2021 UWCISA Symposium Program | University of Waterloo Centre for Information Integrity and Information Systems Assurance

The Centre for Information Integrity and Information Systems Assurance at the University of Waterloo (UWCISA) is pleased to announce its 12th Biennial Symposium on Information Integrity and Information Systems Assurance to be held virtually October 14th-16th, 2021.

Our symposia are recognized for the extensive interaction between practitioners and academics. Workshops, expert panels and research presentations will be presented by academics and practitioners addressing risks, controls, assurance and emerging issues. See below.

Thursday, October 14, 2021 Workshops and Research Paper

Time	Topic	Presenter/s
8:30-8:55am	Opening	Steve Fortin, Director of School of Accounting & Finance, University of Waterloo Bill Swirsky, Chair, UW CISA Efrim Boritz, Executive Director, UW CISA
9:00-10:00am	1.1 Value Creation Workshop 1.1a Value Creation Part 1	Moderator: Bill Swirsky Rob McLean, MatrixLinks/CPA Canada
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10:05am-12:00pm	1.1b Value Creation Part 2 Measurement
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			1:00-4:00pm including breaks	1.2 Workshop: RPA for the Internal Auditor Instructions for Pre-Workshop Preparation	Moderator: Bill Swirsky Eric E. Cohen, Cohen Computer Consulting
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4:15-5:15pm	1.3 Control Theory	Moderator: Bill Swirsky The Metaphysics of Internal Controls Presenter: Graham Gal, University of Massachusetts Amherst Discussant Academic: Rajendra Srivastava, University of Kansas Discussant Practitioner: Doug Johnson, Haventree Bank
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5:30-6:00pm	Comedy Show	Can you hear me now?

Friday, October 15, 2021 Panels and Research Papers

Time	Topic	Presenter/s
8:30-9:30am	2.1 Panel: Assurance Issues for the Future	Moderator: Tim Bauer, UW SAF Cataloguing the Marketplace of Assurance Service Areas Presenters: Krista Fiolleau and Brad Pomeroy, UW SAF Panelists: Chris Halterman, EY Steve Ursillo, Cherry Bekaert Irene Ang, KPMG
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9:35-10:35am	2.2 Blockchain, Crypto Assets and Audit Evidence	Moderator: Bill Swirsky A Framework for Auditing Crypto Asset Ecosystem Presenters: Sheng-Feng Hsieh, National Taiwan University and Gerard Brennan, Lukka, Inc. Discussant Academic: Diane Janvrin, Iowa State University Discussant Practitioner: Antonio Pecora, Canadian Public Accountability Board
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10:40-11:55am	2.3 Panel: Blockchain and ISA 315	Moderator: Thomas Calderon, University of Akron Panelists: Cory Campbell, Indiana State University Sridhar Ramamoorti, University of Dayton Diane Jules, IESBA
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12:00-1:00pm	2.4 Panel: Internal Audit Competencies for the Future	Moderator: Adam Vitalis, UW SAF Enhancing CPA Competencies for Internal Audit Roles: Project Insights Panelists: Kelly Dorin, Camosun College John G. Delaney, DA Consulting Libby Duckworth, KPMG
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1:05-2:05pm including breaks	2.5 Visualization	Moderator: Bill Swirsky Presenting Data Analytics with Nonfinancial Data: The Effect of Visualizations on Mgrs’ Acceptance of an IA’s Recommendation Presenters: Megan Seymore, Ohio University, Jesse Robertson and Mary Curtis, University of North Texas Discussant Academic: Louise Hayes, University of Guelph Discussant Practitioner: William Ives, Deloitte
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2:10-3:10pm	2.6 Cyber	Moderator: Bill Swirsky Responses to SEC Comment Letters on Cybersecurity Disclosures Presenters: Tawei (David) Wang, DePaul University, Ju-Chun Yen, National Central University Taoyuan and Kyunghee Yoon, Clark University Discussant Academic: Alec Cram, UW SAF Discussant Practitioner: Robert Reimer, The Petals Group
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3:15-4:15pm	2.7 Cyber	Moderator: Bill Swirsky Data Breach Reports: Limitations and Recommendations Presenters: Benjamin Blakely, Argonne National Laboratory, Jim Kurtenbach, Iowa State University and Lovila Nowak, Argonne National Laboratory Discussant Academic: Robert Nehmer, Oakland University Discussant Practitioner: Asif Mohammed, Richter
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4:20-5:20pm	2.8 Cyber	Moderator: Bill Swirsky Reaping the Whirlwind: Measuring Insider Threat after Massive Layoff from the Dark Web Presenters: Arion Cheong, California State University, Soohyun Cho, Michael Alles, and Won Gyun No, Rutgers Univesity Discussant Academic: Severin Grabski, Michigan State University Discussant Practitioner: Jerrard Gaertner, Managed Analytic Services Inc.
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5:30-6:00pm	Magic Show	Please have a deck of cards for the interactive magic portion of the show.

Saturday, October 16, 2021 Panel and Research Papers

Time	Topic	Presenter/s
8:30-10:00am	3.1 Panel: Audit Evidence & IT	Moderator: Robert Cuthbertson, UW CISA Panelists: Angelo Giardina, CPAB Giuseppe (Joe) Spinelli, CPAB Technology in the Audit Eric Turner, IAASB Blaine Hertzberger, EY
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10:30am-12:00pm	3.2 Rutgers Research Reports	Moderator: Miklos Vasarhelyi, Rutgers University Full Population Testing: Applying Multidimensional Audit Data Sampling (MADS) to General Ledger Data Auditing Presenters: Jamie Freiman, Marist College, Yongbum Kim, Ramapo College of New Jersey, and Miklos A. Vasarhelyi, Rutgers University Audit with Machine Learning: Applying an Unsupervised Algorithm on General Ledgers of An Australian Bank Presenters: Danyang (Kathy) Wei, Heejae (Erica) Lee, Lanxin Jiang, Yu Gu, Soohyun Cho, and Miklos A. Vasarhelyi, Rutgers University Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) in Auditing: A Framework and Research Needs Presenters: Chanyuan (Abigail) Zhang, Soohyun Cho, and Miklos A. Vasarhelyi, Rutgers University Continuous Monitoring with Interactive Data Visualization: An Application to Healthcare Processes Presenters: Guangyue Zhang, Miklos A. Vasarhelyi, and Hilal Atasoy, Rutgers University
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12:05-12:15pm	Wrap up & Raffle	The raffle will have three prizes. You must be at the session to win.