Biographies of Speakers, Chairs and Rapporteurs - 28th Annual Conference and General Meeting, London

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Plenary 1: Re-evaluating the organisation and operations of prosecution agencies

Chair: Cindy Clarke, Director of Public Prosecutions, Bermuda

Speakers:


Plenary 2: Digital/electronic evidence and technological advances

Chair: Michael Leitner, Deputy Procurator General, Procurator General’s Office, Austria

Speakers:

  • Sally Dowling SC, Director of Public Prosecutions, New South Wales, Australia
  • Jacqueline Palumbo, Senior General Counsel / Head of Treaty Negotiations, Department of Justice, Canada and Tom Burrows, Associate Director, US Department of Justice, USA
  • Adley Duncan, Crown Counsel, Department of Public Prosecutions, Bermuda
  • Anna Vardapetyan, Prosecutor General, Armenia
  • Sidney Rosa, Prosecutor, Public Prosecutor’s Office of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
 

Plenary 3: Non-traditional methods of tackling crime and securing the recovery of assets

Chair: Kathleen Roussel, Director of Public Prosecutions and Deputy Attorney General, Canada

Speakers:

  • Stephen Herron, Director of Public Prosecutions, Northern Ireland
  • David Scharia, Director and Chief of Branch, Counter Terrorism, UN Security Council, UN CTED
  • Jean-François Thony, President, The Siracusa International Institute for Criminal Justice and Human Rights
  • Prem Nath Prabhakaran, Deputy Director of Prosecution, Ernakulam, India
  • Robin Weyell, Deputy Chief Crown Prosecutor, Crown Prosecution Service, England and Wales, and Ken Kohl, US Legal Attaché, US Department of Justice, USA
 

Workshop 1A: Specialist teams/units

Chair: Malike Kellier, Crown Counsel, Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Jamaica

Speakers:

  • Jane Farrell, Senior Principal Prosecutor, Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Ireland
  • Simon Clements, former Chief Crown Prosecutor, Crown Prosecution Service, England & Wales, and Sabin Ouellet, former Chief Prosecutor, Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Quebec, Canada
  • May De Silva, Commissioner, Anti-Corruption Commission, Seychelles
  • Gilles Charbonnier, Deputy Prosecutor General, Court of Appeal of Paris, France
  • Eva Thunegard, Chief Public Prosecutor, Swedish Prosecution Authority
 

Workshop 1B: End-to-end investigations and prosecutions

Chair: Anne Grøstad, Senior Public Prosecutor, Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Norway

Speakers:

 

Workshop 2A: Managing digital/electronic evidence

Chair:  Manon Lapointe, General Counsel, Public Prosecution Service of Canada

Speakers:

  • Andrew Laing, Procurator Fiscal, Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, Scotland
  • Dr İlknur Altuntaş, Senior Prosecutor for International Relations, General Prosecution Office of the Supreme Court of Appeal, Türkiye
  • Mark Carroll, Director Criminal Justice, International Justice Development, England
  • Liam Sheridan, Principal Prosecutor, Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Ireland
  • Mike Vela, Deputy District Attorney, Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, USA
 

Workshop 2B: Encryption and ‘going dark’ 

Chair: Paul Wilson, Crown Counsel, Department of Public Prosecutions, Bermuda

Speakers:

  • Alex Reid, Principal Federal Prosecutor, Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions, Australia
  • Martijn Egberts, National Public Prosecutor for Digital Investigations, National Public Prosecutor’s Office, Rotterdam, Netherlands
  • Wayne John OBE and Michelle Tyrrell, Joint Unit Heads, Hardened Secure Communications, Intelligence & Investigations Commands, National Crime Agency
  • Wei-Yuan Lo and Min-Chao Hung, Prosecutors, Taipei District Prosecutor's Office, Chinese Taipei
  • Adesola Adeyemi, Assistant Director, Federal Inland Revenue Service, Nigeria
 

Workshop 3A: Recovering the proceeds of crime 

Chair:  Monique Corten-Van Der Sande, Head of Department of International Affairs / Senior Prosecutor, Public Prosecution Service of the Netherlands

Speakers:

  • Adrian Foster, Chief Crown Prosecutor, Proceeds of Crime Division, Crown Prosecution Service, England and Wales
  • Ang Cheng Hock SC, Deputy Attorney General, Attorney-General’s Chambers, Singapore
  • Renato Finocchi Ghersi, Advocate General, General Prosecution Office at the Italian Supreme Court, Italy 
  • Abdullah Khusifan, Prosecutor, Public Prosecution Office, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
  • Yusfidli Adhyaksana, Head of the District Prosecution Office of Serang, Attorney General’s Office, Republic of Indonesia
 

Workshop 3B: Maintaining public confidence in the criminal justice system

Chair: Mohamed Faizal, Second Chief Prosecutor, Attorney-General’s Chambers, Singapore

Speakers:

  • Jane Abodo, Director of Public Prosecutions, Uganda
  • Lisa Morris, Deputy Chief Inspector (Inspections), HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate
  • Hussain Shameem, Prosecutor General, Maldives
  • Lisel Avey, Senior State Prosecutor, Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions for Western Australia, Australia
  • Andre Cunha, State Public Prosecutor, San Paulo Public Prosecution Office, Brazil


Opening Ceremony

Speaker:  The Rt Hon Victoria Prentis KC MP, Attorney General of England and Wales
 

Keynote Opening Speech

Speaker: Sally Dowling SC, Director of Public Prosecutions, New South Wales, Australia

Master of Ceremonies: Olivia Rose, Deputy Chief Crown Prosecutor, Crown Prosecution Service, England and Wales

 

​Keynote Closing Speech

Speaker: James Babbage, Director General Threats (Economic and Organised Crime), National Crime Agency

