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The explosion of interest in generative AI (GenAI) such as ChatGPT has created a need for prompt engineering expertise to optimize practitioners’ interactions with GenAI and enable them to take advantage of the many powerful capabilities of this technology in all areas of their practice. However, the prompt engineering skills are still not widely covered. This professional development workshop is an opportunity to learn about prompt engineering to meet a variety of objectives.

For more information, visit Online Hands-on Workshop on Generative AI Tools and Prompt Engineering Essentials.

We are pleased to announce that the Special Issue “2023 Research Symposium on Information Integrity & Information Systems Assurance” has now been published. The issue is available on ScienceDirect.

The explosion of interest in data analytics has led to the development of software such as Alteryx, which offers many powerful capabilities in no code/low code format.

For more information, visit Online Hands-on Workshop on Alteryx - December session.

The explosion of interest in data analytics has led to the development of software such as Alteryx, which offers many powerful capabilities in no code/low code format.

For more information, visit Online Hands-on Workshop on Alteryx - November session.

The UWCISA Predictive Analytics Competition sponsored by ISACA Toronto Chapter is back for its third year. This year, 392 second-year students, organized into 77 teams, will showcase their analytical skill and innovative thinking.  This year, 392 second-year students, organized into 77 teams, have demonstrated their analytical skills and innovative thinking.  The four finalist teams will gather on Friday, August 30, 2024, to present their solutions to a compelling business challenge.

For more information, visit 2024 UWCISA Predictive Analytics Competition.

The 14th Biennial Symposium on Information Integrity and Information Systems Assurance for Sustainability announces its Symposium and Call for Papers. The deadline to submit your paper is June 1, 2025. Research papers and panels are invited from academe and practice addressing IS/IT topics related to risk, control, and assurance, with preference given to papers and panels on such topics affecting sustainability reporting and disclosure. 

For further information, please visit: 2025 Symposium Call for Papers. 

Congratulations to our colleague and friend Gerald Trites on his very timely and valuable forthcoming book.

“Beyond Sustainability Reporting: The Pathway to Corporate Social Responsibility” is a must-read for any companies wanting to make a strong contribution to sustainability issues, for educators who wish to teach sustainability issues and how to manage them, students who wish to benefit from the latest thinking in this area from one of Canada’s most innovative voices, and for anyone interested in knowing how companies can develop a strong and successful action-oriented program for sustainability. 

Besides the valuable content in the main part of the book, there are three useful appendices that would be of great interest to practitioners, educators and students alike.

You can pre-order the book at a very affordable price on Amazon at Amazon.ca : “Beyond Sustainability Reporting: Integrated Thinking and Corporate Social Responsibility”

The 4th annual interactive dashboard competition, co-sponsored by UWCISA and the ISACA Toronto Chapter will be held on Zoom December 15th, 10:30 AM.

The competition is a platform for first-year SAF students to demonstrate their exceptional skills in data analytics with the top performing team receiving a $1000 prize sponsored by the ISACA Toronto Chapter.