Key information

Full program will be released in January. 


Streams 

AI in Focus Stream

Stream A - Organisational Resilience

Stream B - People Matters

Stream C - Data Governance

Stream D - Cyber Security 

Stream E - Internal Audit Foundations

Stream F - Regulation Readiness

Stream G - Customer and Community

Stream H - Evolution of the Profession

Solutions sessions/ product demonstrations


Registration inclusions
 

• Networking breakfast,  refreshments, and lunch on Monday and Tuesday

• Attendance to all keynote sessions

• Attendance to the Lunch with guest speaker

• Attendance to your selected concurrent sessions (choice of four streams)

• Attendance to trade exhibition

• Access to the Barista Loung

• Access to the Gelato Bar

• Access to the conference app

• Access to Wellness Centre

• Access to free Wi-Fi

• One lanyard and name badge

• 30-day access to session recordings

• One ticket to the Welcome Reception on Sunday, 1 March

• One ticket to the Gala Dinner on Monday, 2 March

• Certificate of attendance for 17 CPE points

Please note: 

  • • Workshops are part of the conference fee.  They are separately bookable and incur additional fee. 
  • • CAE Forum is an invite only event and require pre-booking.  

SOPAC® 2026 Program at a glance 

(Provisional Topics)

Sunday,  1 March 2026

1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Registration desk opens

1:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Workshop 1

Building an Integrated assurance model: Connecting risk,  internal audit and assurance

    Workshop 2

    Finding the red flags of fraud and the role of internal audit

    Workshop 3

    Auditing AI - Ensuring trust,  transparency and control

      Please note the above workshops are separately bookable from the conference and incurs additional fee. 

      3:30 pm - 5:00 pm

       Chief Audit Executives' Forum

      Please note that this is an invite only event and requires pre-booking. Invitations will be issued in February 2026.

      5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

       Welcome reception 

      Monday,  2 March 2026

      7:30 am

      Registration desk opens

      7:30 am - 8:45 am

      Networking breakfast and exhibition viewing

      8:45 am - 9:00 am

      Opening Remarks and Welcome

      9:00 am - 9:50 am

      Keynote 1 | The expanding risk horizons - Insights into tomorrow's challenges

      9:55 am - 10:55 am

      Keynote 2 | Insights from the Board and Audit Committee - Futureproofing risk and assurance

      10:55 am - 11:25 am

      Morning networking break and exhibition viewing

      11:25 am - 12:15 pm

      AI  Focus Session 1

      AI controls and governance

        AI Focus Session 2

        Addressing AI enabled Fraud

        AI  Focus Session 3

        Applying AI in IA

          12:25 pm - 12:55 pm

          Solutions Session 1

          Solutions Session 2

          Solutions Session 3

          12:25 pm - 2:10 pm

          Lunch networking break and exhibition viewing

          2:10 pm - 3:00 pm

           Session 2A

          Mega projects and organisational resilience - Strengthening governance to withstand disruption

          Session 2B

          Psychosocial risk assessments - Putting mental health first

          Session 2C

          How internal audit safeguards trust

           Session 2D

          Staying head - Navigating the evolving cyber threat landscape

          3:10 pm - 4:00 pm

          Session 3A

          Exercising your right to audit third parties (case study)

          Session 3B

          Auditing culture and behaviour

          Session 3C

          Auditing the date lifecycle

          Session 3D

          Topical cyber 

          Applying the GIAS Topical Requirements on a cybersecurity audit

          4:00 pm - 4:30 pm

          Afternoon networking break and exhibition viewing

          4:30 pm - 5:20 pm

          Keynote 3 

          6:30 pm - 10:30 pm

          Gala Dinner and Awards

          Tuesday,  3 March 2026

          7:30 am

          Registration desk opens

          7:30 am - 8:45 am

          Networking breakfast and exhibition viewing

          8:30 am - 9:20 am

          Keynote 4 | Doing business in a complex environment 

          9:30 am - 10:00 am

          Solutions Session 4

          Solutions Session 5

          Solutions Session 6

          10:00 am - 10:30 am

          Morning networking break and exhibition viewing

          10:30 am - 11:20 am

           Session 4E

          From theory to practice - One year of GIAS implementation

          Session 4F

          Regulator round table - The future of regulation

          Session 4G

          Building community trust - Auditing your social license to operate

           Session 4H 

          Evolution of the CAE

          11:30 am - 12:20 pm

          Session 5E

          Building your Internal Audit Strategy

          Session 5F

          Providing assurance over ESG reporting

          Session 5G

          Auditing in developing markets

          Session 5H

          Leading a high-performing audit function - What good looks like

          12:20 pm - 2:00 pm

          Lunch with Guest Speaker

          2:00 pm - 2:50 pm

          Session 6E

          Smart engagement planning - Driving risk-Aware and value-driven audits

          Session 6F

          Auditing payroll and wages compliance

          Session 6G

          Reviewing performance of Indigenous engagement - Insights from the New Zealand experience

          Session 6H

          Applying EQ in IA for better audit outcomes

          3:00 pm - 3:50 pm

          Session 7E

          Next-gen audit reporting - Insights, influence and impacts

          Session 7F

          Future-ready assurance - Aligning regulation, organisational requirements and AI capabilities

          Session 7G

          Auditing the customer journey risks

          Session 7H

          Personal wellbeing for the effective assurance professional

          3:50 pm - 4:20 pm

          Afternoon networking break and exhibition viewing

          4:30 pm - 5:20 pm

          Keynote 5 

          5:10 pm - 5:20 pm

          Closing remarks