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The Global Anti-Scam Summit Europe 2024

June 24–25 | Venue: SQUARE Brussels, Mont des Arts, 1000 Brussels, Belgium

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Online scams are the most reported type of crime. Most countries now state that between 20%-50% of all crimes reported are related to online fraud. This is only the tip of the iceberg, as only 7% of all scam victims report the crime to law enforcement. With nearly $1.026 trillion lost last year, affecting 1-in-4 individuals worldwide, fast action is required.

On June 24–25, 2024 in Brussels, Belgium, the Global Anti-Scam Summit (GASS) Europe will take place. The goal of the Summit is to bring governments, consumer & financial authorities, law enforcement, brand protection agencies, and (cybersecurity) companies together to share knowledge and define joint actions to protect consumers from getting scammed.

The inaugural GASS Europe follows the 4th Global Anti-Scam Summit, held in October 2023 that saw participation from more than 1,100 virtual and 250 physical guests from 100+ countries. GASS Europe will be similarly organized in hybrid style. Last year's event focused on further defining the 10 Recommendations to Turn the Tide on Scams, underscoring the imperative for unified action against the increasingly sophisticated networks behind online scams.

In 2024, there will be three GASS events, with editions spanning three continents for the first time in our history. America and Asia will each host their own GASS event, with the European GASS entering its 5th year. GASS Europe aims to fortify the global network of anti-scam forces by fostering collaboration.

Together, these stakeholders can pool resources, share intelligence, and devise coordinated strategies to disrupt and dismantle the intricate networks perpetrating online scams. Only through concerted and unified action can we effectively combat the pervasive threat of online fraud.

Pre-Summit
"Dutch Drinks":
June 23, 2024

Hosted by the Dutch Banking Association and Dutch Ministry of Security and Justice

Venue: The Green Man Bar, Rue des Chapeliers 20, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium

