Location:Online event (Teams)
Start date:27/03/2025
End date:27/03/2025
Event Organiser:National Trading Standards Scams Team
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First National Trading Standards (NTS) Scams Team online conference. Agenda:
Opening conference: Lord Michael Bichard KCB – Chair of National Trading Standards; which delivers national and regional consumer protection enforcement.
• 10:10 Team update and STRICT: Louise Baxter MBE, NTS Scams Team.
• 10:20 Keynote speakers: Nik Adams, Deputy City of London Commissioner and Nick Sharp, Deputy Director for Fraud, National Economic Crime Centre.
• 10:40 Keynote speaker: Luke Charters, Labour MP York Outer. VIDEO
• 10:45 E-Crime update: Mike Andrews, National Co-ordinator, E-Crime Team.
• 11:00 BREAK
• 11:05 Communications Council UK: Tracey Wright, Chair Communications Council UK.
• 11:25 UK Finance: Chris Farrow, Principal APP Fraud Strategic Lead, UK
Finance.
• 11:45 Openreach: The digital switchover: John Livermore, All-IP Industry Engagement Manager, Openreach. VIDEO
• 12:05 BREAK 55 mins
• 13:00 Telecommunication Company update: Oliver Brooks-Stephenson and Richard Clarke, NTS Scams Team.
• 13:15 Multi Agency Approach to Fraud: Toolkit into SharePoint as a communication tool: Lee Ede, NTS Scams Team, David Gillies, Counter Fraud Specialist, Chair Essex Multi Agency Approach to Fraud and Charlotte Hardison, Essex Police.
• 13:30 Power of Language: Dr Elisabeth Carter, Associate Professor of Criminology, Forensic Linguist and Vice President of the International Association of Economic Criminology.
• 13:40 BREAK
• 13:45 Economic Abuse: Samantha Beckinsale, The Love Project.
• 14:15 Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024: Clare Forbes, NTS Scams Team.
• 14:25 Friends Against Scams and Doorbell project: Adam Carter, NTS Scams Team.
