Global Anti-Scam Summit America 2026 | GASA

Wednesday, 2 September 2026

Wednesday, September 2, 2026
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM																GASA Welcome: Let's Make Scams History
9:15 AM - 9:30 AM																Opening Keynote: The View from California
9:30 AM - 9:50 AM																Opening Keynote: A Whole-of-America Response to the Global Fraud Crisis
9:50 AM - 10:30 AM																The Human Face of the Scam Epidemic: Survivor Stories
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM																Networking Break & Expo
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM																The Silicon Valley of Crime: Understanding Southeast Asia’s Scam Ecosystem and What Tech Can Do About It
11:45 AM - 12:30 PM																Fighting Fire with Fire: How Today's Tech is Stopping Scams in Real Time
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM																Lunch Break & Expo
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM																Breaking Barriers: What It Takes to Share Intelligence Across Sectors and Borders (Hosted by the Intelligence Sharing Working Group)																					Changing the Game: What's Actually Working in Scam Prevention and Consumer Education (Hosted by the Education Working Group)																					Cross-Border, Cross-Sector: Building the Enforcement Networks Scammers Can't Outrun (Hosted by the Enforcement Working Group)																					The Cutting Edge: New Technologies and Strategies for Stopping Scams Before They Strike (Hosted by the Prevention & Intervention Working Group)
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM																Networking Break & Expo
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM																AI on the Frontlines: Deploying Artificial Intelligence Against the Scam Epidemic																					Blockchain and the Battle Against Fraud: Building a More Trustworthy Digital Economy																					Follow the Money: How the Financial Sector is Closing the Door on Scammers (Hosted by the Finance Working Group)																					What We Didn't Know: New Research That's Changing How We Fight Scams (Hosted by the Research Working Group)
4:45 PM - 5:15 PM																Debate – Identity Verification: Consumer Protection Promise or Privacy Threat?
5:15 PM - 5:45 PM																Closing Keynote – What Comes Next: AI, Fraud, and the Race to Define the Future
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM																Day 1 Reception – Evening Canapés & Drinks

Time Zone: (UTC-07:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) []

Thursday, 3 September 2026

Thursday, September 3, 2026
9:00 AM - 9:10 AM																GASA Welcome
9:10 AM - 9:45 AM																Plenary – Fighting Scams at the State Level: Attorneys General Panel
9:45 AM - 10:30 AM																Plenary – Getting Scammers Out of Our Pockets: Fighting Back on Mobile Platforms
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM																Networking Break & Expo
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM																Lessons from Scam Victims: What Their Experiences Teach Us About Prevention, Messaging, and Response (Hosted by AARP)																					National Coordination: 2026 Lessons Learned from Anti-Scam Centers																					Scam Fighter Awards: Tech solutions for protecting consumers																					The Promise and the Peril of Stablecoin: a Shifting Tech and Regulatory Landscape
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM																Lunch Break & Expo
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM																Fighting fraud without borders: cross-regional collaboration in Latin America and beyond [Invite-Only Roundtable]
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM																Breakouts – Getting Hands On: Explore new tech solutions for protecting consumers
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM																Networking Break & Expo
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM																Scam Fighter Award Winners Announced
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM																Plenary – Looking ahead: 2027 Priorities
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM																Plenary – Special closing word

Time Zone: (UTC-07:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) []