Time: 20:00–22:00

Day 1 Event Schedule:
June 24, 2024

Online & Physically at SQUARE Brussels Meeting Centre, Belgium

09:05	Els Bruggeman, Euroconsumers	Opening by EuroConsumers
	Ayelet Biger-Levin, Board Member, Global Anti-Scam Alliance	Virtual Chair
09:10	Jorij Abraham, Managing Director, Global Anti-Scam Alliance (GASA)	The State of Scams in 2024
09:25	Pieter	Experiences of an Investment Scam Victim
09:40	Joc Cing Tay, Vice President of Engineering, Gogolook	Combating Scams: Strategies and Predictions
10:00	Global State of Scams Panel Discussion	Representatives outline what is being done to combat scams worldwide
	Glen Prichard, Chief Cybercrime and Anti-Money Laundering, UNODC	Chaired by United Nations
	Remi Afon, Executive Director, Golegit Africa	Africa
	Rafael Fernandes, Prosecutor & Chief Planning Officer - Prosecution Office of the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil	Americas
	Aileen Yap, Assistant Director, Singapore Police, Anti-Scam Command	Asia
	Toby Evans, Head of Economic Crime, Australian Payments Network (AusPayNet)	Australasia
10:50	Break
11:20	How to Protect Consumers Better: 3 Tech Pitches - Panel Discussion
	Daniel E. Thomas, Co-Founder and CEO, Zerid
	Stefan, Chief Technology Officer, ScamAdviser
	Razvan Costache, Director of Innovation - B2C, Bitdefender
11:40	Julia Smeekes, Coordinating Policy Officer - Ministry of Justice and Security, Netherlands	The Dutch Integrated Approach on Scams
12:00	Miguel De Bruycker, Managing Director General, Center for Cyber security Belgium	How Belgium Keeps Its Citizens Safe From Scams
12:20	Andrea Leask, Netsafe NZ	Netsafe NZ’s approach to remediation for scam victims
12:40	Frederiek Burlage & Ruben van Well, Netherlands Police	The Trinity of Victim Notification
13:00	Lunch Powered by Centre for CyberSecurity Belgium
14:00	Workshop 1: Ask Not What Consumers Can Do, but What You Can Do for Consumers	Hosted by Euroconsumers
	Els Bruggeman, Head - Policy and Enforcement, Euroconsumers	Chair
	Liz Coll, Director, Connected Consumers	Co-Chair
	1.1 Scam Victim Interview	How Could You Have Been Helped More?
	Ayleen Charlotte, Tinder Swindler Victim
14:10	1.2 Beyond Education and Awareness	Panel Discussion
	Abigail Bishop, Head - External Relations (Scam Prevention), Amazon
	Kate Bedwell, Global Senior Law Enforcement Assistance Manager, Vodafone
	Devrajan Bala, Director, Scam Public Education Office, Singapore Police Force
	Jordi Iparraguirre, Innovation Manager, EURid
	Nicole Tuckwell, Director of Product Management at Vocalink, a Mastercard company
	Hedi Navazan, Head of Compliance & Regulatory Affairs, Crystal Blockchain
	Simon Newman, CEO, The Online Dating and Discovery Association (ODDA)
15:45	1.3 Get the Money Back to Consumers	Panel Discussion
	Eric Ducoulombier, European Commission/DG FISMA
	Jean Cattaruzza, Financial Sector Ombudsman, Ombudsfin
	Reinhard Steennot, Professor in Banking and Consumer Law, Ghent University
	Scott Johnson, Director of Business Development, Chainalysis
	Carsten Helm, Director of Global Anti Financial Crime, N26
	Tony Herbert, Senior Policy Adviser, Which?
14:00	Workshop 2: Anti-Fraud Policy & Prosecution
	Joshua James, Regional Counter-Cybercrime Coordinator at United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)	Chair
14:20	Dr. Nino Goldbeck, Senior Public Prosecutor, Office of the Public Prosecutor General in Bamberg	Victim’s Rights and Asset Recovery in Cyberfraud Cases
14:40	Roxana-Andreea Mastor, Associate Legal Officer, UNODC	From shadows to spotlight: policies and legislation against organized fraud
	Riikka Puttonen, Programme Manager, UNODC
15:00	Angélique Monneraye, Policy Officer at European Commission	How the DSA Can Contribute to Fraud Prevention
15:45	Thomas von der Gathen, General Counsel, PSA Payment Services Austria	PPP (public private partnership) and the Anti-Phishing Platform
	Bernhard Schafrath, Head of the Office for Crime Prevention and Victim Support, Federal Ministry Republic of Austria
16:00	Joshua Dalrymple, Professor and Deputy Dean - School of Law, Woxsen University	Cybercrime Must Be Taught in Law Schools
16:15	Sam Traynor, Product Policy Manager, Inauthentic Behavior, Meta	Driving deterrence to tackle fraud and scams
16:30	2.1 Building A Better Anti-Fraud Approach Together	Panel Discussion
