This interactive session, led by Indiana University’s Todd Haugh, Suneal Bodi, and Mercy School of Law’s David Lourie will help compliance leaders move from the conceptual framework in the keynote to concrete decisions about (1) which offensive compliance strategy fits their organization, (2) what capabilities they can actually leverage, and (3) how to frame and implement that strategy internally.
As Chief Compliance Officers, we have spent years defending technology investments based on a well-understood formula of efficiency and risk reduction. However, Artificial Intelligence has radically changed the variables. This session provides a roadmap, moving past the “Proof of Concept” phase, and addresses three investment scenarios: justifying the cost of AI, managing the hidden lifecycle costs of “DIY” internal tools, and defending domain-specific spend against the “just use Copilot” pushback.
We’ll discuss an AI Investment Framework to build a narrative that drives your business case through the review processes, including:
- Financial Viability: Quantifying risk mitigation and business protection over simple time savings.
- Operational Impact: Shifting the narrative from simple efficiency to effectiveness.
- Governance Architecture: Fit checks with governance models (e.g., AI usage policies, privacy, frameworks).
This hands-on AI session is built for Ethics & Compliance leaders who want to see what AI can actually do today. Join Roxanne Petraeus (CEO, Ethena) for a guided walkthrough and live demos of several of the most common AI tools that will help you discover practical use cases for AI in training and comms.
From turning policies into podcasts to generating videos from prompts, automating translations, and customizing tone, Roxanne will show you what’s possible right now and help you create actual outputs you can bring back to your program. See how today’s best tools can modernize training, communications, and analytics, and where AI still falls short, so you can focus on what really works.
This 90-minute session is designed for hands-on participation, so bring your laptop and also your curiosity. You’ll leave with an AI-built artifact (a video, podcast, or course outline) and the confidence to take your first (or next) step with AI in compliance.
Key Takeaways:
- Try It Yourself: Use several common AI tools that power real compliance workflows
- Learn by Doing: Build actual outputs, no vendor red tape required
- Build vs. Buy: Learn when to DIY vs onboard a vendor
Walk away ready to build: Leave with real outputs and prompts you can use right away
It’s 2026, and teams continue to remain under pressure to justify spend, demonstrate impact, and respond to increasingly sophisticated questions from boards and regulators. Activity metrics alone are no longer enough, leaders are being asked to provide assurance.
This interactive 90-min workshop explores how E&C leaders can translate program activity into defensible, decision-ready insights that resonate with boards and executive leadership. Participants will examine:
- What boards and executive leadership actually care about
- Where most E&C reporting falls short
- The importance of benchmarking and program assessment data
- How to create dashboards, and clear executive narratives
Compliance and sustainability risks are inevitable—constant firefighting doesn’t have to be. In this interactive, case-based workshop, participants will work through a realistic compliance and sustainability crisis affecting a global subsidiary. Attendees will join Ethisphere experts Craig Moss, EVP of Measurement, and Eric Jorgenson and Emily Miner, Directors in Data & Services, to break into role-based teams to assess the situation and put out the fire to minimize damage to business continuity and reputation. Then the groups will apply residual risk calculations to prioritize next steps over the following 6–12 months to prevent future crises. The session will also explore how Generative AI can leverage residual risk data to help scale compliance and sustainability risk management across complex organizations.
Legal and compliance crises — including regulatory inquiries, dawn raids, public whistleblowers and trade/sanctions exposure — rarely announce themselves. The speed, clarity, and coordination of your response will define not only how effectively you navigate the immediate challenge, but the nature and extent of liability or other damage long after the event has passed.
In this session, we’ll share practical, experience driven guidance to help you prepare for the unexpected and respond effectively to crises. Together we’ll consider the following questions, among others: What are the crises with the most significant legal/ethical implications threatening companies today? What are the most important practical steps companies should be taking today to prevent and prepare for the unanticipated? What are common pitfalls to avoid in the critical early hours of a crisis—when thoughtful action can dramatically reduce legal and reputational risk?
Join us to explore how preparation today can safeguard your company tomorrow.
