The Ethics Movement
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In 2020, CONVERGE will be the first truly global ethics & compliance conference that will span across 14 time zones. By merging our EU & US events, we’re doubling the opportunity for inspiration, growth, and connection to fuel our theme of The Ethics Movement.
expected attendees from across the globe during the course of the event
half days of ground-breaking content and unparalleled online networking
tracks for everyone from the Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer to the program co-ordinator
inspiring speakers from ethics, compliance and the wider business community
CONVERGE20
By the numbers
The conference platform provides you unparalleled access to an engaged community of forward-thinking ethics, compliance, legal and HR professionals seeking inspiration and pragmatic learnings to drive change within their organisations—and the wider communities they serve.
TECHNICALITIES
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Continuing Education
We have applied for CLEs and CEUs for CONVERGE20. The conference will be accredited in Colorado for CLEs and each attendee must take the certificate, apply, and pay the fee in their state. The CEU and CLE applications need to be reviewed and approved; that can take up to six weeks.
We will email certificates to all attendees once they are approved.
Agenda at a Glance
Tuesday 6 Oct
Convercent Customer Day
Exclusive to Convercent users – Collaborate with other customers and the Convercent team to inspire and drive growth with product breakout sessions, panels, and executive roundtables.
Wednesday 7 Oct
Conference Day 1
Kicking off with inspirational keynotes, attendees will learn how we move the ethical needle forward. From there, we will dive in to the stages and interactive sessions on the industry’s biggest challenges and opportunities.
Thursday 8 Oct
Conference Day 2
With a spin on technology and behavioural science, our keynotes will explore efficient and effective ethics and compliance through digitisation. Leading us into our second round of expert insights on an array of topics, regulations and future considerations for the modern E&C practitioner.
Conference Timeline
To accommodate a global audience, we have decided to run our keynotes and breakout sessions twice each day, starting at 9:00am London and finishing at 1:30pm in Denver. This does not mean you are limited to one or the other, all are welcome to attend any session across the global event platform.
Detailed Agenda
6th October – Global Customer Day
8 am – 8:15 am MDT
Customer Day Welcome
Asha Palmer, Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer – Convercent
Join Asha Palmer, Convercent’s Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer and EVP of CONVERGE as she kicks off Customer Day!
8:15 am – 8:45 am MDT
Employee Engagement 2.0
Asha Palmer, Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer – Convercent
Cheryl Forino Wahl, SVP Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer – MetroHealth
Are you looking to increase engagement? Hear how Convercent customers are leveraging their applications to increase engagement and cross-collaboration.
8:45 am – 9:05 am MDT
Product Roadmap Overview
Sarah Peltier, Sr. Director, Product Management – Convercent
More details coming soon!
9:05 am – 9:50 am MDT
Breakout Sessions
Executive Roundtable on Regulations and Privacy
Philip Winterburn, Chief Strategy Officer – Convercent
More details coming soon!
Product Breakout: Ethics and Compliance Portal
Jake Winckler, Solution Consultant – Convercent
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 Breakout: Disclosures
Elana Graf, Sr. Product Adoption Manager – Convercent
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 Breakout: Helpline and Case Manager
Erin Dominguez, Sr. Product Adoption Manager – Convercent
Kyle Howerton, Product Adoption Manager – Convercent
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.
9:50 am – 10:00 am MDT
Networking Break
10:00 am – 10:45 am MDT
Breakout Sessions
Product Breakout: Campaigns
Neil Hart, Sr. Customer Success Manager – Convercent
Molly Dolan and Neil Hart dive into the Convercent Campaign Manager and review the features we’ve released over the past year
Executive Roundtable on the New “Normal”
Asha Palmer, Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer – Convercent
Getting employees to engage with your compliance program can be challenging in the new “normal” of dispersed workers, added pressure, and increased uncertainty.
Product Breakout: Ethics and Compliance Portal
Jake Winckler, Solution Consultant – Convercent
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 Breakout: Reporting – Insights & ‘Data
Allison Fong, Data Specialist – Convercent
Review what data you can utilize within Convercent’s O’Data and learn how to create customized reports with the data you gather.