	William Ray, FBI
	Roger Beaumont, CEO, New Zealand Banking Association
	Joshua James, Regional Counter-Cybercrime Coordinator at United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
	Alessandra Chiarini, Policy Adviser in Payments and Innovation, European Banking Federation
	Roland van Kortenhof, Manager Operations & ICTManager Operations & ICT, Thuiswinkel.org
14:00	Workshop 3: Identifying Best Practices in Detection & Intervention	Hosted by the Dutch Banking Association
	Lynn van Meijgaard, Policy Advisor - Online Fraud, Dutch Banking Association	Chair
	Kirstin de Jong, Policy Advisor - Integrated Fraud, Dutch Banking Association	Co-Chair
14:05	Anna Martin, Financial Services Officer, BEUC - The European Consumer Organisation	4 Gamechangers to Enhance the Impact of Fraud Prevention at EU and National Level in Europe
	Sanne van der Neut, EACB
14:25	Lynn van Meijgaard and Kristen de Jong, Dutch Banking Association (NVB)	Criminal journeys, barrier models and interventions - the Dutch approach
14:35	Workshop 3.1 : Chasing the ‘golden egg’ by mapping out the most effective solutions from all corners of the world	Interactive Session
15:45	Toby Evans, Head of Economic Crime, Australian Payments Network (AusPayNet)	Two of Australia's Best Interventions Against Scammers
16:00	Workshop 3.2: Chasing the ‘golden egg’ by mapping out the most effective solutions from all corners of the world	Interactive Session
16:35	Sylvana van Kasbergen, Solution Architect Anti-Fraud, DataExpert	Task Force to Combat Bank Helpdesk Fraud
16:50	Lynn van Meijgaard, Dutch Banking Association (NVB)	Recap and Session Summary
14:00	Workshop 4: Data & Signal Sharing	Hosted by DNS Research Federation
	Emily Taylor, CEO & Founder, DNS Research Federation	Chair
	4.1 Why are international data flows so challenging?	Panel Discussion
	Emilio Sánchez Ulled, Senior Public Prosecutor & Justice Counsellor, Permanent Representation of Spain to the European Union
	Bert Hubert, Founder, PowerDNS
	Lorelien Hoet, Government Affairs Director - EU, Microsoft
	Eleonor Duhs, Barrister, Partner, Head of Data & Privacy, Bates Wells LLP
15:00	Sandra Peaston, Director - Research and Development, Cifas	A New Authorized Push Payment Solution to Minimize Revictimization
15:45	4.2 Turning the tide of data sharing at the national level	Panel Discussion
	Emily Taylor, CEO and Founder, DNS Research Federation	Chair
	Brian Webb, Consumer Security Lead, BT
	Esther Mieremet, Project Manager at ECP \| Platform for the Information Society
	Helena Wood, Director of Public Policy and Strategic Engagement, Cifas
16:30	4.3 Combating Online Scams: A Collaborative Effort
	Murat Ozturk, Google
	Timo Wagenblatt, Google
	Lucien Taylor, Founder and CSO, DNS Research Federation
	Mark Robertshaw, Founder and CTO, DNS Research Federation
	Nathan Allen, Director of Engineering, DNS Research Federation
	Workshop 5: Enforcement - The 7-Step Kill Chain	Hosted by Centre for CyberSecurity Belgium
14:00	Rosie de Vleeschauwer, Team Lead Contact Center, Centre for Cybersecurity Belgium (CCB) - Cyber Threat Research & Intelligence Sharing (CyTRIS)	Intro: How is the 7-Step Kill Chain used against online scams?
14:20	Stefan, Chief Technology Officer, ScamAdviser	Reconnaissance: Investigating 2 Million Websites Per Month
14:40	Adam Carter & Richard Clarke, National Trading Standards	Weaponization: Working With Professional Enablers and Disrupting Criminal Practices
15:00	Alex Novac, Director - Cloud Services & Infrastructure, Bitdefender	Delivery: Detecting Fake Messages
15:15	Break
15:40	Brecht Vercruyce, Application Developer, CERT.be	Exploitation: An Introduction to the Belgian Anti-Phishing Shield (BAPS)
16:00	Aileen Yap, Assistant Director, Singapore Police, Anti-Scam Command	Installation: Demonstrating an effective national response to scams with an Anti-Scam Centre
16:20	Kristof Browaeys, Digital Fraud Expert, KBC Bank & Insurance	Command and Control: BIPT’s Approach on CLI Voice Spoofing
	Jan Vannieuwenhuyse, BIPT
16:40	Marcello Zanni, Specialist in Online Payment Frauds, EC3 - Europol	Actions on Objective: How Europol Supports National CybSec with Data
17:00	Recap of Workshops
17:15	Salwa van der Gaag, Journalist/Presenter, NOS op 3	How I Turned into a Hacker
17:35	Evening Refreshments	Hosted by the Dutch National Police

