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Get an overview of Convercent’s Ethics and Compliance Portal (ECP) offering and a sneak peek at the new ECP platform and options. This is a can’t miss!

Product Adoption Manager’s Ryan McNeil and Elana Graf review the features added to the Disclosures Manager this year and showcase how to properly use them.

Product Adoption Manager’s Erin Dominguez and Kyle Howerton review the HL/CM features we released over this past year and showcase how to properly use them.

Molly Dolan and Neil Hart dive into the Convercent Campaign Manager and review the features we’ve released over the past year

Getting employees to engage with your compliance program can be challenging in the new “normal” of dispersed workers, added pressure, and increased uncertainty.

Get an overview of Convercent’s Ethics and Compliance Portal (ECP) offering and a sneak peek at the new ECP platform and options. This is a can’t miss!

Review what data you can utilize within Convercent’s O’Data and learn how to create customized reports with the data you gather.

Join this session to talk to a Professional Services Team member about Convercent products you currently have and discuss specific use cases and best practices.

Want to speak with our product team? Join this session to get a one-on-one with a product manager.

Join this session to talk to a Solution Consultant about Convercent products you do not currently have and receive a demonstration.

At CONVERGE19, CEO of Unseen Andrew Wallis opened our eyes to the reality of modern slavery. There is still much to be done to combat the shocking scale of slavery which exists in our communities—and for the Ethics and Compliance professional, it starts by tackling exploitation within our companies.

Today, Wallis is joined by a panel of individuals who are leading the charge with drastic actions to eradicate exploitation in sourcing and supply chains. Join this session for an eye-opening examination of your own responsibility, and where you can begin to implement more ethical business practices.

You’ve installed a hotline, done an awareness campaign, and trained employees on how to speak up—but your reporting rate is lower than you’d like. What’s preventing people from reporting?

Often, misconduct is witnessed by people with a solid ethical foundation, who know that what’s happening is wrong—and yet, they don’t intervene. A variety of factors are at play in the minds of potential reporters. Join this session with two legal experts to explore the behavioral science behind intervention, and learn how to use it to your favor. You’ll come away with insights on simplifying the ethical guidance you provide and overcoming the reluctance to speak up—giving your team greater visibility into risk and misconduct.

The office of ethics and compliance can be a lonely place. Being misconstrued as “the police department” or the “department of ‘no’” can make those of us responsible for protecting our employees and our brand feel like outsiders.

This interactive session will share experiences and techniques to truly engage other departments as champions of your programme, enabling greater efficiency, trust and communication.

It’s no longer enough to let your company’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion team—or more likely, the one DEI person you might have on staff—struggle to move the needle on equality.

In 2020 and beyond, we ALL have a role to play in the movement for racial justice, perhaps no team more so than Ethics and Compliance. After all, failing to live up to your company values on behalf of all employees represents a significant risk.

Join this session for an open, vulnerable conversation on how that accountability translates into your daily work, from leading the fight against bias to influencing company culture, monitoring social media activity, and more.

We’re accountable not just to our existing teammates, but to future hires, and to our communities.

Ian Foxley thought he had found his dream job, overseeing an Airbus Group subsidiary’s project in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Instead, he uncovered millions of dollars in questionable payments—and was forced to flee the country just minutes after raising his concerns to the UK Ministry of Defence.

Foxley’s dramatic tale brings life to what could otherwise be—and often is—an abstract conversation about the appropriate response to whistleblowing. Join this panel of passionate practitioners for an enlightening conversation about the theory of whistleblowing, how it differs in practice, and how compliance professionals can lay the groundwork for an ethical response.

No matter where you stand on the journey to a fully mature compliance program, data and analytics are key to reaching the next level. Join this interactive roundtable for a lively discussion on data, hosted by a compliance leader who has successfully created a meaningful analytics dashboard that provides real insights into compliance adoption at their company. We’ll cover how to identify the most impactful key performance indicators, the growing role of data scientists on next-gen compliance teams, and the evolution of AI and automation in compliance.

Many organisations seek to make the move from a traditional legal programme to that which marries user experience, behavioural science and technology – how difficult could it be?

Regardless of your company’s size—whether it’s a small or medium business, or a large enterprise with limited compliance resources—join this session for a refreshing take on compliance. We’ll show you how to maximize a small budget for maximum impact, so you can show employees, clients, suppliers and partners that you’re committed to achieving success ethically.

