, often because of an ensuing investigation. How do people in the organization cope with such intense scrutiny, while still struggling with the realities of the need for a sudden change in mindset and culture?
    • Faced with the consequences of the uprooting events, what is the appropriate response by an organization to ensure damage control? What are the mandates and commitments needed to demonstrate to both internal and external stakeholders that the commitment to change is about real, systemic, and sustainable transformation, and not an ethical spinning solution?
    • Looking at the individual experience of Richard Bistrong, and the collective journey of Volkswagen, as shared by Thomas Meiers, the Head of the Central Coordination Monitor of VW, participate in very real-world discussion around lessons-learned
    Breakout
    #102
    102: The Key Role of the Compliance Ambassadors Lara Bonora, Group Compliance - Indirect Model, Oversight & Policies, UniCredit SPA Milica Karunc, Compliance Professional in Compliance Culture, Unicredit S.P.A
    • Focus on the “Tone at the Middle” having ambassadors encourage the culture of “doing the right thing”
    • How to encourage and motivate the ambassadors to spread out the compliance through their business
    • Practical guidelines for an effective compliance ambassadors’ program (sponsors, selection process, training, ambassador duties)
    Breakout
    #103
    DG103: Next Level Compliance: Digital Ethics for Artificial Intelligence Really?? Andreas Pyrcek, Partner, EY (Ernst & Young) Sebastian Scheidt, Head of Compliance - Deutsche Telekom Germany, Deutsche Telekom AG
    • Artificial intelligence (AI) is getting more and more important and is clearly a gift if used correctly. There are really good but also unbelievable bad examples
    • The way to make AI a gift for your business is digital ethics, thus ethical questions must be answered as fast as AI evolves
    • What are these questions? How to react to them? How to proceed as a company? How not to be clueless? Are you unsure? And what’s the future role of the C & E profession? Join us!
    Breakout
    #104
    104: Healthcare Compliance Program Development: Structure and Beyond Debbie Troklus, President, Troklus Compliance Consulting
    • Discuss the elements of a healthcare compliance program.
    • An interactive exercise in the appropriate development of the compliance program’s structure.
    • Discuss what comes after the structure is in place.
    Breakout
  • 11:15 AM - 11:30 AM
    Networking Break
  • 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
    Breakout Sessions
    #201
    201: Creating Privacy Training that Sticks: Techniques and Tools to Improve Learner Retention Kirsten Liston, Principal, Rethink Compliance
    • Key privacy points that matter for general population training How to grab attention and design training that will stay with the learner
    • Measurement and evaluation - how to test that you are on the right track
    Breakout
    #202
    202: Implementing a Global Trade Compliance Program Kevin Riddell, Director, Trade and Regulatory Compliance, Construction Products Group
    • Challenges for US multinational organizations, when implementing a global trade compliance program, including language, cultural, and regional regulatory differences
    • Overview of how US sanctions and export compliance affect foreign branches and subsidiaries
    • How to implement a program that works, both for the US parent organization and the foreign subsidiary. How to resolve conflicts between regional requirements
    Breakout
    #203
    DG203: Advanced Investigations in Multi-National Companies Jannica Houben, VP, AGC - Global Transformation, Tech Data Katarzyna Golonka, Regional Compliance Manager, Tech Data Corporation
    • Discuss various aspects of internal investigations from planning, through assembling the investigation team, designing investigative steps, interviews to internal communication, and reporting
    • Comprehensive analysis of investigation process combining legal counsel and compliance officer perspective with that of an external forensic expert and fraud investigator
    • Practical examples and mini case studies including areas such as crisis communication, external and internal, data capture, and using an external vs. internal team
    Breakout
    #204
    204: Interactive Approach to Risk Assessments in Healthcare Lea Fourkiller, Corporate Compliance Officer, Integris Health
    • Identifying Risk
    • Prioritizing Risk
    • Reporting and Communicating Risk
    Breakout
  • 12:30 PM - 01:45 PM
    Conference Networking Lunch with Exhibitors
  • 01:45 PM - 02:45 PM
    Breakout Sessions
    #301
    301: Managing the Most Difficult and Most Important Anti-Corruption Due Diligence Projects Patrick Garcia, Chief Compliance and Integrity Officer, Parker Drilling Daniel Wendt, Member, Miller & Chevalier Ashley Coselli, Senior Ethics and Compliance Counsel, Total American Services
    • A summary of important pitfalls to avoid in conducting third-party due diligence, with an emphasis on anti-corruption issues in high-risk markets and/or in high-risk engagements, and an emphasis on how technology and analytics can help
    • A review of how to approach difficult issues that arise during due diligence on M & A targets, JV partners, agents, distributors, and more, with practical tips specific to different regions and recent examples from different enforcement actions
    • Practical recommendations from experienced in-house counsel and external counsel on how to manage the most difficult third-party engagements with high stakes for the company, senior executives, and gatekeeper personnel
    Breakout
    #302
    302: Compliance Won’t Take Root or Grow in a Toxic Culture: Diagnosing and Dealing with Toxicity is a Cross-Functional Endeavor. How to Think Holistically About Integrity Management Ruth Steinholtz, Values Based Business Ethics Advisor, AretéWork LLP
    • Culture eats compliance for breakfast. Learn why it is important to recognize the signs of toxicity in your organizational culture and how to do so: You may be wasting your resources trying to plant compliance in infertile soil
    • The 7 levels of ethics and compliance: are you neglecting some of them? How to think holistically about what you are trying to achieve
    • We talk about culture all the time these days, but what can you really do to co-create an effective ethical culture?
