2026 Conference Agenda
This year's conference will feature both morning and afternoon plenary 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!
Registrants will receive the webinar link and password the week of the conference. Please contact info@dallasacfe.org for any connectivity questions.
| Start | End | Presenter | Topic | Room | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7:00 AM | 9:00 AM | Registration and Breakfast | Pre-function Area | ||
| Morning Session I | |||||
| 7:55 AM | 8:00 AM | Chris Mabile, ACFE Dallas Chapter President | Opening Remarks | Main Room | |
| 8:00 AM | 8:50 AM | Paul Bustos, CFE, Fraud Consultant | Digital Payment Fraud: Prevention & Rule-Based Detection | ||
| Morning Session II | |||||
| 9:00 AM | 9:50 AM |
Camelia Lopez Shoemaker, Holland & Knight |
The GENIUS Act and Stablecoin | Main Room | |
| 9:50 AM | 10:00 AM | Networking Break | |||
| Morning Session III | |||||
| 10:00 AM | 10:50 AM | Mason Wilder, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners | Ethical Considerations for Open Source Intelligence |
Main Room | |
| Morning Session IV | |||||
| 11:00 AM | 11:50 PM | Hon. Sidney A. Fitzwater, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas | Interview of Judge Fitzwater by Ken Sibley, CPA, CFE | Main Room | |
| Networking Lunch | |||||
| 11:50 AM | 12:40 PM | Lunch & Virtual Networking | Main Room | ||
| 12:40 PM | 1:00 PM | Mai Nguyen, ACFE Dallas Board Scholarship Chair Becca Epperly |
Scholarship Recipient: Shonnie Evans, East Texas A&M National Breast Cancer Foundation |
Main Room | |
| Afternoon Session I | |||||
| 1:00 PM | 1:50 PM | Rick Velazquez, CFE | Elder Fraud |
Main Room | |
| 1:50 PM | 2:00 PM | Networking Break | |||
| Afternoon Session II | |||||
| 2:00 PM | 2:50 PM | Adam Schneider, Social Security Administration | Lessons Learned from Internal Investigations to Mitigate Risk and Support In-House Counsel and Law Enforcement | Main Room | |
| 2:50 PM | 3:00 PM | Networking Break | |||
| Afternoon Session III | |||||
| 3:00 PM | 3:50 PM | Damon Rowe, Partner, Meadows Collier | How the IRS is Using AI |
Main Room | |
| 3:50 PM | 4:00 PM | Break | |||
| Closing Session | |||||
| 4:00 PM | 4:50 PM | Emily McIntosh and Ryan Sumberac, FTI | Artificial Intelligence: Threats, Risk, Compliance and Ethics | Main Room | |
| 4:50 PM | 5:00 PM | Chris Mabile, ACFE Dallas Chapter President | Closing Remarks | ||
| 5:00 PM | 6:30 PM | Reception & Virtual Networking | Pre-function area | ||