2025 MFF Annual Conference

  • 26 Jun 2025
  • 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (BST)
  • Millennium Point, Birmingham
  • 108

Registration

  • Entitles attendance at the Conference and all master classes held for the next 12 months
  • 5 membership places. The person registering will be set as the bundle administrator. Please email info@midlandsfraudforum.co.uk with the names and email addresses of your additional members.
  • If you are a general member and wish to attend our annual conference, the ticket price is £85.
  • This is a 2 for 1 offer with each PS representative being £80 each, therefore £160 will be invoiced to the organisation for each pair of members. If you need assistance please email our admin info@midlandsfraudforum.co.uk
  • Entry to the MFF Conference and a year's membership including access to all masterclasses.

    Registration will need to be made using your academia email address.


2025 MFF Annual Conference

Thursday 26 June 2025


9.00am - 5.00pm


Venue: Millennium Point, Birmingham


Midlands Fraud Forum are pleased to announce details of their 2025 Annual Conference. This is a good opportunity to connect with counter fraud people from across the region, networking with people in different sectors, and a key opportunity to listen to a range of inspirational speakers on various topics. 


    

AGENDA

                                        

08.15:    REGISTRATION, COFFEE
MEET OUR SPONSORS

09.00:     CHAIRMAN’S WELCOME AND

               OPENING OF CONFERENCE


Andrew Herring, Chairman of MFF

Simon Foster, West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner

09.10:     UPDATE ON NATIONAL FRAUD POLICING

Detective Chief Superintendent Ollie Shaw, Action Fraud and NFIB

09.45:     FIT TO FIGHT FRAUD – TACKLING FRAUD, BRIBERY, AND CORRUPTION IN THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE

Alex Rothwell, NHS Counter Fraud Authority

10.20:     EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES TO SPEAK UP: THE ROLE OF CRIMESTOPPERS IN ANONYMOUS CRIME REPORTING

Alan Edwards and Lydia Patsalides, Crimestoppers

10.40:     A REPORT ON THE PREVALENCE OF FINANCIAL ABUSE FOR OLDER AND VULNERABLE PEOPLE

Tonina Ashby, HCR Hewitsons

10.50:     MEET OUR PLATINUM SPONSORS

 Altia

11.00:     COFFEE AND NETWORKING

11.30:     THE GATEKEEPER - CRITICAL MINERALS AND HOW TO PLUNDER THEM

Patrick Alley, Global Witness

12.05:     "INSIDER THE MIND OF A STAMMERING COUNTER-FRAUD PRACADEMIC"

Claire Maillet, Counter-Fraud Expert & Content Creator, PhD Researcher & Disability Advocate

12.50:     MEET OUR PLATINUM SPONSORS

XXIV Old Buildings

13.00:     LUNCH, NETWORKING

              MEET OUR SPONSORS

14.00:     A FIRST-HAND ACCOUNT OF THE POST OFFICE HORIZON SCANDAL

Ian Henderson, Advanced Forensics

15.00:     COFFEE AND NETWORKING

15.30:    FROM THE GARDEN SHEDS OF WOLVERHAMPTON TO THE STREETS OF AMERICA – CONVICTING THE COUNTERFEIT TABLET GANG

Jenny Josephs KC, St Philips Chambers

16.05:     [topic tbc]

CIFAS

16.40:     CONFERENCE SUMMARY AND CLOSE

Andrew Herring, Chairman of Midlands Fraud Forum

16.45:     NETWORKING

                POST CONFERENCE DRINKS


Confirmed Sponsors:

       

                 

Sponsor Opportunities:         

If your firm would like to sponsor or exhibit at our event please get in touch using the Contact Us page.


As a sponsor, a presence at our conference gives you direct access to our members, with the opportunity to demonstrate your products or services. We are expecting around 300 delegates to attend our Conference including senior representatives from a wide range of organisations


ATTENDANCE AT OUR CONFERENCE INCLUDES MEMBERSHIP OF THE FORUM FOR A YEAR ALLOWING ACCESS TO ANY MASTERCLASS FOR YOURSELF OR A COLLEAGUE WITHOUT ANY FURTHER CHARGE

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