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Day 2 Event Schedule:
June 25, 2024

Online & Physically at SQUARE Brussels Meeting Centre, Belgium

09:00	Welcome
	Ayelet Biger-Levin, Board Member, Global Anti-Scam Alliance	Virtual Chair
09:05	Nathaniel Gleicher, Director and Head of Security Policy, Meta	Keynote
09:25	Thomas Vermeulen, Director - Fraud & Investigations, Trustpilot	Using AI to Beat Fake Reviews & Platform Misuse
09:45	David Capezza, VP - Europe Risk Advisory, VISA	Evolution of AI and Payments Security
10:00	Workshop 6: Financial Services	Hosted by Feedzai
	Robert Harris, Senior Director - Product Marketing, Feedzai	Chair
	Lynn van Meijgaard, Policy Advisor - Online Fraud, Dutch Banking Association	Co-chair
10:00	Session 6.1: Cooperation Between Banks & Regulators
	Ben Woodside, Manager, Policy, Payment Systems Regulator
	Guillermo De La Fuente, Co-Chair Vendor and Services Providers Group, Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF)
	Markus Metschitzer, European Commission/DG FISMA
	Pallavi Kapale, Senior Financial Crime Officer, -Organizations, Bank of China
10:30	Session 6.2: Cooperation Between Banks
	Douglas Lockhart, Policy Advisor on Payments and Digital Finance, WSBI-ESBG
	Alexandre Pluvinage, Head - Fraud and Online Security Awareness, ING BE
	Danny Moerenhout, Fraud Expert, ING BE
	Meral Ruesing, Communications Expert at Euro Banking Association (EBA)
11:00	Session 6.3: Cooperation Between Banks & Telcos
	Aaron Chiou, BU Head, Business Solutions Business Unit, Gogolook	Working With Government. Law Enforcement and Telecom Operators to Proactively Protect Consumers
	Adri Loloci, Product Manager, Vodafone Identity Hub
	Brian Gorman, Fintech Lead, GSMA	Scam Signal API - Using Mobile Network Intelligence to Fight Scam Fraud
11:30	Session 6.4: Cooperation between Banks & Networks
	Chris Oakley, Head - Fraud, Form3
	Olivier Jolyon, Senior Expert - New Initiatives, EBA Clearing
12:30	Summary & Next Steps
10:00	Workshop 7: Communication - Best Practices & Global Collaboration to Combat Scams
	Philippe Millet, Founder and Chairman, i3forum	Chair
	7.1 Best Practices
10:00	Mike Round, Program Director, Mobile Ecosystem Forum	Anti-smishing with the SMS Protection Registry
10:30	Brian Webb, Consumer Security Lead, BT	Becoming the World’s Most Trusted Connector; Our Journey to Protect Our Customers From Scams
11:00	Raymond Teunissen, Senior Abuse and Onboarding Specialist, KPN, CISO Blueteam	Handling Abuse as a Telecoms Provider
12:00	Philippe Millet, Founder and Chairman, i3forum	Restoring Trust in International Communication
12:20	7.2 Fighting Abuse Globally Together	Panel Discussion
	Hester Abrams, International Engagement, Communications and New Business Manager, Stop Scams UK
	Huub Appelboom, Product Lead, KPN
	Igor Skutsenya, Senior Business Development Manager - Antifraud Solutions, LANCK Telecom
	Alexandre De Oliveira, Telecom Security & Fraud Solutions Lead, POST Luxembourg
	Jan Vannieuwenhuyse, BIPT
10:00	Workshop 8: Keeping Fraud Out of Platforms
	Abigail Bishop, Head - External Relations (Scam Prevention), Amazon	Chair
	8.1 Best Practices
10:00	Angeliki Dedopoulou, Public Policy Manager - AI & Fintech, Meta	Fraud & Scams: the Need for a Whole-of-society Approach
10:20	Martin Grasel, Head of Unit IT-Investigations, Cybercrime Competence Center (C4)	Advertising for Fraud – What Measure Can We Take?
	Bernhard Jungwirth, Managing Director, Austrian Institute for Applied Telecommunications (OIAT)
10:40	Andrew Mantilla, Trust & Safety Ads, Google	Keeping Ads Free of Scams
