Vitas Vasiliauskas, Chairman of the Board, Bank of Lithuania
 

Vilius Šapoka, Minister of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania

Lithuania's Centre of Excellence in Anti-Money Laundering – Where Are We and What do We Strive to Achieve? 

Jekaterina Govina, Head of the Supervision Service, Bank of Lithuania

AML/CTF Guidelines of the Association of Lithuanian Banks – Result of a Close Cooperation Between Public and Private Partners

Vytautas Danta, Chairman of the Compliance Committee, Association of Lithuanian Banks

AML/CTF Development: Ways for Improvement
Keynote speech: Company Registers – What Could be Done Better?

Liudas Kanapienis, CEO at Ondato

How to Reach Interconnectivity when we Understand Reliability Differently? Experience of the LV UBO Register

Laima Letiņa, Advisor at the Finance Latvia Association

Private-Private Partnerships: Data Sharing Utilities 

Maarten Rijssenbeek, Partner at Deloitte Netherlands

De-Risking Dilemma: Zero Tolerance for AML/CTF Risk

Eglė Kontautaitė, Head of the AML Supervision Division, Supervision Service, Bank of Lithuania

“We are Terminating Business Relationships" – the Impact of this Phrase for Your Business, 

Agnė Selemonaitė, Association Fintech Hub LT

EC AML Action Plan: from Single Rulebook to Single Supervisor 

Steve Ryan, Deputy Head of Unit, European Commission, Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Financial Crime (unit D2) 

SupTech/RegTech Initiatives in the AML/CTF Field

Ramūnas Baravykas, Advisor to the Director of the Supervision Service, Bank of Lithuania 

Specific Patterns of Terrorist Financing

Tom Keatinge, Director of the Centre for Financial Crime & Security Studies, Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (RUSI)

Bolstering Compliance Programme to Fight Terrorist Financing

Federica Taccogna, Senior Managing Director, Financial Services, FTI Consulting

The Purpose and Objectives of Comprehensive and Targeted Sanctions

Dalius Čekuolis, Vice-Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania

International Sanction Screening Challenges

Simona Balčiūnaitė, Member of the Compliance Committee, Association of Lithuanian Banks

Case analysis

Andrius Merkelis, Association Fintech Hub LT

Case analysis

Paulis Iljenkovs, Deputy Head of the Cooperation Coordination Division, Financial Intelligence Unit of Latvia (FIU Latvia)

Case analysis

Marc Vinckevleugel, Senior Manager of the Financial Intelligence Unit, Western Union

Simona Survilaitė, Manager of Financial Intelligence Unit, Western Union

Effective Fraud Prevention 

Netanel Kabala, Chief Analytics Officer and Co‑Founder at Simplex 

AML/CTF Transaction Monitoring: Beyond the Regulatory Requirements 

Alexandre Pinot, Co-Founder, AMLYZE

AML/CTF Requirements after Revocation of Banking Licence

Kristaps Markovskis, Deputy Director of the Compliance Control Department, Financial and Capital Market Commission of Latvia

Compliance Function: the Cost of Failure

Matis Maeker, Head of the AML/CTF Supervision Department, Estonian Financial Supervision and Resolution Authority, Member of the Moneyval Bureau

10:00–10:15 (EEST)
Channel 1
Language: EN

Opening and welcome remarks:

Vitas Vasiliauskas, Chairman of the Board, Bank of Lithuania
Vilius Šapoka, Minister of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania

Panel I
10:15–10:45 (EEST)
Channel 1
Language: EN

The Importance of the Public and Private Sector Partnership in Combating Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing

Keynote speech: Lithuania's Centre of Excellence in Anti-Money Laundering – Where Are We and What do We Strive to Achieve?, Jekaterina Govina, Head of the Supervision Service, Bank of Lithuania

Keynote speech: AML/CTF Guidelines of the Association of Lithuanian Banks – Result of a Close Cooperation Between Public and Private Partners, Vytautas Danta, Chairman of the Compliance Committee, Association of Lithuanian Banks

Panel I discussion
10:45–11:15 (EEST)
Channel 1
Language: EN

Panel Moderator: Jekaterina Govina, Head of the Supervision Service, Bank of Lithuania

Participants:

• Mindaugas Petrauskas, Deputy Director of the Financial Crime Investigation Service under the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Lithuania
• Ilze Znotina, Head of the Financial Intelligence Unit of Latvia (FIU Latvia)
• Vytautas Danta, Chairman of the Compliance Committee, Association of Lithuanian Banks
• Loreta Liutkutė Habchi, Vice President, Head of Public Policy Europe, Western Union
• Titas Budrys, Chairman of the Board, Association Fintech Hub LT

Training Session 1 
11:20–12:40 (EEST)
Channel 1
Language: EN

Counter Terrorist Financing: Bolstering Compliance Programmes

1. Specific Patterns of Terrorist Financing, Tom Keatinge, Director of the Centre for Financial Crime & Security Studies, Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (RUSI)

2. Bolstering Compliance Programme to Fight Terrorist Financing, Federica Taccogna, Senior Managing Director, Financial Services, FTI Consulting

