ACAMS Australasian Chapter February 2025 Event: International Financial Sector Alliance Against Modern Slavery, in Partnership with The Mekong Club

Overview

With over 50 million people subjected to modern slavery today, the need for action has never been more urgent or more important.

With support from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), ACAMS and The Mekong Club are proud to present this half-day in-person workshop.

Attend this event to learn from renowned experts, experienced practitioners and policy and industry experts on the latest trends and methods of detecting and disrupting Modern Slavery.

Attendees will also have an opportunity to participate in valuable Modern Slavery-related breakout sessions to deepen their domain knowledge.

Online:

If you would like to join the event virtually, please register here. You will receive a confirmation email from the Mekong Club containing the virtual link shortly thereafter.

Online session will commence at 1.00pm and end at 3.30 pm. Kindly note that no ACAMS credits will be provided to online participants.

Agenda

• 1230: Registration opens

• 1300 - 1315: Introduction and Housekeeping (Brien Coram)

• 1315 - 1340: Dr James Cockayne (NSW Anti-Slavery Commissioner)

• 1340 - 1400: Victoria Coakley (DFAT Presentation on Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery policy)

• 1400 - 1420: Nick McTaggart (Murinbin Consulting)

• 1420 - 1440: Alison Rahill (Australian Catholic Anti-Slavery Network and Domus 8.7 Modern Slavery Remediation Service)

• 1440 - 1500: Amelia Bruce, Ashley Williams (Westpac)

• 1500 - 1530: Matt Friedman (CEO, The Mekong Club)

• 1530: Virtual session ends

• 1600 - 1610: Assignment of syndicate break-out topics

• 1610 - 1640: Syndicates break-out session

• 1640 - 1700: Presentations by each syndicate

• 1700 - 1715: Wrap-up and key takeaways (Brien Coram)

• 1715 - 1800: Networking

IMPORTANT: If you are unable to join, we kindly request that you cancel your registration via email to australasianchapter@acams.org by EOB Thursday, 13 February 2025, for ticket/s to be released and re-allocated.

Venue

Westpac
Level 28
Tower 2, Barangaroo
200 Barangaroo Avenue
Sydney NSW 2000