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Upcoming Events
The Edinburgh Finance Festival 2026
Edinburgh, Scotland
June 16, 2026
Fraud is often framed as a technical or compliance issue. This session, sponsored by global accountancy body ACCA, argues it is something deeper: a visible symptom of ethical, cultural and governance weakness within financial systems.
Drawing on ACCA’s Combatting Fraud in a Perfect Storm research and the Risk Culture Series, Rachael Johnson will explore how AI, complexity, weak accountability and information overload are reshaping fraud risk. Through themes such as compliance theatre, the triage trap and escalation asymmetry, the session shows why fraud is one of the clearest practical tests of whether ethical finance is real or rhetorical.
Joining the session, our executive director, Vera Cherepanova, will bring a complementary governance and ethics lens, drawing on Boards of the Future's work on how boards oversee ethics and the critical question of “Who’s Watching the Board?”. Together, the session will explore not only how fraud emerges, but what it reveals about board effectiveness, ethical leadership and accountability at the highest level.
The discussion will connect fraud, risk culture and ethics to the practical realities faced by boards, investors and governance professionals and what must change to move from compliance frameworks to genuine ethical infrastructure.
The Edinburgh Finance Festival is organized by the Global Ethical Finance Initiative.
Management as a Liberal Art Research Institute Symposium
Alhambra, CA
September 19, 2026
Join us at the Management as a Liberal Art Research Institute's Symposium, a thought-provoking premier gathering that brings together leading scholars and industry experts to explore this year’s timely theme: Governance and Shared Responsibility.
This year’s symposium will examine how leadership, accountability, and ethical decision-making intersect in today’s complex organizational landscape, with discussions spanning corporate governance, public sector leadership, AI and data ethics, and the evolving role of stakeholders.
Vera Cherepanova will present the insights from our How Boards Should Oversee Ethics guide. Details to follow.
Interested in having one of our experts speak at your event?
Past Events
Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics, European Institute
Lisbon, Portugal
March 11, 2025
Join us for the inaugural event in our "Pathways to the Boardroom" series featuring London-based non-executive board directors Tina Mavraki and Steve Bailey. Learn from their firsthand experiences transitioning from compliance leadership into board roles, and gain actionable insights and inspiration to support your journey toward board membership.
March 25, 2025
Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
London, UK
Boards of the Future® is pleased to offer compliance and ethics leaders targeted insights into effectively engaging boards on critical ESG risks through our session, "Green Fraud: Case Studies and Best Practices." Designed specifically for compliance professionals, this session provides strategies to clearly communicate and position ESG fraud—such as data manipulation, fraudulent carbon credits, and supply chain vulnerabilities—as material governance and compliance priorities. Join us to strengthen your influence and reinforce your role as a strategic governance advisor.
April 29, 2025
Compliance Week National 2025
Washington, D.C.
The "Pathways to Boardroom” series will continue at the Compliance Week 20th Anniversary National Conference. Beth Haddock, a New York-based corporate director, will join our breakfast roundtable to discuss board expectations for Chief Compliance Officers and proactive strategies for compliance leaders who want to join boards.
May 29-30, 2025
Compliance Net at Fordham Law School
New York
The next "Pathways to Boardroom" series event will occur at the ComplianceNet conference at Fordham Law School in New York City. Our Executive Director, Vera Cherepanova, will be featured on the panel "New Books About Compliance," highlighting her chapter, "What's Next for Seasoned CECOs?," from the forthcoming book The Changing Role of the Chief Compliance Officer, scheduled for publication by Routledge in 2025.
June 3, 2025
Compliance Week Third-Party Risk Summit
Austin, Texas
Join us at Compliance Week's Third-Party Risk Management Summit for the keynote address, "The Evolving Landscape of Third-Party Risk Management in a Complex Global Environment." This session will highlight how evolving political dynamics and emerging risks are influencing third-party risk management practices and how third-party failures can significantly impact organizational operations and strategic objectives, making TPRM a critical priority for boards. Enhance your ability to effectively communicate these risks to senior leadership and strengthen your organization's risk oversight.
