Attend and earn 7 CPD units in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories

Chair: Andrea Beatty, Partner, Piper Alderman; Accredited Specialist in Credit Law

8.45am to 8.55am: Opening Comments by the Chair

8.55am to 9.25am: Keynote Address: COVID-19 – The Global Economic Impact and Implications for Australia [Live Stream from the South Coast]

Presented by Professor Warwick McKibbin AO, Vice-Chancellor’s Chair in Public Policy and Director, Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis (CAMA), Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University

9.25am to 10.10am: COVID-19 and Financial Hardship: What Happens When the Loan Repayment Holiday Stops?

• Banks
• Non-banks
• Consumers

Panel Discussion:
Tim Gough, Senior Executive Leader, Credit, Retail Banking & Payments, Australian Securities & Investments Commission [Live Stream from Melbourne]
Christine Cupitt, Executive Director, Policy, Australian Banking Association
Diane Tate, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Financial Industry Association
Karen Cox, Chief Executive Officer, Financial Rights Legal Centre (Sydney)

10.10am to 10.40am: Managing Non-Financial Risk

• What a CEO needs to consider
• Governance, risk and compliance framework for management and boards

Panel Discussion:
Joseph Rizk OAM, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Arab Bank Australia
Alison Ewings, Head of Engagement, Regnan

10.40am to 11.00am: Morning Tea

11.00am to 11.30am: Governance Systems in Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing (AML/CTF) [Live Stream from Melbourne]

• AUSTRAC’s expectations on governance to support compliance with AML/CTF
• The consequences of poor governance

Presented by Richard Lee, Director Education Capability and Communications, AUSTRAC

11.30am to 12.30pm: Cyber Security: Are You Ready to Manage a Cyber Attack?

• What does 2020 look like in the cyber world?
• Impact of COVID-19: Have the hackers & their tactics changed?
• Stress testing the system: points of vulnerability
• Employee training: Does it measure up?
• How to manage the overall risk framework for data security
• How to handle breach reporting and reputational damage

Presented by Chris McLaughlin, Director, Cyber Security Group Aon; Andrew Gray, Chief Counsel, Aon Reinsurance Solutions APAC; Associate General Counsel, Aon Commercial Risk Solutions Global; Olga Ganopolsky, General Counsel Privacy and Data, Macquarie Group; Emily Hills, Senior Corporate Counsel, Toyota Finance Australia

12.30pm to 1.00pm: Buy-Now-Pay-Later (BNPL) Update

• BNPL self-regulatory code update

Presented by Karl Turner, Chief Operating Officer, Australian Finance Industry Association; Michael Saadat, Director of Public Policy & Regulatory Affairs, Afterpay

1.00pm to 1.45pm: Lunch

1.45pm to 2.45pm: OPEN BANKING, FINTECH, AND REGTECH

Senate Select Committee on Financial Technology and Regulatory Technology: Interim Report

Presented by Senator Andrew Bragg, Committee Chair

Panel Discussion:
Rebecca Schot-Guppy, Chief Executive Officer, Fintech Australia [Live Stream from Melbourne]
Neil Campbell, Head of Security & Compliance, Meeco; The RegTech Association [Live Stream from Melbourne]
Joshua Annese, Partner, Piper Alderman [Live Stream from Adelaide]

Open Banking Update

Presented by Paul Franklin, Executive General Manager, Consumer Data Rights Division Australian Competition & Consumer Commission

2.45pm to 3.15pm: Neobanks: The New Age of Banking

Presented by Philip Haultain, General Counsel & Company Secretary, Volt Bank; Dean McAuley, Director Capital Product, Prospa; Scott Jamieson, Chief Compliance Officer, Revolut

3.15pm to 3.35pm: Afternoon Tea

3.35pm to 4.20pm: Blockchain: Where Are We?

• Blockchain refresher: overview
• What’s happening now: digital currency as legal tender – China & US developments
• Smart contracts

Presented by Michael Bacina, Partner, Piper Alderman

• Australian National Blockchain, application of smart contracts to financial services

Presented by Natasha Blycha, Global Head of Digital Law, Herbert Smith Freehills [Live Stream from Perth]

• Developing practical blockchain applications in the enterprise [or financial services or banks]
• Legitimising cryptocurrencies for payments
• Delivery versus payment: using blockchain to mitigate risks

Presented by Nikesh Lalchandani, Chief Strategy Officer, Bloxian; former CBA Innovation Executive, Emerging Technology; author, Payments and Banking in Australia: from Coins to Cryptocurrency

4.20pm to 5.25pm: What New Regulations are Coming Post Banking Royal Commission?

• Major overhaul of responsible lending laws
• Banking Executive Accountability Regime to Approved Deposit Institutions
• ASIC Final Guidance on Design and Distribution Obligations
• Mortgage brokers best interest duty

Presented by Narelle Smythe, Partner, Clayton Utz; Steven Klimt, Partner, Clayton Utz; Alexandra Kelly, Principal Solicitor, Financial Legal Rights Centre (Sydney)

5.25pm to 5.30pm: Closing Comments by the Chair