
FLE Learning is dedicated to developing the knowledge and skills of financial crime professionals, investigators and compliance officers by organising academic conference, face-to-face training, courses, workshops and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) courses, which are critical to the development of a professional competitive edge and in ensuring your organisation’s compliance with the ever-growing array of financial crime laws, regulations and policies. Conference Objective The overall objective of the Annual International Conference on AML & Financial Crimes (AICAFC) is to provide platform and stimulate discussion on key Interdisciplinary issues affecting financial crime, anti-money laundering, anti-corruption compliance, sanctions regimes, data security breaches, foreign account tax compliance, corruption and bribery. Who should present in the conference? AICAFC provides an opportunity for academics, practitioners, consultants, scholars, researchers and policy makers with different backgrounds and experience to present their papers in the conference and exchange and share their experiences, new ideas, research results, as well as discuss the practical challenges encountered and the solutions adopted. Conference committee highly encourage doctorate (PhD) and postgraduate students to present their research proposal or literature review or findings or issues in this conference with a very special registration fees. Case studies, abstracts of research in progress, as well as full research papers will be considered for the conference program for presentation purposes. Undergraduate students can ONLY attend academic conferences if (a) his/her research is funded by an organisation/institute, and/or (b) supervised by the member or faculty as a co-author. Otherwise, undergraduate students can only attend a conference as a listener without presenting paper. Who should attend this conference as a listener? Accountants, lawyers, banks, casinos, credit unions, financial services, insurance companies, regulators, securities/investment firms, software/technology vendors, policy makers, compliance officers, law enforcement agencies, risk management professionals, auditors, regulators, consultants, senior practitioners. |
Categories of Submissions
FLE is seeking submission of papers for presentations at the conference in two categories:
Abstract Submission
Presentation based on Abstract: All submitted abstracts will undergo a blind review. An abstract/proposal between 300 to 500 words, clearly summarizing the arguments, should be submitted before the deadline. The committee normally reaches its decision within two weeks after abstract submission. All abstracts must be submitted in English using an ‘Abstract Submission Form’. All abstracts/proposals will be published online after the conference and uploaded on FLE’s website. Click here to Download ABSTRACT SUBMISSION FORM
Academic Paper Submission (Optional)
Publication PolicyPresentation based on Academic Paper: All submitted academic papers will be peer reviewed. Please submit the full academic paper only if your abstract has been first officially accepted by the committee and your are FULLY registered for the conference after paying the registration fee. The preferred length of full paper (including footnotes) is 5,000 words (maximum limit). In general, please confine your paper between 10-12 pages, everything included. It must include an abstract (no more than 150 words) and 3 to 5 keywords. Author's autobiographical details should appear as the first footnote of each contribution, and include the name, academic and professional qualifications, institutional affiliation, current title and position of each author. Full paper must be written in British English, typed using Times New Roman (normal style and font size 12) and in MS-Word. Page size should be A4, single column with 2.5 cm margin on both sides with single line spacing. All pages of the manuscript (including Tables and Figures) should be numbered.
A full paper should be submitted before the deadline, following the paper submission guidelines. The committee normally reaches its decision within two weeks after each conference. All papers must be submitted in English.
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All abstracts/proposals will be published online after the conference and uploaded on FLE’s website. All submitted conference papers will be blind peer reviewed. Papers submitted and presented at the conference will be published in the conference proceedings, subject to their acceptance by the review committee, immediately after the conference. Conference Proceedings will be available to view and download from FLE’s website. To be considered for publication in the conference proceedings, submitted papers must strictly adhere to our prescribed in-house referencing style ie., Harvard Citing and Referencing Style. Each conference proceeding will have a unique digit International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) and/or International Standard Book Number (ISBN) code. All Conference Proceedings are yearly submitted for evaluation and indexing in ISI Web of Science, Web of Knowledge, Thomson Reuters, Elsevier products, SCOPUS, ProQuest, Nielson and Google Scholar. If you want your paper to be considered for publication, kindly submit your full paper before Paper submission deadline, following the paper submission guidelines.
Conference Proceedings Publication Date: In general, conference proceedings are published within FOUR weeks after each conference.