15th Annual Gulf Coast AML Forum Agenda
| Date: | October 20, 2026 | Time: | 9:00 am to 4:30 pm |
| Forum Schedule: | |
| 8:30am – 9:00am | Registration and Breakfast |
| 9:00am – 10:00am | Exploring the Digital Assets Ecosystem: Growth and Integration with Traditional Banking Colby Smith, Federal Reserve |
| 10:00am – 10:15am | Break |
| 10:15am – 11:30pm | AML Software Panel: Technology, Tools & the Future of AML Compliance Kevin Gulledge, CAMS, Principal Consultant, Abrigo Chuck Taylor, Head of AML Commercial Strategy, Verafin Kim Hamilton, VP, Premier Products Management, NICE Actimize Carol Beaumier, Senior Managing Director, Protiviti |
| 11:30pm – 12:15pm | Lunch |
| 12:15pm – 1:15pm | Elder Fraud [Session Title TBD] Stephanie Bauman, Assistant United States Attorney Southern District of Texas Kyle Shadowens, Postal Inspector, United State Postal Service |
| 1:15pm – 2:15pm | Authorized but Defrauded: Who Bears the Loss? William (Pat) Huttenbach, Attorney, Crain, Caton & James, P.C. |
| 2:15pm – 2:30pm | Break |
| 2:30pm – 3:30pm | AI, Evidence & Financial Crime: The New Investigative Playbook Jon Muschenheim Cameron Powell |
| 3:30pm – 4:25pm | How Silicon Valley Came to Love the Bank Secrecy Act Faraz Rana, CEO, Affinity |
| 4:30pm | Closing Remarks |