Faster, better and more disruptiv than ever! 2026 Audit Challenge Conference Series
Audit Around the Clock: 24 Hours Live of Networked Intelligence in an Unpredictable World
– A Global Journey: Navigating the Age of Competition from BANI Macro-Risks to Multi-Agent Solutions –
30 Top Speakers | 27 CPE | 2026 Audit Challenge: 21 Years of Innovation, Strategy & Internal Audit Excellence | A worldwide unique Audit Event: 24-hour global live broadcast
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Welcome to the 21st Anniversary, 2026 Audit Challenge Conference Series!
For over 20 years, the Audit Research Center | ARC Institute, a renowned University spin-off, has served as a global pioneer and thought leader in audit methodology and emerging audit industry trends. To celebrate our legacy of audit innovation, following the landmark 20th anniversary of our Audit Challenge Conference Series, we are set to redefine the professional landscape in 2026 with a world-first event: a continuous, 24-hour global live broadcast.
In the spirit of “Rock Around the Clock,” we will follow the sun across every time zone, starting at midnight CET and connecting internal audit experts all around the globe. From the first presentations in New Zealand and Australia through Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and Africa, to the final sessions in the Americas, we will maintain an uninterrupted pulse on a world where stability is under siege and trust is losing value.
This unparalleled format provides a unique global platform to redefine the internal audit profession for the modern era.
Join Us at the Global Forefront of Audit Evolution! Do not miss your chance to be part of this historic 24-hour journey. Secure your spot in the 2026 Audit Challenge Conference Series! Redefine your role, transition from a traditional provider of assurance to a high-impact strategic advisor in an unpredictable world. Become capable of overcoming global challenges!
Register now to secure your place in the community shaping the future of internal audit!
A Global Audit Journey: Navigating the Age of Competition from BANI Macro-Risks to Multi-Agent Solutions
Accelerate Daily Productivity: Audit Use Cases for GenAi Prompt Engineering, Agentic AI and the Multi-Agent Era
Are you ready to lead the AI revolution in internal audit?
Deciphering Chaos: BANI Macro-Risks and the new Age of Geo-Competition
How can you actively shape the future of your internal audit function?
The Symbiosis: Networked Intelligence for a Successful Future
Are you ready to transform your internal audit teams?
Join Us at the Global Forefront of Audit Evolution! Do not miss your chance to be part of this historic 24-hour journey. Secure your spot in the 2026 Audit Challenge Conference Series! Redefine your role, transition from a traditional provider of assurance to a high-impact strategic advisor in an unpredictable world. Become capable of overcoming global challenges!
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1. Accelerate Daily Productivity: Audit Use Cases for GenAi Prompt Engineering, Agentic AI and the Multi-Agent Age
Are you ready to lead the AI revolution in internal audit?
As artificial intelligence evolves from simple automation to autonomous multi-agent systems, the internal audit function must become as dynamic as the risks it monitors.
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We enter a new technological era, internal audit functions must evolve from basic automation to advanced agentic intelligence. In the first step, this focus area deals with the integration of AI, which is designed to significantly improve productivity and risk coverage in practical audit use cases along the entire audit value chain.
This marks a technological leap forward: We will demonstrate how AI as an “Organizer” can structure and optimize audit workflows along the entire audit value chain. From basic automation to autonomous AI-driven assistants, we will explore practical use cases that streamline processes and dramatically enhance audit coverage. These multi-agent systems serve as a “second brain”, helping internal auditors decipher and interpret complex risk maps, enabling us to cope with the “Information Overload” that defines our era.
Unlock unprecedented levels of productivity for your Internal Audit Team!
This key topic provides a unique opportunity for internal auditors to explore cutting-edge AI advancements and understand how they can be leveraged to enhance audit efficiency, risk assessment, and strategic advisory capabilities. Throughout this great internal audit event, industry experts and AI pioneers will demonstrate how internal audit can integrate AI into its processes and what future AI advancements mean for the profession.
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Register Now – Be at the Forefront of AI-Driven Audit Innovation!
Internal audit is at a turning point. Don’t miss this opportunity to stay ahead in the era of AI-driven transformation. Register now and be part of the conversation shaping the future of internal audit.
2. Forward-Thinking Deciphering Chaos: BANI Macro-Risks and the new Age of Geo-Competition
How can you actively shape the future of your internal audit function?
Informed by the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) 2026 Risk Report: “The Age of Competition“. We face a landscape defined by geoeconomic confrontation, currently identified as the top global risk. The global risk landscape has undergone a “phase change,” moving beyond simple volatility into what futurologist Jamais Cascio calls the BANI framework: a world that is Brittle, Anxious, Non-linear, and Incomprehensible.
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In this era, Internal Audit must maintain a continuous, 24-hour pulse on a world where stability is under siege and trust is losing value. The conference will start by addressing the macrocosm of global risks. We will explore how internal audit can create “Global Audit Synergy” by bringing together collective intelligence from experts across all time zones to combat the “Brittle” and “Anxious” nature of the current global order.