September 14-17, 2025
Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics, US National Institute
Nashville, TN
Join us for the next event in our "Pathways to the Boardroom" series featuring Kentucky-based Bill Jones, NACD.DC. Bill is a seasoned board member, strategic advisor, and former public company C-suite leader with deep public accounting and commercial banking experience. Learn from his firsthand experiences transitioning from executive leadership into a board role, and gain actionable insights and inspiration to support your journey toward board membership.
LA Tech Week salon
Malibu, CA
October 13, 2025
Join us for Human Alpha, a salon on judgment, risk, and the human premium in AI, featuring Garrett Pendergraft, Blanche E. Seaver Professor of Philosophy at Pepperdine University, in conversation with our Executive Director, Vera Cherepanova. They will explore how human responsibility protects value, mitigates risk, and differentiates companies in the eyes of investors and boards. This event is a part of #LATechWeek—a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem. Learn more at www.tech-week.com.
How Boards Should Oversee Ethics: Launch Reception
London, England*
February 25, 2026
Join uoin us in London to celebrate the European launch of How Boards Should Oversee Ethics, our new guide on practical, board-level ethics oversight.
The evening will feature:
Craft cocktails and mocktails
Small bites and a dessert bar
Warm introductions and meaningful networking opportunities.
Designed for directors, committee chairs, investors/stewards, and senior leaders in governance, risk, audit, legal, and ethics & compliance.
Save your spot—register today!
*Attendance is subject to approval. The exact location will be shared with approved guests.
February 27, 2026
Ethics and Compliance Observatory Group
The Hague, the Netherlands
Boards of the Future are pleased to offer a highly interactive session for members of the Ethics and Compliance Observatory Group, translating the key insights from our new How Boards Should Oversee Ethics guide into practical board-facing actions. Participants will leave with a concise set of questions, prompts, and messaging approaches they can use immediately with directors and committee chairs.
February 24, 2026
Compliance Design Italia
Milan, Italy
Boards of the Future® are pleased to participate in a discussion with the local ethics and compliance community on how boards can effectively oversee ethics, risk, and compliance, drawing on real-world data and practical experience. Vera Cherepanova, our Executive Director, will open the evening with insights based on the Boards of the Future® guide on board-level ethics oversight, followed by a roundtable on how directors engage with ethics, risk and compliance topics and how these issues resonate in boardroom discussions.
Global Ethics and Compliance Symposium 2026
Zurich, Switzerland
April 15, 2026
Join us at the Global Ethics and Compliance Symposium 2026 on April 15th in Zurich, Switzerland, or virtually from anywhere, for a one-day event exploring the new frontiers of Chief Ethics and Compliance Officers in Organizations. The event will bring together leading scholars and practitioners from around the globe, including representatives from the UN system, international organizations, private corporations, and the third sector. Our Executive Director, Vera Cherepanova, will moderate the panel "From Cost Center to Value Driver: How Ethics and Compliance Fuel Business Success," highlighting her chapter, "What's Next for Seasoned CECOs?" from the forthcoming book The Changing Role of the Chief Compliance Officer. The event is organized by the PRME Working Group on Anti-Corruption, PRME Business Integrity Action Center at the University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons, and Ethics and Compliance Switzerland (ECS).
How Boards Should Oversee Ethics: Launch Reception
Washington, DC*
April 16, 2026
Join us in Washington, DC, to celebrate the US launch of How Boards Should Oversee Ethics, our new guide on practical, board-level ethics oversight.
We will kick things off with a fireside chat featuring a Special Guest, followed by drinks, small bites, and great conversation.
What to expect
Fireside chat on what strong ethics oversight looks like in practice;
Reception: cocktails/mocktails, small bites, and endless networking.
Who it’s for
Directors and committee chairs, investors/stewards, and senior leaders in governance, risk, audit, legal, and ethics & compliance.
*Attendance is subject to approval. The exact location will be shared with approved guests.