Agenda Day 1
Opening
8:50 am - 9:00 am
Chairperson's Opening Remarks
Andreas Chai -
Associate Professor,
Griffith University
Leaders Morning
9:00 am - 9:30 am
Keynote Address from AUSTRAC: Regulatory Updates & Insight
Brendan Thomas -
Chief Executive Officer,
AUSTRAC
9:30 am - 10:00 am
PANEL DISCUSSION: Financial Crime is a Business Risk, Not a Compliance Problem: Reshaping Ownership at the Top
Jeremy Leong -
Chief Risk Officer, Head of Risk and Compliance,
Taishin International Bank
Anthony Hope - Group Head of AML, CTF and Fraud Risk, NAB
10:00 am - 10:15 am
Speed Networking
Fast, focused, and energising — speed networking is your chance to meet fellow attendees, exchange ideas, and spark new collaborations with your metabolic healthcare professionals
10:15 am - 10:45 am
PANEL DISCUSSION: Breaking the Coordination Bottleneck: How Leading Institutions Are Operationalising Cross-Functional Financial Crime Response
Toby Evans -
Head of Economic Crime,
AusPayNet
Brian Yeung - General Counsel & Director of Compliance - APAC, Interactive Brokers
10:45 am - 11:15 am
Your Stack is Slowing You Down: How to Build Financial Crime Infrastructure That Can Actually Scale
11:15 am - 11:45 am
Morning Recharge in the Expo
Interactive Group Discussions
11:45 am - 1:20 pm
IDG A: Preventing Fraud and Scams Before the Point of Loss
11:45 am - 1:20 pm
IDG B: Rebuilding Financial Crime Operations Around Risk, Not Process
11:45 am - 1:20 pm
IDG C: Operationalising Real-Time KYC & Identity Intelligence
11:45 am - 1:20 pm
IDG D: Making AML Systems Work at Scale
11:45 am - 1:20 pm
IDG E: Turning Risk Data into Actionable Intelligence
11:45 am - 1:20 pm
IDG F: Empowering the Financial Crime Workforce Through Smarter Tech Integration
Break
1:20 pm - 2:20 pm
Networking Lunch & VIP Hosted Lunches
Tracks
AFC Executive Boardroom
2:20 pm - 2:50 pm Personal Accountability in 2026: What Senior Executives Will Be Individually Held Responsible For
By Invite Only
AFC Executive Boardroom
2:50 pm - 3:20 pm When Prevention Fails: Executive Decision-Making in the First 72 Hours of a Major Financial Crime Event
By Invite Only
AFC Executive Boardroom
3:20 pm - 3:50 pm Strategic Trade-Offs Leaders Are Avoiding: What You Must Stop Doing to Reduce Financial Crime Risk
By Invite Only
Data, Intelligence & Real-Time Orchestration: Driving Faster, Smarter Action
2:20 pm - 2:50 pm Case Study: Unifying fragmented data, workflows and decision points across the enterprise Krzysztof Lyson - Head of Global Compliance, OFX
Data, Intelligence & Real-Time Orchestration: Driving Faster, Smarter Action
2:50 pm - 3:20 pm Triage, Escalate, Action: Designing Decision Flows that Move at the Speed of ThreatsData, Intelligence & Real-Time Orchestration: Driving Faster, Smarter Action
3:20 pm - 3:50 pm Embedding Risk Intelligence into Operational Tools and InterfacesBreak
3:50 pm - 4:20 pm
Afternoon Recharge
Fuel up, connect, and explore—your chance to grab a coffee, meet solution partners, and spark new conversations across the Australian Financial Crime community.
Scams, Fraud & Identity Abuse: Early Detection & Intervention
4:20 pm - 4:50 pm
PANEL DISCUSSION: Stopping Losses Before They Happen: The Infrastructure Behind Proactive Fraud Response
Porus Govekar -
Head of Compliance,
KenoGO/ Lottoland Australia
Jason Rohloff - Head of Risk and Compliance, Sokin
4:50 pm - 5:20 pm
Synthetic IDs, Spoofing, and Scam Sophistication: What Your Tech Stack Needs to Handle in 2026
Closing
5:20 pm - 5:30 pm
Chairperson's Closing Remarks
Andreas Chai -
Associate Professor,
Griffith University
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Australian Financial Crime Summit Drinks Reception
Join the AFC community for a relaxed evening of networking, drinks, and canapés. It’s the perfect way to unwind after a big day of learning and connection—reconnect with peers, meet new contacts, and toast to the conversations shaping the future financial crime defence in Australia
