✨Annual Financial Crime Conference - 17th & 18th April 2024 ✨

Wednesday 17th - AML Event

08:30 - Registration and Networking Breakfast.

09:00 - Opening Statement. 
- Meagan Birch, The Institute

09:15 - POCA, Economic Crime Act and Companies House Reform: how do they support and frustrate each other in practice?
- Steve Smith, Partner, Eversheds Sutherland
- The Rt Hon. The Lord Mayor of the City of London, Alderman Professor Michael Mainelli
- Dr. Ruth Wandhöfer, Chief Curiosity Officer, International Keynote Speaker, Author, Advisor, NED, Visiting Professor Bayes Business School
- Andrew Churchill, Chair, Global Standards Working Group International Digital Asset Exchange Association (IDAXA)

10:00 - Sanctions - Implementing Effectively and Limiting Collateral Damage.
- Iain Armstrong, The Institute
- Neil Whiley, Director of Sanctions, UK Finance
- Sara Cerminara, Co-Chairwoman Women in Sanctions

10:45 - Coffee Break

11:00 - Effective relationships with the FCA - Collaborating for better outcomes.
- Jane Jee, Payments Association, Project Financial Crime Lead
- David Parker, Payments Association
- Ruth Paley, Partner, Eversheds Sutherland

11:45 - Speaking Up Every Day: From supporting cognitive diversity to whistleblowing.
- Dr Mario Menz, The Institute
- Arpita Dutt, Employment, Equality & Whistleblowing Lawyer
- Mark Schreiber, Independent Consultant, former Head of Investigations, Global Compliance Investigations & Whistleblowing, Barclays 
- Simran Bharaj, Chair Financial Services Focus Group, WhistleblowersUK

12:30 - Conversations that Inspire.
- Kate Sneeuwjagt, High-Performance Business Expert

12:45 - Networking Lunch

13:45 - The Dark Money Files.
- Ray Blake, Presenter, The Dark Money Files
- Graham Barrow, Director, The Dark Money Files

14:30 - Understanding money laundering: do artificial labels such as TBML create more confusion than clarity?
- Iain Armstrong, The Institute
- Richard Gould, Independent Consultant, Illicit Finance Consulting Limited
- Brian Mullen, Threat Lead at HM Revenue & Customs

15:30 - Coffee Break

16:00 - Fireside Chat: Stop Money Laundering, Save Lives.
- David Lewis, Managing Director and Global Head of AML Advisory, Kroll, Former Executive Secretary of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
- Meagan Birch, The Institute

17:00 - Closing Remarks, followed by Networking Drinks and Canapes.

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Thursday 18th - Crypto Event

08:30 - Registration and Networking Breakfast. 

09:00 - Opening Remarks and setting the scene for the day. 
- Meagan Birch, The Institute

09:15 - Crypto Bootcamp Training - designed to guarantee fundamental understanding of blockchain and cryptocurrency.
- William Ralston-Saul, Education and Blockchain Entrepreneur
- Chris Mason, Co-Founder, InCrypto Hub

10:15 - Crypto Regulatory Landscape: MICA, Compliance with measure to combat Financial Crime, Financial Promotions. Future Predictions - Will Crypto become a security?
- Timothy Fosh, Partner, Eversheds Sutherland London
- Sibil Melliger, Partner, Eversheds Sutherland Zurich
- Adam Pollet, Partner, Eversheds Sutherland Washington

10:45 - Crypto Investigations : A nitty, gritty look at what is possible, issues encountered and how to explain this to your companies or stakeholders.
- William Ruzich, Partner, Intelligence Operations, The Aracari Project
- Darren Jackson, Founder, CrypTegridy
- Gareth Malna, Founder, Englebert

11:30 - Are we Crypto friendly in the UK?
- The Lord Holmes of Richmond MBE