13-14 August 2025, Melbourne
Day One
8.30 Registration
9.00 Opening Remarks from the Chair
9.10 Reviewing evolving fraud and corruption landscapes and designing novel countermeasures
- Addressing increasing sophistication of fraudster capabilities with similarly sophisticated controls
- Exploring cases where fraud and corruption has been investigated in unexpected and innovative ways
- Identifying out-of-the-box controls transferrable to your organisation
- Ensuring innovative fraud controls do not create unforeseen or new vulnerabilities
International keynote: Erica Thompson, Head of Serious, Economic and Organised Crime, Department for Work and Pensions (UK)
10.10 Mitigating stigmas around whistleblowing to encourage reporting of potential misconduct
- Illustrating the importance of whistleblowing to specific types of fraud and corruption – especially non-digitally enabled
- Educating your organisation on reportable information and the reporting process
- Ensuring effective gathering of evidence to bolster the credibility of reports
- Communicating the protections for disclosers and value of their reports, no matter how big or small the matter
Nicole Rose, Deputy Commissioner, National Anti-Corruption Commission
10.50 Morning Coffee
11.20 Assessing emerging trends and forensic techniques in fraud and corruption investigations
- Addressing increasing sophistication of fraudster capabilities with similarly sophisticated investigations
- Exploring cases where fraud and corruption has been investigated in unexpected and innovative ways
- Identifying out-of-the-box controls transferrable to your organisation
- Ensuring innovative investigative techniques do not create unforeseen or new vulnerabilities
Timothy Underhill, Detective Superintendent in Charge of Economic, Corporate Crime and Corruption, Australian Federal Police
12.00 Collaborating with stakeholders in cross-jurisdictional fraud and corruption cases
- Knowing where to seek advice when a fraud matter crosses state or international jurisdictions
- Joining knowledge bases and networks of counter fraud professionals in other jurisdictions
- Clarifying new laws and standards around foreign interference and bribery
- Navigating circumstances where expectations of managing fraud and corruption vary between jurisdictions
Mark Rysanek, Police Liaison Officer (Counsellor), Royal Canadian Mounted Police – Consulate General of Canada in Sydney
12.40 Lunch
1.40 Managing fraud and corruption risks when working with contractors and third parties
- Highlighting the differences in integrity and anti-corruption expectations between the public and private sector
- Navigating difficult questions around corruption, integrity and morality when expectations differ
- Ensuring all parties are adequately mitigating their fraud and corruption risks in line with public sector standards
- Communicating clearly with contractors around anti-fraud and corruption expectations
Thomai Veginis, Chief Procurement Officer, Victoria Department of Transport and Planning
2.20 Exceeding compliance obligations around conflict of interest in the public sector
- Establishing the basis of clear conflicts of interest in the public sector
- Navigating “grey areas” in potential conflicts of interest effectively
- Minimising the risk of reputational damage in perceived conflicts of interest
- Producing clear and accessible documentation for painless reporting and audits
Tim Lawson, Enterprise Project Management Lead, Bayside City Council
3.00 Afternoon Tea
3.30 Tailoring fraud and corruption education programs for complex and diverse organisations
- Identifying knowledge deficits and agency-wide perceptions of integrity across teams and branches
- Ensuring training programs are engaging and deliver sustained learnings to reduce complacency
- Assisting leadership to advocate for counter fraud and corruption training
- Highlighting the repercussions of corrupt conduct without instilling fear or distrust
Tracey Manton, Integrity and Governance Manager, MainRoads WA
4.10 Enhancing integrity-based decision-making through decisive leadership
- Establishing clear integrity expectations for leaders through policy
- Ensuring leaders are knowledgeable on how fraud and corruption impacts their organisation
- Encouraging leaders to be transparent and take accountability in ethical decision-making
- Communicating the value of counter fraud and corruption functions to leaders
Carl Huxtable, Assistant Auditor General, Office of the Auditor General of Western Australia
