IIA Canada National Conference 2023

Full Program at a Glance

Nous avons 8 sessions disponibles en français.

 

MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2023

14:00 – 18:00 Registration and Badge Pickup for ALE and IIA Canada National Conference

** ALE is SOLD OUT **

 

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2023

ALE
07:00 – 18:00 Registration and Badge Pickup for ALE and IIA Canada National Conference

** ALE is SOLD OUT **
07:30 – 08:00 ALE Continental Breakfast
08:00 – 08.15 ALE Welcome
08:15 – 09:00 ALE Keynote – Hamza Kahn, Future of Work Expert | Author of Leadership, Reinvented 
09:00 – 09:15 ALE Break
09:15 – 10:10 ALE Panel: Auditing AI : Leading the WayLinda Mitton, Dr. Jodie Lobana, Allan Sammy and Celina Caesar-Chavannes 
10:10 – 10:50 ALE Breakouts
10:50 – 11:05 ALE Break
11:05 – 11:40 ALE Keynote – Unveiling the AI Frontier: Transforming Internal Audits for Justice, Humanization, and Success – Celina Caesar-Chavannes, Renowned Business consultant, coach, international speaker & best selling author 
11:45 – 12:45 ALE Plated Lunch
18:00 – 19:00 ALE Reception
IIA Canada National Conference Program
07:00 – 18:00 Registration and Badge Pickup for ALE and IIA Canada National Conference

** ALE is SOLD OUT **
12:00 – 18:45 Exhibition Open
12:45 – 13:30

Opening Remarks – Emcees- Laura De Luca and Alain Dagneault,  Janet Hnytka, Chair, The IIA Canada Advisory Committee; Conference Co-chairs Jennifer Robinson and Clinton Griffiths.
Message from The IIA – Michael Levy,
Chair, IIA North American Board
Land Recognition – Daniel Richer
13:30 – 13:50 Roch Huppé, Comptroller General of Canada
13:50 – 14:10 Hon. Caroline Mulroney, Minister of Francophone Affairs | President of the Treasury Board
14:10 – 15:10 Opening KeynoteDan Pontefract, Founder of Pontefract Group
15:10 – 15:45 Exhibits & Coffee Break
Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Track 4 Track 5
General Session Leadership & Innovation Fraud & Ethics Public Sector/MUSH Data Analytics, Cyber Security and IT Audit Soundbites
15:45 – 16:35 Concurrent Session 1 1.1
Operational Audit – Leading Practices

Shawn Hendry, Fortis Alberta Inc.
2.1
The Dark Side of ESG Reporting

Kas Rehman and Amie Das, KPMG LLP

3.1
Transformer l’Audit interne en partenaire stratégique avec une approche A6

Julie Bastarache, OAG

4.1
Red Teaming: A proactive approach for Internal Audit to provide cybersecurity assurance

Neil Power, Eddie Ng,
Susan Papadopoulos, and John Pomeroy of Hydro One Networks Inc.; Matthew Maglieri, Mandiant Consulting at Google

5.1
COSO 2013- Use it NOW for Sustainability and ESG

Bob Hirth, Protiviti

16:45 – 17:45 Panel – Organizational culture – strengthening tomorrow, today   Moderator Jillian Tonet – Grant Thornton LLP, Ciara Byrne – Grant Thornton LLP, Jean Pierre Fernandes – City of Toronto, Kenneth Yung – Mercer, Jeremy Shumilak– CRA  
17:45 – 18:45 Exhibitor Reception

 

 

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2023

07:00 – 17:00 Registration Open
07:00 – 18:15 Exhibition Open
07:00 – 08:30 Breakfast
08:30 – 08:40 Opening Remarks Day 2 – Laura De Luca and Alain Dagneault
08:40 – 09:40 KeynoteRachel Baptiste, Founder & CEO of Lumen Consulting Group Inc.
Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Track 4 Track 5
General Session Leadership & Innovation Fraud & Ethics Public Sector/MUSH Data Analytics, Cyber Security and IT Audit Soundbites
09:50 – 10:40 Concurrent Session 2 1.2
Auditing the electrification of the City’s bus fleet using an agile audit approach

Joanne Gorenstein, City of Ottawa and Liam Blevins, Senior Consultant – Enterprise Risk Services Practice, MNP

2.2
La corruption, la culture, et les groupes marginalisés

Sharon Clark, Office of the Auditor General of Canada

*BE credit

3.2
Building a strong & diverse nimble assurance team – lessons from the field

Sheri Ostridge, Isabelle Barrette, François-Michel Brière, ESDC

4.2
AI Model Audit

Aleem Juma, Ontario Power Generation

5.2
Leveraging HR Compliance to Support DEI

Lesha Van Der Bij, Compliance Works

10:40 – 11:15 Exhibits & Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:05 Concurrent Session 3 1.3
Leadership quotidien en audit interne – Découvrez comment les compétences en leadership peuvent renforcer le pouvoir d’influence, l’innovation et le changement dans votre équipe d’audit interne


Adrienne Bellehumeur
Risk Oversight Inc., Bellehumeur Co.

