09.30               Coffee and registration

10.00               CHAIRMAN’S WELCOME

                        Speaker:           Simon Dwyer, Director, KPMG                                                
                                                Chairman, Midlands Fraud Forum

10.10               OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESS: LESSONS FROM THE LAST RECESSION

                        Speaker:           Commissioner Mike Bowron, City of London Police

10.40               THE NATIONAL FRAUD STRATEGIC AUTHORITY – GOING FORWARD

                        Speaker:           A representative, National Fraud Strategic Authority

11.15               Coffee

11.45               BREAKOUT SESSIONS

Delegates can choose to attend one of the following three breakout sessions; the breakout sessions are repeated after lunch, so that delegates may attend a total of two out of the three options:

A.         FRAUD AND CORRUPTION: HOW NOT TO DO BUSINESS WITH THE WRONG PEOPLE

                        Speaker:           John Burbidge-King, CEO, Interchange Solutions
                                               

                        B.         EMPLOYEE FRAUD: A PREVENTATIVE APPROACH

                        Speaker:           Celia Nicholson, Director, Nicholson Consulting

C.         INSURANCE FRAUD

                        Speaker:           John Armstrong, Head of Investigations, Aviva

12.45               Lunch

13.45               AN UPDATE FROM THE SERIOUS FRAUD OFFICE

                        Speaker:         Richard Alderman, Director, Serious Fraud Office
                                                

14.20               AN INTERACTIVE FRAUD CASE STUDY

                        Led by:         Paul Worth, Partner, Eversheds

                                            Mark Surguy, Senior Associate, Pinsent Masons

15.20               Tea

15.45               BREAKOUT SESSIONS

                        Delegates will again split into three breakout groups, to attend another of the same sessions run before lunch.

16.45               CLOSING DISCUSSION: MFF PLANS FOR THE COMING YEAR

17.00               Close of conference