4.50 End of Conference Day One
Day Two
8.30 Registration
9.00 Opening Remarks from the Chair
9.10 Harnessing the best data to draw strong connections and conclusions in fraud detection
- Exploring new capabilities of big data analytics and how it relates to fraud detection
- Knowing which data to access, where to find it, and how it supports your cases
- Connecting the dots and drawing conclusions with sophisticated data analytics
- Drawing connections between data and the behavioural elements of fraud
International keynote: George Cooke, Head of Advanced Data Analytics, NHS Counter Fraud Authority (UK)
10.10 Evaluating the role of AI in improving your organisation’s fraud prevention responses
- Assessing organisational uses in enhancing fraud detection and prevention
- Moving beyond theorising about AI toward practical implementation in counter fraud strategies
- Ensuring return on investment through improving fraud prevention with AI
- Addressing integrity and risk management concerns in employing AI for fraud prevention
Kristen Moore, Human-Centred AI and Cybersecurity Lead, CSIRO’s Data61
10.50 Morning Coffee
11.20 Case study: Phoenix Taskforce – the ATO’s data driven approaches for the detection and treatment of illegal phoenix activity
- Using sophisticated data-matching tools to identify illegal phoenix activity
- Closing off opportunities in supply chains for nefarious actors to defraud or scam your organisation
- Working with key stakeholders across local, state and federal government to disrupt illegal activity
- Sharing information with other organisations to increase intelligence and disruption capabilities
Jarred Needham, A/Assistant Commissioner, Phoenix Program, Private Wealth Behaviours of Concern, Australian Taxation Office
12.00 Case Study: Exploring how Digital ID can reduce the impact of fraud and scams in your organisation
- Highlighting how the current fraud landscape necessitates Digital ID
- Employing Digital ID to protect information and reduce data breaches
- Helping staff and customers with education and implementation of Digital ID
- Quantifying the effectiveness of Digital ID in preventing fraud
Penelope Jones, Assistant Secretary Digital ID Communication, Inclusion and Governance, Gender Equity Co-Champion, Department of Finance
12.40 Lunch
1.40 Exploring technological developments and their impact on the fraud and corruption space
- Illustrating the current technological landscape and how it relates to types of fraud
- Designing preventative mechanisms based on continually evolving technologies
- Keeping staff and customers cognisant of technological advancements in fraud
- Evaluating the capabilities of emerging technologies in detecting and preventing fraud
Himanshu Srivastava, Lead Engineer – Financial Crime and Fraud Technology, Macquarie Group
2.20 Decoding staff and customer behaviours to better detect and prevent fraud
- Understanding fraud risks in staff and customer interactions with your organisation
- Identifying new red flags and types of misconduct in a rapidly evolving landscape
- Knowing when to take decisive action to protect revenue and assets
- Enriching your fraud prevention strategy with strong intelligence of user behaviours
Radek Stopka, Head of Customer Intelligence and Due Diligence, Crown Resorts
3.00 Afternoon Tea
3.30 Conducting investigations into fraud and corruption in line with public sector best practice
- Countering the increasing sophistication of fraud attacks with similarly sophisticated investigative mechanisms
- Uncovering heavily-obscured tracks with new and innovative lines of enquiry
- Maintaining business-as-usual before, during and after investigating a fraud or corruption matter
- Ensuring privacy and safety of involved parties throughout the investigative process
Matthew Littlejohn, Director Integrity and Investigations, VIC Department of Justice and Community Safety
4.10 Enabling non-fraud teams to meet their counter fraud and corruption obligations
- Sending strong messages to the organisation for all to be accountable for managing fraud and corruption
- Helping teams and leadership to remain educated and on top of their counter fraud and corruption obligations
- Establishing clear guidelines for teams in identifying and managing fraud and corruption concerns
- Equipping teams to handle fraud and corruption concerns effectively and efficiently
Christopher McDermott, Director Capability and Development, and
Shelley Hudolin, Engagement Lead, Commonwealth Fraud Prevention Centre
4.50 End of Conference Day Two