Training Session 2
11:20–12:40 (EEST)
Channel 2
Language: EN

Challenges of Building an Effective Sanctions Programme

1. The Purpose and Objectives of Comprehensive and Targeted Sanctions, Dalius Čekuolis, Vice-Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania

2. International Sanction Screening Challenges, Simona Balčiūnaitė, Member of the Compliance Committee, Association of Lithuanian Banks

12:40–13:30 (EEST)

Lunch break

Training Session 3.1
13:30–16:00 (EEST)
Channel 1
Language: EN

Fighting Financial Crime. Challenges and Ways to Manage Them

1. Financial Crime: Special Focus on Specific Cases 

1.1. Case analysis, Andrius Merkelis, Association Fintech Hub LT

 1.2. Case analysis,  Paulis Iljenkovs, Deputy Head of the Cooperation Coordination Division, Financial Intelligence Unit of Latvia (FIU Latvia)

1.3. Case analysis, Marc Vinckevleugel, Senior Manager of the Financial Intelligence Unit, Western Union and Simona Survilaitė, Manager of Financial Intelligence Unit, Western Union

2. Effective Fraud Prevention, Netanel Kabala, Chief Analytics Officer and Co‑Founder at Simplex 

Training Session 3.2
13:30–16:00 (EEST)
Channel 2
Language: EN/LT

Fighting Financial Crime: Challenges and Ways to Manage Them

1. AML/CTF Transaction Monitoring: Beyond the Regulatory Requirements, Alexandre Pinot, Co-Founder, AMLYZE (language: EN)

2. Supervisory Point of View on Specific Issues

2.1. AML/CTF Requirements after Revocation of Banking Licence, Kristaps Markovskis, Deputy Director of the Compliance Control Department, Financial and Capital Market Commission of Latvia (language: EN)

2.2. Compliance Function: the Cost of Failure, Matis Maeker, Head of the AML/CTF Supervision Department, Estonian Financial Supervision and Resolution Authority, Member of the Moneyval Bureau (language: EN)

2.3. Quality of STR – Valuable Input for an Effective Prevention of Financial Crimes, Dainius Baršauskas, Chief Investigator of the Analysis Division of the Money Laundering Prevention Board of the Financial Crime Investigation Service under the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Lithuania (language: LT)

Panel II
16:05–17:05 (EEST)
Channel 1
Language: EN

AML/CTF Development: Ways for Improvement

Keynote speech: Company Registers – What Could be Done Better?, Liudas Kanapienis, CEO at Ondato

Keynote speech: How to Reach Interconnectivity when we Understand Reliability Differently? Experience of the LV UBO Register, Laima Letiņa, Advisor at the Finance Latvia Association

Keynote speech: Private-Private Partnerships: Data Sharing Utilities, Maarten Rijssenbeek, Partner at Deloitte Netherlands

Panel II discussion
17:05–17:35 (EEST)
Channel 1
Language: EN

Panel Moderator: Janis Kaulins, Associate Partner at Ernst & Young Baltic SIA

Participants:

• Liudas Kanapienis, CEO at Ondato
• Laima Letiņa, Advisor at the Finance Latvia Association
• Sergejus Muravjovas, CEO at Transparency International Lithuanian Chapter
• Maarten Rijssenbeek, Partner at Deloitte Netherlands

Panel III
16:05–16:35 (EEST)
Channel 2
Language: LT

De-Risking Dilemma

Keynote speech: De-Risking Dilemma: Zero Tolerance for AML/CTF Risk, Eglė Kontautaitė, Head of the AML Supervision Division, Supervision Service, Bank of Lithuania

Keynote speech: “We are Terminating Business Relationships" – the Impact of this Phrase for Your Business, Agnė Selemonaitė, Association Fintech Hub LT

Panel III discussion
16:35–17:05 (EEST)
Channel 2

Panel Moderator: Eglė Kontautaitė, Head of the AML Supervision Division, Supervision Service, Bank of Lithuania

Participants:

• Rūta Merkevičiūtė, Head of the Electronic Money Institutions and Payment Institutions Supervision Division, Supervision Service, Bank of Lithuania
• Gintarė Bačiulienė, Head of the Technology Team, Invest Lithuania
• Vytautas Danta, Chairman of the Compliance Committee, Association of Lithuanian Banks
• Dmitrij Uškov, Electronic Money Association Lithuania
• Agnė Selemonaitė, Association Fintech Hub LT

Regulatory updates
16:05–17:15 (EEST)
Channel 3
Language: EN/LT

EC AML Action Plan: from Single Rulebook to Single Supervisor, Steve Ryan, Deputy Head of Unit, European Commission, Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Financial Crime (unit D2) (language: EN)

SupTech/RegTech Initiatives in the AML/CTF Field, Ramūnas Baravykas, Advisor to the Director of the Supervision Service, Bank of Lithuania (language: LT)

Bank of Lithuania Updates. Requirements for Financial Market Participants: Key Points to Bear in Mind, Auksė Trapnauskaitė, Principal Specialist at the AML Supervision Division, Supervision Service, Bank of Lithuania (language: LT)