Asian Legal Business (ALB) is proud to present our annual Japan Corporate Compliance and Governance Forum 2017, which will focus on managing the increased perception and pressure to combat fraud and corruption within and outside your organisation. This event will bring together key experts and thought leaders within the region to discuss the latest anti- corruption enforcement trends and challenges, new strategies in preventing, detecting and responding to fraud and corruption.

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Agenda at Glance

Ensuring Compliance with Extraterritorial Anti-Corruption Investigations and Enforcement Under the FCPA/ UK Anti-Bribery ActInstilling Strong Internal Control Systems in Your Business OperationsInternal Investigation in Japan: The Lessons Learned Over the Past 10 YearsImplementing and Effective Customer Due Diligence ProgrammeStrengthening Your Internal Controls through Effective Leadership Managemen

Dr Ikuo Misumi, Deputy Director-General National Center of Incident Readiness and Strategy for Cybersecurity (NISC)

David Gilmore, Managing Partner Herbert Smith Freehills

Elaine Wong, Partner Herbert Smith Freehills

Gopal Ohri, Assistant General Manager, Legal Sojitz Corporation

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Mari Sonoda, Secretary General Personal Information Protection Commission

Ben Fouracre, Managing Director and Japan Representative FTI Consulting

Kaori Miyake, Corporate Counsel Johnson Controls

Satoshi Sato, Head of Legal and Compliance Sony Mobile

Naoki Watanabe, Deputy Chief Legal Officer Sojitz Corporation

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Aki Wakabayashi Chair Transparency International - Japan

James E. Hough, Partner Morrison Foerster LLP

Juliet Lui, Head of Professional Services, Asia Pacific Red Flag Group

Tadashi Takeuchi, Country Counsel HP Japan

Takayuki Kitajima General Counsel - Japan Unilever Japan Holdings KK

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The program is subjected to change, and will be updated continuously up to the Summit. ALB Reserves the right to amend the agenda and speakers at anytime.

Timing AGENDA 8:30am Registration and Networking Refreshments 9.00am Opening Remarks by the Conference Chair (10mins)

9:10am Welcoming Keynote (30mins)

Dr. Ikuo Misumi, Deputy Director-General, National Center of Incident Readiness and Strategy for Cybersecurity (NISC)

9:40am Presentation (60mins) Ensuring Compliance with Extraterritorial Anti-Corruption Investigations and Enforcement Under the FCPA/ UK Anti-Bribery Act

Overview of the UK Bribery Act and the FCPA and how this can affect your business

Recent developments in the UK, US and the Asian Region Takeaways from recent enforcement actions Dealing with extraterritorial investigations: Issues to be weary of

David Gilmore, Managing Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills Elaine Wong, Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills

10:40am Panel Discussion (60mins) – FTI Consulting Session Instilling Strong Internal Control Systems in Your Business Operations

Creating enterprise-wide standards and response guidelines to fortify your compliance operations

Performing comprehensive fraud risk assessments Ensuring effective communication and inter-department collaboration

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The program is subjected to change, and will be updated continuously up to the Summit. ALB Reserves the right to amend the agenda and speakers at anytime.

Evaluating the design and operational effectiveness of corporate compliance programs Panelists Ben Fouracre, Managing Director and Japan Representative, FTI Consulting Tadashi Takeuchi, Country Counsel, HP Japan Gopal Ohri, Assistant General Manager, Legal, Sojitz Corporation

11:45pm Networking Lunch (60mins) 12:45pm Case Study Presentation (45mins)

Internal Investigation in Japan: The Lessons Learned Over the Past 10 Years The corruption/ fraus risks Books and records/ Internal control risks Antitrust compliance Data protection Privilege issues Best Practices from internal investigation

James E. Hough, Partner, Morrison & Foerster LLP

1:30pm Keynote Presentation (45mins) Cross-border Data Protection and Privacy Law

Recent update and changes on Japan’s Act on the Protection of Personal Information (APPI) and Privacy Law

Analysing the new rules in Japan on cross-border data flows Cross-border data flows and the APEC cross-border privacy rules system Role of CBPR in Japan and its increasing importance in Asia Pacific region

Mari Sonoda, Secretary General, Personal Information Protection Commission

2:15pm Presentation (45mins) Implementing an Effective Customer Due Diligence Programme

Understanding to what extent is it considered sufficient and how best to secure buy-in from clients and third parties?

Mininising third party risks: How to apply the right level of due diligence when selecting an on boarding vendor

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The program is subjected to change, and will be updated continuously up to the Summit. ALB Reserves the right to amend the agenda and speakers at anytime.

Risk detection, reporting and classification: Determining the threshold of terminating ambiguous and fraudulent transactions

Ensuring compliance data protection and privacy laws obtaining key information

Juliet Lui, Head of Professional Services, Asia Pacific, Red Flag Group

3:00pm Refreshment Break (30mins) 3:30pm Panel Discussion (45mins)

Strengthening Your Internal Controls through Effective Leadership Management

Setting the ‘tone at the top’ and ensuring institutional support for ethical and responsible business practices

Involving collaborative relationships with stakeholders to help ensure effective implementation of the anti-fraud strategy

Regular interaction and communications to ensure all stakeholder are aligned with the control measures in place

Scandals, misconduct risks of your organisation: Can you afford to ignore? Are you ready to respond?

Panelists Naoki Watanabe, Deputy Chief Legal Officer, Sojitz Corporation Satoshi Sato, Head of Legal and Compliance, Sony Mobile Kaori Miyake, Corporate Counsel, Johnson Controls

4:15pm Closing Remarks from Chairperson (10mins)

4.25pm End of ALB Japan Corporate Compliance and Governance Forum 2017