You’ll hear insights from Liva Nova’s programme, as well as practical advice from the Institute of Business Ethics’ Toolkit, developed in collaboration with subject matter experts from a variety of industries.

This session will share insights from experienced corporate investigators, including the psychological impact of the global pandemic on internal investigations and the advantages and disadvantages of rapid technological uptake. You will leave with tactical steps to pivot your investigation strategies for maximum effectiveness, both in today’s remote settings and in the future.

– Identify common experiences within corporate investigations groups
– Assess key challenges and advantages for the investigative function
– Consider the psychological effect on investigators, subjects, and witnesses

Third party due diligence has always been a convoluted undertaking—but increasingly complex business structures and ever-more stringent regulations have upped the complexity tenfold. Join this interactive roundtable for a conversation with Exiger and their client on their comprehensive and holistic understanding of organisational risk, and how you can create the same level of understanding with your third parties.

At CONVERGE19, CEO of Unseen Andrew Wallis opened our eyes to the reality of modern slavery. There is still much to be done to combat the shocking scale of slavery which exists in our communities—and for the Ethics and Compliance professional, it starts by tackling exploitation within our companies.

Today, Wallis is joined by a panel of individuals who are leading the charge with drastic actions to eradicate exploitation in sourcing and supply chains. Join this session for an eye-opening examination of your own responsibility, and where you can begin to implement more ethical business practices.

Leadership pressure and the responsibility to drive bottom-line business results has never been higher, and the complexity of the 21st-Century multi-generation workforce has left leaders throughout the business scrambling to figure out how to profitably recruit, retain, train, communicate with, and motivate employees. Is there a practical solution? Absolutely!

Uncover the crux of multi-generation leadership success in today’s world through eye-opening research and stories from Alyson’s tough beginnings, personal leadership experience in the retail and finance industries, and serving as an elected City Councilwoman.

After attending this session, you will:

– Understand the mindsets motivating the 5 different generations in today’s workforce
– Gain clarity on what it takes to successfully lead multiple generations in the 21st century
– Then learn how to become the leader Millennial and Gen Z employees will really want to follow
– Discover the biggest mistake leaders make when it comes to managing a multi-generation workforce

The office of ethics and compliance can be a lonely place. Being misconstrued as “the police department” or the “department of ‘no’” can make those of us responsible for protecting our employees and our brand feel like outsiders.

This interactive session will share experiences and techniques to truly engage other departments as champions of your programme, enabling greater efficiency, trust and communication.

In 2020 and beyond, ethics and compliance not only deserves a seat at the table—it demands cross-collaboration from your peers. Sometimes, you have to bring pizza.

It’s no longer enough to let your company’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion team—or more likely, the one DEI person you might have on staff—struggle to move the needle on equality.

In 2020 and beyond, we ALL have a role to play in the movement for racial justice, perhaps no team more so than Ethics and Compliance. After all, failing to live up to your company values on behalf of all employees represents a significant risk.

Join this session for an open, vulnerable conversation on how that accountability translates into your daily work, from leading the fight against bias to influencing company culture, monitoring social media activity, and more.

We’re accountable not just to our existing teammates, but to future hires, and to our communities.

Where will the practice of compliance be in 2030? What skills do you need to develop now in order move into the CCO chair within the next decade? Join Tom Fox, the Compliance Evangelist and Stephen Martin, partner at StoneTurn for a dynamic presentation of where the compliance profession is headed. In this session you will learn:

– What does the DOJ say is needed right now?
– How does that point to where compliance is headed into 2030?
– As a CCO, how can you be ready?

No matter where you stand on the journey to a fully mature compliance program, data and analytics are key to reaching the next level.

Join this interactive roundtable for a lively discussion on data and analytics for risk management, hosted by a former in-house compliance lawyer and thought leader, who built one of the first compliance-embedded analytics teams in the life sciences industry – and transformed his organization’s approach to risk management with a data driven, digitally enabled, and human-centered point-of-view. We’ll start with the basics, explore the growing role of data scientists on next-gen compliance teams, and discuss opportunities for AI and automation in compliance.

Why do good people do bad things? And why doesn’t top-down, rule-based compliance have any impact on behavior?

We may never have a complete answer to the first question, but we can take a pretty educated stab at the second: rule-based compliance assumes that people are rational. Spoiler alert: They’re not. But they are predictable.

In this session, we’ll dive into the behavioral science that explains why good people make bad choices, and how to build a culture that pre-emptively dissuades each of us from making them. Rather than simply trying to weed out the individuals that might do bad anyway, we’ll show you how you can keep the good apples making good decisions…focusing on the barrel, not the few bad apples.

