Back together again

Fraud examiners came together for the first time since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic at the 33rd Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference in June 2022. The association’s first hybrid event for both in-person and virtual participants enjoyed record attendance and has proven to be a winning formula.

The delight of meeting face to face for the first time since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic was in plain sight at the 33rd Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference held in Nashville, Tennessee, in June. Smiling faces and packed sessions marked the association’s first-ever hybrid conference that saw over 5,000 in-person and virtual attendees, another record number.

“Being back in person was like a family reunion and everyone was excited,” says ACFE’s Vice President of Events Leslie Simpson, CFE.

“Sessions were active, and speakers were energized. Some even brought their virtual vibe into their in-person session by making light of being so used to teaching sessions in board shorts on bottom and suit up top.”

Despite upsets caused by the health crisis, the ACFE Global Fraud Conference has been growing each year. And the new hybrid format is a winning formula and one the ACFE will use at next year’s conference June 11-16 in Seattle, Washington.