ICHA 2014 - Third Biennial Meeting of the World Bank Group’s International Corruption Hunters Alliance

The World Bank aims to reduce poverty by promoting sustainable development through loans, guarantees, risk management products, and analytical and advisory services to its clients around the globe. The World Bank also seeks to ensure that the funds designated for development projects are used responsibly and for their intended purpose of reducing poverty, and are not lost to fraud, corruption or collusion.
The World Bank Group's International Corruption Hunters Alliance (ICHA) brings together more than 200 heads and senior officials of corruption investigating bodies and prosecuting authorities, anti-corruption experts, academics, and representatives of international organizations from over 130 countries. The 2014 meeting of the Alliance will focus on fighting corruption - and the vast illicit outflows generated by corruption - by sharing know-how and experiences in the use of both traditional and alternative corruption fighting approaches.
The 2014 ICHA meeting will focus on ending impunity for corruption by sharing know-how and experiences in the use of both traditional and alternative corruption fighting approaches. “Ending impunity” is intended to capture the objectives of both enforcement and accountability measures, through sharing ‘out of the box’ solutions.
One of the sessions will be devoted to Data Mining. A range of practitioners will share tools and tips on using disparate data sets to find indications possible indicators of fraud, corruption and collusion in government contracts and in donor funded projects. In addition to the panel discussion on data mining, the World Bank Group is hosting a half-day poster session featuring the work of data professionals and data scientists with an interest in addressing the problems faced by corruption fighters around the world.
IMPORTANT DATES
Deadline for Submission: November 19th, 2014
Notification to Authors: November 26th, 2014
Poster and Camera Ready Version: December 3rd, 2014
Data Science Driven Investigations Poster Session: December 9th, 2014
PC CHAIRS
Eric W. D. Rozier (University of Cincinnati, USA)
Andrew Means (University of Chicago, USA)
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Elisabeth Wiramidjaja (World Bank Group)
Alexandra Habershon (World Bank Group)
Joe Walsh (University of Chicago)
Varun Chandola (University at Buffalo)
Jeff Alstott (Singapore University of Technology and Design)
Mohammed Abdel-Mottaleb (University of Miami)
John A. Thompson (Salzburg University of Applied Sciences, Informationstechnik & System-Management)
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Alexandra Habershon (World Bank Group)
Elisabeth Wiramidjaja (World Bank Group)