Audit World 2009
September 15-17, 2009
Hilton Back Bay Hotel
Boston, MA
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MIS Training Institute and the producers of SuperStrategies are proud to present a new important event, Audit World, being held in Boston at the Hilton Back Bay Hotel, September 15-17, 2009. Focused on providing the audit community with a plethora of educational opportunities, Audit World features over 40 case studies in four targeted tracks...all designed to deliver tangible solutions and take home strategies.

Audit World delivers top-notch education to the audit community through four, information-rich tracks:

Financial Services – Specifically designed to tackle the financial industry's most pressing audit concerns, this track delivers proven strategies from world-renowned companies. Topics include preventing and detecting financial reporting fraud, auditing treasury functions and
investments, and developing a risk plan with the current financial scandals in mind.
- Fraud Detection
- Risk-Based Audit Plan
- Continuous Auditing
- Treasury and Investing Auditing
- Off-Shore Audit Teams

Non-Financial Services – Catering to the audit needs uniform across industries, this track spans important topics such as quality assurance reviews, restructuring Internal Audit in lean times, Internal Audit in a global organization and managing next generation auditors.
- Risk Management Programs
- Control Self-Monitoring
- Restructuring Internal Audit
- Managing the Generations

Manufacturing – Exploring the audit areas critical to success in the manufacturing industry, this comprehensive track covers topics such as top mistakes in auditing manufacturing, continuous risk-monitoring tools and aligning IT and financial risks.
- Auditing IT Processes and Technologies
- Continuous Risk Monitoring
- Aligning IT and Financial Risk
- Data Analytics for Risk Detection

Best Practices – A hallmark of Audit World, the Best Practices track features topics universal to all auditors including integrated auditing, change management for compliance, communicating audit results, ERM and audit technology solutions.
- Integrated Auditing
- Change Management
- Conveying Audit Findings
- Enterprise Risk Management

Keynote:
"Navigating the Auditor Hot Zone: Helping Investors Through Volatile Financial Markets"
Susan Mangiero, PhD, AIFA, AVA, CFA, FRM, President, Pension Governance, Incorporated

"From Prosperity to Prison: Why Smart People Do Dumb Things"
Patrick J. Kuhse, Ethics Fellow, Poe Center for Business Ethics, Warrington College of Business, University of Florida; Ethics Fellow, Sawyer School of Business, Suffolk University

Optional Workshops - September 14
W1 Continuous Auditing (CA)
Robert L Mainardi, CFSA, Founder & President, Mainardi & Associates

W2 Fraud Auditing: Techniques to Add to Traditional Audits
Nicole Coutsonikas, CFE, Forensic Manager, Fraud Auditing, Inc.