10:45 am – 11:00 am MDT
Closing Remarks
Autumn Sanelli, Sr. Director of Professional Services – Convercent
Hear about our upcoming 2020 Customer Awards and see how you can continue the conversation in a variety of 1:1s with Convercent team members
11:00 am – 12:00 pm MDT
Post-Event Sessions
Q&A with Convercent’s Professional Services Team
Allison Fong, Data Specialist – Convercent
Erin Dominguez, Sr. Product Adoption Manager – Convercent
Kyle Howerton, Product Adoption Manager – Convercent
Elana Graf, Sr. Product Adoption Manager – Convercent
Autumn Sanelli, Sr. Director of Professional Services – Convercent
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.
Q&A with Convercent’s Product Team
Want to speak with our product team? Join this session to get a one-on-one with a product manager.
Q&A with Convercent’s Solution Consultants
Stephanie Holmes, Director, Solution Consulting – Convercent
Greg Ellis, Solution Consultant – Convercent
Jake Winckler, Solution Consultant – Convercent
Join this session to talk to a Solution Consultant about Convercent products you do not currently have and receive a demonstration.
7th October – Conference Day 1 – EMEA
The Ethics Movement
Patrick Quinlan, Chief Executive Officer – Convercent
Asha Palmer, Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer – Convercent
Rashmi Airan, Keynote Speaker & Consultant – Rashmi Airan
Erin Meyer, Author – The Culture Map
Jennifer Jaffe, Chief Product Officer – Convercent
The Ethics Movement is about driving the ethics needle forward; moving ethics and compliance beyond siloed instances of impact into sustainable and scalable growth.
To do this, the ethics and compliance professional must do things differently. But how? By understanding and subscribing to the Ethics Movement Imperatives. We will uncover many of these imperatives during the conference that will help inspire, grow, and connect the profession to a movement.
Join this keynote to uncover the first of six ‘Ethical Imperatives’ – Leadership, Decision making, Culture and Trust.
Short Film Premier: Make It Happen
What do a photographer, a youth climate activist and an Oxford professor have in common?
They each have a voice.
In ‘Make It Happen’ they share personal, powerful calls for the change they wish to see in the world. Juxtaposed perspectives on plastic pollution, youth empowerment and the role of business highlight why no issue can be resolved in isolation.
At this time of radical uncertainty, how can business become more worthy of stakeholders’ trust? What makes good business leaders a uniting force for good? How can businesses’ core purpose align with individuals’ ethical objectives?
Networking Break
Breakout Sessions
Eradicating Exploitation: How to Play your Part
Andrew Wallis, CEO – Unseen
Katie Larsen, CEO & Advisor – ESG & Supply Chain Human Rights, SupplyESChange
Shayne Tyler, Compliance Director – Fresca Group
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.
How to Truly Influence Culture
Jane Mitchell, Owner – JL&M
Philip Winterburn, Chief Strategy Officer – Convercent
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 Ethics Movement Part 1: Aligning your Allies
Nigel Benstead, Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer, AMESA & APAC – PepsiCo
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.
Networking Break
Breakout Sessions
Accountability Beyond Diversity & Inclusion
Salima Fajal, Director – Vistra
Porter Braswell, Co-founder and CEO – Jopwell
Roz Sprinks, Head of Ethical Business Conduct, Air – BAE Systems
Katy Bennett, Director, People Consulting – PwC
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.
Whistleblower Protection: The Dawn of the Next Era
Ian Foxley, Airbus Whistleblower, Professor – York University
Poly Rahman – Anglo American
Juliana Rodrigues, Compliance Director, Americas – Coty
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.
The Ethics Movement Part 2: Data & Analytics
Peter Stone, Head of Business Integrity, Global – Reckitt Benckiser
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.
Networking Break
Breakout Sessions
Small budget, big impact: Scrappy compliance with limited resources
Germaine Huka, Head of Ethics and Integrity, Europe – LivaNova
Guendeline Donde, Head of Research – Institute of Business Ethics
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.
