Agenda

2026 Agenda Will Be Announced Soon

The 2026 agenda will be announced shortly. In the meantime, we’ve included a snapshot of our 2025 program below to give you a sense of the depth and variety of sessions we bring to each forum — from the latest threats in financial crime and cybersecurity to the strategies and tools shaping the industry’s response.

Tuesday, 26 August 2025
08:00 – 10:00	Registration Opens
08:30 – 10:00	Women in Financial Crime Prevention Breakfast – Breaking Barriers Together: Cultivating Allyship Among Women in Fraud and AML Roles Julie Conroy – Datos Insights · Rebekah Moody – Darwinium · Karen Boyer – M&T Bank · Katherine Wood – Capital One
10:15 – 10:30	Opening Remarks and Plenary Panel Julie Conroy – Datos Insights
10:30 – 11:15	Cyber Fusion 2028: Defending Faster in the New Age of Risk John Horn – Datos Insights · Kimberly Sutherland – LexisNexis Risk Solutions · Keith Gordon – CIBC · Melissa Donovan – First Financial Bank · John Podboy – First Citizens Bank
11:15 – 11:25	Break
11:25 – 12:10	AML pKYB: Turning Data into Ongoing Trust Chuck Subrt – Datos Insights · Jules Mei – Middesk · Rushik Upadhyay – Fravity Inc · Srivatsan Sridhar – Skydo Inc · Susan Shaffer – CBI Bank and Trust	Authentication The Identity Battlefield: Winning the War Against Account Takeover Trace Fooshee – Datos Insights · Craig Currim – Transmit Security · Erin Vertin – Ally Financial · Brendan Purcell – TIAA	Cyber Left of Boom: Real-World Fusion Tactics to Disrupt Emerging Threats Douglas DePeppe – Datos Insights · Troy Pugh – Ally Financial · Ryan Woodley – Netcraft · Aaron Carpenter – Citi	Fraud AI Red Flags: Spotting Fraud in a Sea of Anomalies David Barnhardt – Datos Insights · Yinglian Xie – DataVisor · Rodrigo Figueroa – Fidelity Investments · Elizabeth Quiroz – Truist · Mike Sorensen – Celebrus
12:10 – 13:05	Networking Lunch
13:05 – 14:05	Roundtable Discussions (Financial Institutions Only) Synthetic by Design: How Online Markets Fuel Identity Fraud with CPNs David Barnhardt – Datos Insights · David Maimon – SentiLink Disrupting Human Trafficking Through Financial Crime Intelligence Becki LaPorte – Datos Insights Stopping the Domino Effect: Why Micro-Segmentation Is Your Last Line of Defense Against Catastrophic Breaches Jane Ginn – Datos Insights · Sean Flynn – Akamai Technologies Turning Insight Into Action: Practical Strategies for Tackling First-Party Fraud Jim Mortensen – Datos Insights · Ori Snir – Socure Contact Center Authentication: Enhancing Security Without Compromising Customer Rapport Julie Conroy – Datos Insights · Bryce McWhorter – Pindrop What's Next in Fraud? Predicting the Next Big Threats Trace Fooshee – Datos Insights · Mauriceo Castanheiro – Nasdaq Verafin · Stacie Purcell – KeyBank
14:05 – 14:15	Break
14:15 – 15:00	Datos Signature Research Presentation – Reimagining Financial Crime Defenses in an Era of Disruption David Barnhardt, Trace Fooshee, John Horn, Chuck Subrt – Datos Insights
15:00 – 15:15	Break
15:15 – 16:00	AML High-Stakes Decisions: Optimizing Financial Crimes Prevention in the Era of AI Governance Becki LaPorte – Datos Insights · Stu Bradley – SAS · Heather Cody – SoFi · Randy Mills – Worldpay	Authentication Consumer Identities: Looking Beyond PII Data Jim Mortensen – Datos Insights · Matt Powell – Regions Bank · Mary Ann Miller – Prove · Caleb Callahan – Synovus	Cyber Inside the Mind of the Modern Attacker: How Cybercriminals Target Identity—and How to Beat Them John Horn – Datos Insights · Bojan Simic – HYPR Corp. · Frank Thomas – First Citizens Bank · Terry Godwin – Navy Federal Credit Union	Fraud Masters of Manipulation: Breaking the Scammer's Playbook Trace Fooshee – Datos Insights · Karen Boyer – M&T Bank · Anurag Mohapatra – NICE Actimize · Aaron Steinitz – M&T Bank
16:00 – 16:15	1:1 Conversations & Expo Open
16:15 – 17:00	The Blind Spot: Why Application Fraud Still Thrives in a Digitally Verified World David Barnhardt – Datos Insights · Naftali Harris – SentiLink · Ted Josephson – Synchrony Financial · Stacie Purcell – KeyBank
17:00 – 17:30	Keynote – The Heart of Fraud: Fighting Human Crimes with Data, Unity, and Purpose Ian Mitchell – The Knoble
17:30 – 18:30	Cocktail Reception

