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Western Carolina IIA Chapter Credits: 8-hour CPE Seminar Date: December 12, 2008 Time: 8:00 am to 5:00 pm Location: Michelin Conference Center, Greenville, SC Sponsored by: Grant Thornton Cost: $100
The Western Carolina IIA Chapter is offering an 8-hour CPE seminar with the assistance of Grant Thornton to bring you up to speed on issues facing internal auditors. This is an outstanding opportunity to learn the latest on very relevant topics impacting Internal Auditors. If you are looking for CPE credits before the end of the year, this is the ideal seminar for you as well. To register, go to http://www.theiia.org/chapters/index.cfm/home.page/cid/148
Agenda Begin End Registration/ Continental Breakfast 8:00 AM 8:30 AM Effective Corporate Governance 8:30 AM 9:20 AM Break 9:20 AM 9:30 AM Enterprise Risk Management 9:30 AM 10:20 AM Break 10:20 AM 10:30 AM CAATs – ACL 10:30 AM 11:20 AM Lunch 11:20 AM 12:20 PM Fraud 12:20 PM 1:10 PM COSO Monitoring 1:10 PM 2:00 PM Break 2:00 PM 2:10 PM Technical Update 2:10 PM 3:00 PM Break 3:00 PM 3:10 PM IT Security 3:10 PM 4:00 PM Panel Discussion 4:00 PM 4:50 PM
Effective Corporate Governance – 8:30 to 9:20 am Organizations are held accountable for accuracy and integrity in their business operations, and they must have effective and reliable governance and compliance procedures in place. This segment provides real examples of ineffective corporate governance practices (including a case study on the headline-grabbing Fannie Mae proceedings) and provides good examples of what not to do.
Enterprise Risk Management – 9:30 to 10:20 am This segment focuses on Enterprise Risk Management and the benefits associated with the approach of analyzing and considering how risks (financial, operational, etc.) are interconnected for risk mitigation.
CAATs – ACL – 10:30 to 11:20 am Computer Assisted Audit Techniques (CAATs) and Audit Command Language (ACL) can contribute considerable value when planning and performing audit work. This segment will focus on how to utilize CAATs and ACL to make your internal audit process more efficient.
Fraud – 12:20 to 1:10 pm As the economy tightens, incidences of fraud increase. This segment focuses on fraud risks and how internal auditors can strengthen internal controls and prevent fraud. COSO Monitoring – 1:10 to 2:00 pm For the past year and a half, COSO has been working diligently with a dedicated team from Grant Thornton (including our speaker, Jay Brietz), on a guidance initiative designed to help organizations better understand and utilize the Internal Control-Integrated Framework. This segment will provide you a better understanding of the framework so you can better implement it and realize a broad range of benefits through improved financial, operational, and compliance controls.
Accounting Technical Update – 2:10 to 3:00 pm This segment addresses changes in audit and accounting pronouncements.
IT Security – 3:10 to 4:00 pm Organizations today depend on information systems for nearly all aspects of their financial and operational functions, making the need for IT security paramount. This segment will provide guidance to auditors for improving the IT security environment, including the use of a security framework that can assess a company’s overall risk levels, prioritization of data and corresponding IT security, and tips for implementing and monitoring security programs.
Panel Discussion – 4:00 to 4:50pm The final segment will be an open forum to discuss topics that weren’t addressed during the session.