2.3
Fraud: What Every Organization Should be Doing (But Probably Isn’t)

Mary Breslin, Verracy

*BE credit

3.3
Considerations & scoping of internal audits of IDEA

Ross Wilson and France-Anne Fortin, PwC

4.3
Cyber security Audit: Key and Emerging Risks, Regulations and Best Practices.

Michael Kostanecki, Protiviti

5.3
Geopolitics – The impact to your organization and internal audit

Dinaish Singh KPMG, Sandeep Dani KPMG

12:15 – 13:30 Lunch & Networking with Exhibitors
13:45 – 14:45 Keynote – Nicole Verkindt, Tech Entrepreneur | Founder, OMX
14:45 – 15:20 Exhibits & Coffee Break
15:20 – 16:10 Concurrent Session 4 1.4
Cognitive Bias

Angela Byrne, Angela Byrne Consulting Inc.

2.4
Stopping Fraud at the Source

Imran Zia, Vancouver Fraser Port Authority

3.4
Integrated risk in IA: Keep it simple…be realistic….make it happen

Ricardo Almosnino, Shared Health Manitoba

4.4
Driving Digital Trust for Emerging & Disruptive Technologies

Rolandi Treska & Asif Qayyum of PwC

5.4
Ce que les auditeurs internes peuvent apprendre des analystes du renseignement – une technique d’analyse structurée pour lutter contre les biais cognitifs

She-Yang Lauman, Government of Canada

17:15 – 22:00 Gala Reception and Dinner with Kimberly Dunn and Highway Sunrise 

 

 

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2023

07:00 – 17:00 Registration Open
07:00 – 17:00 Exhibition Open
07:00 – 08:00 Breakfast
08:00 – 08:40 Opening Remarks Day 3 – Laura De Luca and Alain Dagneault
CIA Program and the Road to Success – Greg Applegate and Daphne Barbour, Irving Oil, Marisel Vandenberg, Samir Chhelavad
08:40 – 09:40 KeynoteSheila Watt-Cloutier – Canadian Inuk activist
09:40 – 10:15 Exhibits & Coffee Break
Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Track 4 Track 5
General Session Leadership & Innovation Fraud & Ethics Public Sector/MUSH Data Analytics, Cyber Security and IT Audit Soundbites
10:15 – 11:05 Concurrent Session 5 1.5
The IPPF Evolution Project

Kat Seeuws, The Institute of Internal Auditors, Global Headquarters
2.5
Internal Audits and Internal Investigations – What are the pitfalls, and how to avoid them?


Michael McCormack
MNP
3.5
Diversity, equity and inclusion – auditing accessibility

Erin Robichaud, OXARO

4.5
How to Implement a Continuous Assurance Program in Your Organization

Sohail Saleem, City of Saskatoon

5.5
L’intelligence émotionnelle dans l’audit interne

Aziz Mehira, CIRNAC

11:15 – 12:05 Concurrent Session 6 1.6
How Internal Audit is Supporting Diversity and Inclusion Efforts at Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada

Saarangi Balasingam, Federal Government

2.6
Dilemmes Éthiques en Période de Turbulences

Marc Tasse, Univerity of Ottawa

*BE credit

3.6
New IPPF: Quality Assurance Challenges and Opportunities

Warren Hersh and Kat Seeuws, Institute of Internal Auditors, Keltie Donohue and Elaine Maheu

4.6
Sharpened Focus: AI lets your diverse data speak

Rachel Kirkham, Mindbridge

5.6
ESG Audit Strategy: Challenges and Considerations

Sibasis Panda, CIBC

12:05 – 13:15 Lunch & Networking with Exhibitors
13:15 – 14:05 Concurrent Session 7 1.7
Modernizing Audit Departments – Lessons learned from Implementation

Charlie Johnson, BCFSA

2.7
If I Ran the Circus

David Helberg, Cameco

*BE credit

3.7
Data analytics for all auditors

Areeba Tariq, Government of Canada

4.7
Associé, risques technologiques, cybersécurité et protection de la vie privée

Salah Eddine Mahrach, Technology Risk Consulting

5.7
Are you an Introvert or an Extrovert? How to Leverage the Unique Qualities of each Personality Type to Strengthen your Team

Leah White, Grant Thornton LLP

14:15 – 15:05 Concurrent Session 8 1.8
Tendances émergentes: L’audit interne à valeur ajoutée

Daniel Lebel, Centre for the Innovation in Audit International Inc.

2.8
Insider Threat Program

Marilyn Abate, KPMG

*BE credit

3.8
The evolving opportunity of the joint audit and evaluation – efficiency, effectiveness and engagement

Brandon Bignell and
Vivian Liu, BDO Canada LLP, Alan Winberg Alan Winberg Inc.

4.8
Understanding the Hacker: How Audit is Easier When Understanding Cyber Risk & Vulnerabilities

Taddes Korris, Mozilla

5.8
The need for a diverse approach to successfully manage third party risk

Geoff Rodrigues and Deepak Jaswal, MNP

15:05 – 15:40 Exhibits & Coffee Break
15:45 – 16:45 Closing Keynote – The Amazing Two Spirit Couple – Dr Makokis and Anthony Johnson
16:45 – 16:55 Closing Remarks – Clinton GriffithsJennifer RobinsonJanet Hnytka. QC chapter welcomes you to IIAC 2024! 

 

* Behavioural Ethics (BE) credits


  • Earn up to 16 CPE hours with full Conference attendance.
  • Earn up to 5 Behavioural Ethics hours within your maximum of 16 CPE hours (sessions identified in the program).
  • Earn an additional 4 CPE hours by attending the Audit Leadership Event.
  • CPE hours issued by IIA Canada are not NASBA-compliant.

CONFERENCE VENUE & HOTEL
The Westin Ottawa
11 Colonel By Dr, Ottawa, ON K1N 9H4


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