Fraud and Corruption Conference 2019

Protecting New Zealand’s taonga

Our reputation as one of the least-corrupt countries in the world is taonga, or a treasure, that is worthy of protection. New Zealand has made valuable progress in combating bribery and corruption in recent years, but in an ever-changing world we cannot be complacent.

The Serious Fraud Office is proud to host the Fraud and Corruption Conference 2019 'Protecting New Zealand's taonga'.

Date	Thursday 7 March 2019
Venue	SkyCity Auckland Convention Centre

Registration opens at 8am and Conference finishes at 4.45pm.

Please click here to buy tickets for the event.

An impressive line-up of speakers from New Zealand and abroad will talk about the threat of fraud and corruption in an increasingly interconnected world.

Speakers include:

Hui Chen - Ethics and Compliance Expert

Hui Chen will deliver a key note address on ‘Safeguarding Integrity: A Public-Private Partnership’.

Hui was the first-ever exclusive compliance consultant to the US Department of Justice's Fraud Section. She has served as a federal prosecutor and a senior ethics and compliance leader in multinational corporations. She is a speaker, consultant, and researcher on corporate and government ethics and compliance issues.

Lisa Osofsky - UK SFO Director

Lisa Osofsky is the Director of the UK Serious Fraud Office. She has over 30 years’ experience pursuing and protecting against financial crime.

Lisa began her career as a US federal prosecutor, taking on white collar crime cases including defence contractor and bank frauds. She spent five years as Deputy General Counsel and Ethics Officer at the FBI and was seconded to the UK SFO while a Special Attorney in the US Department of Justice’s Fraud Division.

Ricky Yau - Top Investigator of Hong Kong's Corruption Watchdog

Ricky Yau Shu-chun is the Deputy Commissioner and Head of Operations of the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC), where he has led numerous corruption investigations in both the public and private sectors.

ICAC was established in 1974 to clean up corruption in the Hong Kong Government through law enforcement, prevention and community education.

Timothy K. Kuhner - Associate Professor, Auckland Law School

Timothy Kuhner is an Associate Professor at Auckland Law School whose research focuses on corruption and political finance. He is the author of Capitalism v. Democracy: Money in Politics and the Free Market Constitution. He is also the author of various law review articles, including American Plutocracy, American Kleptocracy, and The Corruption of Liberal and Social Democracies - that address the intersection between law, economic inequality, and political inequality. In partnership with United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Tim produced the documentary The Struggle Against Corruption.

Anthony Bivona - Unit Chief, FBI Economic Crimes Unit

Special Agent Anthony Bivona of the Federal Bureau of Investigation has been the lead investigator in multiple, high profile and public corruption investigations. Anthony is responsible for the Corporate Securities and Commodities Fraud and Frauds and Swindles programs within the Financial Crimes Section of the FBI. His responsibilities include providing guidance, training, and support in relation to sophisticated fraud schemes targeting America’s corporations, securities and commodities markets, and bankruptcy system.

More speakers to come.

Why should you attend?

Conference attendees will receive a range of international perspectives on financial crime from experts and top officials. Understanding the global fraud and corruption trends is important for many businesses and government agencies - especially in a world where national borders are less of a barrier to white-collar crime than ever before. Speakers will talk about the role of the private and public sector in safeguarding against fraud and corruption, as well as the different international approaches to combating and preventing these crimes.

Continuing professional development (CPD)

A conference attendee can claim six CPD hours.

Ticket prices

Government employee:

$445 (if purchased before 1 January 2019)
$495

Corporate:

$545 (if purchased before 1 January 2019)
$595