AGENDA

HALF-DAY SESSION ON CURRENT, TOPICAL AND TIMELY WHISTLEBLOWER ISSUES

13:40-18:00 CENTRAL EUROPEAN SUMMERTIME (CEST)
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Approximate timings due to the online nature and the Q/A sessions at the event
*Conference Program is subject to change. The conference language is English
Timing Topics/Speakers
13:40 – 14:00
Registration
14:00 – 14:10
Welcome Remarks and Speaker and Agenda Introduction
The Whistleblowing Mandates/Directive:
  1. What does it mean for the organisation
  2. What is the scope of the legislation?
  3. The most important features
  4. How to ensure compliance
Lady Olga Maitland, Chairman Copenhagen Compliance Ltd
14:10 – 14:45
The New EU Whistleblowing Directive: what does it mean for your organisation
  • What is the scope of the new legislation?
  • The most important features
  • How to ensure that you comply with the new legislation
Geert Vermeulen, CEO van De Integriteitscoördinator BV & CEO at ECMC | Interim Ethics & Compliance Officer
14:45 – 15:30
Certify yourself as a Whistleblower Champion!
  • How to build a whistleblower organization in a global financial institution
  • Culture and trust is everything
  • Anonymity: necessary, but challenging
Kåre Kristensen, Senior Compliance Officer at Saxo Bank
15:30 – 16:15
How to address the new EU Whistleblowing Directive from a Compliance Perspective
  • What are the policies, processes and procedures?
  • What to do when a whistleblower report comes in
  • How to ensure that the top management’ duties & responsibilities are clear.
  • How to demonstrate and document whistleblower compliance.
Kersi F. Porbunderwala, CEO, Copenhagen Compliance®
16:15 – 16:30
Break
16:30 – 17:00
What are the key components when selecting a Whistleblower Software
  • To address the corporate goals
  • To ensure management/stakeholder accountability
  • To demonstrate and document whistleblower compliance.
Jakob Lilholm, CEO and Co-founder. Whistleblower Software
17:00 – 17:30
Making whistleblowers an opportunity instead of a threat
  • Employees are in a privileged position about wrongdoings and disclosing such activities
  • Address the overall protection for the whistleblowers; continues to be insufficient and fragmented
Samantha Feinstein, Staff Attorney and Deputy Director, and
Tom Devine, Legal Director at The Government Accountability Project
17:30 – 18:00 Final Q&A