Global Anti-Scam Summit America 2026 | GASA

Wednesday, 2 September 2026

Wednesday, September 2, 2026
9:00 AM - 9:05 AM																GASA Welcome: Let's Make Scams History
9:05 AM - 9:20 AM																Opening Keynote: The View from California
9:20 AM - 9:40 AM																The State of Scams in America: New Data, Global Context
9:40 AM - 10:30 AM																The Human Face of the Scam Epidemic: Survivor Stories
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM																[Networking & 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 & Expo]
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM																Blockchain and the Battle Against Fraud: Building a More Trustworthy Digital Economy																												Breaking Barriers: What It Takes to Share Intelligence Across Sectors and Borders (Hosted by the Intelligence Sharing 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 & Expo]
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM																AI on the Frontlines: Deploying Artificial Intelligence Against the Scam Epidemic																												Closing the Identity Gap: From Diagnosis to Action																												Cross-Border, Cross-Sector: Building the Enforcement Networks Scammers Can't Outrun (Hosted by the Enforcement Working Group)
4:45 PM - 5:05 PM																Hacking for Good: Meet the Next Generation of Cyber Defenders
5:05 PM - 5:25 PM																Closing Keynote: Proof of Concept: Public & Private Sector Collaborations With Results
5:30 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
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM																Fighting fraud without borders: cross-regional collaboration in Latin America and beyond [Invite-Only Roundtable]																																										Unlocking Fraud Intelligence Sharing: Stress-Testing a New Analysis of the US Legal & Regulatory Landscape [Invite-Only Roundtable]
9:00 AM - 9:05 AM																GASA Welcome
9:05 AM - 9:30 AM																Plenary – Fighting Scams at the State Level: Attorneys General Panel
9:30 AM - 10:15 AM																Getting Scammers Out of Our Pockets: Fighting Back on Mobile Platforms (Hosted by Craig Newmark Philanthropies)
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM																The Global Signal Exchange: Uniting Global Partners to Disrupt Fraud
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM																[Networking & Expo]
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM																National Coordination: 2026 Lessons Learned from Anti-Scam Centers																												Scam Fighter Awards Final Pitches (Hosted by GASA)																												What Scam Victims Teach Us About Prevention, Messaging, and Response (Hosted by AARP)
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM																[Lunch & Expo]
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM																Changing the Game: What's Actually Working in Consumer Education for Scam Prevention (Hosted by the Education Working Group)																												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)
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM																[Networking & 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) []