This year's program features 9 insightful general sessions, 9 interactive workshops to choose from (participate in 3), and 8 networking opportunities. All times in ET and subject to change.
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Speaker:
Bernard Canepa, Managing Director & Associate General Counsel - Office of General Counsel, SIFMA
Keynote Speaker:
Jay Clayton, U.S. Attorney, Southern District of New York
Moderator:
Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr., President and CEO, SIFMA
Regulators and policymakers will outline their key priorities for 2026, highlighting for attendees the emerging trends and typologies in financial crime. The discussion will also cover regulatory considerations for innovations, such as artificial intelligence (AI) and digital assets, as well as lessons learned from this past year’s enforcement actions.
Moderator:
Satish M. Kini, Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Panelists:
Lukas Babiak, Acting Director for International Banking Supervision, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)
James Martinelli, Acting Associate Director, Policy Division, FinCEN
Michael Rufino, National Associate Director – National Broker -Dealer/Exchange Program U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Gargi Sharma, Senior Director, Special Investigation Unit, FINRA
Panelists who have deployed AI and other innovative tools to combat financial crime and cybersecurity threats will share best practices and lessons learned, including practical experiences with embedding AI tools into date mapping and fraud prevention efforts. The panel will cover identifying AI, implementation considerations and effective governance approaches, practical use cases, measuring success, and much more!
Moderator:
Bari Koss, Managing Director, Deputy Head, Global Financial Crimes, Morgan Stanley
Panelists:
Sourit Dasgupta, Global Head, AML Risk and Analytics, Interactive Brokers LLC
Sara Donovan, Head of Financial Crimes Compliance, Gemini
Jessica Gomel-Veksland, Managing Director, Global Head of Anti Money Laundering, MUFG
Richard Moore, Managing Director, Global AML, U.S. BSA/AML Officer, Scotiabank
This panel will discuss current sanctions compliance challenges, how they have adapted to recent policy changes in the U.S. and abroad, and how innovations can enhance compliance programs—from evasion screening to identifying emerging threats—while also sharing perspectives on evolving sanctions policy, including insights from SIFMA’s recent white paper.
Moderator:
Aseel Rabie, Counsel, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Panelists:
Sahand Boorboor, Head of Financial Crimes Compliance, Citadel
Claire McCleskey, Co-Founder, Clarity Compliance Consulting
Brandon Reddington, Global Head of Sanctions, Interactive Brokers
Jennifer L. Slater, Director, Associate General Counsel, Anti-Financial Crime and Sanctions, Legal Americas, Deutsche Bank
Fraud requires an all-hands-on-deck approach. Panelists will share how they are tackling the types of fraud that broker-dealers face programmatically. The panel will describe effective prevention strategies, the importance of first-line ownership, and the challenges and tools for monitoring fraud and outgoing payments. Apply what you’ve learned from this panel tomorrow, in the June 4th SIFMA AML complementary workshop, "Fraud in Focus – Practical Strategies and Tools," and take actionable insights back to your firm.
Moderator:
Tyler Parry, Director, CUSO Financial Crimes Governance, Royal Bank of Canada (RBC)
Panelists:
Kelly Gentenaar, Chief AML Officer, LPL Financial
Ivy Gong, Managing Director, Head of Fraud, Morgan Stanley
Brooke Hickman, Director, Vulnerable Adults and Seniors Team (VAST), FINRA
Daniel P. Stipano, Head of AML/CFT, DavisPolk
Speaker:
Bernard Canepa, Managing Director & Associate General Counsel - Office of General Counsel, SIFMA
Speaker:
Bernard Canepa, Managing Director & Associate General Counsel - Office of General Counsel, SIFMA
Speaker:
David Ring, Senior Director, FINRA
Moderator:
Jim Fiebelkorn, Principal, Financial Crimes and Chief AML Officer, Edward Jones
Moderator:
Margaret Edmunds, SVP, AML Governance & Program Management, Raymond James Financial
Panelists:
Melissa G.R. Goldstein, Partner, McDermott Will & Schulte LLP
Adrienne Kosta, Deputy Head of Financial Crimes/Head of Financial Crimes Compliance Program Office, Fidelity Investments
Rockwell Reid, Head of FCRM Business Oversight, Commercial Banking, TD Bank U.S.
April Sinicrope, AML Officer, U.S Bancorp Advisors
Digital assets are no longer on the periphery. From crypto-linked ETFs and tokenized securities to blockchain-based settlement models, firms face growing exposure, and AML compliance officers must be up to speed! This workshop will explore practical compliance considerations, including customer due diligence challenges, transaction monitoring considerations, and how best to prepare for a rapidly evolving environment.