Remote Investigations: Adapt, Communicate and “Carry On”
Guy Sadler, Senior Compliance Investigator – Veon
Helen De Roo, Senior Manager Fraud Investigations, EMEA – Johnson Controls
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 Ethics Movement Part 3: Third Party Due Diligence
Rob Mitchell, EMEA Head, Insight 3PM – Exiger
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.
7th October – Conference Day 1 – Americas
The Ethics Movement
Patrick Quinlan, Chief Executive Officer – Convercent
Asha Palmer, Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer – Convercent
Rashmi Airan, Keynote Speaker & Consultant – Rashmi Airan
Erin Meyer, Author – The Culture Map
Jennifer Jaffe, Chief Product Officer – Convercent
The Ethics Movement is about driving the ethics needle forward; moving ethics and compliance beyond siloed instances of impact into sustainable and scalable growth.
To do this, the ethics and compliance professional must do things differently. But how? By understanding and subscribing to the Ethics Movement Imperatives. We will uncover many of these imperatives during the conference that will help inspire, grow, and connect the profession to a movement.
Join this keynote to uncover the first of six ‘Ethical Imperatives’ – Leadership, Decision making, Culture and Trust.
Short Film Premier: Make It Happen
What do a photographer, a youth climate activist and an Oxford professor have in common?
They each have a voice.
In ‘Make It Happen’ they share personal, powerful calls for the change they wish to see in the world. Juxtaposed perspectives on plastic pollution, youth empowerment and the role of business highlight why no issue can be resolved in isolation.
At this time of radical uncertainty, how can business become more worthy of stakeholders’ trust? What makes good business leaders a uniting force for good? How can businesses’ core purpose align with individuals’ ethical objectives?
Networking Break
Breakout Sessions
Eradicating Exploitation: How to Play your Part
Andrew Wallis, CEO – Unseen
Katie Larsen, CEO & Advisor – ESG & Supply Chain Human Rights, SupplyESChange
Shayne Tyler, Compliance Director – Fresca Group
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.
Employee Engagement: Are You Prepared for a Gen Z Workforce?
Alyson Van Hooser, Author, Keynote Speaker & Leadership Trainer – Van Hooser Associates
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 Ethics Movement Part 1: Aligning your Allies
Russ Berland, Chief Compliance Officer – Aventiv
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.
Networking Break
Breakout Sessions
Accountability Beyond Diversity & Inclusion
Porter Braswell, Co-founder and CEO – Jopwell
Lisa Stewart Hughes, Chief Compliance Officer – Endeavor
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.
Compliance Programs Built for 2030
Tom Fox, Compliance Evangelist, Founder – Compliance Podcast Network
Stephen Martin, Partner – StoneTurn
Ben Halpert, Head of Ethics & Compliance – Anheuser-Busch
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?
The Ethics Movement Part 2: Data & Analytics
Zachary Coseglia, Managing Principal and Head of Innovation, R&G Insights Lab – Ropes & Gray
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.
Networking Break
Breakout Sessions
Bad Apple, or Toxic Barrel? Building a Culture That Preempts Bad Behavior
Scott E. Sullivan, Chief Integrity & Compliance Officer – Newmont Corporation
Asha Palmer, Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer – Convercent
Richard Bistrong, CEO – Front-Line Anti-Bribery
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.
Remote Investigations: Adapt, Communicate and “Carry On”
Yousri Omar, Senior Corporate Counsel Business Conduct and Ethics – Amazon
Mara Senn, Director and Senior Counsel, Global Compliance Investigations – Zimmer Biomet
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
Who Owns the Risk? What Social Pressure and an Integrated View of Risk Mean for the Compliance Officer
Laura Tulchin, Director & Co-chair Exiger WINs (Womens Initiative Networks) – Exiger
Aaron Narva, Senior Vice President, Head of Corporate Markets – Exiger
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?
8th October – Conference Day 2 – EMEA
Effective and Efficient Ethics and Compliance
Asha Palmer, Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer – Convercent
Philip Winterburn, Chief Strategy Officer – Convercent
Sam Silverstein, CEO – Sam Silverstein, Inc.
Abstract Coming soon!
Networking Break
Breakout Sessions
The ROI of Ethics & Compliance: The proof is in your program
Tim Greenwell, Chief Legal & Risk Officer – Southampton FC
Lori Reber, Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer – Mundipharma
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.
