Supercharge Your GES Networking—Start at the Pre-Summit Roundtables
To kick off the 2026 Global Ethics Summit, we are hosting exclusive, in-person, industry-specific roundtables. All BELA Members are invited!
Industry Roundtables include:
Energy/Utilities:
Out of the Office and Into the Field – Ethics on the Ground
In energy and utilities, integrity isn’t just shaped in conference rooms—it’s built in bucket trucks, job sites, and control rooms. Join Puget Sound Energy’s Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer Kendall Cammermeyer in exploring how stepping out of the office and into the field transforms ethics from a policy concept into a lived, trusted practice. We’ll discuss practical and humorous ways leaders can bridge the gap between intention and impact by engaging employees where they are and inviting genuine, two-way conversations about doing what’s right.
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Financial Services/ Insurance:
Is Your Compliance Program Built for Tomorrow—or Stuck in Yesterday?
The pace of change isn’t slowing down. If you had to design a 12-month roadmap to future-proof your global compliance function, what would you prioritize? In this roundtable, we’ll challenge conventional thinking and explore strategies that move beyond “check-the-box” compliance. We’ll also tackle the evolution of reporting: shifting from activity-based outputs to outcome-driven insights that demonstrate real impact. Join us for a candid conversation about what it takes to lead—not follow—in Ethics and Compliance. Led by Dianne Ramos, Head of Ethics, Guardian Life Insurance.
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Navigating DOJ Enforcement in Life Sciences and Healthcare: Trends, Risks, and Mitigation Strategies
This session, led by Morrison Foerster partners Kate Driscoll and James Koukios, examines the rapidly evolving DOJ enforcement landscape in life sciences and healthcare. In 2025, False Claims Act recoveries exceeded a record $6.8 billion, with whistleblower-driven cases surpassing government-initiated actions for the first time. We will explore emerging enforcement priorities, including criminal prosecution of digital health and telemedicine fraud, transnational organized crime, expanded criminal Anti-Kickback Statute theories, and DOJ’s aggressive use of the False Claims Act for both billing fraud and regulatory violations. The discussion will conclude with practical strategies to help organizations manage escalating civil and criminal enforcement risk and build resilient compliance programs in this high-stakes environment.
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Manufacturing:
Next-Gen Learning: Exploring Emerging Tech Tools to Engage the “Non-Desked” Employee
Cargill’s Christopher Annand will lead a discussion of the challenges of trying to apply exciting advancements in training and communications with a production workforce by sharing examples of his own successes and misses in the space.
Third-Party Management: From Bite Size to Right Size
As organizations rely on increasingly complex networks of vendors, suppliers, and partners, third-party risk has become a critical ethics and compliance challenge. This interactive roundtable, led by nVent’s Bhavini Parmar, explores practical strategies for building a mature, scalable third-party management (TPM) program aligned with anti-corruption expectations, enterprise risk goals, and global business needs. Participants will discuss end-to-end TPM frameworks, risk assessment approaches, technology enablement, and cross-functional ownership—while sharing lessons learned on strengthening accountability and transparency across third-party relationships.
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Retail/Consumer Goods:
Bringing Your Full Self to Work: The Pros & Cons for Compliance
Signet Jewelers’ Ebony Yeboah-Amankwah will discus how Gen Z has joined the workforce with a strong emphasis on bringing their full selves to work. This approach has fostered an environment of authenticity, enriching workplace culture, especially in a post-Covid era where virtual interactions made personal connections challenging. However, this trend has also led to a meaningful increase of instances of oversharing personal lives and opinions, raising questions about when such behavior becomes inappropriate in a professional setting.
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Software/Technology:
Scaling Integrity: Extending Your Program Reach Through a Global Compliance Champions Network
Building a compliance ambassadors or “champions” program is one of the most effective ways to scale a lean legal or compliance team, especially in the fast-paced tech world. This session, led by Workday’s Rick May, explores how to “code” ethics into the organizational DNA by deputizing high-influence employees. We will discuss the strategic benefits of a Champions Program—from localized advocacy and real-time policy feedback to bridge-building across global offices—and provide a roadmap for training and empowering non-compliance professionals to act as your team’s strongest force multipliers.
GenAI Use and Adoption
Dell Technologies is on the front line when it comes to leading AI solutions. For this interactive session, led by Kristi Kevern, learn what Dell Technologies’ Global Ethics & Compliance team has in play and planned for future-state. This includes AI-based triage, investigation automation, and training solutions. Spend the afternoon learning and sharing with like-minded innovative professionals.
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Spend the afternoon with peers who face the same regulatory expectations, pressures, and culture challenges you do. These sessions are designed for candid conversation, benchmarking, and shared problem solving across leading ethics and compliance programs.
Seats are limited. If you plan to attend GES in Atlanta, register to join one of these roundtables today!
