Agenda Day 2, November 8, 2024: (see Agenda Day 1) (back to Fraud Event Summary)
09.00 – Opening Remarks from the Chair
Jeffrey Cottle, Partner, Eversheds Sutherland
09.00 - ESG Assessment in Business Relationships
· Adapting to the changing regulatory framework
· Turning challenges into opportunities for value creation
· Managing contract clauses
Carmelo Lipari, Senior Counsel EMEA, Syneos Health
09.40 – Whistleblowing and Investigations under the View of an ISO Certification
Sofoklis Karapidakis, Compliance Director and DPO, Metlen Energy & Metals
10.20 – Improving your Practices to Align with the Impending Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD)
· Sustainability ownership and examining your governance and senior level responsibilities
· Reviewing your operations to improve and demonstrate due diligence
· Ensuring that you are conducting proper due diligence in your own operations, your subsidiaries and other places where you have direct and indirect business ties
· Having prevention action plans, and verified compliance and assurances from business partners
· Aligning with existing human rights and ESG standards
Marie-Laure Pedamon, Compliance Director – Business Group Compliance Lead, Nokia
11.00 – Morning Coffee and Networking
11.40 – Managing Compliance Risks within Third Party Network in High-Risk Regions Africa & Middle East
· Third Party Network of Daimler Truck in Africa & Middle East
· Typical shortcomings of a Compliance Management System
· Best practices how to mitigate Compliance Risks within Third Party Network in Emerging Markets
Daniel Selle, Compliance Officer, Daimler Truck
12.20 – (Re) Building a Compliance Program
· Defining the strategy and getting buy-in from management and shareholders
· Tools and resources
Rodrigo Cunha, Chief Compliance Officer, Manuchar
13.00 – Lunch
14.00 – Ethical Decision Making and Regulatory Compliance under the EU AI Act
This session aims to discuss the EU AI Act’s impact on ethical decision-making, the importance of transparency, and the critical role of compliance in ethical AI development, discussing how to navigate better on this evolving regulatory landscape.
Thiago Geraldes, Sr. Program Manager - Compliance, Uber
Samantha Loturco, Program Manager – Compliance, Uber
14.40 – Setting Up and Optimising the Internal Investigations Process and Function
· Whistleblower hotlines and other means of reporting
· When should a case be recorded as a whistleblowing case
· Operating and organisational model for internal investigations
· Roles and responsibilities e.g. internal audit, HR, Finance and local organisation
· In-house resources vs. external expertise; when to involve external counsel?
· Reporting, closure of cases and sanctions
Weeshirl NG, Head of Business Integrity Office, Signify
15.20 - Compliance Program Effectiveness and Predictive Models
· How to measure your Compliance Program effectiveness using engagement surveys
· Models for predicting corporate wrongdoing
Angel Corbacho Muro, Regional Program Manager Legal & Compliance, Cloudflare
16.00 – Closing Remarks of the Chair and End of Forum