THE ATLANTA CONFERENCE

8:00-9:15am     

Anthony Pugliese

President and CEO, IIA

State of the Profession - Building Trust in the Age of AI Acceleration

9:35-10:50am

Concurrent Session 1: Building the Modern Audit Skillset

1.1

Audit Analytics Without a Data Science Team

Mike Levy, Cherry Hill Advisory

1.2

IT for Non‑IT Auditors: What You Actually Need to Understand

Matt Hoverman, CLA

1.3

SOX Without Consuming the Audit Plan

Adam Pajakowski, Crowe

Justin Mahoney, Crowe

1.4

GRC Tools Without Regret: Getting Value Without the Hype

Heron K. Schelp, AGCO

Steve Jackson, EY  

11:10am-12:40pm

Concurrent Session 2: By Career Level

2.1

CAE Roundtable - Invitation only

2.2

Directors - Leading a Future‑Ready Audit Function

Melissa Kandel, Protiviti

Anthony Chalker, Protiviti 

2.3

Senior Managers / Managers - From Executor to Trusted Advisor

Lynne Segall, Emory

2.4

Seniors / Staff - Building Skills That Make You Audit‑Ready for Anything  

Moderator: Clayton Hemphill, BDO    

Nick Key, Coca Cola

Kenya Irvin, Cox Automotive

Erica Barker, Home Depot

Saad Farooq, Chep