English – Arabic translation facility available
Day 1 – Wednesday, December 9th, 2020
07:30 - 09:00
Lobby
Registration & Activities
09:00 - 09:02
Auditorium
Welcome Note
09:03 - 09:10
Auditorium
Welcome Speech
By Abdulqader Obaid Ali, Chairman of the UAE IAA Board
09:10 - 09:25
Auditorium
Inauguration Speech
By H.E. Abdulla Bin Touq Al Marri – Minister of Economy & Cabinet Minister
09:30 - 10:20
Auditorium
Opening Keynote Session
H.E. Dr. Talal Abu Ghazeleh – CEO & Founder of Talal Abu Ghazaleh Group
The Internal Control System: Before the Internal Audit and the External Audit.
10:20 - 11:10
Auditorium
Implementing a sustainable Continuous Controls Monitoring Solution – Case study of a large Telecommunications Group
By Abdullah S. Alanizi, Group Chief Audit Executive at Saudi Telecom & Amit Ray, Managing Director & Solution Leader, Data Analytics & Digital Transformation.
This session is sponsored by PROTIVITI.
Protiviti and Saudi Telecommunications Company have been partners for over three years in envisioning, prototyping, building and operationalizing a leading edge Continuous Controls Monitoring Solution for their Internal Audit function that covers 200+ KPIs across a dozen process areas. The session will narrate the journey of how this came about, the challenges along the way and how Protiviti and STC jointly navigated those challenges to create a sustainable CCM story that is now on a continuous improvement mode. The speakers will highlight the common pitfalls, the aspects of people, process, technology and culture that one needs to be mindful of to drive success in programs of such scale. The presentation will also touch upon the benefits and outcomes of the program and the way forward for STC Group in their Next Gen Internal Audit Journey.
- Implementing a sustainable Continuous Controls Monitoring Solution – Case study of a large Telecommunications Group
- Share the lessons learnt during the course of the program
- Share the outcomes and upsides from the journey and the way forward
11:10 - 11:15
Lobby / Exhibition Area
Short Break
11:15 - 12:05
Auditorium
“In Conversation with Doron Rozenblum and Sudhir Kumar – Internal Auditing as the fortress walls protecting the company”
- Doron Rozenblum, Managing Partner – Kreston IL Group, Israel
- Sudhir Kumar, Senior Partner & Head – Corporate Communications – Kreston Menon, UAE
This session Sponsored by KRESTON
The Internal Control System: Before the Internal Audit and the External Audit.
12:05 - 12:55
Breakout Hall
Concurrent Sessions
Track 1: 5 Robotics, Analytics and Visualization, Integrated platforms for new line of Defense
By Apoorva Yatindra, Head – Telecom and Automation vertical
This session is Sponsored by ANB
Track 2: التحدیات المستقبلیة لمھنة التدقیق الداخلي في ظل المتغیرات التكنولوجیة الحدیثة
13:00 - 14:00
Prayer & Lunch Break
14:05 - 14:55
Breakout Hall
Concurrent Sessions
Track 1: The Internal Audit Scope in the COVID-19 Era
By Fahem Almusa, Director- Internal Audit & Accounting Advisory
This session is Sponsored by Crowe.
Track 2: LPIA TEDx session
- Capt. Mohammed AlMarri, Internal Audit Deputy CFE at GDRFA
- Tariq Isaksson, Quality & Performance (Audit) at Etisalat and Kazi Shahabuddin, Director at
Etisalat
15:00 - 15:55
Auditorium
Building a Lifetime of Career Success in Internal Auditing
Nancy Haig, IIA Chairman of the NA Board, 2020-21
- The personal qualifications that are essential
- Why relationships are more important than connections
- How to cut through the “noise” on social media and
- How to build resiliency
The speaker will discuss, from her experience and perspective, the qualifications that have proven to be important over time for those enjoying or choosing a career in the exciting and rewarding profession of internal auditing. Also, building relationships throughout a career is essential, and it starts by making connections, which should not only lead to opportunities for you, but for others as well – a true secret to success.
End of Day 1
Day 2 – Thursday, December 10th, 2020
08:30 - 09:00
Lobby / Exhibition Area
Networking & Welcome Breakfast
09:00 - 09:05
Auditorium
Opening Notes
By Samia Al Yousuf, General Manager – UAE IAA
09:10 - 10:00
Auditorium
Navigating Through Turbulent Times in the Travel and Tourism Industry
Panel Discussion
- Derek Blaney, Senior Vice President at Emirates Group
- Ritesh Lalwani, Head of Group Internal Audit & Investigations at Etihad Aviation Group
- Aldrin Sequeira, SVP Dubai Holding Internal Audit
- Pritesh Dattani, Head of Audit at SalamAir
10:05 - 10:55
Auditorium
“From Whistleblower to Court” – Escape from Dubai
By Abdulqader Obiad Ali, Chairman of the Board of UAE IAA
11:00 - 11:10
Lobby / Exhibition Area
Networking and Coffee Break
11:10 - 12:00
Auditorium
“The Vital Role of a Compliance Program in an Effective GRC Framework”
Panel Discussion
- Dr Khalid Al-Faddagh, Member of PIF Board Risk Committee
- Achraf El Zaim; Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Compliance and Ethics Sub-Group of the UAE IAA
- Matthew Nobles, Chief Compliance Officer for GE Gas Power
- Hicham Slim, Vice Chairman of Compliance & Integrity Subgroup UAE IAA
“The Vital Role of a Compliance Program in an Effective GRC Framework”
- What are the key components and best practices of a leading Compliance Program?
- Leading innovations and digital developments tools to enhance Compliance Programs
- How Compliance can be a partner to the business and not a bottle neck?
- What are the consequences of not having a Compliance program?
- What are the latest developments in auditing Compliance function?
12:00 - 1300
Prayer & Lunch Break
13:05 - 13:55
Auditorium
The Toxic Chief Audit Executive
By Mohamad Kaissi, Head of Internal Audit at Banque Misr Liban (BML) in Beirut, Lebanon
- Identify CAE toxic traits that could impede the mission and vision of Internal Audit.
- Identify healthy cultural habits CAEs can infuse within their internal audit team.
- Becoming a better CAE personally and professionally.
Pursing a professional career as a Chief Audit Executive brings with it many challenging tasks that requires a mix of skills encompassing industry knowledge, leadership and communication. The biggest of challenges is how to utilize these skills to maintain a solid and productive relationship with those who the CAE is hired to oversee and provide recommendations on how they can improve their operations . In pursuit of these difficult challenges, CAEs are vulnerable to lose focus as to the main reason behind their presence in the organization and may end up finding themselves stuck in inter-organizational conflicts, gaining many toxic habits along the way.
14:00 - 14:55
Auditorium
“Safe from Start: Leveraging Internal Audit in Fraud Risk Management”
By Manoj Agarwal, Leading Internal Audit and Risk Management Department of Metro Brands Limited
- How to identify areas where Internal audit can help promote Fraud Awareness
- How to leverage Internal Audit in establishing basic ingredients of fraud prevention policies, procedures.
- How to involve everyone in fraud prevention.
15:00 - 15:55
Auditorium
“Ready and Relevant”
By Tim Berichon, Internal Audit Leadership Engagement at The IIA
Audit What Matters is now Ready & Relevant
In this session, participants will:
- Understand how to build a more agile internal audit function that allows them to say yes to what matters most.
- Be able to deliver on “on-traditional” management requests that matter.
- See the top strategies that allowed, Tim to build a more agile and relevant internal audit function.