Behavioural Science: Why People Don’t Intervene
Hugh Bigwood, General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer – EverCare Group
Rosemarie Paul, Partner – Ropes & Gray
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.
Disclosures in an Evolving Workforce
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.
Networking Break
Breakout Sessions
Transforming Your Code
Sandra Middel, Head of Group Compliance – Clariant
Alexey Myagchenkov, Head of Legal, ME & CIS – Farfetch
Daniela Barat, Head of Legal & Compliance, Member of the Executive Committee – World Economic Forum
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.
Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business
Erin Meyer, Author – The Culture Map
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.
Risk Assessments: The Steps to Step up Your Approach
Amee Sandhu, Founder & Principal Lawyer – Lex Intergra
“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?
Networking Break
Breakout Sessions
The Integrity Pledge
Pat Rich, Head of Compliance – British American Tobacco
Caroline Ferland, Group Head of Business Conduct and Compliance – British American Tobacco
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.
Data Privacy & EU Whistleblowing Directive
Robert Bond, Senior Counsel – Bristows
André Bywater, Partner – Cordery
David Lewis, Professor – Middlesex University
Julia Arbery, Managing Director – StoneTurn
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.
The Accountability Workshop
Sam Silverstein, CEO – Sam Silverstein, Inc.
Tom Fox, Compliance Evangelist, Founder – Compliance Podcast Network
Abstract Coming Soon!
8th October – Conference Day 2 – Americas
Effective and Efficient Ethics and Compliance
Asha Palmer, Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer – Convercent
Philip Winterburn, Chief Strategy Officer – Convercent
Sam Silverstein, CEO – Sam Silverstein, Inc.
Abstract Coming soon!
Networking Break
Breakout Sessions
The ROI of Ethics & Compliance: The proof is in your program
Matt Galvin, Global Vice President, Ethics & Compliance – AB-InBev
Janine Smith, Deputy General Counsel & Vice President – The Hershey Company
Lynn Haaland, Deputy GC, Chief Compliance and Ethics Officer – Zoom Video Communications
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.
Whistleblower Protection: The Dawn of the Next Era
Ian Foxley, Airbus Whistleblower, Professor – York University
Andy Hinton, Former Chief Compliance Officer – Google
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.
The 2020 Update to the DOJ’s Corporate Compliance Guidance
Valerie Charles, Partner – StoneTurn
Cheryl Forino Wahl, SVP Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer – MetroHealth
Pamela Davis, Partner – Winston & Strawn
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.
Networking Break
Breakout Sessions
Bypassing burnout: Maximize your ethical impact, grow your career, and empower your team
Lisa Beth Lentini Walker, CEO & Founder – Lumen Worldwide Endeavors
Mary Shirley, Senior Director, Ethics and Compliance – Fresenius Medical Care North America
Lisa Fine, Director, Compliance, Americas – Pearson
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.
Giving Voice To Values: The “HOW” of Values-Driven Leadership Development
Mary Gentile, Director and Creator, Giving Voice To Values and Professor of Practice – University of Virginia Darden School of Business
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.
How Behavioral Science Powers Empathetic Workplace Policies
Jenny Kim, Deputy General Counsel & VP, Public Policy – Koch Companies
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
Networking Break
Breakout Sessions
Integrity vs. Compliance: The future of our profession
Rob Chesnut, Author, ex-Chief Ethics Officer – Intentional Integrity
Don Sinko, Chief Integrity Officer – Cleveland Clinic
Adelle Elia, Ethics & Compliance Officer – WSP USA
Tom Fox , Compliance Evangelist, Founder – Compliance Podcast Network
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.
Transforming Your Code
Charles Schwager, VP and Chief Compliance and Ethics Officer – Waste Management
Will Simmons, Head of Global Investigations, Associate Director Compliance – Lonza
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.
The Accountability Workshop
Asha Palmer, Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer – Convercent
Sam Silverstein, CEO – Sam Silverstein, Inc.
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The Ethics Movement
Virtual Conference
6 – 8 Oct 2020
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