Join your Tampa Bay area CAE colleagues for the IIA FWC Chapter’s first evening CAE Roundtable sponsored by Wolters Kluwer featuring Jim Pelletier. Following the roundtable, join the Wolters Kluwer team, Jim, and your colleagues for a networking happy hour event at Coopers Hawk.

If you are a member of management within your IA function, you won’t want to miss this event. Registration is required and is limited to the first 25 attendees.

Session Summary:

The stakes for internal audit continue to rise, with evolving risks such as cybersecurity, AI, data governance, compliance, and third-party exposures posing significant challenges. A recent Gartner survey revealed that 57% of audit committees rank “improving risk assessment and audit planning” among their top three priorities for internal audit—highlighting the urgency to adapt. To stay ahead, internal audit must evolve beyond traditional silos and embrace integrated assurance: a collective approach that coordinates risk management and assurance activities across the organization. Join us for an interactive and engaging discussion on how internal audit can lead the charge toward integrated assurance, streamlining risk-based decision-making at the board level while minimizing assurance fatigue across the enterprise.

After this session, participants will be able to:

1. Understand integrated assurance and how it differs from the traditional siloed approach to risk management and assurance.
2. Learn strategies for coordinating risk and assurance efforts across various functions, including internal audit, risk management, compliance, and IT, to create a unified risk framework.
3. Explore how technology can be leveraged to take internal audit to the next level.
4. Prioritize practical steps to implement integrated assurance that supports the internal audit strategic plan and board-level decision-making while reducing duplication of efforts and assurance fatigue across the organization.

NASBA CPE:  2 in Auditing

Fee:  $25 for IIA FWC Chapter Members / $35 for Non-Members