2025 Conference Agenda
This year's conference will feature both morning and afternoon plenary sessions. Conference attendees will be eligible to receive up to 8 hours of CPE including 2 hours of CFE-qualifying Ethics! Be sure to plan to join your colleagues for the Reception following the conference!
Registrants will receive the webinar link and password the week of the conference. Please contact info@dallasacfe.org for any connectivity questions.
| Start | End | Presenter | Topic | Room | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7:00 AM | 9:00 AM | Registration and Breakfast | Pre-function Area | ||
| Morning Session I | |||||
| 7:55 AM | 8:00 AM | Chris Mabile, ACFE Dallas Chapter President | Opening Remarks | Main Room | |
| 8:00 AM | 8:50 AM | Allison Mentele, Qlarant | Sampling for All; how to include random sampling to (hopefully) decrease workload | ||
| Morning Session II | |||||
| 9:00 AM | 10:15 AM |
Stephen Lee and Jonathan Meltz |
Panel with Defense Attorneys and former Criminal Defendants (acquitted) | Main Room | |
| 10:15 AM | 10:30 AM | Networking Break | |||
| Morning Session III | |||||
| 10:30 AM | 11:20 AM | Don Southerland | Construction Fraud |
Main Room | |
| Morning Session IV | |||||
| 11:30 AM | 12:00 PM | Association of Certified Fraud Examiners | Essential Skills for Fraud Examiners | Main Room | |
| Networking Lunch | |||||
| 12:00 PM | 12:45 PM | Lunch & Virtual Networking | Main Room | ||
| 12:45 PM | 1:00 PM | Sandra Franklin, Board Member - Community Outreach ACFE Dallas Chapter | Service Project Announcement: Feed the City - Food Drive | Main Room | |
| Afternoon Session I | |||||
| 1:00 PM | 1:50 PM | Dr. Jared Eustler, University of North Texas | Ethics Qualifies for Ethics for CFEs |
Main Room | |
| 1:50 PM | 2:00 PM | Networking Break | |||
| Afternoon Session II | |||||
| 2:00 PM | 2:50 PM | Camilla Lopez, AUSA | Crypto & Dark Web Investigations | Main Room | |
| 2:50 PM | 3:00 PM | Networking Break | |||
| Afternoon Session III | |||||
| 3:00 PM | 3:50 PM | Dr. Jason Jordan, Texas Woman's University | Research Studies on Fraud |
Main Room | |
| 3:50 PM | 4:00 PM | Break | |||
| Closing Session | |||||
| 4:00 PM | 4:50 PM | Dr. Emily MacIntosh and Holly A. Backstrom | Using AI in Investigations | Main Room | |
| 4:50 PM | 5:00 PM | Chris Mabile, ACFE Dallas Chapter President | Closing Remarks | ||
| 5:00 PM | 6:30 PM | Reception & Virtual Networking | Pre-function area | ||