1 June 2026 · 13:30 – 18:00 · ADS London
Sayari HMG Summer Briefing
Cross Government Community
Bridging the gap: insights, tradecraft, and collaborative national security. As serious organised crime and national security threats evolve through increasingly complex financial and supply chain networks, the need for shared tradecraft and practical intelligence has never been more critical. Sayari Illuminate invites practitioners and senior leaders from across UK Government and supporting industry to an exclusive community meet-up on economic security.
Attendance is limited to UK Government officials and industry professionals. Confirmation will follow your submission.
Security & Attendance Policy
To facilitate candid and high-impact discussion, this event is strictly closed to the press and social media.
- No recordings or photos will be taken during the briefing.
- The Chatham House Rule applies: participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s), nor that of any other participant, may be revealed.
- No email or contact details will be shared with other attendees unless permission is given for participants to do so.
- Participation: attendance is limited to UK Government officials and industry professionals only.
A dedicated forum for those on the front lines of UK economic security
Sayari Illuminate convenes practitioners and senior leaders from across UK Government departments and supporting industry sectors for a community meet-up focused on the frontiers of economic security and national resilience.
Sessions span cross-departmental collaboration, advanced investigative tradecraft, and the deployment of emerging technologies — graph analytics, AI-assisted entity resolution, and continuous monitoring — to protect UK interests against serious organised crime, sanctions evasion, and adversary-state activity in supply chains and critical national infrastructure.
The afternoon closes with informal networking at the Rose Pub — an opportunity for attendees to continue the conversation across departments, missions, and disciplines.
Keynote panels and practitioner-led tradecraft
An exploration of the downstream human cost of financial crime and how regulators and the private sector are evolving their collaboration to combat the way serious organised crime infiltrates and degrades society. Includes a deep dive on the latest findings from the Chinese Money Laundering White Paper. Featured contributors include Adrian Searle (Director, NECC), Simon York CBE, Rob Williams, and Colby Potter (Sayari).
Adversary-state actors embed risk in UK supply chains and critical national infrastructure through two principal routes: complex corporate structures that obscure who ultimately controls a supplier or CNI asset, and direct material dependencies sourced from adversarial states sitting undetected deep in sub-tiers. This session combines the geopolitical threat picture with a live demonstration of how Sayari automates sub-tier mapping, surfaces Foreign Ownership, Control and Influence (FOCI), and replaces point-in-time assessments with continuous monitoring.
A practitioner-led discussion on the complexities of conducting due diligence in high-risk jurisdictions. How do we maintain supply chain integrity when adversaries are actively obfuscating their footprints — and what tradecraft works when standard KYV approaches fall short?
An introduction to the next generation of Sayari investigative tools. See how Graph AI is being used to automate the discovery of hidden links across ownership and trade networks, and get an exclusive look at the Sayari Pilot — a purpose-built environment for rapid, large-scale network illumination.
An afternoon of expert discussion & practical tradecraft
| Time | Session | Speaker(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 13:30 – 14:00 | Arrival & Registration |
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| 14:00 |
Welcome Remarks
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Bill Burnett Sales Director, UK Government, Sayari |
| 14:00 – 14:10 |
The Rise and Rise of Chinese Money Laundering Organisations
UK threat assessment opening session.
|
Sayari Analyst Team |
| 14:10 – 14:30 |
Government Leadership Panel
Data Insights: the social impact of economic and organised crime
How does HMG create and maintain an environment that is unattractive for Chinese Money Laundering Organisations and Organised Crime Groups operating in illicit finance?
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Kevin Newe HMRC Additional panellists TBC Moderated by Evan Lehner Public Safety Lead, Sayari UK |
| 14:30 – 14:45 |
Tradecraft Masterclass: Sayari for Organised Crime Investigations
Hands-on walkthrough of investigative methodologies practitioners can apply to ongoing cases.
|
Sayari Solutions Team |
| 14:45 – 14:55 |
Lessons Learned: Countering State Threats Against UK & European Supply Chains and Critical National Infrastructure
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Sayari Solutions Team |
| 14:55 – 15:30 |
National Security Briefing · 35 min inc. Q&A
Uncovering Adversarial Influence in UK Supply Chains & Critical National Infrastructure
Adversary states exploit opaque ownership and hidden sub-tier dependencies to compromise UK supply chains and infrastructure. This practical session demonstrates how Sayari’s automated mapping surfaces Foreign Ownership, Control and Influence (FOCI) while providing continuous monitoring to eliminate blind spots. Live case studies show how to identify and mitigate adversarial presence.
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Sayari Government BU |
| 15:30 – 16:00 |
Sayari Innovation: Graph AI & the Sayari Pilot
An introduction to the next generation of Sayari investigative tools.
|
Will Bell Solutions Director, Global Government BU, Sayari |
| 16:00 – 16:05 |
Closing Remarks
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| 16:15 – 18:00 |
Networking at the Rose Pub
35 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7TL — informal continuation of the day’s conversations.
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Senior leaders from UK Government, law enforcement & Sayari
ADS London · Albert Embankment
Albert Embankment
London SE1 7SP
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Evening Networking
Conclude the day with peers and speakers in an informal setting — continuing the conversation across departments and disciplines.
The Rose Pub
35 Albert Embankment
London SE1 7TL
From 16:15 – 18:00
Sayari HMG Summer Briefing
Attendance is limited to UK Government officials and industry professionals. Register your interest above — confirmation will follow.
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