Solution focus: Positive BANI approach of being “Interconnected,” countering the “Incomprehensible” complexity of 2026 with a global network of minds. As we broadcast around the globe, from New Zealand to Canada, we create a “Living Neural Network” of auditors. Using Jamais Cascio’s BANI framework, we will show how “Bendable” and “Neuroflexible” strategies allow the audit function to withstand sudden shocks.
We will explore use cases where internal audit identifies “weak signals” in the audit universe. This synergy transforms internal audit into a strategic advisor capable of navigating the macro-developments and creating added value in the microcosm of individual audit engagements.
Exclusive Insights from Industry Leaders
Throughout the day, experienced Chief Audit Executives will present real-world case studies on how they cope with emerging risks. These practical insights will be complemented by in-depth presentations from audit methodology specialists, offering attendees a comprehensive perspective on the latest trends and innovations in internal audit risk assessment.
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Register Now – Shape the Future of Internal Audit!
Secure your spot for this exclusive event and gain the strategic insights needed to future-proof your internal audit function. Don’t miss the opportunity to be part of the discussion that will shape the next era of internal audit excellence. Register today!
3. The Symbiosis: Networked Intelligence for a Successful Future
How can you actively shape the future of your internal audit function?
While these topics begin as separate explorations, they ultimately form a powerful symbiosis. In a world that often refuses to make sense, Networked Intelligence, the fusion of global collective expertise and agentic resilience, is the only viable path forward.
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By linking these focus areas, the conference demonstrates that while geoeconomic competition is intensifying, the internal audit community can use networked technology to drive value-oriented development and risk mitigation on a global scale.
By leveraging AI multi-agents as a “second brain,” auditors can navigate the “Incomprehensible,” contributing directly to risk mitigation and the value-oriented development of their organizations.
This unique 24-hour format serves as a global “inoculation” for fear, providing the clarity and strategic foresight necessary when traditional certainty is no longer possible.
- Bridging the Gap Between Audit and Strategy: How internal audit can provide proactive, strategic insights beyond compliance and assurance.
- Leadership Perspectives: Insights from executives and renowned audit professionals on developing and positioning internal audit as a strategic partner.
- Building the Future Internal Audit Team: Strategies to upskill and equip audit teams with the competencies required for the Strategic Advisor, IIA Global “Vision 2035” research study
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Register Now – Be Part of the Future of Internal Audit!
This is a unique opportunity to engage with industry leaders and shape the future of internal audit. Don’t miss your chance to be part of something bigger at the Audit Challenge Conference Series 2026. Register today!
Top Speakers at 2026 Audit Challenge Conference Series
24 hour global edition ++ Kick-off at 00:01 CET – Great Finish 23:59 CET ++
- Jon Taber, CPA, CIA, CFE, CFF, Internal Audit Manager at Casey’s and Host of the AUDIT 15 FUN Podcast, USA
++ Presentation: The Ai Internal Audit Journey of Casey’s - Linh Truong, Chief Audit Executive, Executive Consultant, USA
++ Presentation: Wisdom of the crowd: Leveraging knowledge-sharing to optimize outcomes - Naohori Mouri, CPA, CIA, Chairman, Audit and Advisory Committee UNOPS, GRC Advisor, MS &AD Insurance Group, Chairman International Internal Audit Standards Board, Former Global Chairman of the Board Global IIA.
++ Presentation: The Global Internal Audit Standards delivering guardrails for AI development in Internal Audit (TBC) - Steven Proctor, VP, Chief Audit Executive, Arm
++ Presentation: AI in Internal Audit: building an AI fluent audit function to move from Generative Tools to Agentic Testing - Tom McLeod, Chief Risk and Client Impact Officer, Yellow Canary, Internal Audit Beacon Award Winner, Australia
++ Presentation: Internal Audit in a World of Agent-to-Agent Work (TBC) - Manoj Agarwal, CIA, CISA, CRMA, CPA, Chief Audit & Risk Officer, Metro Brands, Past President ACIIA, Board of Governors IIA Bombay Chapter
++ Presentation: - Chidambaram Narayanan, Assistant General Manager Audit & Assurance, Suhail Bahwan Group Holding, Richard Chambers’ Internal Audit Beacon Award Winner (2024, 2025)