What do a 22-year-old warehouse worker in Manila, a 55-year-old manager in Munich, and your stateside legal team have in common? They all need to trust your speak-up program, but they have vastly different expectations and communication preferences. This highly interactive workshop equips you with the knowledge, strategies, and tools to bridge generational, cultural, and organizational divides. Through real-life case studies and peer problem-solving, you’ll build practical skills you can apply immediately. You’ll leave with a comprehensive workbook filled with frameworks, guides, and a 90-day plan, plus actionable next steps you can implement tomorrow, all tailored to help your organization navigate these differences without diluting your program’s integrity.
Kick off the Global Ethics Summit by spending time with your industry peers discussing best practices, challenges, and successes that specifically pertain to compliance in the software and technology industry.
Scaling Integrity: Extending Your Program Reach Through a Global Compliance Champions Network
Building a compliance ambassadors or “champions” program is one of the most effective ways to scale a lean legal or compliance team, especially in the fast-paced tech world. This session, led by Workday’s Rick May, explores how to “code” ethics into the organizational DNA by deputizing high-influence employees. We will discuss the strategic benefits of a Champions Program—from localized advocacy and real-time policy feedback to bridge-building across global offices—and provide a roadmap for training and empowering non-compliance professionals to act as your team’s strongest force multipliers.
GenAI Use and Adoption
Dell Technologies is on the front line when it comes to leading AI solutions. For this interactive session, led by Kristi Kevern, learn what Dell Technologies’ Global Ethics & Compliance team has in play and planned for future-state. This includes AI-based triage, investigation automation, and training solutions. Spend the afternoon learning and sharing with like-minded innovative professionals.
Pre-registration is required.
Kick off the Global Ethics Summit by spending time with your industry peers discussing best practices, challenges, and successes that specifically pertain to compliance in the energy and utilities industry.
Out of the Office and Into the Field – Ethics On the Ground
In energy and utilities, integrity isn’t just shaped in conference rooms—it’s built in bucket trucks, job sites, and control rooms. Join Puget Sound Energy’s Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer Kendall Cammermeyer in exploring how stepping out of the office and into the field transforms ethics from a policy concept into a lived, trusted practice. We’ll discuss practical and humorous ways leaders can bridge the gap between intention and impact by engaging employees where they are and inviting genuine, two-way conversations about doing what’s right.
Post Investigation Trifecta: Trends in Retaliation, Root Cause, and Discipline Calibration
Ethisphere’s Eric Jorgenson leads this looks at data and client case studies on how leading E&C programs are managing retaliation, root cause analysis, and discipline calibration. These areas are not only key components of a well run investigations program, but strength or weakness in these areas can have ripple effects throughout an organization’s ethical culture.
Pre-registration is required.
Kick off the Global Ethics Summit by spending time with your industry peers discussing best practices, challenges, and successes that specifically pertain to compliance in the healthcare industry.
Navigating DOJ Enforcement in Life Sciences and Healthcare: Trends, Risks, and Mitigation Strategies
This session, led by Morrison Foerster partners Kate Driscoll and James Koukios, examines the rapidly evolving DOJ enforcement landscape in life sciences and healthcare. In 2025, False Claims Act recoveries exceeded a record $6.8 billion, with whistleblower-driven cases surpassing government-initiated actions for the first time. We will explore emerging enforcement priorities, including criminal prosecution of digital health and telemedicine fraud, transnational organized crime, expanded criminal Anti-Kickback Statute theories, and DOJ’s aggressive use of the False Claims Act for both billing fraud and regulatory violations. The discussion will conclude with practical strategies to help organizations manage escalating civil and criminal enforcement risk and build resilient compliance programs in this high-stakes environment.
Navigating Healthcare’s Evolving Regulatory & Risk Landscape
This discussion, led by Northwell Health’s Greg Radinsky, will cover a range of topics, including resources and reporting structure, Dept. of Justice enforcement, privacy breaches, artificial intelligence, structuring investigations, and reporting to the board of directors.
Pre-registration is required.