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THE ATLANTA CONFERENCE

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Sessions

August 20, 2026 - Morning sessions

8:00-9:15am     

From Assurance to Advantage

Building the Future Ready Internal Audit Team

Tom O'Riley

Founder of Internal Audit Collective


9:35-10:50am

Concurrent Session 1: Building the Modern Audit Skillset


1.1

Audit Analytics Without a Data Science Team


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;!0am-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      

Nick Key, Coca Cola

Kenya Irvin, Cox Automotive

Erika Barker, Home Depot

Saad Farooq, Chep 




August 20, 2026 - Afternoon sessions

1:25-2:40pm

Concurrent Session 3


3.1

Cyber & Third‑Party Risk Without the Jargon

Donel Martinez, Myna

Scott Campbell, Myna 


3.2

BCP & Disaster Recovery: Auditing Real Recoverability


3.3

Rapid Risk Sensing: How IA Adapts When the Plan Is Already Outdated

 Rick Machold, Inspire Brands 


3.4

The Cross‑Functional Auditor: Auditing End‑to‑End Processes

Brian Lesh, EisnerAmper


3:00-4:00pm

Anthony Pugliese

President, IIA


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