SOPAC 2025 – IN-PERSON

31 Mar — 2 Apr 2025

SOPAC® Program at a glance

You are currently viewing the program for IN-PERSON attendance.

Program is provisional until full program released and some topics maybe subject to change).

 

 

Monday, 31st March 2025 — Pre-Conference Day (IN PERSON only)

Registration desk is open from 1:30 pm – 5:30 pm.

01:30 pm

Workshop 1 | Auditing AI and Automation

1:30 pm – 5:30 pm

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Workshop 2 | Auditing Environmental, social and governance (ESG)

1:30 pm – 5:30 pm

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Workshop 3 | Creating a high-impact internal audit strategy

1:30 pm – 5:30 pm

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03:00 pm

Chief Audit Executive Forum

3:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Please note that this in an IN-PERSON only session, requires pre-booking and invite only. 

04:00 pm

Young Assurance Professionals Forum

4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

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05:30 pm

Welcome Drinks

5:30 pm – 7:00 pm

Please note that this in an IN-PERSON only session for delegates with full conference tickets.


Tuesday, 1st April 2025 — Conference Program | DAY 1

07:30 am

Networking breakfast and exhibition viewing

7:30 am – 8:45 am

08:45 am

Opening Remarks and Welcome

8:45 am – 9:00 am

09:00 am

Keynote 1 | Looking into the future powered by AI

9:00 am – 9:50 am

10:20 am

Session 1A | Getting audit planning essentials right

10:20 am – 11:10 am

Session 1B | CPS230 - Good business practice

10:20 am – 11:10 am

Session 1C | AI models - Determining what works best for your organisation

10:20 am – 11:10 am

Session 1D | Project, programs and portfolios - Governance risk and assurance

10:20 am – 11:10 am

C1 | Unpacking the definitions of the new Standards

10:20 am – 11:10 am

11:15 am

Session 2A | Translating the Standards into action

11:15 am – 12:05 pm

Session 2B | ESG reporting - What's next?

11:15 am – 12:05 pm

Session 2C | AI controls Getting the rules of engagement right

11:15 am – 12:05 pm

Session 2D | Building fraud resilience

11:15 am – 12:05 pm

C2 | Secrets to success in co-sourcing

11:15 am – 12:05 pm

12:05 pm

Lunch networking and exhibition viewing

12:05 pm – 1:15 pm

01:15 pm

Keynote 2 | Next generation governance - Looking at the harder soft issues

1:15 pm – 2:05 pm

02:10 pm

Solutions session 1

2:10 pm – 2:40 pm

Solutions session 2

2:10 pm – 2:40 pm

Solutions session 3

2:10 pm – 2:40 pm

02:45 pm

Session 3A | Delivering audit findings with effective reporting

2:45 pm – 3:35 pm

Session 3B | Will your organisation be captures in the new net of AML nd Sanctions compliance?

2:45 pm – 3:35 pm

Session 3C | Is what you see really what you get - Spotting AI deep fakes

2:45 pm – 3:35 pm

Session 3D | Being at your best when preparing for the worst - Testing your business continuity arrangements

2:45 pm – 3:35 pm

C3 | Department of one - Small audit shops

2:45 pm – 3:35 pm

04:05 pm

Session 4A | Getting over the finish line - Moving audit findings to action

4:05 pm – 4:55 pm

Session 4B | Getting payroll right in Australia

4:05 pm – 4:55 pm

Session 4C | Putting AI into IA - Show and tell

4:05 pm – 4:55 pm

Session 4D | Auditing third-party risk

4:05 pm – 4:55 pm

C4 | it is April 2025 - Conversation on the hot topic of the day

4:05 pm – 4:55 pm

05:00 pm

Keynote 3 | Managing the increasing speed and impact of risk

5:00 pm – 5:45 pm

07:00 pm

Gala Dinner

7:00 pm – 11:00 pm

Please note that this is an in-person only ticketed event for delegates with full conference ticket. 


Wednesday, 2nd April 2025 — Conference Program | DAY 2

07:30 am

Networking breakfast and exhibition viewing

7:30 am – 8:30 am

08:30 am

Keynote 4 | Learnings from Governance Failings - Insights for Internal Auditors!

8:30 am – 9:20 am

09:25 am

Solution session 4

9:25 am – 9:55 am

10:00 am

Session 5E | Reinventing the art of the fieldwork - The great debate - Does hybrid work?

10:00 am – 10:50 am

Session 5F | What does an effective governance, risk and control framework

10:00 am – 10:50 am

Session 5G | Lessons learned from cyber breaches

10:00 am – 10:50 am

Session 5H | Working with the generations - Managing a diverse workforce

10:00 am – 10:50 am

11:20 am

Session 6E | Building a data driven audit function

11:20 am – 12:10 pm

Session 6F | Making combines assurance work

11:20 am – 12:10 pm

Session 6G | Auditing operational IT - Protecting the internet of Things

11:20 am – 12:10 pm

Session 6H | Redesign your brain - How to operate better in the fast pace world

11:20 am – 12:10 pm

12:15 pm

Lunch Session | Delivering success from disaster - Silkyara-Bardot Tunnel story

12:15 pm – 2:00 pm

02:00 pm

Session 7E | Active leadership to energise your audit team

2:00 pm – 2:50 pm

Session 7F | The journey in assessing risk culture

2:00 pm – 2:50 pm

Session 7G | Data governance

2:00 pm – 2:50 pm

Session 7H | Pushing the envelope with professional scepticism

2:00 pm – 2:50 pm

02:55 pm

Session 8E | Getting cut through - Talking to stakeholders

2:55 pm – 3:45 pm

Session 8F | Addressing wellness risk

2:55 pm – 3:45 pm

Session 8G | Auditing the cloud - Navigating complex, multi-cloud environments

2:55 pm – 3:45 pm

Session 8H | Internal audit stuck in the middle - Unpacking an ethical dilemma

2:55 pm – 3:45 pm

04:15 pm

Keynote 5 | Achieving wellbeing through building your mental resilience

4:15 pm – 5:05 pm

05:05 pm

Closing remarks

5:05 pm – 5:15 pm