This session will share insights from experienced corporate investigators, including the psychological impact of the global pandemic on internal investigations and the advantages and disadvantages of rapid technological uptake. You will leave with tactical steps to pivot your investigation strategies for maximum effectiveness, both in today’s remote settings and in the future.

– Identify common experiences within corporate investigations groups
– Assess key challenges and advantages for the investigative function
– Consider the psychological effect on investigators, subjects, and witnesses

The corporate ethics and compliance landscape continues to expand. In addition to omnipresent regulatory pressure, companies are increasingly beholden to environmental and social considerations coming from Boards of Directors and Customers.

Due diligence programs must now encompass an expanded scope of risk; from environmental to labor to diversity and reputational issues – and do so across a widening spectrum of business relationships; from customers all the way to vendors and suppliers. Expanding the scope and purpose of due diligence programs is one thing, but who manages the additional risks once they are identified and understood?

Limiting the story of compliance ROI to fine avoidance is old school. The most cutting-edge compliance programs can prove that ethics and compliance doesn’t just protect revenue; it also drives business performance and lifts profits.

Hear from growth-oriented program owners – General Counsel’s and Chief Ethics & Compliance Officers — who successfully understand and communicate the impact of ethics and compliance, prove the ROI of their programs, and push the boundaries of their role past “revenue protector” to business driver.

In this panel, we’ll explore how your own data, combined with market performance and industry trends, can prove to your Board and company leadership that investing in your team is a value-add, not a cost center.

You’ve installed a hotline, done an awareness campaign, and trained employees on how to speak up—but your reporting rate is lower than you’d like. What’s preventing people from reporting?

Often, misconduct is witnessed by people with a solid ethical foundation, who know that what’s happening is wrong—and yet, they don’t intervene. A variety of factors are at play in the minds of potential reporters. Join this session with two legal experts to explore the behavioral science behind intervention, and learn how to use it to your favor. You’ll come away with insights on simplifying the ethical guidance you provide and overcoming the reluctance to speak up—giving your team greater visibility into risk and misconduct.

Join an interactive conversation, led by an expert on disclosures in today’s complex world. You’ll have an opportunity to share your biggest challenge with disclosures, gain insight from an expert, and hear how your peers at other companies are handling similar challenges.

By now you probably know that a 20-page Code of Conduct, whether it’s printed in a binder or relegated to a corner of your intranet, is the past. But the future—a fully interactive, engaging code with trackable engagement analytics—may feel out of reach.

Join this session with compliance leaders from a variety of industries, who share one key trait in common: they’ve gotten creative and scrappy to transform their code of conduct and drive engagement. Whether your compliance program is fully mature or dealing with a limited budget, you’ll find practical takeaways to make your code relatable, consumable, and relevant across your employee base.

As today’s business world becomes ever-more global, executives are expected to work harmoniously together with counterparts from a broad array of cultures and backgrounds, often without leaving their desks.

In this talk, Erin Meyer offers a highly practical and timely perspective on one of today’s most pressing business issues: how do different cultures influence the way to do business when working globally?

Meyer provides a new way forward with vital insights for working effectively and sensitively with one’s counterparts in the new global marketplace. This talk will help you build a more cohesive and successful team: one that will work together to bridge gaps, transform differences into assets, and ultimately grow your business.

“Have we done a risk assessment?” is a commonly heard question. But when should a company perform an RA and more crucially, what does a good RA look like?

What if a single initiative, driven by your compliance team with minimum resources, could reach every employee in a global workforce, get them actively participating and invested in your corporate values, and create a true culture of compliance worldwide?

Join the compliance team from British American Tobacco for an engaging presentation of their Integrity Pledge program. They’ll share the strategy behind getting global buy-in and driving participation at the team and individual level. You’ll walk away with actionable learnings on unifying a diverse, dispersed workforce, fostering greater teamwork within compliance, and bringing corporate values to life for your employees.

For companies with headquarters or offices in the European Union, the clock is ticking—you’ve got just over a year left (three years for small companies) to establish a whistleblowing channel and process to comply with the EU Whistleblowing Directive. Plus, with the recent invalidation of the EU-US Privacy Shield, companies on both sides of the Atlantic are figuring out how to stay compliant with GDPR while the governments in question work out a replacement.

