SOPAC 2013: Brisbane 3 to 6 March

Day 1 - Monday 5 March 2012 (continued)

 

Time      Program 
12:10-1:50pm KEYNOTE 2

Economic update – From global to local

• What does the state of the global economic landscape mean for companies in Australia?
• The key areas of economic risk and opportunity for the local economy
• The key statistics – where to for interest rates, inflation, employment rates and the dollar
• How is the economy shaping the risk appetite impacts for businesses and boards
Sean Aylmer, Editor-in Chief, BRW, Deputy Managing Editor, Financial Review Group, Deputy Managing Editor, Australian Financial Review

12:50-1:50am LUNCH & EXHIBITION VIEWING
1.50-2.40pm CONCURRENT SESSIONS 3

TECHNICAL

3A Auditing emerging HR risk
• Payroll risk – tips and tricks in identifying payroll fraud
• Compliance with legislation
• Identification of conflicts of interest in the workplace
• Employee performance management
• Application of policies

Angus Dickinson CMIIA CIA, Partner, Head of Risk Advisory Services (Sydney), RSM Bird Cameron

THE COMPLETE
PRACTITIONER

3B International compliance – Meeting the challenge of cross jurisdictional compliance
• Overview of the wide reaching arm of international compliance including the UK Bribery ACT, FACTA (US) and Dodd-Frank(US)
• Understanding the challenges in covering your international compliance bases
• The essentials to develop an effective international compliance framework
• How risk management and internal audit can add value to the process
• Case study experiences in managing the requirements – wins and challenges

Andrew Clinton, Managing Director, Asia Pacific Financial Services Group, Protiviti

PROFESSIONAL
EXCELLENCE

 

3C Presentation skills –Talking the talk (double session)
“There are four ways, and only four ways in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts;
what we do, how we look, what we say and how we say it.” - Dale Carnegie.
Are we in fact seen as confident and competent presenters? This session will provide the theory, the skill development and the chance to
apply these tips and techniques of effective presenters. Participants will be better able to reduce the many distracting presentation habits
that can undermine the power of their messages.
• Reduce undermining effect of nerves
• Use effective eye contact, body language and stance
• Gain credibility through word choice and structure
• Leverage vocal quality to engage audiences

Presented by Maura Fay Workshops

SECTOR SPECIFIC
ISSUES

3D Blurred vision the new paradigm of the 3 lines of assurance
• The changing nature of assurance – the combined roles, risk management and compliance in delivering effective integrated risk management
• How to assess the maturity and capability of your integrated risk framework
• Internal audit’s role in shaping more robust enterprise risk and its critical role in the second line of defence

Des Silberberg MIIA(Aust), Partner, Financial Services Deloitte, and
Peter Matruglio, Partner, Financial Services, Deloitte

STRATEGIC AUDIT

3E The changing stakeholder – From the Boardroom to “the man on the street’
 • Breaking down the decision making walls in the age of greater transparency
• How public opinion is influencing organisations
• How the Board is reacting to “the man on the street”
• The changing of the guard in Australia’s business culture

Senior Representative from ISS Governance

2.45-3.35pm CONCURRENT SESSIONS 4
TECHNICAL 4A Planning the audit scope – The fundamentals
• Building the succinct audit brief – Bringing efficiencies into the audit process
• Understanding the assignment – Engaging with stakeholders in planning process
• Covering the risk perspective – Risk based auditing
• The internal audit balancing act – Getting involved in the business but maintaining independence

Tracey Lawrance MIIA(Aust), General Manager Audit and Business Improvement, Airservices Australia

THE COMPLETE
PRACTITIONER
4B The challenge of measuring the soft side of corporate value
• Putting a value on the soft side of the business – Customer service, brand experience, consumer perceptions
• Barriers and challenges in measuring soft KPIs
• How to build effective qualitative performance measures
• Why the customer does come first

John Parkin, Director, Customer Service & Satisfaction, Telstra

PROFESSIONAL
EXCELLENCE
4C Presentation skills – Talking the talk (double session)
Double session continued from 3C
SECTOR SPECIFIC
ISSUES
4D Insider trading – What internal auditors need to be looking for on the ‘inside’
• The role of ASIC Market Surveillance
• How ASIC identifies possible insider trading
• Key issues which ASIC are currently encountering
• Insights and learning from recent case studies

Darryl Harvey, Senior Specialist, Trade Surveillance Team, ASIC

STRATEGIC AUDIT 4E Horizon auditing – Scenario planning for Black Swans
• Identifying and preparing for Black Swans – can it be done?
• Limitations of existing risk scanning techniques
• A practical framework to help remove your organisation’s blind spots
• Putting it into practice – The SP AusNet case study

Claire Hamilton MIIA(Aust), General Manager, Risk Assurance,
SP AusNet, and 
Todd Davies CFIIA CIA, Director, Todd Davies & Associates

3:35-4:05pm AFTERNOON TEA
4:05-4:55pm KEYNOTE 3

Enhancing the value of internal auditing
• Importance of being a risk and control expert
• Advantages of being strategically focused
• Benefits of being a data wizard
• Advantages of building relationships with management and our governing bodies
• Benefits of being mindful of fraud and ethical exposures
Denny Beran CIA CCSA, Senior Vice President and Director of Auditing at JCPenney Company and Chairman of the Board,
The Institute of Internal Auditors

5:30-4:55am COCKTAIL PARTY

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