09.00

REGISTRATION, COFFEE AND MEETING OUR SPONSORS AND EXHIBITORS

09.30

CHAIRMAN’S WELCOME AND OPENING OF CONFERENCE

Mark Surguy - Chairman, MidlandsFraud Forum

Glenn Wicks - Deputy Chief Investigation Officer, Department for Business, Innovation & Skills

09.45

CIVIL LITIGATORS AND CRIMINAL PROSECUTORS WORKING TOGETHER TO COMBAT FRAUD AND RECOVER ITS PROCEEDS

John Randall QC - St Philips Chambers

10.30

COFFEE, NETWORKING AND MEETING OUR SPONSORS

AND EXHIBITORS

11.00

CRIME TRENDS, AND COUNTERING FRAUD

Steve Strickland - Detective Inspector, Economic Crime Unit, City of London Police

12.00

BREAKOUT SESSIONS

Delegates can choose to attend one of the following two interactive breakout sessions:

A.     POLICE INTERVIEWING TECHNIQUES  

Gary Baskerville - West Midlands Police

Debra Phillips - Partner, West Midlands Police

B.      CORPORATE AND PERSONAL IDENTITY THEFT

An interactive session dealing with the increasing incidence of identity theft from both personal and corporate perspectives. This session will include advice and discussion directed towards identifying the potential risks and dealing with the consequences of identity theft and corporate takeover, and will offer sound advice on how those risks can be minimised.

Andrew Gillett - Director of “FRAUDIT” and Vice Chairman of the Midlands Fraud Forum

Paul Worth - Partner, Eversheds

13.00

LUNCH, NETWORKING AND MEETING OUR SPONSORS AND EXHIBITORS

14.00

CIVIL OR CRIMINAL REMEDY FOR FRAUD? THE RESULTS OF THE MIDLANDS FRAUD FORUM RESEARCH PROJECT

Dr Mark Button - Reader and Director of the Centre for Counter Fraud Studies, (Europe), University of Portsmouth

14.15

BREAKOUT SESSIONS

Delegates can choose to attend one of the following two interactive breakout sessions:

C.     FRAUD IN ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY  

Paula Thomas - Subject Leader for Information Technology,
University of Glamorgan

D.      IDENTIFYING AND RECOVERING FROM FRAUD

An interactive workshop dealing with the identification of fraud and options for recovery using the civil route, including consideration of emergency applications. This session will include advice and discussion on these areas, including an interactive case study involving bribery.

Mark Kenkre - Legal Director, Cobbetts            

James Morgan - St Philips Chambers

15.15

COFFEE, NETWORKING AND MEETING OUR SPONSORS AND EXHIBITORS

15.45

THE INTERNET FRAUD TRENDS, PRESENT AND FUTURE

Bruce Helman - Cybercrime Legal Attache, UK, Federal Bureau of Investigations

16.30

CONFERENCE SUMMARY AND CLOSE

16.45

DRINKS RECEPTION