2026 Lunchtime Seminars
Annual Corruption Prevention Forum
Time: Thursday 17 September 2026 @ 8:30m-5:00pm
Format: Whole Day Event
In Person Attendance Only: Macquarie Group Conference Centre, 1 Elizabeth Street Sydney – CLICK TO REGISTER.
Speakers: To find out more about the Forum including speakers and topics, click here.
Note: there will be no Education Seminar in September.
Topic to be confirmed
Time: Wednesday 21 October 2026 @ 12:30pm-1:30pm
Format: 45-minute presentation followed by 15 minutes for questions
Remote Attendance Only: Zoom Online – Subscribe to receive notification
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Topic to be confirmed
Time: Wednesday 18 November 2026 @ 12:30pm-1:30pm
Format: 45-minute presentation followed by 15 minutes for questions
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Session Speaker: To be confirmed
Guarding the Gatekeepers: Lessons in Corruption from the Silk Road
Time: Wednesday 18 February 2026 @ 12:30pm-1:30pm
Format: 45-minute presentation followed by 15 minutes for questions
Remote Attendance Only: Zoom Online
Session Speaker: Garren Hamilton CFE CAMS AFHEA, Managing Director Captura Cyber
Description:
The dismantling of the Silk Road darknet marketplace was a watershed victory against darknet crime, yet it was severely marred by the corruption two of its own investigators. While the marketplace was successfully shuttered, this case study examines how the perceived anonymity of virtual assets allowed two federal agents to operate a criminal enterprise parallel to their official duties. This session examines how these agents bypassed traditional oversight by leveraging “information asymmetry” and will move from the mechanics of this betrayal to practical prevention strategies.
About the Speaker: Garren Hamilton CFE CAMS AFHEA
Garren Hamilton, specialist in complex financial investigations and cryptocurrency tracing
Garren Hamilton is a cryptocurrency and cybercrime investigations expert with over 25 years of experience in law enforcement and the private sector. A former Detective Sergeant, Garren specialized in cryptocurrency tracing, fraud, and complex financial investigations, providing expert reports and testimony in civil and criminal proceedings in the UK, US, and Australia.
In 2024, Garren provided testimony before the Australian Joint Parliamentary Inquiry into the Capability of Law Enforcement to Respond to Cybercrime. He has also designed, developed, and delivered hybrid training programs, “Cryptocurrency Tracing Mastery” and “Cybercrime Investigation Essentials,” for private-sector cybercrime investigators.
As an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA), Garren is also a lecturer at the University of New South Wales, where he lectures on components within the MBA and Master of Cyber Security programs.
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Designing for Truth: Preparing Your Digital Environment to Prevent and Prove Corruption
Time: Wednesday 18 March 2026 @ 12:30pm-1:30pm
Format: 45-minute presentation followed by 15 minutes for questions
Remote Attendance Only: Zoom Online
Session Speaker: Chris Hatfield, Executive Manager at Forensic IT
Description:
Corruption prevention increasingly depends on how well an organisation designs and governs its digital environment, long before any allegation arises. This session explores how modern data landscapes, including personal devices, cloud platforms, mobile communications, and AI tools, can either enable early detection or quietly undermine it. We’ll examine how thoughtful data retention, access controls, and evidence readiness not only strengthen prevention efforts, but also ensure organisations can preserve and rely on digital evidence if an investigation becomes necessary.
About the Speaker: Chris Hatfield
Chris Hatfield is an Executive General Manager at a leading Forensic IT business.
Chris works closely with corporate clients, law firms, and boards to identify, manage, and respond to data risk across the entire lifecycle, from proactive governance and compliance through to complex investigations and breach response. Whether advising on data maturity uplift programs, leading forensic investigations, preparing for regulatory scrutiny, or navigating the challenges of AI and information integrity, Chris brings pragmatic, proportionate solutions that align risk mitigation with business objectives. Chris’ clients rely on him to simplify the complex, drive defensible outcomes, and get things done, especially when timelines are tight and the stakes are high.
