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 amUnderstanding the Value and Power of the new LinkedIn Platform as an Internal Audit Professional
LinkedIn is a social media technology based tool, owned by Microsoft. The technology is constantly evolving and the Internal Audit profession can benefit in so many ways to truly understand the power and value of this tool for any role.
11:05 am - 11:15 amTransition Break, Exhibitors & Networking
11:15 am - 12:05 pmHow to Develop Business Acumen – A Top Internal Audit Priority
Angie Chin, Audit Director (Retired)
Internal auditors’ opinions, assurance and advice will have no credibility if they do not understand the business. The speaker will discuss how auditors can sharpen their business acumen to add value and earn recognition from their key stakeholders.
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 pmTransforming Your Personal Brand
Krista Caprini, Senior Manager, Baker Tilly
Benny Mathew, Senior Business Development Manager, Baker Tilly Search and Staffing
Carver Smith, Partner, Baker Tilly
This presentation will include: • How to build your individual brand to best market yourself? • How are you networking now? • How should you network to getting the maximum effectiveness? and, • How to utilize technology for your brand.
4:05 pm - 4:10 pmTransition Break, Exhibitors & Networking
4:10 pm - 5:00 pmAssessing and Auditing Corporate Culture
Tom O'Reilly, Internal Audit Practice Leader, AuditBoard
Thomas C. Sanglier, Senior Director, Internal Audit, Raytheon
The past 12 - 18 months have been marred with companies failing to protect their employees with mechanisms to prevent or timely detect of inappropriate behavior and unethical conduct. Internal Auditors have many opportunities to help their companies, and their colleagues, by providing assurance over corporate culture by: • Assessing culture-related themes in prior audit issues • Analyze metrics associated with corporate culture • Audit areas indirectly tied to culture and ethics • Evaluate culture in all audits • Perform an audit of corporate culture and ethics
5:00 pm - 6:00 pmReception, Exhibitors & Networking