Moderator:
Keith Kelley, Head of Financial Crimes, Robinhood
Panelists:
Sheri Levine-Shea, Counsel, Americas Financial Crime Legal, Barclays
Gerard Monusky, Director - Financial Crimes Legal, Coinbase
Sean Thornton, Partner, WilmerHale
Brian J. Walsh, Sanctions Officer & Deputy AML Officer, BitGo
Moderator:
Rob Stapleton, Sr. Director for Financial Crime Compliance, Vanguard
Panelists:
Elizabeth David, SVP & Assistant General Counsel, Citi
Heather Jewell, Managing Director, Senior Counsel - Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions, Brown Brothers Harriman
Andy Roberts, Head of Regulatory Inquiries, Interactive Brokers
Betty Santangelo, Of Counsel, Schulte Roth & Zabel
1C Workshop: Finding Signals in the Noise: Leveraging Open-Source Intelligence and Technology for a Modernized AML/CFT Regime
Sponsored by Kharon
The AML/CFT Modernization proposed rules shift the mandate from check-the-box compliance to a risk-based approach targeting the highest national security threats, while promoting technological innovation to achieve more efficiency and explicitly permitting deprioritization of lower risks. For covered financial institutions, these shifting dynamics create opportunities for transformational change. In this session, Kharon’s Howard Mendelsohn and Olivia Valone will overview the AML/CFT proposed rulemakings published by FINCEN, the OCC, and others, share insights on best practices for driving transformation, and discuss actionable workflows. In particular, the discussion will focus on how to leverage high-quality open-source intelligence and advanced technology to detect sanctioned or restricted financial instruments, complex ownership structures, supply chains and distribution channels, and to navigate outbound investment risks.
Speakers:
Howard Mendelsohn, President, Global Business Development and Engagement, Kharon
Olivia Valone, Strategic Growth Director, Kharon
Moderator:
Meg Zucker, VP, Head of US Financial Crime Advisory, RBC
Panelists:
Melissa Babin, Head of Financial Crimes Investigations, Robinhood Markets and AMLCO for Robinhood Derivatives (RHD), Robinhood
Brock Miller, SVP, Deputy Chief AML Officer, Raymond James Financial
Paul Tyrrell, Partner, Sidley Austin
Nicholas Zigelboym, Managing Director, Regional Head of Financial Crime Compliance, Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (CIB)
Moderator:
Michelle Rector, VP, Head of Fraud Risk Management, Raymond James Financial
Panelists:
Logan Anderson, Director, Financial Crimes Risk Management, Charles Schwab
Nick Riedinger, Senior Principal, Cybersecurity Group (CSG), FINRA
Tamara Weber, Senior Principal Investigator, Crypto Asset Investigations Team, FINRA
Amy Zeng, Managing Director, J.P. Morgan & Chase
Sponsored by Sia
As financial crime threats become more complex, faster moving, and increasingly interconnected, firms can no longer depend on siloed, rules-based approaches alone. This interactive workshop will explore how data quality, accessibility, and integration directly influence detection effectiveness, investigative outcomes, and regulatory readiness across fraud, AML, cyber-enabled crime, and sanctions risk.
Through practical discussion and an attendee exercise, participants will see how high-quality, connected data can materially improve the trajectory of an investigation, strengthen risk identification, and help reduce false positives. The session will also examine how firms can break down longstanding functional silos to create a more unified view of customer and transactional risk.
Attendees will leave with practical takeaways, including how to define “high-trust” data in a financial crimes context, identify and address common data gaps, and frame the right questions for business, compliance, and technology stakeholders as they build a more data-driven financial crime program.
Through role-playing exercises, workshop participants will develop actionable strategies for preparing for independent assessments and exams, learn best practices for drafting regulatory responses and coordinating responsibilities across all lines of defense, and explore approaches for managing worst-case scenarios effectively.
Moderator:
April Dennis, Head of Financial Crime Compliance, Societe Generale Americas
Panelists:
Scott Garland, VP, Associate General Counsel - Regulatory Affairs, Fidelity Investments
Tara Loftus, Global Head of Financial Crimes Compliance, Brown Brothers Harriman
Daniel McGarrigle, Chief AML/OFAC Officer, Osaic, Inc.
Sam Raymond, Of Counsel, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Moderator:
Thor Nelson, Global Head of Financial Crimes, Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC
Panelists:
Stephanie Benish, Compliance Manager, Robert W. Baird & Co. Inc.
Carrie Budnick, Senior Director, AML/Financial Crimes Compliance, Ameriprise Financial, Inc.
Max Levine, Director, Financial Crimes Advisory, Edward Jones
Heather McCue, Special Agent, IRS-CI
3C Workshop: Reimagining KYC/EDD and the Broader AML Program: How AI Is Moving Beyond Operational Efficiency
Sponsored by PwC
The potential of AI in financial crime compliance extends far beyond onboarding operations. This session explores the practical application of AI within KYC/EDD workflows and its emerging role in strengthening the broader AML program, including governance, quality assurance, and regulatory reporting. Panelists will share real-world use cases, lessons learned, and common pitfalls.
Keynote Speaker:
Erin West, Founder, Operation Shamrock
Speaker:
Bernard Canepa, Managing Director & Associate General Counsel - Office of General Counsel, SIFMA
