Top Government Officials to Deliver Keynote Remarks at 34th Annual ABA/ABA Financial Crimes Enforcement Conference

The American Bankers Association and the American Bar Association will bring together the nation’s top financial crimes experts to address the latest issues in money laundering, fraud and cyber-enabled crime at the 34th annual ABA/ABA Financial Crimes Enforcement Conference. The event, which will be held Dec. 5-7 at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md., is the industry’s longest running financial crimes conference and the only meeting hosted jointly by top banking and legal associations.

This year’s annual conference will feature a series of keynote addresses from top government officials, including Elizabeth Rosenberg, assistant secretary for terrorist financing and financial crimes, U.S. Department of Justice; Himamauli Das, acting FinCEN director, Department of Treasury; Marshall Miller, principal associate deputy attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice; and Timothy Langan, executive assistant director, criminal, cyber, response, and services branch, Federal Bureau of Investigation.

“The ABA/ABA Financial Crimes Enforcement Conference is a great opportunity for the banking industry and law enforcement to come together to protect the integrity of the financial system,” said Rob Nichols, ABA president and CEO. “From sanctions to cryptocurrency fraud, this event will cover the latest threats as well as identify opportunities to crackdown on fraudsters, criminals and hackers preying on bank customers.”

The three-day event will provide critical updates to senior-level BSA/AML compliance officers, in-house and outside bank counsel, fraud officers and investigators, internal and external bank auditors, regulatory officials and consultants on all aspects of money laundering detection, prevention and compliance.

The conference will feature a combination of general sessions, breakout panel discussions and marketplace networking opportunities. This year’s general sessions include: 

• The Complex World of Sanctions: A Fireside Chat with Andrea Gacki, director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control and sanctions expert Juan C. Zarate, global co-managing partner and chief strategy officer, K2Integrity; 
• Keynote Address: Elizabeth Rosenberg, assistant secretary for terrorist financing and financial crimes, U.S, Department of Justice; 
• Keynote Address - Update from FinCEN: Himamauli Das, acting director, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network;
• Regulatory Roundtable: Moderated by Debra A. Roberts, BNY Mellon and featuring Lisa D. Arquette, FDIC; Koko Ives, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; James Martinelli, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network; Donna Murphy, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency;
• Keynote Address - Law Enforcement Priorities and Enforcement Trends featuring Marshall Miller, principal associate deputy attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice and Timothy Langan, executive assistant director, criminal, cyber, response, and services branch, Federal Bureau of Investigation; 
• Machine Learning and AI: From Mitigating Bias to Maximizing Value with Gary Shiffman, founder and CEO of Giant Oak and co-founder and CEO of Consilient.

Most sessions qualify for continuing education credits. To register, call 1-800-BANKERS or visit aba.com/FCE.

NOTE TO REPORTERS: Complimentary registration to the conference is available for qualified members of the media. Pre-registration is required. For those attending virtually, general sessions will be made available via live stream. To pre-register, please contact Blair Bernstein at [email protected].