Mark Warner will be participate in York University’s Osgoode Hall Law School Conference on November 6 and 7, 2014 that will look at corruption in business, finance, government and enforcement. “Understanding and Taming Public and Private Corruption in the 21st Century” will bring together top Canadian and international legal, political and media experts to explore what makes these sectors vulnerable to corruption, the systems that undermine anti-corruption intentions, and the failures of transparency and accountability efforts. Key themes that will be explored at the conference include:

· Corruption in undermining international economic development;

· Corruption as a facilitator of organized crime;

· Corrupt interactions between business and government;

· Corruption within government institutions;

· The UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC);

· The Foreign Corrupt Practices Acts and their extra-terrestrial reach;

· The adequacy of whistle-blowing legislation, policies and practices.