2021 Higher Education Compliance Conference

1. Lessons Learned from COVID-19

   2021 Higher Education Compliance Conference  | Presenter(s): Katie Ignatowski, Wendi Delmendo, Keith Henderson, Alysa Rollock  | June 16, 2021 

   • Managing through the communications and culture challenges

   • The role of compliance in promoting and enforcing student safety

   • Functioning effectively as a team and with the campus as a whole

2. Compliance Career Development: Practical and Team Approaches

   2021 Higher Education Compliance Conference  | Presenter(s): Kathleen Ojala, Gates Garrity-Rokous  | June 16, 2021 

   • Deliver practical career framework and tools for those working in all areas of compliance

   • Illustrate career development with case studies

   • Distinguish career development for compliance as a profession

3. Compliance Officers Roundtable

   2021 Higher Education Compliance Conference  | Presenter(s): Jacqueline Kniska, Nedra Abbruzzese-Werling  | June 16, 2021 

   • The opportunity to understand the issues and challenges that face other similarly-situated compliance officers

   • Strategies for strengthening compliance programs and providing adequate responses to emerging issues and trends

   • Program success in a shifting landscape, and maintaining focus and integrity in the face of truly unprecedented regulatory, political, and media scrutiny

4. Connecting the Conflict Dots: Getting the Full Picture for Conflicts of Interest and Conflicts of Commitment

   2021 Higher Education Compliance Conference  | Presenter(s): Nicole Jacobs, Autumn Smallwood  | June 16, 2021 

   • Defining, collecting, managing, and complying with research conflicts of interest regulations

   • Defining, collecting, managing, and complying with conflicts of commitment guidance, including collecting and disclosing activities relevant to foreign influence management

   • Strategies for working with institutional stakeholders to use COI and COC information to support grants management, including engaging with academic affairs, faculty leadership, central and department research administrators, and compliance offices

5. Guidance from DOJ in 2020: Use Hindsight - Continue Evolving Your Compliance Programs

   2021 Higher Education Compliance Conference  | Presenter(s): Sonal Shah  | June 16, 2021 

   • Learn about the updates issued by the DOJ in June 2020 and key expectations of compliance programs

   • Understand the Emphasis on Evolution and 7 Themes, and apply to current compliance program

   • Hear about the gradual development of compliance programs from risk officers at three universities

6. How to Meet Regulatory Requirements for Plain Language in Higher Ed

   2021 Higher Education Compliance Conference  | Presenter(s): Deborah Bosley  | June 16, 2021 

   • Learn the problems of complex language and not meeting regulatory requirements

   • Understand which regulations require plain language

   • Understand the concepts and strategies of plain language to meet requirements

7. Lessons Learned at the Intersection of Compliance and Enterprise Risk Management

   2021 Higher Education Compliance Conference  | Presenter(s): Kate Miller, Tina Hua, Meghan St. George  | June 16, 2021 

   • Gain an understanding of key interdependencies between compliance and enterprise risk management

   • Discuss how compliance and ERM can successfully collaborate to build a culture of compliance

   • Share lessons learned from leveraging the relationship between compliance and other risk partners

8. Privacy and Security as Partners in Protection of Data

   2021 Higher Education Compliance Conference  | Presenter(s): Micki Jernigan, Heather Roszkowski  | June 16, 2021 

   • Discover how Privacy and Security collaborate during incident investigations

   • See how Privacy and Security coordinate policy development and implementation for success

   • Learn key ways that Privacy and Security teams can advocate for the other's program

9. Managing a Document-Heavy Investigation: Five Strategies to Make Voluminous Evidence an Ally Instead of a Burden

   2021 Higher Education Compliance Conference  | Presenter(s): Wendy Lilliedoll  | June 16, 2021 

   • Take early steps to safeguard quality documentary evidence

   • Determine appropriate document scope and frame targeted questions about documents

   • Analyze document reliability and relevance, including with complex materials like past investigation reports

10. Revisiting Your Code of Ethical Conduct: Does it Effectively Promote Your Organization's Commitment to the Cultural Values of Integrity, Ethics, Equity, and Inclusion?

    2021 Higher Education Compliance Conference  | Presenter(s): Stacy Giwa, Marcy Huey, Robert Roach, Kenneth Liddle  | June 16, 2021 

    • Assess your code: Does it reflect your organization's commitment to integrity, compliance, equity, and inclusion

    • Understand the elements of a good code, themes to improve it, and make it a resource to enhance culture

    • Learn practical steps for building consensus for a revised code and addressing challenges you may face along the way