The Assembly
Canada

November 6 - November 7, 2024

Toronto, Canada

11 ACAMS Credits

Private chapter member price

$9,999,995.00

The Good Fight

Canada is working tirelessly to improve its AML landscape and better protect its economy from illicit financial activity. The country has doubled down on its quest for AML reform, made apparent by the recent fines against some of its largest banks for noncompliance, as well as the many government-created entities to fight money laundering. This year’s program offers expert guidance and practical insight on how Canadian AML professionals can continue the fight against financial crime.

Join us on Nov 6-7, 2024, for a deep dive into the current state of Canada’s AFC landscape – whether it’s the creation of the new federal beneficial ownership registry and its impact on the Canadian compliance community, the 5-year Parliamentary Review of the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Regulations (PCMLTFA) or preparing for FATF’s Mutual Evaluation of Canada. Additionally, the country’s top AML experts will address critical issues currently affecting compliance professionals such as all things fraud, the latest financial crime trends including romance scams and pig butchering, the convergence between sanctions and AML, technology’s role in both facilitating and combating financial crime, and more.

40+

Expert Speakers

ACAMS Credits

Curated Sessions

Days of Training and Networking

Fraud 2.0: Keeping Up with ‘Pig Butchering’ and Other Emerging Scams

Something New: The Federal Beneficial Ownership Registry

Crash Course: The Convergence of Sanctions and AML

How It’s Going: A Progress Report Two Years Post Cullen

Program

The program is listed in Eastern Time, and is subject to change.

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Registration Desk Open

8:00am-4:30pm ET

Exhibit Area Open

8:00am-5:30pm ET

Networking Continental Breakfast in Exhibit Area

8:00am-9:00am ET

Welcome Remarks

9:00am-9:10am ET

REGULATORY UPDATE

Fireside Chat with FINANCE

9:10am-9:45am ET

Keynote Special Presentation with Q&A

9:45am-10:35am ET

Networking and Refreshment Break in Exhibit Area

10:35am-11:05am ET

FINANCIAL CRIME TRENDS

DEEP DIVE - Fraud 2.0: Keeping Up with ‘Pig Butchering’ and Other Emerging Scams

11:05am-11:55am ET

Networking Luncheon

11:55am-1:00pm ET

CONFERENCE INTERACTIONS

Networking for Women in AFC

1:00pm-1:25pm ET

SANCTIONS

Crash Course: The Convergence of Sanctions and AML

1:00pm-1:50pm ET

CONFERENCE INTERACTIONS

Networking for Information Sharing PPPs and Beyond

1:25pm-1:50pm ET

Networking and Refreshment Break in Exhibit Area

1:50pm-2:20pm ET

TECH TRENDS

OPEN FISHBOWL - Pros and Cons — Assessing AI’s Impact on AML

2:20pm-3:10pm ET

LIGHTNING ROUND - How It’s Going: A Progress Report Two Years Post Cullen

3:10pm-3:50pm ET

ACAMS Great Debate: Does the Increased Use of AI in Detecting Financial Crimes Pose a Greater Threat to Privacy than the Crimes It Aims to Prevent?

3:50pm-4:40pm ET

Day 1 Closing Remarks

4:40pm-4:45pm ET

Networking Reception in Exhibit Area

4:45pm-5:45pm ET

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Registration Desk Open

8:00am-3:50pm ET

Exhibit Area Open

8:00am-3:50pm ET

Networking Continental Breakfast in Exhibit Area

8:00am-9:00am ET

Opening Remarks

9:00am-9:05am ET

PANEL DISCUSSION

Executive Round Table: News and Views with an Industry Perspective

9:05am-10:05am ET

Special Presentation with Q&A

10:05am-10:40am ET

Networking and Refreshment Break in Exhibit Area

10:40am-11:10am ET

COMPLIANCE SUMMIT

DEEP DIVE - Something New: The Federal Beneficial Ownership Registry

11:10am-12:05pm ET

POWER HOUR

Presented by Nice Actimize

11:10am-12:05pm ET

Networking Luncheon

12:05pm-1:25pm ET

AML OPERATIONS

Better Together: Collaboration Beyond Silos

1:25pm-2:20pm ET

POWER HOUR

Presented by

1:25pm-2:20pm ET

Time to move to Concurrent Sessions

2:20pm-2:25pm ET

COMPLIANCE SUMMIT

Stronger Together: Enhancing Compliance Through Information Sharing

2:25pm-3:20pm ET

POWER HOUR

Presented by

2:25pm-3:20pm ET

Networking and Refreshment Break in Exhibit Area

3:20pm-3:50pm ET

FINANCIAL CRIME TRENDS

CASE STUDY - The Fentanyl Crisis: A Case Study

3:50pm-4:45pm ET

Closing Remarks

4:45pm-4:50pm ET

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Special Presentation Speaker

