18th Annual · Global Ethics Summit

Where Top E&C Leaders Meet

Hundreds of senior ethics and compliance leaders in Atlanta, a thousand more with us online. Come for the peers, leave with something you can use Monday.

March 30–April 1, 2027 · Omni Centennial, Atlanta

2026 Speakers

Alex Eaton-Salners
Deputy Chief Compliance Officer
Sandisk
Alex Miller
Director of Learning Products
Mitratech
Alexa Colquhoun
Head of Risk & Compliance Specialty Sales, Americas
Dow Jones
Alicia Olmstead
Global Ethics & Compliance Awareness Program Manager
Dell Technologies
Allen Gershenson
Vice President, Office of Ethics & Compliance
McCarthy Holdings

All speakers

Why the room

You don’t need another framework. You to hear how they got there and how it’s going.

Everything on the table

Closed-door roundtables where leaders talk about what worked, what didn’t, and what it cost. What’s learned here leaves. What’s said here stays.

Your benchmark, two seats away

Regulators, CECOs, and the people who brief boards for a living. The peers you measure your program against are in the room, and they’re comparing notes too.

Something to do Monday

Working sessions end with something you can take back: a plan, a metric, a paragraph. In 2026, 90% of session respondents said they left with practical takeaways.

What stays human

AI is changing what this job spends its time on, not what it’s for. Three days on what to automate, what to govern, and what stays human. It was the top-rated topic of 2026, so it’s the spine of the 2027 agenda.

1,800+

In-person + virtual

550+

organizations

135

Speakers

9/10

Overall satisfaction

Attendees listening at the Global Ethics Summit

Six hundred people.
Nobody performing.

Three formats, all built for the same thing: getting what one person figured out into everyone else’s hands.

On the main stage, the people who’ve done it walk through how. In small-group sessions, you compare notes with peers at your level and your scale.

And the time in between runs generous on purpose, because the best ideas here travel by conversation.

Attend

Choose the room, or bring the room to you.

Every pass includes keynote access and on-demand replays. The in-person pass adds everything that only happens in a hallway.

In person · Atlanta

Limited to 600 seats

Be in the room

All keynotes, breakouts and working sessions
Closed-door peer roundtables
Evening receptions and speaker access
On-demand replays after the Summit

Take the in-person pass

Virtual · Livestream

Watch it live

Live main-stage keynotes and select sessions
Moderated virtual Q&A with speakers
Session materials and takeaways
On-demand replays of every recording

Take the virtual pass

BELA Members Only

Business Ethics Leadership Alliance includes your free ticket.

Every BELA member organization has complimentary passes for Global Ethics Summit 2027, and a discounted member price in every rate window after those are used. Both run on your member access code.

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Program

Three days, built for the desk.

Full agenda

Atlanta, in the room — workshops, roundtables and the evening programme included.

Tue 30 Mar

Mainstage · Reception

Arrive & take the temperature

Pre-event roundtables to build relationships early on then move to the Main Stage. Kick off with the opening plenary on human-centered, AI-assisted compliance and wrap with the Annual BELA Awards. Celebrate with the welcome reception that evening and hosted dinners.

See the sessions

Wed 31 Mar

ADD IN: programs in action · Roundtables ·networking

Go deep on the hard part

Board-ready storytelling, deep-dive workshops, and the closed-door roundtables people come back for.

See the sessions

Thu 1 Apr

Main stage + breakouts · Close

Leave with something to bring back

Leave with relationships and a real check list to tackle with your team. Coordinate for your conversations beyond the Summit.

See the sessions

I have had a phenomenal time, great panel discussions, and the ability to network with my peers has been unbelievable. Would I recommend the Global Ethics Summit to any of my peers or colleagues? Without a doubt. This is a great opportunity to not only network but get in front of some of the thought leadership.

Pierre LillySVP and Chief Compliance Officer · Hormel Foods

Every session has experienced presenters. You get the opportunity to interact with the community, to have candid discussions in the sessions and especially in the breakouts, and to walk through the scenarios we’re all facing.

Samantha VaughnVP Corp. Compliance Governance & Chief Privacy Officer · Verisk

The summit provided a great opportunity to just meet other people in similar roles. It’s a room of people who all speak the same language, which isn’t the same in your own office.

Stephanie LivingstonManager, Compliance Programs & Governance · Altria

All speakers

Recap

What it looked like last year.

1,400+ attended, 123 speakers, and the sessions people still quote back to us.

The main stage under house lights — Baker Mckenzie.Meta.Amazon.Prudential Financial
Recap: **AI Innovations in E&C: Superstar Agent or Don’t Believe the Hype**

A panel in conversation on stage — Ecolab.exl service.usaa
Replay: **From Fear To Trust: Combatting the Realities & Perceptions of Retaliation**

Speaking from the main stage — RECAP
Reflections from the 17th

A working session in a smaller room — Morrison foerster.ahold delhaize.intel.meta
Recap: **Weathering the Storm: Ethical Leadership in Moments of Crisis**

Super early rate closes September 30, 2026.

In person · Atlanta

Three days on site

$2,495 current rate

BELA Members get complimentary passes and extended discounts.

Virtual · Anywhere

Live and on demand

$1,095 current rate

Bring your whole team.

EXCLUSIVE OFFER

Speak to our team about BELA and attend GES for free.

Business Ethics Leadership Alliance (BELA) membership includes complimentary Global Ethics Summit passes, in-person and virtual. Tell us a bit about your organization, and our team will let you know if you qualify.

Complimentary in-person and virtual Summit passes for qualifying organizations
Access to pre-event executive and industry roundtables
A dedicated Ethisphere leader to support peer connections onsite
One conversation with our team, no obligation

Rates and registration windows

	Open now Super Early Bird Through September 30, 2026	Medium Early Bird October 1 to December 16, 2026	Early Bird December 17, 2026 to February 15, 2027	Final Rate February 16 to April 1, 2027
In-person	$2,495	$2,795	$3,095	$3,395
Virtual	$1,095	$1,295	$1,595	$1,850

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