    • How do you construct a solid values-based foundation to address the real issues that no one wants to face?
    Breakout
    #303
    DG303: Compliance Culture Maturity Assessment Lara Bonora, Group Compliance - Indirect Model, Oversight & Policies, UniCredit SPA Milica Karunc, Compliance Professional in Compliance Culture, Unicredit S.P.A
    • How to assess the maturity level of compliance culture through a Qualitative and Quantitative
    • How to structure an effective cascading process toward all Group Legal Entities to ensure spread of clear messages on Compliance culture
    • Lessons learned and main outcomes to enhance future results
    Breakout
    #304
    304: Developing an Auditing and Monitoring plan that is scalable to the Organization’s Resources in Healthcare Sheryl Vacca, SVP/Chief Risk Officer, Providence St. Joseph Health
    • Key Points for consideration in developing a compilance auditing and monitoring plan
    • Methods for Audting that can be leveraged when resources are limited
    • Different techniques for conducting auditing
    Breakout
  • 02:45 PM - 03:15 PM
    Networking Break
  • 03:15 PM - 04:15 PM
    Breakout Sessions
    #401
    401: Competition Law Compliance Programs in Europe: Do They Matter? Joseph Murphy, Senior Advisor, Compliance Strategists Anne Riley, Chair of ICC Task Force on Antitrust Compliance , International Chamber of Commerce
    • Are competition law compliance programs helpful, harmful, or a waste of time?
    • The debate: Money for competition compliance, or better spent on anti-corruption?
    • If competition law programs matter, then when and where?
    Breakout
    #402
    402: Strategic Monitoring and Analytics for Meaningful Metrics Valorie Ciechanowski, Head of Compliance and Privacy, Shockwave Medical, Inc. Bart van Thiel, Sr. Paralegal & Privacy and Compliance Associate, Sonova
    • Develop and maintain a dynamic compliance monitoring program that provides KPIs and corporate value
    • Develop a strategic approach to gathering and prioritizing compliance data and how to gain efficiency when assessing data
    • Review different technology, systems, and platforms that are utilized for compliance monitoring
    Breakout
    #403
    DG403: Compliance Effectiveness: Don’t Run in Circles Susan Du Becker, Director, Risk & Resiliency, Microsoft Systems
    • You have your program – have you measured it? Think about what you REALLY want to get out of this and how we can align that to your strategic imperatives, let’s look at a few examples and discuss what the areas of impact for you may really be
    • What are your next steps? – Are you so busy running in circles and trying to obtain a lot of data and running out of bandwidth or, are you an island of one?
    • What does your board want? – The Board sometimes is only interested in ‘actuals’ and forgets that there are consequences to not following through. How do you get your Board on board and feed them data that actually resonates and shows improvements and is good use of data?