Cinthya Rebaza

Director, Serious and Organized Crime Policy, Law Enforcement Directorate
Public Safety Canada

Keynote Speakers

Jérôme Beaumont

Executive Director
EGMONT Group

Andrea Gacki

Director
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)

Sarah Paquet

Director and Chief Executive Officer
Financial Transactions and Report Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC)

Speakers and Task Force

Slava Akselrud

AML Subject Matter Expert, Americas
NICE Actimize

Stephen Alsace

Global Head, Economic Sanctions
Royal Bank of Canada

Noah Arshinoff

Policy Counsel
Federation of Law Societies of Canada

Kieran Beer, CAMS

Chief Analyst, Director of Editorial Content
ACAMS

Kathleen Finn Bell, CAMS

Director - AI, Machine Learning and AML Model Development
BMO Financial Group

John Boscariol

Partner, Leader of the International Trade and Investment Law Group
McCarthy Tetrault

Lisa Cinelli

Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer, Chief AML Officer & Chief Privacy Officer
Coast Capital Savings

Valerie Dahan

Detective Constable, Financial Crimes Unit-Asset Forfeiture Unit
Toronto Police Service

Michael Donovan, CAMS

Senior Vice President, Chief AML Officer
CIBC

Alison Fitzgerald

Partner
Bennett Jones

Alejandro Gonzalez, CAMS

Director, AML Policy, Training & Issues Management | AML Office
BMO Financial Group

Jessica Li Guild

Managing Director, Head of Front-line Financial Crimes and Fraud Risk Analytics
TD Bank

Jessica Gunson

Intelligence Researcher
Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre

Lisa Harpley

Director, Financial Crime Program, Operations and Intelligence
Coast Capital Savings

Craig Hicks

Civilian Criminal Investigator and Senior Forensic Accountant
RCMP

Laura Houlihan, CAMS

AML/ATF & Regulatory Compliance Executive

Erin Hunt

Director General, Financial Crimes and Security Division, Financial Sector Policy
Department of Finance Canada

Andrew Jensen

Managing Director, Global Head of Sanctions & ABC
TD Bank

David Lee

Director, Global AML/ATF Policy Development
Scotiabank

Trevor Loke

Executive Director
Transparency International Canada

Herbert Mazariegos

Chief Global Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Officer
TD Bank Group

Rick McDonell

Former Executive Secretary, Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
Executive Director, ACAMS

John Murison, CAMS

Vice President, Financial Intelligence Unit Enterprise Anti-Money Laundering
CIBC

Josée Nadeau

Co-Founder
McDonell-Nadeau Consultants

Scott Nathan

Managing Director, Global Head of AML Strategy, Systems, and Transformation
TD Bank

Daniel Polar, CAMS

Director of Market Planning, Financial Crime Compliance
LexisNexis Risk Solutions

Sharon Polsky

President
Privacy and Access Council of Canada (PPAC)

Christine Ring

VP, AML Advisory, Canada and the Caribbean
Royal Bank of Canada

Adriana Iglesias Romero

Senior Manager, Payments Compliance & Operations
Wealthsimple

Adam Schabes

Chief Anti-Money Laundering Officer
(BMO)

Matthew Shannon

Senior Economist
Department of Finance Canada

Jacqueline Shinfield

Partner
Blake, Cassels & Graydon

Efren Sosa

Synthetic Opioid Subject Matter Expert
INL Mexico

Insp. Nick Souccan

Officer in Charge of Federal Policing Criminal Operations, Serious and Organized Crime
Canadian Integrated Response to Organized Crime

Neil Sternthal

Chief Executive Officer
ACAMS

Shaquala Swinton, CAMS

Industry Practice Lead
Moody's

Craig Timm

Senior Director of Anti-Money Laundering
ACAMS

John F. Tobon, CAMS

Assistant Director, Countering Transnational Organized Crime Division
Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)

Pricing

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The Assembly Canada 2024

$2,195.00

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_{Public Sector Flat Rate}	US$1,595	US$1,795

Hotel and Accommodation

The Westin Harbour Castle
1 Harbour Square
Toronto, ON M5J 1A6
Canada

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