Registration and welcome coffee

Welcome Session

Plenary Session 1: Keys to understand the world political context

During this session, Josep Piqué will analyse global geo-politics, related challenges and the implications of political macro-trends (tensions and the escalation of conflicts, risks stemming from terrorism and cyber-terrorism, rivalry for resources, changes in the European Union, etc.); economic macro-trends (convergence between advanced and developing economies; an increasingly multi-polar economy less dominated by Western societies; the sustained growth of emerging and social economies, the risk of fragmentation of the global trade system, etc.) and social macro-trends (greater inequality in societies, increasingly more urban and ageing among advanced countries; increased migratory flows, ethnic-national conflicts, etc.).

Plenary Session 2: The logic of Risk Taking

Inspired on his latest book Skin in the Game, Nassim will present common mistakes in the treatment of risks and will propose counterintuitive measures

Networking Break

Agile Auditing. Reinventing Internal Audit and changing the mind-set. The RSA INSURANCE experience

Ralph will share his experience of developing a radically different, more agile and forward thinking Internal Audit Function. In a world where change and disruption are becoming the norm, RSA Internal Audit disrupted themselves and embraced innovation.

Networking Lunch

Plenary Session 3: Emphasize the basics. Elevate the Standards

A successful career in internal audit is built on the solid foundation provided by the International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing (Standards). Using the construction of a sleek office tower as metaphor, 2018-19 IIA Global Chairman Naohiro Mouri takes you from blueprint to finished product in a process that showcases the importance of the Standards and the capstone of certification. Mouri-san’s theme – Emphasize the Basics. Elevate the Standards. – seeks to remind internal auditors everywhere that emphasizing the basic idea that conformance to the Standards is essential not only elevates the Standards but raises the entire profession as well. Says Mouri-san, “Because I truly love the profession, I wanted to stress the importance of going back to the very basics.

Flexible Approach: Preventive and reactive auditing. The NOVARTIS experience

Several practical examples at Novartis illustrate that, depending on location, scope and topic, internal auditors must adopt specific approach techniques.

Networking Break

What do Audit Committees expect from Internal Audit? Are these expectations always met?

Melvyn Neate has spent a great deal of time in his career working with Audit Committees.

Transforming Internal Audit through automatization and innovation. The MAPFRE experience

Currently, companies are immersed in a process of continuous transformation in which they have to face new challenges such as the irruption of new competitors, the need to get closer to “experts and demanding customers”, improving efficiency in processes, etc.