2021 Conference Agenda
This year's conference will feature both morning and afternoon plenary and breakout sessions. Conference attendees will be eligible to receive up to 8 hours of CPE including 2 hours of CFE-qualifying Ethics! Be sure to plan to join your colleagues for the Reception following the conference!
Agenda details are subject to change.
| Start | End | Presenter | Topic | Room | Link to Session | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7:00 AM | 8:00 AM | Registration and Breakfast | Grand Ballroom | |||
| Morning Plenary Session I | ||||||
| 7:55 AM | 8:00 AM | Chad Francis - President, Dallas Area Chapter of the ACFE | Opening Remarks | Grand Ballroom | Click to Join | |
| 8:00 AM | 8:50 AM | Dave Lieber, Dallas Morning News | Ross Perot Saga: How the billionaire’s avoidance of an audit of his EDS company led to “the biggest divorce in corporate history.” | |||
| Morning Breakout Session I | ||||||
| 9:00 AM | 9:50 AM |
Keith Salas, Assistant City Auditor and Michael Yamma, Investigator, City of Austin |
A Case Study: Disappearing Printer Ink | Grand Ballroom |
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| 9:00 AM | 9:50 AM | E.J. Janik - Principal and Practice Leader, Ryan Fraud and Forensic Recovery Presented by Ryan |
Best Practices for Depositions | Breakout Room |
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| 9:50 AM | 10:10 AM | Networking Break | ||||
| Morning Breakout Session II | ||||||
| 10:10 AM | 11:00 AM | Jeremy Moore, Special Agent HHS-OIG Presented by Qlarant |
Using Health Record Metadata in a Criminal Prosecution |
Grand Ballroom |
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| 10:10 AM | 11:00 AM | Glenna Whitley, co-author of Stolen Valor | Military Fraud: Investigating Military Phonies | Breakout Room |
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| Morning Plenary Session II | ||||||
| 11:10 AM | 12:00 PM | Vernon Beck, Convicted Fraudster | Fraud Prevention from the Perspective of an Individual that Embezzled $13.5 Million |
Grand Ballroom |
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| Networking Lunch | ||||||
| 12:00 PM | 12:50 PM | Lunch & Virtual Networking | Grand Ballroom |
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| 12:40 PM | 12:50 PM | Scholarship and Other Presentations | Grand Ballroom |
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| Afternoon Plenary Session I | ||||||
| 12:50 PM | 1:40 PM | Eduardo A. Chávez, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Agency | DEA Dallas: Current Priorities | Grand Ballroom |
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| Afternoon Breakout Session I | ||||||
| 1:50 PM | 2:40 PM | Gabriel Benincasa, Partner at Holland & Knight and Catherine Rowsey, Associate at Holland & Knight Presented by Holland & Knight |
Conversation with the Former Chief Risk Officer of SEC | Grand Ballroom |
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| 1:50 PM | 2:40 PM | Deanna Sullivan | Is Ethical Behavior Possible in Times of Trouble? (Ethics Part 1) Qualifies for Ethics for CFEs |
Breakout Room |
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| 2:40 PM | 3:00 PM | Networking Break | ||||
| Afternoon Breakout Session II | ||||||
| 3:00 PM | 3:50 PM | Kelly Tobin and David Webb, UnitedHealthcare | Laboratory Fraud |
Grand Ballroom |
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| 3:00 PM | 3:50 PM | Deanna Sullivan |
Is Ethical Behavior Possible in Times of Trouble? (Ethics Part 2) Qualifies for Ethics for CFEs |
Breakout Room |
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| Closing Session | ||||||
| 4:00 PM | 4:50 PM | Nick Ganjei, Acting US Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas |
US Attorney's Office: Current Priorities | Grand Ballroom |
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| 4:50 PM | 5:00 PM | Chad Francis - President, Dallas Area Chapter of the ACFE | Closing Remarks | |||
| 5:00 PM | 7:00 PM | Reception & Virtual Networking | Click to Join | |||