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Risk, Regulation and Reality: Money Laundering Challenges in Modern Australia
Time: Wednesday 15 April 2026 @ 12:30pm-1:30pm
Format: 45-minute presentation followed by 15 minutes for questions
Remote Attendance Only: Teams Online
Session Speaker: Grace Mason, Partner Financial Crime at KordaMentha
Description:
This webinar examines the evolving anti-money laundering (AML) landscape across Australia, with a focus on the risks emerging in both public and private sector environments. It explores how regulatory frameworks, including the AML/CTF regime, operate in practice and where compliance challenges persist. Drawing on real-world typologies and case studies, enforcement trends, and investigative insights, the session highlights common vulnerabilities such as misuse of financial systems, procurement fraud, and complex ownership structures. Participants will gain a practical understanding of common red flags, reporting obligations, and the role of inter-agency cooperation, with a particular emphasis on the NSW context and the growing expectations placed on organisations and advisors.
About the Speaker: Grace Mason
Grace Mason advises on the design and operating effectiveness of AML/CTF frameworks and systems.
Grace provides AML/CTF and financial crime compliance, risk, and assurance advisory across financial services, banking, gaming, superannuation, remittance, digital currency exchanges and payments providers. She is experienced in advising on the design and operating effectiveness of AML/CTF frameworks and systems and aligning non-financial risk exposure with organisational strategy. She has extensive financial crime experience and has been responsible for driving transformational change and navigating complexity in regulatory, intelligence, and policy environments. Prior to joining KordaMentha in 2022, Grace spent over a decade at AUSTRAC working across regulatory, international, and intelligence functions. She is experienced in leading strategic transformation and technology programs, including regional business engagement and program delivery in ASEAN and Europe. Grace is a proactive leader who leverages program and policy knowledge to promote operational outcomes and build key partnerships.
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Whistleblowers as Agents of Corruption Prevention
Time: Wednesday 20 May 2026 @ 12:30pm-1:30pm
Format: 45-minute presentation followed by 15 minutes for questions
Remote Attendance Only: MS Teams Online
Session Speaker: Kieran Pender and Dr Benjamin Koh, Human Rights Law Centre
Description:
Whistleblowers are the primary source of identifying wrongdoing within organisations. But speaking up remains a fraught choice for too many potential whistleblowers. Kieran Pender and Dr Benjamin Koh, from the Human Rights Law Centre’s Whistleblower Project – Australia’s only specialist legal service for whistleblowers – will discuss the practical challenges facing whistleblowers. They will consider the legal frameworks, current progress towards law reform (including the proposed establishment of a Whistleblower Protection Authority), and practical steps organisations can take to build a speak-up culture.
About the Speakers: Kieran Pender and Dr Benjamin Koh
Kieran Pender leads the Whistleblower Project at the Human Rights Law Centre.
Kieran Pender
Kieran Pender is an associate legal director at the Human Rights Law Centre, where he leads the Whistleblower Project – Australia’s first specialist legal service for whistleblowers. Kieran is also an honorary senior lecturer at the ANU Law School and an award-winning writer for the Guardian. He has previously worked on whistleblower protections at the International Bar Association in London and the CEELI Institute in Prague.
Dr Benjamin Koh
Ben is a medical doctor and lawyer who volunteers at the Human Rights Law Centre. He has a Masters in Psychology, a Masters in Sports Medicine and his PhD explored the issues of doping in sports. He is an honorary associate and fellow at the University of Technology Sydney, School of Business. He blew the whistle on the unethical conduct at Comminsure, the life insurance division of the Commonwealth Bank, when issues he reported as the chief medical officer to senior management and the Board were left unheeded. It resulted in the Banking Royal Commission and law reform which vindicated his concerns. He now conducts mental health first aid at his law firm and runs trauma-informed lawyering sessions more broadly.
Workplace Culture as a Risk Control – Psychosocial Risk, Conduct, and Leadership in Practice
Time: Wednesday 17 June 2026 @ 12:30pm-1:30pm
Format: 45-minute presentation followed by 15 minutes for questions
Remote Webinar: MS Teams Online
Session Speaker: Nick Hedges, Director at Resolve HR
Description:
Workplace culture is not just a people issue; it’s a business risk issue. When psychosocial hazards go unmanaged – poor relationships, unclear expectations, inconsistent leadership, they create hidden vulnerabilities that show up as complaints, turnover, and reputational damage. The real danger isn’t always visible. It surfaces when people don’t feel safe to speak up, when behaviour goes unchecked, and when organisations respond poorly to concerns. Better organizations do this differently. They set clear behavioural expectations, leaders model consistent behaviours and they create safe channels for people to raise issues. They understand that culture is the first line of defence. When you invest in leadership capability and address psychosocial risks early, you prevent the bigger problems from emerging.
