It is with great enthusiasm that we extend to you an exclusive invitation to the TeamMate Middle East Internal Audit Summit 2024. The event will take place in the One&Only Royal Mirage in Dubai, UAE, on Thursday, 23rd May 2024.
The Audit Summit promises to be a gathering of discerning auditors from the most innovative departments across the Middle Eastern region. This is your opportunity to connect with thought leaders in Internal Audit, TeamMate's deep-domain experts, and peers from your industry.
Join us as we embark on a journey of exploration and collaboration, where knowledge meets opportunity, and where meaningful connections are forged. Together, we will chart the course for the future of Internal Audit in the Middle East.
Participants will earn 3.5 CPE credits.
Venue address:
One&Only Royal Mirage
King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud St
Dubai Marina
Dubai
United Arab Emirates
Get directions
To secure your seat, RSVP now via the form.
We look forward to seeing you at the TeamMate Middle East Internal Audit Summit 2024!
The Audit Summit promises to be a gathering of discerning auditors from the most innovative departments across the Middle Eastern region. This is your opportunity to connect with thought leaders in Internal Audit, TeamMate's deep-domain experts, and peers from your industry.
Join us as we embark on a journey of exploration and collaboration, where knowledge meets opportunity, and where meaningful connections are forged. Together, we will chart the course for the future of Internal Audit in the Middle East.
Participants will earn 3.5 CPE credits.
Venue address:
One&Only Royal Mirage
King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud St
Dubai Marina
Dubai
United Arab Emirates
Get directions
To secure your seat, RSVP now via the form.
We look forward to seeing you at the TeamMate Middle East Internal Audit Summit 2024!
Agenda:
09:00 – 10:00 | Registration and welcome reception |
10:00 – 10:20 | TeamMate, Leading Audit Evolution: Our Strategy and Vision | Rob Pemble, Director, Sales, TeamMate & Anis Motorwala, Head of Middle East, TeamMate Welcoming clients to the first TeamMate Audit Summit in the Middle East since 2020, the TeamMate leadership team will set the scene for the day and share insights into the strategy for Wolters Kluwer and the investments we are making in the product and the region. |
10:20 – 11:00 | Using technology to powering conformance with the new 2024 IIA Standards | Naji Fayad, IIA Board Member & Chief Internal Audit Officer, Cenomi Centers & Andy Broughton, Director, Solution Consulting, TeamMate The new 2024 IIA Standards are here! Are you and your department ready for the most significant change to the profession in recent history? While the standards are evolutionary rather than revolutionary, internal auditors face an array of challenges in preparing for the new requirements and ensuring conformance. In this session learn how TeamMate+ can be a powerful ally in demonstrating how your department conforms with the new Standards. |
11:00 – 11:30 | The rising role of IA in ESG reporting | Muhammad Ahmed, PwC Middle East & Farah Halabi, PwC Middle East This session will explore the expanding role of internal audit in enhancing Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) reporting, with a particular focus on the Middle East. It delves into the increasing necessity for businesses to integrate ESG practices due to factors such as climate risks, investor transparency demands, and the opportunities presented by sustainable technologies. The presentation emphasises the critical role that internal audit plays in elevating the management and reliability of non-financial ESG data, proposing that the depth of internal audit's engagement should align with an organisation's ESG maturity level. Further, it highlights specific areas where internal audit can significantly contribute, such as in the assessment and effectiveness of ESG controls, accuracy of ESG data, and ensuring that ESG reporting aligns with corporate value creation. The presentation aims to guide organisations in the Middle East on how to enhance their competitiveness and alignment with global sustainability goals through effective ESG practices and internal audit. |
11:30 – 12:00 | Networking break |
12:00 – 12:30 | Risk Based Audit Planning | Amin El Moutaouakil, Business Solution Consultant, TeamMate The Product Masterclass presentations will help you to understand the powerful capabilities available in TeamMate+ along with a practical example of how a client has leveraged the functionality in their department. In the first session, we will be focusing on Risk Assessment and using this to develop a risk-based audit plan. |
12:30 – 13:00 | Audit Trends: Using Agile Audit to Improve Collaboration | Andy Broughton, Director, Solution Consulting, TeamMate The demand for audit departments to be more flexible and responsive to organizational risks and needs continues to increase. Knowing where to start can be a challenge, even for the most experienced audit departments. We will discuss this current trend and its benefits and explore how you can introduce the agile audit methodology into your day-to-day processes. |
13:00 – 13:30 | Why High Performing Audit Teams Rely on TeamCloud | Danish Qureshi, Senior Account Manager, TeamMate High performing audit teams focus their resources on delivering value to their organisation not supporting the technology used by their teams. TeamCloud allows audit departments to benefit from rapid iterations to TeamMate+ without having lengthy, time consuming software upgrades. Not only does TeamCloud allow you to move more rapidly but it also ensures that your data is protected by industry leading IT security controls. |
13:30 – 14:30 | Networking lunch |
14:30 – 15:00 | Elevate your Audit Function through Data Analytics | Biju Nair, Chief Audit Executive, United Arab Bank & Hassan Ahmad, PwC The new 2024 standards emphasize the use of data analytics, but most of the tools created for use by Internal Auditors are very specialised and require specific skills to use effectively which means that for most departments it has been a challenge to extend usage beyond specialists to the entire audit team. Recognizing this challenge TeamMate+ includes an integrated audit analytic tool designed specifically for auditors who are not analytics specialists. In this masterclass we will show you practical examples as to how you can use these capabilities to elevate the use of analytics across the department. |
15:00 – 15:30 | Help Your Auditors Succeed: Resources and Support to enhance your TeamMate Experience | Andy Broughton, Director, Solution Consulting, TeamMate & Kais El Asri, Customer Service Technical Specialist, TeamMate During this session we will highlight resources available within TeamMate+ as well as the broader TeamMate Connect platform and TeamMate support team that is available to assist and provide ongoing support to users. |
15:30 – 16:00 | How to use technology to optimize the Follow-up of Audit Findings to Maximize the Value you provide to the Business | Sunil Edwards, Group Head of Internal Audit, Bank of Sharjah & Amin El Moutaouakil, Business Solution Consultant, TeamMate Following up on agreed recommendations is a vital part of audit workflow. It’s only by verifying that the recommendations have been implemented as agreed at the end of an audit that you can provide assurance to audit committee and other stakeholders that risks are well controlled. At the same time, following up on recommendations and ensuring that your client fulfils their commitments is a time-consuming process that takes valuable resources away from other assurance work. In this workshop, we will take you through the enhancements we have made to Issue Tracking in TeamMate+ and hear from a client about the benefits they have gained by bringing audit clients into TeamMate+ to collaborate on follow-up of recommendations. |
From 16:00 | Closing remarks & Networking |