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Monday - Wednesday, July 26-28
Monday - Tuesday: 8:30 am - 4:50 pm
Wednesday: 8:30 am - 12:30 pm
CPE Credit: 20

Sessions will be comprised of these topics:
   

2K: Many Faces of Fraud, Waste and Abuse: How Business Analytics Are Helping Organizations Identify, Track and Prevent Fraud SESSION CLOSED
Monday, 10:20 - 11:40 a.m.
Session Level: Intermediate
    

 In a 2008 survey by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), 90 percent of ACFE members believe that fraud will continue to grow. Therefore, it is critical for organizations to stay ahead of the perpetrators and better manage fraud and financial crimes investigations. Fraudsters of all kinds continually change tactics, focus on different channels and aspire to new types of attacks that traditional fraud management strategies were just not designed to address. Few organizations have strong, enterprise-wide fraud management programs capable of monitoring customer behavior across all contact channels and linking similar entities together in a network to identify attacks involving more than one individual. Once an alert has been flagged and the risk ranked, systems and processes need to provide the investigation, capture and display of all information pertinent to a case in a fully integrated Enterprise Case Management solution. With this approach, management can implement the best approach to solving their fraud business needs and help reduce losses, decrease false positives and facilitate greater operational and investigator efficiency.

	Speakers: Rex Pruitt  Manager, MIS Profitability & Risk, PREMIER Bankcard LLC Speaker Bio
	Ellen Joyner Global Fraud and Financial Crimes Marketing Manager, SAS Speaker Bio

4K: Innovations in Payment Schemes – A New Playground for Fraud? SESSION CLOSED
Monday, 1:40 - 3:00 p.m.
Session Level: Intermediate

Around the globe, payment system providers have expanded beyond traditional financial institutions and service providers to include non-regulated participants. The combination of new payment schemes and participants pose far reaching implications for users, providers, regulators and law enforcement. This session will examine new international payment schemes offered by, in partnership with, or outside of, traditional financial service providers. We’ll discuss real-time Person-to-Person (P2P) transfer solution providers, such as Faster Payments in the UK, M-PESA in Kenya, Tanzania and Afghanistan, and ZOOMPASS in Canada. We’ll evaluate the UK’s experience with Chip and PIN and how the lessons they’ve learned may guide other countries, like Canada, as they roll out those options. The session will also look at International ACH Transaction (IAT) and review conversion and debit card migration to Automated Clearing House (ACH) in the US. These payment schemes may present unexpected risk that must be addressed as criminals seek out the paths of least resistance to commit financial crimes.         

     
5K: Leveraging Advanced Technologies to Combat Fraud SESSION CLOSED
Monday, 3:30 - 4:50 p.m.
Session Level: Basic

The goal of this session is to educate you on trends in cyber fraud, identity theft and data breaches and highlight advanced technological tools available to combat hackers, organized cyber gangs, ghost customers and employee fraud. You will receive a sample template of a company’s data protection and security program to help you better prepare your company or clients to prevent future attacks. Although no method of protection is 100-percent bullet proof, this session will equip the fraud examiner with knowledge of the tools needed to detect, deter and defend personal identifiable data, company trade secrets and other company information assets. In addition, this session will cover how to meet compliance regulations for red flags and data privacy.  

 Our discussion of advanced technologies will include an overview of: 

• Cyber detection 
• Voice biometrics 
• Network security 
  

7K: The Road Ahead for Fraud and Fraud Investigators SESSION CLOSED
Tuesday, 10:20 - 11:40 a.m.
Session Level: Intermediate

9K: Techniques in Data Visualization and Analysis to Identify Fraud SESSION CLOSED
Tuesday, 1:40 - 3:00 p.m.
Session Level: Intermediate

 Modern innovations have altered the landscape of fraud analysis. Data-visualization technology has come of age, allowing fraud examiners and investigative analysts to easily connect to disparate data sources, explore unified data visualizations and share results through collaborative analysis. 

 This session will review the techniques used to explore data and identify fraud across different data sources, including customer data, real-time access to identity management data, watch lists and other sources.  You will leave this session knowing: 

• Techniques for applying data visualization technology to identify fraud 
• The three components of Interactive Analytics 
• Best practices in link analysis to explore data and identify suspicious activity 
• When to use charting, geo-spatial analysis, mapping and timeline analysis in fraud identification 
                      

10K: The “Right Stuff” for Finding Fraud SESSION CLOSED
Tuesday, 3:30 - 4:50 p.m.
Session Level: Intermediate

 Many auditors will spend their careers in auditing and never discover fraud. A few auditors, however, will regularly find fraud. Like it or not, the internal auditor’s role in detecting fraud continues to rise in many organizations. 

 Fraud may be happening right now in your organization, but unless you look for it and know how to recognize the signals and red-flags, you may miss it completely. While no one has a fail-safe method for detecting fraud, there are techniques and tools to increase your chances of finding fraud. 

 If you are looking for fraud, this session will teach you the processes and procedures that need to be in place first. 

11K: Get Your Career Change and Résumé in Sync
Wednesday, 8:30 - 9:50 a.m.
Session Level: Intermediate

The goal of your résumé is to describe who you are and what you bring to the table. The objective of those reading your résumé is to determine whether you have the skills and experience they want. The biggest mistake that most people make is including too much in their résumé. Candidates believe if they describe everything they know, the person responsible for hiring might see something in it that is of interest to them, but those looking to hire people use an approach similar to examining for fraud. They know specifically what they are looking for and, consequently, focus only on those résumés that highlight those skills and expertise. This session will help you understand why and how to prepare your résumé so others will quickly see you as the resource they want.  

12K: Vendor Screening: The First Line of Defense Against Fraud and Collusion SESSION CLOSED
Wednesday, 10:10 - 11:30 a.m.
Session Level: Basic

 Your vendor screening program is essential for compliance (SOX, OFAC, FCPA, etc.).  Do you know if your vendor: 

• Has a history of fraud? 
• Has a criminal or troubled history? 
• Is included on an international banned list such as OFAC, BIS, and Bank of England? 
• Is connected to political exposed persons? 

 To combat the threat of vendor fraud and collusion, you need to know WHO you are doing business with!  This session will provide an introduction to procurement fraud and discuss best practices for due diligence and the process of vendor screening.  Case studies will be presented to illustrate reactive vs. proactive investigations and show how a good screening program will enable you to: 

• Detect and prevent potential fraudulent behavior by your business partners 
• Avoid reputational and legal risks associated with doing  business with high risk entities 
• Demonstrate Best Practice 
• Fulfill compliance and regulatory requirements 
• Conduct further in depth due diligence 

*Educational sessions and course leaders are subject to change. 

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