13-14 May 2026, Sydney

Early confirmed speakers include:

Mark Rysanek, Liason Officer – Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific Islands, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Consulate General of Canada

Timothy Underhill, Detective Superintendent, Australian Federal Police

Joanna Virtue, AS Fraud Prevention and Anti-Corruption Branch, Attorney General’s Department

Shane Lysons-Smith, Chief Audit Executive, Department of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries

Benjamin Hallam, Senior Manager Fraud and Corruption Prevention and Investigations, Sydney Metro

Sheryn Anderson, Manager Integrity, Department of Energy, Environment, and Climate Action Victoria

Frank Trimboli, Senior Manager Intelligence and Detection, Department of Justice and Community Safety Victoria

Ralph Esther, Manager Procurement and Governance, Blacktown City Council

Peter Thompson, Coordinator Audit and Risk, Blacktown City Council

Jade Maskiewicz, Disclosures and Investigations Coordinator, Central Coast Council

 

Preparing your organisation to control modern fraud and corruption threats from AI

• Constructing your counter-fraud strategy based on updated capabilities of modern AI
• Working productively with internal and external AI experts in combatting new threats
• Creating controls and systems to reduce the effectiveness of AI threats
• Ensuring your approach to AI threats can keep pace with increasingly sophisticated technology

 

Utilising new technology to dramatically empower your fraud and corruption response

• Selecting the most effective technology available for your counterfraud teams
• Producing outstanding controls and culture with support from technological solutions and dashboards
• Increasing detection rates for fraud and corruption with sophisticated data and management technology
• Empowering your investigative function with key tools and software

 

Minimising organisational vulnerability to cybersecurity threats

• Collaborating with internal and external experts to tighten cybersecurity measures
• Minimising incidents by targeting human error in cyberfraud
• Allocating responsibilities and network controls to slow malicious fraud actors
• Adjusting your approach to digital fraud and corruption depending on the sensitivity of particular finances and data

 

Implementing practical controls to maximise data security

• Designing your data fraud controls in consideration of recent incidents and case studies
• Creating practical controls on data security processes that require zero technology
• Implementing technology-led controls and mitigation strategies for data fraud risks
• Collaborating effectively with teams and leaders to ensure best practice

 

Conducting fraud and corruption investigations led by key wellbeing and safety principles

• Considering the impact of investigations on investigator, suspect, and broader organisational wellbeing
• Centring trauma-informed care in your fraud and corruption investigations
• Communicating effectively to achieve results without inflicting harm
• Creating a culture of enthusiastic cooperation in fraud investigations
• Collaborating with other business leaders to ensure safety throughout the investigation process

 

Perfecting your data analysis processes to counter hidden fraud and corruption threats

• Drawing on useful data from a variety of sources in counterfraud operations
• Conducting productive data analysis which balances efficiency with comprehensiveness
• Constructing an accessible dashboard to manage data effectively
• Ensuring your use of organisational data does not substantially compromise security

 

Improving reporting rates of potential fraud and corruption red flags

• Building effective processes and technology to improve automatic detection
• Developing productive relationships with key stakeholders to improve reporting rates
• Fostering a culture of integrity that meaningfully engages your teams and line leaders
• Developing avenues for enthusiastic and meaningful disclosures
• Collaborating effectively with line leaders to apprehend potential threats on all levels of the organisation

 

Developing an integrity culture that resonates across your organisation

• Establishing foundational values and policies around fraud and corruption
• Bridging communication gaps between business areas through meaningful consultation
• Undertaking constructive counterfraud actions that resonate with your teams
• Working effectively with key business units to produce meaningful collaborative strategies and training

 

 

Training your teams effectively for an integrated fraud and corruption approach

• Establishing an accurate model of current organisational counterfraud capabilities
• Designing professional development that complements each team and function
• Delivering counterfraud and anticorruption training for long-term effectiveness
• Communicating training outcomes to executive leaders and audit committees

 

Conducting effective stress-testing on your existing fraud and corruption controls

• Constructing a stress-testing strategy based on potential vulnerabilities
• Integrating key expertise within your pressure-testing initiative
• Testing for organisational vulnerabilities with the “mind” of a fraudster
• Improving your counterfraud and anticorruption systems based on stress-testing learnings

 

Refining your organisational fraud and corruption controls for best-practice outcomes

• Mapping your key checks-and-balances in fighting fraud and corruption
• Engaging with duty-holders to evaluate their competency for fighting fraud
• Ensuring planned controls are accessible, resonant, and regularly followed
• Reviewing your fraud controls regularly in a world of constant change

 

Countering the unique challenges of identity fraud in the contemporary landscape

• Identifying the key forms of identity fraud being undertaken today
• Integrating concerns around new technologies in identity fraud
• Upskilling your teams in best-practice identity protection and impersonation risks
• Ensuring customer and staff personal identity data is kept securely
• Developing key controls to minimise the impact of realised identity fraud incidents

 

Engaging other organisations to control fraud and corruption within the public service and beyond

• Considering the advantages and risks when working with regulatory bodies
• Determining best-value third-party providers of fraud and corruption control
• Ensuring your collaborations with other public agencies are constructive
• Generating internal capabilities and talent across fraud and corruption risk areas

 

Challenging the wicked problem of organisational siloing for an effective fraud and corruption response

• Developing a useful understanding of the causes of siloing in your organisation and the greater public service
• Approaching key business units to lessen the impact of siloing on counterfraud capabilities
• Breaking down silos within the limits of key privacy and security concerns
• Supporting a collaborative approach to de-siloing within your own teams

 

Maximising key resources to build the capabilities of your fraud and corruption team

• Modelling and visualising key data to communicate the importance of counterfraud and anticorruption initiatives
• Communicating effectively with time-poor executive leaders and stakeholders
• Combining governance and ethics concerns with a convincing business case for fraud and corruption control
• Developing a strong case for fraud and corruption control with support from committees and other organisational allies