Our world has changed virtually overnight, presenting governance, audit and risk management professionals with unforeseen challenges and unexpected opportunities.  The Navigators Conference will feature a lineup of industry visionaries and experts who will inform us how to adapt and thrive in changing and challenging times, and how see beyond the crisis.  Hear what the future holds for governance and audit and how we can thrive in the new anti-normal.

Event details:

An all-day event filled with industry experts with multiple session formats. interview style, presentations and panel discussions.  8 hours of CPE credits.

Refunds permitted through May 26th, 2020



Overview:

Our world has changed virtually overnight, presenting governance, audit and risk management professionals with unforeseen challenges and unexpected opportunities.  The Navigators Conference will feature a lineup of industry visionaries and experts who will inform us how to adapt and thrive in changing and challenging times, and how see beyond the crisis.  Hear what the future holds for governance and audit and how we can thrive in the new anti-normal.

Major Subjects:

Uncharted Waters

-          Thinking competencies during change and challenge

-          The practical and psychological impacts of furloughs and remote work

-          Reassessing the effectiveness of traditional tools and controls

-          Rethinking traditional metrics of success

-          Evolving risk environment

Captaining the Ship

-          Moving from a reactive to proactive governance model

-          Achieving a successful, decentralized decision- making culture

-          Insider threat awareness

-          Decision-making under pressure and uncertainty

-          The practical and psychological effects of social distancing

-          Developing leadership competencies:

-          Leading through change

o   Creating a curiosity culture versus an avoidance culture

o   Developing an effective communication culture for challenging times

On the Horizon

-          Economic outlook by industry – Who will be impacted? What dominos will fall next?

-          The new psychology of professional skepticism

-          The changing threat landscape and the new psychology of fraud

-          Thinking beyond the current crisis

-          Spotting opportunities

-          Change Management- building a change-ready organization

Learning Objectives:

Participants will be able to:

-          Identify characteristics of a proactive governance model

-          Identify the steps to create a decentralized decision-making model

-          Define the characteristics of insider threats

-          Analyze the practical and psychological effects of social distancing

-          Analyze the competencies of leading through change and identify the steps they will take to achieve these characteristics

-          Assess the economic outlook and project impacts to their business

-          Apply the threat landscape and new psychology of fraud to their business

-          Project opportunities in and after the current crisis

-          Identify and define the steps to build change-ready organizations

Designed For:

Auditors

CPAs

C-Suite Executives

Government Accountants

Internal Control/SOX personnel

Accountants in Industry

Educators

IT Auditors

Fraud Investigators

Compliance Learning and Development Practitioners

Change Management Practitioners

Management Accountants

Financial Managers

Level: Basic

Prerequisite: None

Advanced Preparation: None

NASBA CPE Hours Available: 8

Field of Study: Auditing