Agenda Day 1, November 5, 2025: (see Agenda Day 2) (back to Fraud Event Summary)
08.30 – Registration and Coffee
09.00 – Opening Remarks from the Chair
Jeffrey Cottle, Partner, Eversheds Sutherland
09.20 – Keeping Compliance Agile to Keep up with Increasing Regulatory Pressure
· Challenges – increasing amount of compliance and regulatory topics, tasks and expectations
· Strategic and structural approach to keep compliance agile
· GRC model of thyssenkrupp and specific examples
Sebastian Lochen, General Counsel, Head of Legal & Compliance, Chief Compliance Officer, thyssenkrupp AG
10.00 – How to Maintain a Culture of Ethics and Anti-Bribery/Corruption in a Shifting Enforcement Landscape
· Update on U.S. anti-bribery/corruption enforcement and focus areas
· Global trends in anti-bribery/corruption enforcement
· Keeping stakeholders engaged and aligned on key ethics principles in times of macro political and economic changes
Alexandra Gaugler, VP, Chief Compliance Officer, IDEXX
10.40 – From Blockers to Drivers: Ethics as the New Competitive Edge
· Lessons learned from ethical failures and successes
· How prioritizing ethics creates value for organizations
· A practical playbook to turning integrity into a competitive edge
Robert Greco, Legal Director, SpeakUp
11.20 – Morning Coffee and Networking
12.00 – Recent Developments on US Compliance Issues
Jeffrey Cottle, Partner, Eversheds Sutherland
12.40 – SAI360 Session
13.20 – Lunch Break
14.20 – Conflict of Interest as a Gateway to Corruption
· Common areas where COI drives corruption (Procurement, Hiring and Promotion)
· Tools and techniques to manage and mitigate COI
· Challenges and best practices in COI management
Araz Alasgarov, Corporate Governance & Compliance Director, NEQSOL Holding
Aydan Naghiyeva, Senior Compliance Officer, NEQSOL Holding
15.00 – Managing Compliance with Workload and Budget Restrictions and Limited Resources
· Use of AI for a compliance officer, or ethics/integrity officer
· Team structure and collaboration with other departments
· Effective e-Discovery platform
· Reskilling team members
Weeshirl NG, Head of Business Integrity Office, Signify
15.40 - The Relaunch of a Code of Conduct
· Case study of launching and implementing a code of conduct that addresses current requirements and challenges (and measuring the impact)
· Matching your code to your counterparty
· Relaunch of a Code: Experiences and Recommendations for a Best Practice Approach
Marielle Pfann, Ethics & Integrity Manager, IKEA
16.20 – Afternoon Coffee and Networking
17.00 - Horizontal Scanning for Fraud and Compliance in the Age of Automation
Sam Loturco, Senior Compliance Officer, Uber
17.40 – Post-Acquisition Compliance Integration
· Compliance: getting involved in the due diligence
· The integration plan: cultural challenges and other compliance considerations
· Governance/communications tactics for the first 100 days
Hanno Hinzmann, Global VP for Global Field Compliance, SAP
18.20 - Closing Remarks of the Chair and End of Day 1
Networking Reception sponsored by SpeakUp