58th IIA Chicago Annual Seminar
 
Monday 04/09/2018
7:00 am - 8:00 amRegistration - Continental Breakfast, Exhibitors & Networking
8:00 am - 8:05 amPresident's Welcome and Theme - Craig Youngberg
8:05 am - 8:20 amImperatives for Transforming Our Profession
8:20 am - 10:00 amLeadership and the Art of Reinvention
Nadya Zhexembayeva, Chief Reinvention Officer, WE EXIST Reinvention Agency
Ask any manager on planet Earth, ‘What is your key challenge?’ and among many different responses one will strike you with remarkable consistency: Staying afloat. The fast-moving roller-coaster economy we live in today makes this task increasingly difficult. Change is happening more often and at a faster speed than ever before. Just as we handle one crisis, another appears around the corner. How can we survive and even thrive? The answer is the one you've heard before: We must consistently remake who we are, what we offer, and how we deliver our offerings to the world. Put simply, we must reinvent. In fact, we must reinvent so frequently and so radically that the traditional roles and processes inside of an organization cannot keep up. It’s time to make reinvention into its own competence- whatever function or responsibility you are in. "Built to last" is no longer acceptable: today, we must build to reinvent. This keynote speech will help you with this task!
10:00 am - 10:15 amTransition and Refreshment Break, Exhibitors & Networking
10:15 am - 11:05 amMeasuring Technology Success – Connecting Risk, Governance, and Metrics
Hussain T. Hasan, Partner, Regional Risk Advisory Services Practice Leader, RSM US, LLP
Alex Noonan, Senior Associate, Technology and Management Consulting, RSM US, LLP
Patricio Cadena, Manager - Technology and Management Consulting, RSM US, LLP
Today’s business leaders are required to effectively oversee IT and Cyber Security —increasing value and performance while decreasing risk. Board’s role is to provide oversight over those areas and help drive better risk management. Learn how to use industry standard frameworks to better inform your leaders and the board.
11:05 am - 11:15 amTransition Break, Exhibitors & Networking
11:15 am - 12:05 pmCorporate Politics Survival Guide- Secrets from the Top
Elene Cafasso, Chicago Executive Coach, Enerpace, Inc
At its core, corporate politics is a system of relationships. Emotional intelligence skills are your “secret weapon” to navigate this system successfully. You’ll leave with immediately applicable suggestions to raise your EQ in the areas that build strategic relationships, influence and group savvy.
12:05 pm - 1:00 pmLunch
1:00 pm - 1:10 pmTransition Break, Exhibitors & Networking
1:10 pm - 1:10 pmIntroduction of Phil Hansen - Eileen Iles
1:10 pm - 2:50 pmEmbrace the Shake: Transforming Limitations into Opportunities
Phil Hansen, Multimedia artist, speaker, author and innovator
Phil Hansen is an advocate for art education and his speech, "Embrace the Shake: Transforming Limitations into Opportunities” is coined from his own personal story of transformation. Phil has turned personal challenges into enormous and rewarding opportunities. Phil's message will leave you confident that you can rise above any challenge and succeed no matter what comes your way! Success, especially in today's fast-changing business environment, depends on our ability to make "creativity and innovation" a continuous process. Leaders want to know how their teams can rise above any challenge and succeed no matter what comes their way. Whether it's to embrace change, overcome obstacles, sustain growth, or take your success to the next level, they want to "Embrace the Shake''. Phil's powerful message of finding creativity within limitations will inspire you to stop looking on the outside, and start looking inside yourself for resources that can transform your challenges into opportunities for success. And like Phil's art, "Embrace the Shake" isn't just talk, it's an experience! Through jaw-dropping visuals and LIVE interactive art, get ready to break preconceived assumptions, activate your creative capacity, and bring fresh ways of viewing the task at hand that will culminate with success. Are you ready to Embrace your Shake?
2:50 pm - 3:15 pmTransition and Refreshment Break: Exhibitors & Networking
3:15 pm - 4:05 pmCurious and Ever Changing - A case for leading change at all times
Dominique Vincenti CIA, CRMA, CPBPM, VP Internal Audit, Nordstrom
Through the story of the on-going evolution of the Nordstrom Internal Audit Function in the highly disrupted retail industry, the objective of this session is to provide, strategies and tactics in order to: 
  • Translate the change of your organization into the Internal Audit function to maintain relevance: Do you have an Internal Audit Strategy? 
  • Recognize embedded tension and paradox that exist at all times, and embrace them in order initiate evolution: Have you thought about Kaizen? 
  • Anticipate and lead the change: Have you thought about changing the profession at your level?
4:05 pm - 4:10 pmTransition Break, Exhibitors & Networking
4:10 pm - 5:00 pmBuilding Trusted Executive Relationships
Dorri McWhorter, Chief Executive Officer, YWCA
In the eyes of your Audit Committee and/or Board, are you viewed as a trusted business partner of the organization? Whether you are interested in improving your relationships with the Audit Committee and/or Board or hearing how trusted relationships are formed and impacted, join us for this session. In light of the transformations, disruptions, and evolving technology currently taking place, though there is evolving risk, uncertainty, and challenges, this is an opportunity for internal audit to participate in the organization’s evaluation of its current strategy, services and products and needs for its future. In this session, we will explore attributes, behaviors, and investments that leaders make in building trusted relationships and becoming a strategic business partner to the Audit Committee, Board, and the organization.
5:00 pm - 6:00 pmReception, Exhibitors & Networking