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TIME (EST)
Registration and Networking , Continental Breakfast
07:30 AM – 08:00 AM
Introduction & Facilitator: Opening Comments
08:00 AM – 08:10 AM
The New Standards, Impact Analysis and Compliance
08:10 AM – 09:00 AM
Using Technology to Manage the Implementation of Audit Issues
09:00 AM – 09:50 AM
Break
09:50 AM – 10:05 AM
IFRS Update and Related Roles for Internal Auditors Without a Compromise to Independence
10:05 AM – 10:55 AM
Managing IT Governance and/or IT Hot Issues in the post-SOX era
10:55 AM – 11:45 AM
Lunch
11:45 AM – 12:25 PM
Internal Auditing Profession: Moving from a Controls-Based to a Risk-Based Mindset
12:25 PM – 02:05 PM
Break
02:05 PM – 02:20 PM
TBD
02:20 PM – 03:10 PM
Panel Discussion
03:10 PM – 04:00 PM
 
AGENDA

The New Standards, Impact Analysis and Compliance

Learning Objectives:

 

Participants will be able to indentify the new Internal Audit Standards, assess their impact, and design/implement necessary changes at the individual and organizational practice level.

Time                  8:10 – 9:00 AM (EST)
CPE Credits       
1 - Auditing


Speakers          
Charles Petosa, MBA, CPA
                        Senior Consultant
                        Relevante Inc.

Using Technology to Manage the Implementation of Audit Issues

 

Learning Objectives:

 

Enable a powerful data analytics solution that can scale to your audit needs and extend as you build success. Find out how you can easily access data, run powerful data analytics, and review results across your audit and compliance departments – even with no prior data analysis experience.

 

Find out how to leverage audit analytics technology to:


  Address shifts in risk priorities
  Automate critical controls testing to achieve continuous audit objectives
  Maintain compliance and deliver continuous monitoring to business units
  Build proactive working relationships with corporate management and the audit committee
  Articulate the value of internal audit throughout the organization


Time                   09:00– 09:50 AM (EST)
CPE Credits       
  1 - Auditing

Speaker              Peter McGeough
                          Senior Account Executive
                          ACL Services Ltd

IFRS Update and Related Roles for Internal Auditors Without a Compromise to Independence

 

Learning Objectives:

 

Participants will understand the current state of IFRS migration, its impact on Internal Audit, and ways to address potential obstacles to Internal Audit independence.

 

Time                  10:05 – 10:55 AM (EST)
CPE Credits       
 1 - Auditing

 

Speaker             W. Allen Sullivan, CPA, MBA, MST
                         Senior Consultant
                         Relevante Inc.

Managing IT Governance and/or IT Hot Issues in the post-SOX era

 

Learning Objectives:

 

  Provide perspective on IT Governance and Risk Assessment
  Guidance on IT SOX best practice in the Post AS5 World
  Hot issues for 2010 and beyond in IT audit planning

 

 

Time                 10:55 – 11:45 AM (EST)
CPE Credits       
1 - Auditing


Speakers           Christopher J. Janis, CPA, MBA         Michael A. Pinna, CPA
                         Partner                                              Senior Manager IT
                         Weiser LLP                                         Weiser LLP

Internal Auditing Profession: Moving from a Controls-Based to a Risk-Based Mindset

 

Learning Objectives:

 

Participants will understand the evolutionary trends and skills development necessary for Internal Audit to successfully shift from a focus on controls to a focus on risk.

Time                 12:25– 02:05 PM (EST)
CPE Credits       2 - Auditing


Speaker             Ann M. Aerts, CPA
                         Director
                         PricewaterhouseCooper

TBD

 

Time                 02:20– 03:10 PM (EST)
CPE Credits       1 - Auditing


Speaker            Doug Neary
                        
Managing Principal, Enterprise Content, Collaboration and Compliance solutions
                        Liquidhub, Inc.

Panel Discussion:

 

Learning Objectives:

 

Participants will gain direct knowledge of practical solutions to real-life Internal Audit issues by interacting directly with a panel of hands-on experts.

 

Time                  02:20 – 04:00 PM (EST)
CPE Credits        
1
- Auditing

 

Panelists
Charles Petosa, MBA, CPA
Senior Consultant
Relevante Inc.
Christopher J. Janis, CPA, MBA 
Partner      
Weiser LLP     
Michael A. Pinna, CPA
Senior Manager IT
Weiser LLP