7th COMPLIANCE CONFERENCE

Embracing change

Wyndham Grand Athens

Description

The Association of Compliance Officers in Greece - ASCO Greece, in collaboration with Nomiki Bibliothiki, organized the 7th Compliance Conference, titled Embracing Change, on Thursday, November 21, 2024, in person at the Wyndham Grand Athens hotel and via Live Streaming.

Representatives of organizations and authorities and more than 35 industry experts discussed and shared insights on effectively addressing the challenges arising from rapidly evolving legislation, the increasing demand for ESG criteria implementation, advancements in technology, data security, anti-money laundering (AML) efforts, cross-border compliance issues, and fostering a culture of compliance and ethical business practices.

As companies and organizations are urged to embrace the changes driven by ESG criteria and new technologies, it was thoroughly explored how Compliance Officers must be equipped to manage the complexities of a constantly evolving regulatory and compliance landscape, while leading the transformative shifts occurring in modern business practices.

The conference was held under the auspices of the Ministry of Digital Governance, the National Transparency Authority (NTA), the Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI), the Federation of Enterprises (SEV), the Hellenic Bank Association (HBA), the International Compliance Association (ICA), the Hellenic Association of Insurance Companies (HAIC), the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) and the Hellenic Investors Association (SED).

Key Topics

The New AML Package: Strengthening EU Frameworks on AML / CFT
Economic sanctions and their ripple effects
The compliance manager’s tools in the new era
ESG in the Boardroom
Artificial Intelligence as a Key Element of Compliance
The future of Compliance - Trends & Challenges
Key compliance challenges in an evolving environment
The Road Ahead for Compliance, Risk and Audit: Strategic Insights for the Future