Master of Ceremonies: Olivia Rose, Deputy Chief Crown Prosecutor, Crown Prosecution Service, England and Wales
 

Fireside chat  

Speaker: Anton du Plessis, Deputy National Director of Public Prosecutions, National Prosecuting Authority, South Africa

Facilitator:​ Shenaz Muzaffer, General Counsel, International Association of Prosecutors 
 

Fireside chat  

Speaker: Simon Davis, Director of Public Prosecutions, Cayman Islands

Facilitator:​ Shenaz Muzaffer, General Counsel, International Association of Prosecutors 
 

Specialist Network and Special Interest Group sessions

Heads of Prosecution Services Special Interest Group Session: Setting the Standard: Ensuring that prosecution agencies reflect and represent the people that they serve

Chair: Max Hill KC, Director of Public Prosecutions, England and Wales

Speakers:​

 

GPEN / Cybercrime Specialist Network Session

Chair: Edith Van Den Broeck, Senior Legal Advisor, International Association of Prosecutors  

Speakers:​

  • Koen Hermans, National Cybercrime Prosecutor, Public Prosecutor’s Office, The Hague, Netherlands
  • Martijn Egberts, National Public Prosecutor for Digital Investigations, National Public Prosecutor’s Office, Rotterdam, Netherlands
  • Min Suk Kim, Public Prosecutor, Republic of Korea and Senior Counsel, World Bank
  • Renán Gallardo, Prosecutor, Crime Analysis and Special Investigation System, Public Ministry of Chile
  • Taavi Pern, Chief State Prosecutor, Office of the Prosecutor General, Estonia
 

Best practice in enabling victims and witnesses to give their best evidence Special Interest Group Session

Chair:   Natia Merebashvili, Deputy Prosecutor General, Prosecutor's Office of Georgia

Speakers:​

  • Hannah Kappler, Senior Policy Advisor, Crown Prosecution Service, England and Wales
  • Pauline Mccullagh, Senior District Crown Prosecutor, Crown Prosecution Service, England and Wales
  • Lana Owens, Resident Legal Advisor, US Department of Justice, USA
 

Specialist Network of Anti-Corruption Prosecutors Session

Chair: Isfandiyar Hajiyev, Deputy Head of the Department of Organizational and Information Support, AntiCorruption General Directorate, Office of the Prosecutor General, Azerbaijan  

Speakers:​

  • Nick Stevens, Chief Intelligence Officer, Serious Fraud Office
  • Musa Bala Zakari, Assistant Director, Legal Services, The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, Nigeria
  • Byungmoo Ko, Prosecutor, Incheon District Prosecutor’s Office, Republic of Korea
  • Dr Carlos Schaefer, General Prosecutor before the Federal Criminal Oral Court of Corrientes, Member of the Association of Prosecutors and Officials of the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Nation (AFFUN), Argentina
 

Associations Specialist Network Session

Chair: Kate Matthews, Vice-President, Association of Crown Counsels, Canada and Roel Dona, Senior Advocate-General, Netherlands 

Speakers:​

 

Specialist Network of Military Prosecutors Session

Chair: Lars Stevnsborg, Military Prosecutor General, Denmark 

Speakers:​

  • Jonathan Rees KC, Director of Service Prosecutions, Service Prosecuting Authority, United Kingdom
  • Dylan Kerr, Director of Military Prosecutions, Canadian Armed Forces, Canada 
  • Don Ammeraal, Coordinator, Expertise Center on Military Justice of the Public Prosecution Service, Netherlands Prosecution Service
 

Special Interest Group Session - Efficient and fair handling of minor criminal cases – legality and opportunity

Chair: Runar Torgersen, Senior Public Prosecutor, Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Norway

Speakers:​

  • Peter Mucklenbeck, Prosecutor, Public Prosecutor’s Office of Zurich, Switzerland
  • Felipe Carvalho Pinto, Federal Prosecutor, Federal Prosecution Office, Brazil
  • Renson Ingonga, Director of Public Prosecutions, Kenya
  • Catherine Ko, Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions, Prosecutions Division, Department of Justice, Hong Kong SAR
 

Trafficking in Persons Specialist Network Session

Chair Gina Cabrejo, Senior Counsel, National Association of Attorneys General

Speakers:​

  • Keith Ellison, Attorney General, Office of the Minnesota Attorney General, USA
  • Immaculate Angutoko, Chief State Attorney, Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and President of the Uganda Association of Prosecutors, Uganda
  • David Scharia, Director and Chief of Branch, Counter Terrorism, UN Security Council, UN CTED
  • Ogheneruona Iguyovwe, Senior Specialist Prosecutor, Crown Prosecution Service, England and Wales
  • Mary Helen Wall, Deputy Attorney General, Attorney General's Office, State of Mississippi
 

Security of Prosecutors Special Interest Group Session 

Chair Adam Dalrymple, Crown Counsel, British Columbia Prosecution Service and President of the British Columbia Crown Counsel Association, Canada  
Speakers:​

  • Manuel Pinheiro Freitas, Prosecutor General, Public Prosecution of the State of Ceará, Brazil
  • Carl Prophet, Special Advisor, Risk and Security, Ministry of the Attorney General, British Columbia, Canada

 
What's on the IAP agenda Special Session

Speakers:​

  • Han Moraal, Secretary-General, International Association of Prosecutors
  • Shenaz Muzaffer, General Counsel, International Association of Prosecutors

Rapporteurs

  • Kim Holden, Liaison Prosecutor to Bulgaria, Crown Prosecution Service, England and Wales
  • Lynette Woodrow, Deputy Chief Crown Prosecutor, Crown Prosecution Service, England and Wales  
  • Sarah Dineley, Deputy Chief Crown Prosecutor, Crown Prosecution Service, England and Wales

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