Educational Sessions
Attend and choose from more than 90 educational sessions led by experts from the world's top organizations. Can't be in more than session at once? You'll have access to session recordings for one year following the event.
Speakers and session descriptions will be added soon.
Sunday, June 19
Pre-Conference Sessions (In-Person Only)
1:00 - 5:00 PM (CT)
Understanding and Improving an Organization's Ethical Profile: Why Being Ethical Is Harder Than You May Think
Root Cause Analysis: Getting to the Root of the Matter
Monday, June 20
Main Conference Sessions (In-Person and Virtual)
7:00 - 7:50 AM (CT) Sunrise Sessions
Effectively Blowing the Whistle Under the Federal False Claim Act, Sponsored by Morgan and Morgan
Clark Bolton, J.D., CFE, AHFI
Healthcare Fraud and Liens: Challenges of Reasonable Billed Amount Calculation
How a Leaky Password Shut Down a Pipeline
How to Put the Quality in Your Fraud Report
Jonnie Keith, CFE, CISA, CIA
Investigate with Biometrics, Sponsored by Nuance
Predict to Prevent: Unleashing Internal Audit’s Value
Need for Gamification of Internal Audit and Ethics and Compliance (Online Only)
Rajiv Gupta, CFE, CCSA, CISA, CA
Fraud and Money Laundering Will Be Eternally Linked (Online Only)
8:30 - 9:45 AM (CT) Opening General Session
10:15 - 11:30 AM (CT) Concurrent Sessions
Utilizing Technology to Ensure Procurement Integrity
Corporate Investigative Interviewing: Making Sure Your Interview Approach Leads to Successful Prosecutions
Violation of Public Trust: Inside the Nation's Largest Public Corruption Scandal
Beyond the Image of Diversity: How to Create a Culture of Inclusion
How Well Do You Understand Digital Wallets and Alternative Payment Systems?
David Utzke, Ph.D., CFE, CFI, CDFE
When an Audit Turns Into a Fraud Investigation
Incorporating Analytics and Research Methods into Anti-Fraud Program Management (In-Person Only)
Through the Looking Glass Workshop (In-Person Only)
Facing Fraudsters to Recover Assets (Online Only)
Daniel Barton, CFE and Emily Palmer, CFE
Practical Open Source Intelligence for Fraud Investigators (Online Only)
11:40 AM - 12:30 PM (CT) Lunch Break
12:30 - 1:20 PM (CT) General Session: Rachel Wilson
1:50 - 3:05 PM (CT) Concurrent Sessions
Benchmark Drives Behavior: A Look at How Behavior Follows What We Measure
Guido Van Drunen, CFE, CIA, CA
Fraud Risk: Behind the Scenes in the Executive Suite and Boardroom
Payroll Frauds: Prevention and Detection
Ken Stalcup, CFE, CPA/CFF
The 7 Deadly Ethical Sins of Organizations
Jo (Amanda) Erven, CFE, CIA, CPA
Healthcare: The Power of Leveraging Data Analytics to Identify Fraud, Waste and Abuse
Richard Haines and Jacob Gray
Panel: Shades of Green: The Rise of ESG Fraud, Sponsored by Grant Thornton
Identifying Opportunities to Apply Artificial Intelligence for Audits and Forensics (In-Person Only)
Panel: Fraud Persistence Approaching a Post-COVID Era: The Role of Anti-Fraud Technologies, Sponsored by SAS (In-Person Only)
Moderator: Ellen Roberson, CFE
Meta-Communication and the High-Stakes Fraud-Related Interview (Online Only)
Panel: International Whistleblower Panel (Online Only)
Sheryl Goodman, Moderator
3:35 - 4:50 PM (CT) Concurrent Sessions
The Fraud Epidemic: Pandemic Loan Fraud Investigations
Christopher Covington, CFE
Making Lemonade from Lemons: How to Benefit from the Imposition of a Monitor
Eric Feldman, CFE, CCEP, CIG
The Anatomy of Investment Fraud
Do You Have a Whistleblower Case or Just a Complaint?
Tina Maier, CFE, CPA, CIG and Chase Jicha, CFE
Synthetic Identities and Entities: Chasing a Fraudulent Ghosts
Using Enterprise Risk Management to Bring Fraud, Audit, and Compliance into Focus
The Case of the Man Cave Interactive Case Study (In-Person Only)
Audit Panel: Changing Expectations for Auditors (In-Person Only)
eDiscovery Techniques and Technologies for Internal Investigations (Online Only)
Rethinking the Fraud Triangle for the “Business” of Fraud (Online Only)
Mary Breslin, CFE, CIA, ACA
Tuesday, June 21
Main Conference Sessions (In-Person and Virtual)
7:00 - 7:50 AM (CT) Sunrise Sessions
Culture of Inclusivity, Sponsored by OneTrust
Conflicts and Corruption: Examination and Investigation
Can Your Digital Behavior Reveal Your Age?, Sponsored by BioCatch
Curiosity and Bias: Are They Opposite Sides of the Same Coin?
