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
General Information About the UW CISA 2021 Symposium
All papers and PowerPoints for the Symposium have been copied to our
UW CISA 2021 Symposium Papers and PowerPoints Dropbox.
Please feel free to download them to your laptop or phone for use during the Symposium.
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Time |
Topic |
Presenter/s |
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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 |
Moderator: Bill Swirsky Rob McLean, MatrixLinks/CPA Canada |
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10:05am-12:00pm |
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1:00-4:00pm |
1.2 Workshop: RPA for the Internal Auditor |
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 |
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5:30-6:00pm |
Comedy Show  |
Can you hear me now? |
Friday, October 15, 2021 Panels and Research Papers
General Information About the UW CISA 2021 Symposium
All papers and PowerPoints for the Symposium have been copied to our
UW CISA 2021 Symposium Papers and PowerPoints Dropbox.
Please feel free to download them to your laptop or phone for use during the Symposium.
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Time |
Topic |
Presenter/s |
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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:
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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 |
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| 10:40-11:55am |
2.3 Panel: Blockchain and ISA 315 |
Moderator: Thomas Calderon, University of Akron Panelists:
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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:
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1:05-2:05pm |
2.5 Visualization |
Moderator: Bill Swirsky Presenters: Megan Seymore, Ohio University, Jesse Robertson and Mary Curtis, University of North Texas Discussant Academic: Louise Hayes, University of Guelph |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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5:30-6:00pm |
Magic Show |
Please have a deck of cards for the interactive magic portion of the show.
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Saturday, October 16, 2021 Panel and Research Papers
General Information About the UW CISA 2021 Symposium
All papers and PowerPoints for the Symposium have been copied to our
UW CISA 2021 Symposium Papers and PowerPoints Dropbox.
Please feel free to download them to your laptop or phone for use during the Symposium.
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Time |
Topic |
Presenter/s |
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8:30-10:00am |
3.1 Panel: Audit Evidence & IT |
Moderator: Robert Cuthbertson, UW CISA Panelists:
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| 10:30am-12:00pm | 3.2 Rutgers Research Reports |
Moderator: Miklos Vasarhelyi, Rutgers University Presenters: Jamie Freiman, Marist College, Yongbum Kim, Ramapo College of New Jersey, and Miklos A. Vasarhelyi, Rutgers University 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.
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