19 to 21 May 2026 | London, UK
If there is one moment in the year when the financial crime prevention and compliance community stops, takes stock, and talks honestly about what is actually happening, it is the ICA Future of FinCrime and Compliance Summit. This May, more than 600 senior leaders from across the globe will gather in London for three days of candid exchange, practical insight, and serious professional debate.
The timing could hardly be more charged. Regulators are accelerating, not slowing. Costs are rising. And artificial intelligence is reshaping what compliance teams can do, and what they are expected to do, faster than most organisations can keep pace with. This is not a moment for passive observation. It is a moment for exactly the kind of working conference the ICA has built its reputation on.
Three Days Built Around How Practitioners Actually Learn
The summit unfolds across three distinct days. The optional CPD Day on 19 May, held at the DoubleTree by Hilton London Tower of London, offers six hours of intensive practitioner learning. The main Summit on 20 May at the Leonardo Royal Hotel London St Paul's brings five customisable content tracks spanning keynotes, panels, workshops, and roundtables. The optional Leaders Forum on 21 May closes the week with a more intimate setting for senior executives to work through strategic questions together.
Attend all three days and you earn 18 CPD hours. For ICA members, that is half of what is needed to qualify as a Certified Practitioner.
Discover more on the agenda and the full speaker line-up.
Why the Room Itself Matters
Sessions at the summit operate under Chatham House Rule, moderated by ICA experts, with no journalists present. That distinction matters more than it might sound. It creates the conditions for the kind of conversation that rarely happens in public settings: honest assessments of what is working, what is not, and what the profession needs to confront.
For practitioners who spend their careers managing sensitive information and navigating institutional risk, that protected space for genuine exchange is not a minor detail. It is the point.
Practical Details
Tickets are available as one, two, or three day packages. Group discounts apply for teams of three or more, and ICA Professional members and Fellows receive a 15% reduction. For those who need to build an internal business case to attend, ICA provides a letter of approval from President and Summit Chair Pekka Dare, as well as a dedicated business case template on request.
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