Hear from former SEC FCPA Unit Chief Charles Cain and Digital Compliance leader Kyler Capenigro as they discuss the questions regulators actually ask, the weaknesses they commonly see, and how technology-enabled monitoring can provide defensible evidence of program effectiveness.
Conflict of interest disclosures often contain valuable risk signals but uncovering them at scale can be time consuming. This session demonstrates how AI can streamline COI review by analyzing patterns, surfacing anomalies, and supporting clearer, data-driven decisions. We’ll discuss real-world use cases, governance considerations, and practical steps for implementing AI in a way that enhances both compliance effectiveness and employee experience.
Ready to peek behind the curtain of a major corporate transformation? Verizon, a global leader in connectivity, recognized that massive growth had created a sprawling, fragmented compliance landscape—one with too many disconnected hands in the investigations pot. Join us for a candid, up-close look at the swift, strategic initiative to centralize and revolutionize the Investigations program that took place between mid-2024 and continues through today.
We’ll walk you through the dynamic phases of our transformation: from consolidating disparate teams into one powerful, consistent unit, to diplomatically reforging partnerships across the company, to self-reflection and re-prioritizing using a brand-new impact scale and centralized reporting. Finally, discover how we’re working to retrain and standardize for ultimate consistency, and how we are revolutionizing the way we do investigations with AI and cutting-edge technology!
Get ready for an intelligent, engaging story about how Legal and Compliance were ahead of the curve and tackled complexity head-on to build a faster, more effective organization.
Board time is scarce, attention is limited, and trust earned over years may be lost in moments. In this session, led by Grainger’s Nic Eichenseer, Vice President, Associate General Counsel & CECO, we’ll ground the CECO’s board engagement strategy in first principles: the board’s role in ethics and compliance and how CECOs can enable effective oversight. We’ll then focus on how to use board time intentionally—through sharper materials, smarter metrics, and more compelling narratives—to build trust and credibility, educate directors about the business, and ensure ethics and compliance discussions are impactful rather than box-checking exercises.
Third-party risk management doesn’t end at the due diligence process. Risks change over time, and best-in-class programs now treat risk management as a continuous, cyclical process that spans the entire relationship with the third party. In this session, hear from panelists on how they create triggers to initiate reviews, integrate cross- functional monitoring, and use automation and workflows to scan for new risks and red flags.
Tune in for this data presentation where our senior data experts will explore the “why” behind key assessment questions and share first insights from the 2026 World’s Most Ethical Companies® data. This year’s data presentation focuses on the themes of organizational justice and the influence of managers. Then, head to the Data Lab Meetups for facilitated networking, benchmarking, and Q&A.
In this session, join Mitratech’s Laura Jacobus and Nicola Barker as they explore how to move beyond “check-the-box” governance and build a practical, scalable AI governance operating model that supports innovation while maintaining accountability, transparency, and ethical oversight. We’ll cover designing governance as a continuous process, applying governance controls proportionate to AI capability and risk, working through a real-world scenario, building a clear AI governance RACI, and identifying immediate next steps.
Artificial intelligence has woven its way into many business practices and processes, and E&C programs are no exception. In this session, hear from panelists as they discuss how they’ve used AI innovations for monitoring and detection, training and communications, and data management and reporting. Panelists will share both success stories and obstacles as they’ve climbed the growth curve in putting AI to
work in their E&C programs.
Food and beverage available.
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