Whether you’ve had a hotline in place for years or you’re still considering how to get started, attend this session to learn exactly what’s expected of you in the months to come. We’ll cover guidelines around retaliation, how companies of different sizes are affected, requirements for the reporting process, and the scope of the directive. We’ll also cover the Privacy Shield ruling and what it means for multinational corporations.

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Limiting the story of compliance ROI to fine avoidance is old school. The most cutting-edge compliance programs can prove that ethics and compliance doesn’t just protect revenue; it also drives business performance and lifts profits.

Hear from growth-oriented program owners – General Counsel’s and Chief Ethics & Compliance Officers — who successfully understand and communicate the impact of ethics and compliance, prove the ROI of their programs, and push the boundaries of their role past “revenue protector” to business driver.

In this panel, we’ll explore how your own data, combined with market performance and industry trends, can prove to your Board and company leadership that investing in your team is a value-add, not a cost center.

Ian Foxley thought he had found his dream job, overseeing an Airbus Group subsidiary’s project in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Instead, he uncovered millions of dollars in questionable payments—and was forced to flee the country just minutes after raising his concerns to the UK Ministry of Defence.

Foxley’s dramatic tale brings life to what could otherwise be—and often is—an abstract conversation about the appropriate response to whistleblowing. Join this panel for an enlightening conversation about the theory of whistleblowing, how it differs in practice, and how compliance professionals can lay the groundwork for an ethical response.

With this year’s brand-new compliance guidance from the DOJ, you may be wondering how to best allocate your limited resources. You likely don’t have unlimited budget and resources to spend on updating your program, so we’ll have a realistic conversation with you and your peers about where exactly to focus your efforts in the year to come.

Join this interactive session for an open, frank dialogue on access to data, continual risk assessment vs. point-in-time, and more from the updated guidance.

In 2020, compliance teams are a significant value driver for their companies—but our impact doesn’t have to stop at the borders of our office; better, more ethical business practices benefit our communities and society at large. But that’s a heavy burden to carry.

In this session, we’ll learn how to be a more powerful force for good within your organizations from a group of growth-oriented compliance pros. It starts with taking care of yourself, tapping into your vulnerability for greater empowerment, and deepening your connections with your network, mentors, and advocates. We’ll also cover strategic thinking, career sustainability, and professional development to help you build a personal brand within your organization and the wider ethics and compliance community.

You’ll leave this session with clear strategies on how to work smarter, not harder—so you can avoid burnout and instead, maximize your impact while feeling confident, energetic, and effective.

Join Dr. Mary Gentile as she shares a ground-breaking new approach to preparing business managers and leaders to not only know what is right—but how to make it happen. Rather than a focus on ethical analysis, this session focuses on ethical implementation and prompts you to answer: “What if I were going to act on my values? What would I say and do? How could I be most effective?”

Drawing on both the actual experience of business practitioners as well as cutting edge research, Dr. Gentile fills a long-standing and critical gap in our understanding of how to enable ethical practice. Giving Voice to Values holds the promise to transform the foundational assumptions upon which values-driven leadership development is based, and importantly, to equip future business leaders for values-driven action.

When you take human behavior into account at the center of your procedures, processes, and systems, you’ll minimize opportunities for misconduct, reduce risk, and make it possible to write more empathetic, human-focused policies.

Join this session to learn how behavioral science and human-centered focus will allow you to:

-Maximize good decision-making and reduce risk
-Build systems that mitigate opportunity for misconduct
-Create empathetic, human-centered policies that are good for business and good for your workforce

As a profession, we’ve gotten used to the “ethics and compliance” label—but the rise of the Chief Integrity Officer begs the question, “is Integrity the new E&C?”

Join two Chief Integrity Officers, Adelle Elia, and Don Sinko, as well as Rob Chesnut, author of Intentional Integrity, for a session on creating a more approachable team that’s fully connected to everyday operations across the organization. You’ll learn how meaningful company values, employee communications and organizational structures can propel a program to align a culture of integrity and ethics and make a significant impact on the bottom line.

By now you probably know that a 20-page Code of Conduct, whether it’s printed in a binder or relegated to a corner of your intranet, is the past. But the future—a fully interactive, engaging code with trackable engagement analytics—may feel out of reach.

Join this session with compliance leaders from a variety of industries, who share one key trait in common: they’ve gotten creative and scrappy to transform their code of conduct and drive engagement. Whether your compliance program is fully mature or dealing with a limited budget, you’ll find practical takeaways to make your code relatable, consumable, and relevant across your employee base.

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