2017 sarbane conference

SOX and Internal Control best practices continue to evolve. Led by national accounting firm technical experts and complemented by industry panelists, the program includes a combination of lectures and interactive discussions for a deeper understanding of the topics.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

• Understand the latest regulatory/best practice changes in key areas
• What to expect under the new administration
• Begin to assess the effects of the latest accounting standards on your SOX compliance

REGISTRATION INFORMATION:

Cost $995

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8:00	8:45	Continental Breakfast and Registration
8:45	10:20	Past Issues and Emerging Trends Current state of Sarbanes-Oxley Process vs. Control SOX Areas of focus/themes/trends IPE Deficiency analysis Use and review of SOC reports for SOX Cyber risk and internal controls SOX survey results
10:20	10:30	Break
10:30	11:30	Cybersecurity Best Practice Security Controls Information Security Frameworks and Standards Common Attacker Methodologies and Recent Examples
11:30	12:00	Audit Committee Panel Discussion
12:00	1:00	Lunch
1:00	2:15	Why Talk About Integrated IT Compliance IT compliance functions tend to be siloed and decentralized leading to a high cost of compliance. This is exacerbated when the marketplace demands increasingly customized products/services. Shareholders demand lower GAA expenses and the board of directors ask about cyber security risk management programs. Integrated IT Compliance helps you take a more integrated approach to assessing IT risk and reduce overlapping and redundant compliance activities including SOX, NY DFS, GDPR, PCI and others. In this discussion, we will discuss the following: Integrated IT Compliance Framework overview Approach and benefits Client examples and case studies
2:15	2:25	Break
2:25	3:45	SOX and the New Revenue Recognition Standard Overview of the new standard and most recent developments Data, system and process implications Implementation: what you should be doing now Assess the impact on risk assessment Designing and implementing adoption specific controls Examples controls
3:45	3:50	Break
3:50	5:15	Intelligent Automation: Risk and Governance Use of Technology Robot Auditing Advanced Data Analytics

Agenda: DAY 2
8:45	10:45	Case Study Workshop: A recipe for applying controls and diligence to Non-GAAP measures and KPIs 1. How to Define non-GAAP measures and KPI and discuss why are they so important 2. The key risks in generating these measure and common pitfalls 3. Industry best practices, recommended governance, and controls around non-GAAP measures and KPI
10:45	11:00	Break
11:00	12:15	Data Privacy and SOX General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Equifax fallout Data breaches
12:15	1:15	Lunch
1:15	2:30	SOX Controls for International Companies Types of International Operations Structures Definition of a control population Centralized, Decentralized and Shared Service Center considerations Consideration of risk in entities not brought into SOX scope
2:30	2:45	Break
2:45	4:15	SEC Update and What to Expect in the Months Ahead Future of SOX SEC spectrum of cases Reducing exposure to penalties

Conference Series Speakers Include:
Tim Wilson Deloitte, Partner
Omer Chaudhary KPMG, Managing Director - Emerging Technology Risk
Nicolas Morgan Paul Hastings. Partner
Aryuna Iyer PwC, Manager, Risk Assurance
Jason Emmons PwC, Director
Kim Le A2Q2, CEO
Maria Roberts PwC, Risk Assurance
Maddalena Scampuddu PwC, Director, Risk Assurance
Jason Pikoos Connor Group, Partner, Finance Operations
Industry and Board Panelists