Program 

March 4, 2009

7:30 a.m. - 8:15 a.m.

Registration and Continental Breakfast

Continental Breakfast
Hosted by Goodwin Procter LLP

8:15 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.

Welcome/ Opening Remarks / Morning General Session

 
Ira D. Hammerman
Senior Managing Director and General Counsel
Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association

Morning General Session
Hosted by Daylight Forensic & Advisory LLC

8:30 a.m. - 8:35 a.m.    Introduction of Keynote Speaker 
  
 

Jeff Horowitz
Managing Director, Chief AML, OFAC Officer
Pershing, LLC

 

8:35 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. 

Keynote Address 

Michael P. Flowers
Counsel
Senate Permanent Subcommittee of Investigations

9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m

Compliance, Examination, and Enforcement Update - 1.5 CLE Credits

 

This panel will discuss the latest on anti-money laundering examination procedures, findings and compliance trends. Focus will also be on recent AML rules, relevant guidance, and this past year’s significant enforcement actions. Discussion also on what firms can expect  over the next year from FinCEN and the regulatory agencies.    

 

 

Moderator:

 

Betty Santangelo

Partner

Schulte, Roth & Zabel LLP

 

Panelists:

 

 

Shaswat K. Das

Detail – Office of International Banking and Securities Markets, Senior Sanctions Advisor (Securities) – Office of Foreign Assets Control

U.S. Department of the Treasury

 

 

Mary Ann Gadziala

Associate Director, Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

 

 

Michael Rufino

Senior Vice President and Deputy - Member Regulation

FINRA

 

Tom Ryder

Assistant Director for Enforcement, Regulatory Policy and Programs Division

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

 

 

Daniel Stipano

Deputy Chief Counsel   

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency 

U.S. Department of the Treasury    

 

Suzanne L. Williams
Manager, BSA/AML Risk

Bank Supervision and Regulation
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.  

Morning Refreshment Break

 

11:00 a.m. - Noon   

Implementing Enterprise-Wide Anti-Money Laundering Program - 1 CLE Credit
Panelists will discuss how they have applied an AML program across an enterprise, how they view the risk-based  approach, and the biggest challenges in AML compliance. 

 

Moderator:


C. Rachel Romijn
Senior Vice President, Compliance Director
Wachovia

 

Panelists:

 

John G. Panagopoulos

Director

Head of Investigations and Surveillance

Global Financial Crime

Barclays Capital 
 

 

Arlene Semaya

Senior Vice President, Compliance Managing Director

JP Morgan Chase

 


Suzanne L. Williams
Manager, BSA/AML Risk

Bank Supervision and Regulation
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

 

 

Alan Williamson

Managing Director, Forensic Science

KPMG LLP

Noon - 1:30 p.m.      

Keynote Speaker

Lester M. Joseph
Principal Deputy Chief, Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section
U.S. Department of Justice


Luncheon/Luncheon Panel
Hosted by KPMG

 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m


Afternoon General Session
Hosted by Booz Allen Hamilton/IMAG


Cyber Fraud, Account Intrusion and Pump and Dump Schemes - 1 CLE Credit

This panel will discuss the convergence of AML and Anti-Fraud efforts. Focus will be on cyber fraud, identity theft, account takeovers and Pump and Dump schemes. Panelists will discuss industry alliances, collaborations, case studies and enforcement efforts.

 

Moderator:


Jeff Horowitz
Managing Director, Chief AML, OFAC Officer
Pershing, LLC

 

Panelists:

Dan Larkin
Unit Chief
Cyber Fusion Unit
National Cyber Forensics and Training Alliance

 

John Reed Stark
Chief, SEC Office of Internet Enforcement and

Counselor to the Director
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

 

Dane VandenBerg

Program Director, Cyber Operations Division

National Cyber-Forensics and Training Alliance

 

     Jeffrey D. Weiss
    Managing Director, Anti-Money Laundering
    Knight Equity Markets, L.P.
    
 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m 

Dealing with Hedge Funds, Clearing Firms & Other Intermediaries  - 1 CLE Credit

This panel will explore a securities' firm's obligations under its AML Program when dealing with intermediaries such as hedge funds, investment advisors and introducing brokers. Discussion will include when an intermediary may be considered a customer for purposes of USAPA analysis and the need to set guiding principals to aid the business in its compliance efforts. We will also raise awareness to issues faced by global firms as they operate in multiple regulatory regimes with disparate requirements.

 

 

Moderator:

Meg Zucker

Executive Director, Global Anti-Money Laundering Group

Morgan Stanley

 

 

Panelists:

Stephen Ganis

Of Counsel

Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C

 

Jay Lippman
Executive Director, Compliance Director

AML Officer
JPMorgan Chase 

 

 

Renata Santos

Vice President

Goldman Sachs & Co.

 

3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.  

Afternoon Refreshment Break

 

4:00 p.m.- 5:00 p.m.   

Law Enforcement and Suspicious Activity Reporting - 1 CLE Credit


This panel will discuss case studies, how suspicious activity reports are used by law enforcement, the latest trends in  money laundering and suggestions on how to conduct an investigation of suspicious activity. Focus will also be on issues related to filing, documenting and sharing SARs.

 

Moderator:

Tim O'Neal Lorah

Executive Director and Global Money Laundering Prevention Officer

Morgan Stanley

 

 

Panelists:


Marcy M. Forman
Director, ICE Office of Investigations
Department of Homeland Security

 

Mark E. Matthews

Partner

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

     Stephen J. Shine 
    Chief Regulatory Counsel 
    Prudential Financial
     Laura Williams
    Supervisory Special Agent
    Liaison to FinCEN
    Federal Bureau of Investigation
5:00 p.m.    

Program Concludes

 



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