Janet McHard, CFE, CPA/CFF
Deep Fakes and Artificial Intelligence Threats
Machine Learning Is the New Thing. What Does It Mean for Finance Organizations?, Sponsored by Oversight
Building a Community-Oriented Fraud Strategy (Online Only)
Agile Fraud Risk: Addressing the Dynamic Nature of Fraud in an Agile Tech World (Online Only)
8:30 - 9:45 AM (CT) General Session
10:15 - 11:30 AM (CT) Concurrent Sessions
Utilizing Technology to Ensure Procurement Integrity
Corporate Investigative Interviewing: Making Sure Your Interview Approach Leads to Successful Prosecutions
Violation of Public Trust: Inside the Nation's Largest Public Corruption Scandal
Beyond the Image of Diversity: How to Create a Culture of Inclusion
Alt Assets: The Limitless Nexus of Fraud and Money Laundering
When an Audit Turns Into a Fraud Investigation
Incorporating Analytics and Research Methods into Anti-Fraud Program Management (In-Person Only)
Through the Looking Glass Workshop (In-Person Only)
Fraud Risk: Behind the Scenes in the Executive Suite and Boardroom (Online Only)
Tracing Cryptocurrency Transactions for Investigations (Online Only)
11:40 AM - 12:30 PM (CT) Lunch Break
12:30 - 1:20 PM (CT) General Session: Alex Gibney
1:50 - 3:05 PM (CT) Concurrent Sessions
Fraud Risk Universe: Identifying All Fraud Risks Threatening Your Organization
Investigations and Surveillance in Today's Landscape
The Art of Social Engineering and How to Use it as an Investigative Technique
Panel: Inside the Lens of Elder Financial Exploitation
Dora Gomez, CFE, CRMA, Moderator
FinOSINT: Financial Open Source Intelligence
Cynthia Hetherington, CFE
Biometrics Replacing Passwords: The Future of Account Protection
The Impact of Speak-Up Culture on Fraud Investigations (In-Person Only)
Roundtable: Data Breaches, Vulnerabilities, and Incident Response: Welcome to the New World (In-Person Only)
Behavioral Analysis and Truth Detection in the Remote Era (Online Only)
Challenges in Conducting Forensic Investigations of Family-Owned Enterprises (Online Only)
3:35 - 4:50 PM (CT) Concurrent Sessions
Increasing Integrity by Reducing Fraud at Nonprofits and Community Organizations
Rollie Dimos, CFE, CIA, CISA
Indirect Methods of Proving Income
Conflicts of Interest: The Critical Questions to Address
The Dark Triad: Three Unconscious Threats to Objectivity for Fraud Examiners
Death, Data, and Digital Legacies
Discover More with Less: Unlock Your Team's Potential Putting New Technologies in Their Hands, Sponsored by MindBridge
Danielle Supkis Cheek, CFE
For the Love of Money: Fraud Cases That Prove the World Needs Fraud Examiners (In-Person Only)
Ryan Hubbs, CFE, CCSA, CCEP
Panel: Beyond the Triangle: Managing Culture to Mitigate Fraud Risk (In-Person Only)
Erik Lioy, CFE, CPA, CCA, Dr. Victoria Grady, and Scott Spohn
The Case of the Man Cave Interactive Case Study (Online Only)
Panel: In-House Forensics, Fraud and Compliance Career Paths
Moderator: Naddav Paran, CFE, CPA
Wednesday, June 22
Main Conference Sessions (In-Person and Virtual)
7:00 - 7:50 AM (CT) Sunrise Sessions
Exploring the Updated ACFE/COSO Fraud Risk Management Guide
“Don’t You Lie To Me:” Analysis of Ponzi Scheme Outcomes and Legal Theories
Christopher Ekimoff, CFE, CPA
Operation Outsource: Investigating the Call Centers Behind the IRS Scam
Best Practices Learned the Hard Way: What 50 Years of Fighting Fraud Taught Me
Kenneth Citarella, J.D., CFE, CIPP
Cannabis: Industry Red Flags and Case Studies
Mitzi Keating (Miriam Hollenbeck), CFE, CPA
How to Eliminate Uncertainty in Your Audits and Investigations
Globally Significant Investigations in the Financial Sector
From Fraud Investigator to NFT Auditor: The Convergence of Law and Technology
8:30 - 9:45 AM (CT) Concurrent Sessions
Crypto-Crime and the Emerging Regulatory Environment, Sponsored by Thomson Reuters
Seth Sattler and Todd Ehret
Rethinking the Fraud Triangle for the “Business” of Fraud
Mary Breslin, CFE, CIA, ACA
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The Costliest Cyber Fraud in History: Business Email Compromise
Ross Worden, CFE and Michael Brewer
Cybersecurity for Internal Auditors
Raj (Kultej) Sawhney, CFE, CISA, CRISC and Soo Yim
What Happens When Your Most Trusted Supervisor is Left Unsupervised (In-Person Only)
Session Details Coming Soon
The Pros and Cons of Conducting Virtual Investigative Interviews (Online Only)
The Dark Triad: Three Unconscious Threats to Objectivity for Fraud Examiners (Online Only)
10:05 - 11:20 AM (CT) Concurrent Sessions
Fraud Risk Universe: Identifying All Fraud Risks Threatening Your Organization
Investigations and Surveillance in Today's Landscape
Crawl, Walk, Run: The Fraud Management Perspective
Jethro Cornelissen, CFE, CISSP and Ron van Amsterdam, CFE
Panel: Perspectives from In-House Forensic Accountants and Compliance Professionals
Naddav Paran, CFE, CPA, Moderator
FinOSINT: Financial Open Source Intelligence
Cynthia Hetherington, CFE
You're in Charge: Are You Ready for a Techno-Crime Challenge?
The Impact of Speak-Up Culture on Fraud Investigations (In-Person Only)
Roundtable: Data Breaches, Vulnerabilities, and Incident Response: Welcome to the New World (In-Person Only)
Behavioral Analysis and Truth Detection in the Remote Era (Online Only)
The 3 Vs of Fraud Detection in Financial Services (Online Only)
11:30 AM - 12:20 PM (CT) Closing General Session: Conversation with a Fraudster with Tom Hardin & John Gill
Thursday, June 23 and Friday, June 24
Post-Conference Sessions (In-Person Only)
8:30 AM - 4:55 PM (CT)
Professional Interviewing Techniques
Contract and Procurement Fraud