Wednesday, 27 August 2025
07:30 – 08:20	Breakfast
08:20 – 08:30	Opening Remarks Jennifer Ham – Datos Insights
08:30 – 09:15	Combating AI-Enabled Fraud with Agentic Defense Julie Conroy – Datos Insights · Tarundeep Dhot – TD Bank · Adam Davies – FICO
09:15 – 09:25	Break
09:25 – 10:10	AML Augmenting Human Expertise Through Innovation Becki LaPorte – Datos Insights · Joe Robinson – Hummingbird · David Caruso – WorkFusion · Will Voorhees – Coinbase · Darin Mallory – First Citizens Bank	Authentication The Future of Authentication: From Friction to Flow Jim Mortensen – Datos Insights · Dewald Nolte – Entersekt · Jen Martin – Citizens Bank · Aaron McAllister – Scotiabank	Cyber The Future of Data Security: Turning the Tide for Financial Services Douglas DePeppe – Datos Insights · Jason Zickefoose – Chesapeake Bank · Tony Lieu – Ally Financial · Shashi Mysore – Symmetry Systems	Fraud Faster Payments, Faster Fraud: New Strategies for a Real-time World David Barnhardt – Datos Insights · Chip Kohlweiler – Navy Federal Credit Union · Tim Vanderham – Featurespace · David Richardson – American National Bank
10:10 – 10:45	1:1 Conversations & Expo Open
10:45 – 11:30	AML Sharpening A Risk Based AML Approach: Finding the Needles in the Haystack Chuck Subrt – Datos Insights · Yinglian Xie – DataVisor · Nicolas Khouri – Ally Financial · Dr. Wendy Douglas – Flagstar Bank	Authentication Digital Identity: Making the Case for an Industry Standard? Trace Fooshee – Datos Insights · Reggie Whitley – Ally Financial · Michele Bilton-Smith – Somos Inc. · Bill Bennett – Callsign · Steven Pierce – Black Hills FCU	Cyber Beyond the Gateway: Solving the Trust Equation in an API-First Financial World Jane Ginn – Datos Insights · Shannon Rolinger – TD Bank · Joe Martin – F5 · Neil Prater – Arvest Bank · Tyler Falcone – AIPSO	Fraud When Good Customers Go Bad: The Growing Challenge of First-Party Fraud Jim Mortensen – Datos Insights · Jason Abbott – Provenir · Josh Fox – H&R Block · Rob Cochran – PenFed
11:30 – 11:40	Break
11:40 – 12:25	AML From Regulation to Innovation: Transforming AML for the Next Decade Becki LaPorte – Datos Insights · Brent Crider – Apollo Group · Steve Marshall – FinScan, An Innovative Systems Solution · Heather Cody – SoFi	Authentication Biometric Weapons to Authenticate Customers David Barnhardt – Datos Insights · Bob Shiflet – IronVest · Candler Eve – MidFirst Bank · Aaron Seres – FBI	Cyber The Impact of Adversarial Automation on Financial Services Firms Julie Conroy – Datos Insights · Frank Teruel – Arkose Labs · Chris Stoneley – Cathay Bank · Kevin Gowen – Synovus Financial	Fraud The Cost of Doing Nothing: Fraud Prevention as a Business Imperative Trace Fooshee – Datos Insights · Scott Edwards – Bank of Oklahoma · Jeff Taylor – Regions Bank
12:25 – 13:20	Networking Lunch
13:20 – 14:05	Who Owns Identity? Unifying Identity Management to Combat Financial Crime Jim Mortensen – Datos Insights · Sara Seguin – Alloy · Jeff Kearney – Ally Financial · Sandeep Rana – Discover Financial Services
14:05 – 14:15	Break
14:15 – 15:00	AML Next Generation Crime Fighting: The Power of the United Front Becki LaPorte – Datos Insights · Garry Clement – VersaBank · Rebecca Schauer Robertson – Blue Ridge Bank, N.A. · LeVar Anderson – Community Savings Bank	Authentication Synthetic Identities 2.0: Detecting Fraud Enhanced With Deepfake Technology Jim Mortensen – Datos Insights · Clint Hardison – Navy Federal Credit Union · Staci Shatsoff – Federal Reserve Bank of Boston · James Brennan – GetReal Security, Inc. · Eric Ondik – TransUnion	Cyber Cyber Risk for Insurers: New Findings for a Unique Journey John Horn – Datos Insights	Fraud From Threat to Opportunity in the Generative AI Era David Barnhardt – Datos Insights · Paul Fertig – American Express · Yogesh Patel – Outseer · Marlon Surdi – Goldman Sachs
15:00 – 15:30	1:1 Conversations & Expo Open
15:30 – 16:30	Roundtable Discussions (Financial Institutions Only) How to Succeed with Adoption of Orchestrated AI Agents and Gen-AI Tools Across the Fraud Lifecycle David Barnhardt – Datos Insights · Lenny Gusel – Feedzai Stopping Spoof and Impersonation Calls from Defrauding Customers Julie Conroy – Datos Insights · Jim Tyrrell – Transaction Network Services (TNS) Building Next Gen AML Operations: People, Processes, and Technology Chuck Subrt – Datos Insights · Will Lawrence – Greenlite Red Teaming AI: Evaluating Controls Against the Next Generation of Threats Jim Mortensen – Datos Insights · Jerry Tylman – Greenway Solutions, a Neovera Company Looking Ahead to Consumer Digital Identity Protections Douglas DePeppe – Datos Insights Disrupting the Human Pipeline: How Banks Can Break the Scam & Mule Chain Trace Fooshee – Datos Insights · Robert Autrey – BioCatch Fusion Challenges and New Approaches John Horn – Datos Insights
16:30 – 16:40	Break
16:40 – 17:20	Keynote – In the Age of Deep Fake, What is Real? Chris Skinner – The Finanser
17:20 – 17:30	Closing Remarks Charles Subrt – Datos Insights
17:30 – 18:30	Cocktail Reception

*Subject to change