++ Presentation: How Internal Audit Leads in an Age of Disruption - Dr. Zelia Njeza, President and Board Chairwoman, IIA Tanzania, Secretary General AFIIA, Board Member Citibank Tanzania, Senior Quality Assurance Advisor, World Vision International, Tanzania
++ Presentation: Strategic Internal Audit: From Assurance to Advisory in a Complex World - Julian Riebartsch, CEO & Co-Founder, Calvin Risk
++ Presentation: The Critical Audit Object: Technical Evaluations of AI applications & AI Agents - Dr. Hervé Gloaguen, Founder & CEO Paracas Advisors, Audit Advisory Committee The United Nations Office for Project Services, Former Allianz Group CAE and CCO
++ Presentation: Building Audit Excellence: How Quality Assessment elevates the profile, credibility, and future-readiness of Internal Audit - Dr. Rainer Lenz, CIA, QIAL, Director Corporate Audit Services, Winner Bradford Cadmus Memorial Award IIA Global, Internal Audit Beacon Award Winner
++ Presentation: Turning Integrated Assurance into Practice: Challenges and Opportunities - Nam Phong Ho, Chief Audit Executive | Entrepreneur | Investor | Board Member, Internal Audit Beacon Award Winner, Switzerland
++ Presentation: How to position Internal Audit as a Strategic Advisor - Dr. Jenny Tan, Singapore Group Chair – Institute of Risk Management, Global Internal Audit Leader CapitaLand, Board of Director ISACA Singapore, Adjunct Professor Singapore Management University, Artificial Intelligence Taskforce’s AI Solutions Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISACA)
++ Presentation: How Human Risk Management is Timely in the AI Era - Liliana Staber, Director of Global Internal Audit at Delivery Hero SE, Levin Zeyu Song, Internal Audit Analytics, Delivery Hero SE
++ Presentation: Future-Proofing Internal Audit with Agentic AI Solutions - Dr. Matej Drascek, Director of Finance, LON, Assistant University Professor University of Ljubljana, President IIA Slovenia
++ Presentation: From Silos to Shared Assurance: Cyber Risk, AI, and Internal Audit’s Role in Building Resilience - Rania E. Bejjani, Founder & CEO RB Advisory & Consultancy, Group Risk Management Interim Chief Arriva Group, Richard Chambers’ Audit Beacon Award Winner 2025
++ Presentation: Strategic Partnership in the Age of AI: Elevating Internal Audit from Control to Influence - Siebrand Wolberink, CIA, CISA, CFE – Head of Internal Audit, SoftwareOne, UK
++ Presentation: Audit at Machine Speed: GenAI Driven Productivity in Internal Audit - David Grünbaum, CIA, CISA, CRMA, Manager Internal Audit Analytics, Salesforce, Germany
++ Presentation: Lean Agentic Audit Shop - Tracie Marquardt, Senior Management Trainer, Host of Inspiring Women in Audit, Adjunct Member and Partner of Audit Research Center | ARC Institute, Richard Chambers’ Internal Audit Beacon Award Winner 2024, 2025, Canada
++ Presentation: Smarter Audit Reporting in the Age of AI - Severine Beroard, Head of Internal Audit, European Investment Bank (EIB), Vice President – Board of Directors IIA Luxembourg, Sami Elleuch, MBA, CIA, CISA, CIP, Head of Division Internal Audit EIB
++ Presentation: Dare to Innovate: Intelligent Agents Reshaping Audit Report Review - Imran Zia, MSc., CPA, FCA, FCCA, CIA, CISA, CFE, CRMA, Director of Internal Audit, AD Ports Group, United Arab Emirates
++ Presentation: Playing Offense – Rethinking Risk Strategy in a Fragmented World - Abbas Al Lawati, CIA, Chief Internal Auditor Shell, Oman, Chairman of the Board IIA Oman, Richard Chambers’ Audit Beacon Award Winner
++ Presentation: Auditing AI & Auditing using AI: Enhancing your Audit Lifecycle - Prof. Dr. Dorothee Maria Winkler, Bern for Global Management, University of applied sciences, Switzerland
++ Presentation: Elon Musk strategic communication in a polarized world - Alexander Rühle. CEO and Co-Founder zapliance, Richard Chamebers’ Internal Audit Beacon Award Winner 2024, 2025
++ Presentation: Internal Audit AI agent use cases for data analytics - Arpna Aggarwal, CISA, CFE, Lead Senior IT Auditor, Lapcorp, Forbes Technology Council, Global Ambassador Empower Women in Tech Alliance
++ Presentation: (TBC) - José Gabriel Calderón, CPA, MBA CIA, CRMA, Chief Audit Executive, SVP Global Internal Audit Department Group Bimbo
++ Presentation: From Theory to Impact: Practical Innovation in Internal Audit - Jorge Badillo Ayala, Internal Audit Manager Lunding Mining Corporation, Victor Z. Brink Award Winner for Distinguished Service on Internal Audit, IIA Global, International Committee Member, Internal Audit Beacon Award Winner, Chile
++ Presentation: (TBC) - Dr. Matthias Pfeiffer, Director AI Governance & Assurance, ARC Institute | Audit Research Center
++ Presentation: Agentic AI The New Normal - Dr. Dominik Foerschler Managing Director, Chairman of the Digital Transformation Board, ARC Institute | Audit Research Center, Richard Chambers’ Internal Audit Beacon Award Winner, Top 10 Internal Audit Influencer
++ Presentation: A strategic AI roadmap for greater productivity in internal audit
