IIA Annual Conference 2008

Event Date: Thursday 25 September 2008 to Friday 26 September 2008

Location: London

Venue: Millennium Gloucester Hotel (Click here for details)

Event Details

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The Power of Assurance

How the value of internal audit assurance can power improvement across the organisation at every level – from operational efficiency to board strategy.

Join us in London to debate and explore the latest issues and best practice in internal audit. This year’s annual conference from the IIA UK and Ireland is an ideal opportunity for all internal auditors to come together, network, share knowledge and make new contacts to help solve your workplace challenges.

You can attend either one or both days, depending on your personal requirements. We expect around 200 delegates to attend on each day, so register now to guarantee your place.

Keynote speakers are:

Professor Mervyn King, Chairman, Brait Society Anonyme, Chairman, Global Reporting Initiative, King Committee on Corporate Governance, SA, Brait SA and Strate

Patricia K Miller, Chairman 2008/09, Global Board of the IIA, Partner, Enterprise Risk Services, Deloitte & Touche LLP

Alan Johnson, Chief Auditor, Unilever

Philip Ratcliffe, Incoming President IIA – UK and Ireland, Head of Group Operational Audit, DS Smith Plc

Other speakers are:

Dene Burke, Head of Internal Audit Practice, Protiviti Christine Copestake, Head of Internal Audit and Business Conduct Europe and Asia, Coors Brewers Simon D’Arcy, Outgoing President IIA - UK and Ireland, Head of Internal Audit, Vaultex UK Ltd Simon King, Senior Manager, Business Risk Services, Grant Thornton UK Richard Paul, Director of Risk Assurance Division, Department for Work and Pensions Michel Schurer, Associate Director, Internal Audit, Eisai Europe Ltd

David Simpson, Business Support Director, GAN UK Holdings Ltd Steve White, Director, Risk Assurance Services, PwC Clive Wilson, CIPD Consultant, Managing Director, Primeast John Abbott, UK Head of Management Assurance Services, KPMG Europe LLP Stephen Osborne, Head of Assurance, Riverstone Management Limited

The IIA wishes to thank its exhibitors, Barclay Simpson, BHBI Consultancy Limited, CCH Teamate EMEA and Horwath Clark Whitehill LLP.

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 Lead sponsor

Protiviti is a global risk consulting and internal audit firm dedicated to helping our clients meet the risk challenges of the international marketplace. We are a global network of over 3,300 employees with offices in the major European centres such as London, Paris, Milan and Amsterdam, in addition to over 40 offices in North America and Asia Pacific.

Our highly trained, results-oriented professionals assist our clients to solve problems in finance, operations, technology, governance, risk and compliance

Our innovative thought leadership and methodologies put us in the forefront of industry knowledge which allows us to deliver the right tools and solutions to meet the needs of our clients. Protiviti recently released our 2008 Internal Audit Capabilities and Needs Survey which assesses the skills required to meet the changing demands in the areas of: general technical knowledge; audit process; and the personal skills and capabilities of internal auditors.

In addition, our latest thought leadership piece is centred on the emerging importance of environmental sustainability and the responsibility of the Head of Internal Audit, click here to view. Authored by Dene Burke, Head of the Internal Audit Practice, the white paper describes the growing importance of environmental sustainability for organisations and the increasing focus on sustainability concerns from regulators, politicians and other stakeholders. This white paper describes the importance of managing risk and realising the opportunities relating to environmental sustainability while suggesting actions that Heads of Internal Audit might consider towards developing an internal audit role in this area. For more information, please visit www.protiviti.co.uk
 

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AGM and lunch sponsor

Paisley is an industry leading provider of solutions for governance, risk and compliance (GRC) including comprehensive software solutions, training, and expert GRC professional services. The company’s portfolio of software solutions includes Paisley Enterprise GRC™ and GRC on Demand™ which support the business processes of financial controls management, internal audit, operational risk management, compliance, IT governance, and enterprise risk management. Paisley GRC solutions are utilised by more than 1,400 large enterprise and mid-market organisations including 30% of the Fortune 500. For more information, please visit www.paisley.com
 

Event Pricing
Member Price: £310 + VAT for each day or £575 + VAT for both days
Student Price: n/a
Non-member Price: £410 + VAT for each day or £750 + VAT for both days