Events
OPES SOFTWARE IN COLLABORATION WITH JUSTICIA UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE - REPUBLIC OF LEBANON
Presents: Compliance & CRS Implementation in the Arab World
Event Agenda and Timetable
08:30 Registration - Morning Coffee
09:00 Keynote Addresses and Awards Distribution
- Fabrice Zambito - Chief Executive Officer - OPES SOFTWARE
- Paul Morcos - Lawyer, Professor, President - JUSTICIA
- Salim Abdel Baki - President - Lebanese Association of Certified Public Accountants
- Mohammad Baasiri - Deputy Governor – Banque du Liban
- Abdul Hafiz Mansour - Secretary of the Special Investigation Commission
- Samir Hammoud - Chairman - Banking Control Commission of Lebanon
- Alain Bifani - General Manager, Ministry of Finance – Lebanon
10:00 Honoring Ceremony
10:15 Coffee break
10:30 Session (I)
CRS Compliance: LESSONS LEARNED: WHAT LIES AHEAD FOR THE Arab banking sector
Mr. Fabrice Zambito – Chief Executive Officer, OPES SOFTWARE - CANADA
11:15 Session (II)
OECD: CRS Update
OECD Expert
11:45 Session (III)
CRS FUNDAMENTALS/BEST PRACTICES
Gregory C. Walsh - Lawyer, Baker McKenzie Zurich - SWITZERLAND
12:45 Coffee break
13:00 Panel Discussion (I): OVERVIEW OF THE LAW
Legal and regulatory issues COMPLIANCE OFFICERS ROLE AND DUTIES
Moderator:
Judge Abbas Halabi - Vice Chairman, BBAC Bank
Speakers:
Mr. Hisham Hamzeh - Director, Special Investigation Commission for fighting money laundering and terrorist financing at Banque du Liban (BDL)
Me. Chahdan Jebeily - Head of Legal Group Compliance, Bank AUDI
13:45 Panel Discussion (II): CRS REPORTING
Effective strategies to meet CRS reporting deadlines
Moderator:
Dr. Paul Morcos - Lawyer, Professor, President, JUSTICIA
Speakers:
Mr. Malek Costa - Head of Group Compliance - BLOM Bank
Mr. Dani Nassar - Head of Compliance, Bank of Beirut
Ms. Samar Baasiri - Head of Compliance, Bank MED
14:15 Panel Discussion (III): PRACTICES AND GUIDELINES
the key system challenges to comply with the CRS
compliance challenges (Case Study)
Moderator:
Mr. Fabrice Zambito - Chief Executive Officer, OPES SOFTWARE – CANADA
Speakers:
Dr. Mohammed Fheili - AGM, Jammal Trust Bank
Mr. Camille Barkho - Head of Compliance, LGBL Bank
15:00 Questions and Answers: Open Discussion
Dr. Paul Morcos - Lawyer, Professor, President, JUSTICIA - LEBANON
Mr. Fabrice Zambito - Chief Executive Officer, OPES SOFTWARE – CANADA
Gregory C. Walsh - Lawyer, Baker McKenzie Zurich - SWITZERLAND
OECD Expert
15:30 Luncheon Ceremony - Four Seasons Hotel
*The event will be moderated by Mrs. Salam Moussa - (Director - OPES SOFTWARE - MENA Office)
OPES SOFTWARE reserves the right to modify or change any detail in this document