In this webinar you’ll learn how to identify psychosocial risks before they become costly problems, why your current response to bullying and conduct issues may be creating more risk, not less. You will also learn about the difference between management and leadership, why it matters to your culture, what healthy, low-risk workplaces do differently, and a range of practical steps to strengthen psychological safety and reduce organisational exposure.
This webinar is designed for SME owners, HR leaders, leaders in business and business managers who want to understand how culture directly impacts risk, compliance, and the bottom line. Whether you’re managing performance issues, dealing with complaints, or simply want to build a stronger team, this session will give you clarity on where risks hide and what to do about them.
About the Speaker: Nick Hedges
Nick Hedges, author and specialist in solving complex people challenges.
Nick is the Founder of ResolveHR, a boutique HR consultancy empowering SMEs across Australia. He is also the author of “Is Your Team Failing Or Kicking Goals – Take Control Of Your People & Their Performance” A trusted advisor to business leaders, Nick specialises in solving complex people challenges and building workplaces where talent thrives. With deep expertise in HR strategy, leadership, and culture, he delivers sharp insights and practical solutions that drive change and high performance.
From Culture to Conduct: Strengthening Prevention Through Behaviour and Response
Time: Wednesday 15 July 2026 @ 12:30pm-1:30pm
Format: 45-minute presentation followed by 15 minutes for questions
Remote Attendance Only: MS Teams Online
Session Speaker: Kim Copeland, Principal of Avyon Consulting
Description:
Building on previous discussions of psychosocial risk and workplace culture, this seminar explores how culture, leadership behaviour, and organisational responses interact to create, or prevent, misconduct risks in practice. While policies and controls play an important role, they are often undermined by informal norms, inconsistent leadership behaviours, and gaps in how concerns are identified and addressed.
The session will draw on real and de‑identified examples to examine where organisations commonly fall short, including missed early warning signs, inconsistent or delayed responses, and environments where people feel unable to speak up. It will also outline practical ways organisations can strengthen culture as a control, including improving reporting pathways, clarifying roles and accountability, and ensuring responses to concerns are timely, fair, and effective. The focus throughout is on applied insights that participants can use to better understand risk in their own organisations and take targeted action.
About the Speaker: Kim Copeland
Kim Copeland is a leading expert in building trusted, accountable, corruption-resistant cultures.
Kim Copeland is the Principal of Avyon Consulting, a specialist consultancy focused on creating cultures that support safety, trust and agency. Her clients include universities, government departments, corporate clients, and non-government organisations to strengthen governance, improve reporting and response systems, and embed trauma‑informed, defensible practices.
Kim has extensive experience supporting organisations to navigate complex and sensitive matters, including workplace misconduct, gender‑based violence, and cultural reform. Her work spans whole‑of‑organisation reviews, policy and procedure development, leadership advisory, and the design and delivery of training programs. She is particularly focused on translating legislative and regulatory requirements into everyday practice by helping organisations move beyond policy to build cultures where expectations are understood, enacted, and reinforced in real situations. Her approach emphasises early identification and response, supporting organisations to address risks before they escalate to formal complaints or breaches, and to create environments where people feel safe to speak up and confident in how concerns will be handled.
Operation Landan: investigation into the conduct of the then Chief Executive of School Infrastructure NSW and others
Time: Wednesday 19 August 2026 @ 12:30pm-1:30pm
Format: 45-minute presentation followed by 15 minutes for questions
Remote Attendance Only: Zoom Online
Session Speaker: Carla Teteris, Senior Corruption Prevention Officer at NSW ICAC
Description
In Operation Landan, the Commission found that the former chief executive of School Infrastructure NSW subverted procurement and recruitment practices to arrange and extend jobs and lucrative contracts for his friends and associates. This presentation will provide insights from the investigation relevant to all members of the NSW public sector. It explores how systems were undermined in SINSW and what enabled the corrupt conduct to occur.
About the Speaker: Carla Teteris
Carla Teteris is a Senior Corruption Prevention Officer at ICAC. She started at the Commission in 2021. While in the Corruption Prevention Division, Carla has worked on Commission investigations examining procurement, contract management, misuse of funds, and recruitment and termination practices. This includes the investigation into School Infrastructure NSW – allegations concerning former chief executive, staff and others (Operation Landan).