Tuesday, May 14
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM

W1 Conducting a Full-Scope Fraud Investigation: Internal Audits Role
Edith L. Curry, MBA, Esq., Founding Member, Palaxar Holdings, LLC
This workshop will take you through all phases of a fraud investigation from hotline call to litigation – and teach you the tips, trips and pitfalls in each phase. We will review current regulations that will impact your governance, risk and -compliance practices as well as your audit plans. Actual case histories of both public and private-sector industries will reinforce your knowledge.
This workshop will cover:
• How to define fraud for your industry and structure your audit plans accordingly
• How to conduct a true fraud investigation
• How to monetize the fraud issues and determine which fraud investigation to conduct and which to outsource
• The quickest resolution to a fraud issue
• What NOT to do when conducting a fraud investigation
• How to preserve evidence
• How to minimize the reputational risk
• What corporate policies are relevant and when
• The value of a high-level desk-top exercise
• When to cut your losses
• When are you personally at risk

Friday, May 17
12:30 PM - 3:30 PM
FREE BONUS WORKSHOP
Open to symposium attendees only, this three-hour bonus workshop delivers proven audit tactics and techniques...and 3 FREE CPEs!
W2 Audit Director's Roundtable
Joel F. Kramer, CPA, Managing Director, Internal Audit Division, MIS Training Institute
• Innovative ways to add value and stretch your budget
• Non-traditional ways to find and retain talented people
• Addressing strategic and emerging risks
• Audit Committee communication in times of crisis
• Managing and controlling multiple co-sourced relationships
• Doing much more with much less
• Minimizing surprises
• Reacting quickly to management's needs