11:00	The Safe Framework, Evaluation Best Practices in Trust & Safety - Group Discussion
12:00	Sharad Agarwal, Product Analyst, Stop Scams UK	Unmasking Interactive SMS Scams through Telecom-Banking Synergy
	8.2 What can we do together to keep fraud off platforms	Panel Discussion
	Abigail Bishop, Head of External Relations, Scam Prevention, Amazon	Chair
	Kathelijne Swaak, Expert Lead Fraud Chain, ABN Amro
	Rima Amin, Security Policy Manager, Community Defense, Meta
	Ranon Li, Trust Strategy and Operations Manager, Catawiki
	Donal Keating, Microsoft
10:00	Workshop 9: Keeping Fraud Out of the Domain Space
	9.1 What is happening in the Domain Space?
	Lars Steffen, Head of International, Digital Infrastructures & Resilience, eco	Chair
10:00	Theo Geurts, Privacy & GRC Officer, Realtime Register	What is the Abuse Landscape Out There?
10:20	Xavier Koehoorn, Senior Legal Counsel, REACT (The Anti-Counterfeiting Network)	Impact of NIS2 on the Domain Name Space
10:40	Dimitris Zacharias, Senior Manager - Government and IGO Engagement, ICANN	ICANN’s Contractual Amendments
	Carlos Hernandez-Gañan, Principal Security, Stability & Resiliency Specialist, ICANN
11:00	Josu Waliño, CEO, PuntuEUS	Fraud Prevention in .EUS: Best Practices and Innovations
11:15	Dan Owen, Product Owner, Domain Trust Intelligence Platform, Global Cyber Alliance	Taking Action to Mitigate and Prevent Domain Abuse
11:30	Break
	9.2 Updates on Fighting Abuse
	Robert Flaim, Head - Strategic Program, Meta/Facebook	Chair
12:00	Emily Taylor, CEO & Founder, DNS Research Federation	Fighting Abuse From a Research Perspective
	Robert Flaim, Head - Strategic Program, Meta/Facebook
12:15	Luigi Lenguito, Founder & CEO, BforeAI	How Intense Preemption drives Deterrence: PreCrime at Volksbank and BancaProgetto
12:30	Jordi Iparraguirre, Innovation Manager, EURid	APWES, an AI Based Detector of Potentially Abusive Registrations
12:45	Maarten Bosteels and Kristof Tuyteleers, DNS Belgium	15 years of combatting abuse in .be: from manual screening to AI driven fraud detection
	Workshop 10: Best practices in global cyber investigations
10:00	Peter Hagenaars, Netherlands Police	Scientifically Fighting Scams
	Remco Spithoven, Head - Research Group of Public Security, Saxion University of Applied Sciences	Scientifically Fighting Scams
10:20	Dr. Muktar Bello, Lecturer at the The University of Salford and Senior Forensic Consultant at UNODC
10:40	Matthias Govaerts & Ives Vilain, Belgium Police	The Fake Banker at your Door: Digital Scams Cross into the Real World
11:00	Tomonobu Kaya, Assistant Director of INTERPOL Financial Crime and Anti-Corruption Centre	Supporting Cross-border Collaboration
11:30	Break
12:00	Manu Fernandez, Cryptocurrencies Specialist at Mossos d'Esquadra Police (Spain LEA) \| Cross Border Investigations \| Asset Recovery	Fake Investment Shutdown: European Cross-Border Operation
12:00	Joan Carles Granja, Deputy Head of the Commissioner General for Criminal Investigation at Mossos d'Esquadra Police (Spain LEA)	Fake Investment Shutdown: European Cross-Border Operation
12:20	Caroline & Jethro	Cybercrime Atlas – Force multipliers in OSINT
12:40	Confidential	Scammers in Nigeria: Understanding How They Operate
13:00	Lunch
14:00	Recap of Workshops
14:20	Anonymous Speaker	Confessions of a Scammer
14:50	Closing Remarks
14:40	Nigel Fraticianti & Felicity Grainelina (Arthur Avenue Intelligence)	AI: The Ultimate Solution
14:50	Jorij Abraham, Managing Director, Global Anti-Scam Alliance (GASA)	What's Next?
15:00	End of Day 2