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Programm

09:00 - 09:30 Google Calendar Microsof Calendar	Registration
09:30 - 10:00 Google Calendar Microsof Calendar	Welcome Remarks Geena Papantonopoulou-Karatza, Publisher, NOMIKI BIBLIOTHIKI Michel Montbertrand, Chairman, Association of Compliance Officers in Greece (ASCO - Greece) Alexandra Rogakou, Interim Governor, National Transparency Authority Georgios Floridis, Minister of Justice
10:00 - 10:30 Google Calendar Microsof Calendar	Opening Speeches Vassiliki Lazarakou, JSD, Chair of the Hellenic Capital Market Commission (HCMC), Member of the Management Board of ESMA & the Board of IOSCO, Member of the Bureau of the OECD Corporate Governance Committee Christina Papaconstantinou, Deputy Governor, Bank of Greece
10:30 - 11:30 Google Calendar Microsof Calendar	THE NEW AML PACKAGE: STRENGTHENING EU FRAMEWORKS ON AML / CFT - PANEL DISCUSSION Moderator Vasilis Panagiotidis, Senior Director, Hellenic Bank Association Konstantinos Agorastos, Deputy Head Section of Anti-Money Laundering Inspections, Bank of Greece - Supervised Institutions Inspection Department Thanasis Athanasopoulos, Group Chief Compliance Officer, Eurobank Xenofon Avlonitis, Group Chief of Compliance, Alpha Bank Jenny Giotaki, Legal expert, European Banking Authority
11:30 - 11:55	Coffee Break
11:55 - 12:40 Google Calendar Microsof Calendar	Economic sanctions and their ripple effects - Panel discussion Moderator Sofoklis Karapidakis, Compliance Director & Data Protection Officer, Metlen Energy & Metals, BoD Member, Association of Compliance Officers in Greece (ASCO - Greece) Nicola Passariello, Financial Crime Expert, Moody’s Analytics Konstantin Bureiko, International Counsel, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
12:40 – 12:50 Google Calendar Microsof Calendar	Speech: The compliance manager’s tools in the new era Lefteris Anastasakis, PhD, BoD Vice President, PRIORITY
12:50 - 13:50 Google Calendar Microsof Calendar	ESG in the Boardroom - Panel discussion Moderator Zefi Nikolaou, MA, CFE, CFSE / Ethics & Compliance - ESG Senior Expert / Communications Strategist / Α΄ Vice Chair, Association of Compliance Officers in Greece (ASCO - Greece) Rania Ekaterinari, President of the Executive Committee & Vice-President of the Board, Hellenic Federation of Enterprises SEV Fotis Kourmousis, Executive Member of the Board of Directors, Hellenic Financial Stability Fund (HFSF) Natasha Martsekis, Chair of Audit Committee at EYDAP, ΒoD Member Fourlis Trade Estates Antigone Papangelopoulou, Head of Compliance, HELLENiQ ENERGY Holdings S.A., BoD Member OSÉ, Hellenic Railways Organization
13:50 - 15:00	Lunch Break
15:00 - 16:10 Google Calendar Microsof Calendar	ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AS A KEY ELEMENT OF COMPLIANCE - PANEL DISCUSSION Moderator Spiros Tassis, Partner, TMT and Data Protection, PotamitisVekris, HADPP Chairman, Co-Founder at Athens Legal Tech Antonios Kouroutakis, Associate Professor, IE University Sotiris Papadopoulos, Lawyer, Dr. Jur., Deputy Director of Legal Services Department, EYDAP Tania Patsalia, Partner, Bernitsas Law Despoina Spanou, Head of Cabinet of the Vice-President of the European Commission Margaritis Schinas Natalia Soulia, Senior Associate, Privacy, Data Protection & Cybersecurity, Kyriakides Georgopoulos Law Firm
16:10 – 16:25 Google Calendar Microsof Calendar	SPEECH: The future of Compliance - Trends & Challenges Rosalind Dixon-Burnett, Course Director, Governance, Risk & Compliance, ICA
16:25 - 16:50	Coffee Break
16:50 - 18:00 Google Calendar Microsof Calendar	Key compliance challenges in an evolving environment - Panel discussion Moderator Kostas Botopoulos, Dr. Jur., Legal Compliance Officer, Bank of Greece Nikos Dimopoulos, Compliance Director, Growthfund, the National Fund of Greece Elina Georgili, Head of Governance and Compliance, AVAX GROUP Giannis Konstantinou, Head of the Regulatory Compliance Unit, ElvalHalcor Matina Kresta, Chief Legal & Compliance Officer, Roche Hellas Vasiliki Mokka, Compliance / Risk Expert, OTE Group
18:00 - 18:40 Google Calendar Microsof Calendar	The Road Ahead for Compliance, Risk and Audit: Strategic Insights for the Future - Panel discussion Moderator Argyris Economou, Chief Group Legal Officer, Public Power Corporation Aris Dimitriadis, Executive Director Compliance, ERM & Insurance, OTE Group Marios Menexiadis, Group Internal Audit Director, AEGEAN AIRLINES Dimitrios Tsakonas, Director General, Public Debt Management Agency (PDMA)

Distinguished Speakers

Christina Papaconstantinou

Deputy Governor, Bank of Greece

Vassiliki Lazarakou

JSD, Chair of the Hellenic Capital Market Commission (HCMC), Member of the Management Board of ESMA & the Board of IOSCO, Member of the Bureau of the OECD Corporate Governance Committee

Rosalind Dixon-Burnett

Course Director, Governance, Risk & Compliance, ICA

Moderators

Kostas Botopoulos

Dr. Jur., Legal Compliance Officer, Bank of Greece

Argyris Economou

Chief Group Legal Officer, Public Power Corporation

Sofoklis Karapidakis

Compliance Director & Data Protection Officer, Metlen Energy & Metals, BoD Member, Association of Compliance Officers in Greece (ASCO - Greece)

Zefi Nikolaou

MA, CFE, CFSE / Ethics & Compliance - ESG Senior Expert / Communications Strategist / Α΄ Vice Chair, Association of Compliance Officers in Greece (ASCO - Greece)