    Breakout
    #404
    404: Hot Topic: Drug and Healthcare Device Approval Compliance in the EU Ryan Meade, Fellow, University of Oxford
    • Review compliance tips for drug and device approval under EU law
    • Discuss implications to drug and device compliance between UK and EU
    • How U.S. FDA compliance is relevant in the EU
    Breakout
  • 04:15 PM - 04:30 PM
    Networking Break
  • 04:30 PM - 05:30 PM
    General Session: Staying Positive in the Face of Obstacles Karina Hollekim, Professional Free-Skier and B.A.S.E. jumper
    • How to build self-confidence to build resilence
    • Whether you choose to look for excuses or create opportuities when faced with a challenge
  • 05:30 PM - 07:00 PM
    Reception

Tuesday, March 17

  • 07:00 AM - 08:00 AM
    Breakout Sessions
    #RS1
    ROOSTER SESSION 1: Effective Third Party Due Diligence and Monitoring Gerry Zack, CEO, SCCE & HCCA
    • Designing a risk-based third party compliance management program
    • Techniques for auditing and monitoring third parties -
    • Important contract terms for third party monitoring
    Breakout
    #RS2
    ROOSTER SESSION 2: The Queen Has Spoken: Clean the Hive! Paul Zietsman, Compliance Officer, SAP MENA
    • The Misconception of "Tone from the Top" as a mysterious mystical spell by the Queen
    • The role division that will give "Tone from the Top" wings in a multinational organization
    • Strategies to allow your executves to own the field and let the hive thrive
    Breakout
  • 08:30 AM - 08:45 AM
    Opening Remarks
  • 08:45 AM - 09:45 AM
    General Session: The SFO: Current Priorites and Future Directions Matthew Wagstaff, Head of Fraud and Corruption, Division A, UK Serious Fraud Office
    • Progressing Cases at Pace
    • Working collaboratively with our partners
    • Making full use of the tools available to us
  • 09:45 AM - 10:15 AM
    Networking Break
  • 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM
    Breakout Sessions
    #501
    501: Crisis Management: Practical Tips for the Compliance Professional When it Goes Wrong Jonathan Armstrong, Partner, Cordery Mary Shirley, Head of Culture of Integrity and Compliance Education, Fresenius Medical Care North America Kevin Paterson, Legal Counsel, Insight Direct (UK) Ltd
    • Companies face more crisis than ever before - in part due to increased public appetite for bad news, increased powers for regulators, and greater shareholder interest in compliance events. Compliance professionals should be a key part of the response team
    • In this interactive panel, three leading experts with experience of handling crisis around the world will discuss the role of the compliance officer when things go wrong
    • The panel will focus on practical tips to help you when a crisis hits your organisation
    Breakout
    #502
    502: Artificial Intelligence in Compliance: The Myths and The Reality Allan Matheson, Chief Executive Officer, Blue Umbrella
    • Dispelling the myths around artificial intelligence (AI) technology: What’s here, what’s coming, and what can realistically be accomplished in today’s operational environment
    • Using key elements of AI in business processes to automate and increase efficiency for compliance teams -
    • Dissection of the workflows behind third-party compliance to identify areas where labor, resources, and decision making play the biggest role and what technologies can be used to reduce administration and increase productivity
    Breakout
    #503
    DG503: What Will Your Employees Say? The Importance of Cultural Assessments Art Weiss, Principal, Strategic Compliance and Ethics Advisors
    • Why a cultural assessment? One of the first things government agencies do after targeting an organization is to survey its employee You need to know what your employees will tell the government before it happens >li>How are they used? Government agents and lawyers will interview your employees to get an idea of your culture.
    • Does senior management really practice what it preaches? Do they have integrity? Do they behave ethically?
    • How can you use your assessment to take corrective action? Is it too late? Are your employees going to help or hurt you?
    Breakout
    #504
    504: Workforce privacy training and effective controls to prevent inadvertent employee data breaches James Castro-Edwards, Head of Data Protection and Partner, Wedlake-Bell Laura Docherty, Head of Information Governance, Risk & Compliance, Go Inspire Group Stacey Taylor, Learning Design Director, Deltanet International Limited Kate Surala, Partner & Chief Compliance Officer, The Analyst Research LLP
    • Policies
    • Procedures
    • Infrasturctures
    Breakout
  • 11:15 AM - 11:30 AM
    Networking Break
  • 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
    Breakout Sessions
    #601
    601: Business Ethics Programmes: What is the State of Play in Large European Listed Companies? Guendalina Donde', Head of Research, Institute of Business Ethics
    • What are the main emerging ethical challenges for business and how can they be tackled?
    • What is the most effective way to put ethics on the Board agenda?
    • How has the approach to applied ethics changed in the past 25 years?
    Breakout
    #602
    602: Innovate your Compliance Program through digitalization, metrics, and KPIs Bruno Drummond, Global Compliance Director, DHL
    • Review automation and technology enhancements which can quickly improve a compliance program
    • Find out how big data analytics and business intelligence can highlight red flags and demonstrate program development
    • Learn which compliance metrics and key performance indicators are meaningful and effective
    Breakout
    #603
    DG603: Balancing the Scales between Compliance