13th Biennial Symposium on Information Integrity and Information Systems Assurance
September 28-30, 2023
Hybrid (In-person and Online sessions)
Earn up to 20 hours of CPD credit
UWCISA’s 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. Please see our program below.
2023 UWCISA Symposium Schedule
Thursday, September 28, 2023 – Workshops, Panels and Research Papers In person and Online
All in-person sessions will be held at CPA Canada, 277 Wellington St W - 2nd floor - Toronto, ON M5V 3H2
All online sessions will be held on Zoom at the meeting links sent to registered participants by email
Dropbox link to Research Papers, Panel Materials and PPTs
| Time | Topic | Presenter/s |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00am - 8:30am | Light Breakfast | |
| 8:30am - 9:00am | Opening |
Blake Phillips, Director, School of Accounting and Finance |
| 9am - 12noon including breaks |
Power BI |
Edbert Oey, UW SAF |
| 9am - 12noon including breaks |
Alteryx |
Giselle Obendorf, UW SAF |
| 9am - 12noon including breaks |
Explainable AI Part 1 (Part 2 will be offered on Saturday) |
Abigail Zhang, University of Texas at San Antonio |
| 12noon - 1pm | Lunch/UWCISA Board Meeting | |
| 1pm - 2pm | Panel on Generative AI: an overview of the strengths and weaknesses of Large Language Models (and their image counterparts) |
Moderator: Keehyung Kim, UW SAF
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| 2pm - 2:15pm | Break | |
| 2pm - 5pm including breaks |
Alteryx |
Giselle Obendorf, UW SAF |
| 2pm - 5pm including breaks |
SQL for Data Analysis |
Edbert Oey, UW SAF |
| 2:15pm - 3:15pm | Panel on Building Digital Trust in the Age of Cyber Threats | Moderator: Frank Yam, Founder & CEO, Focus Strategic Group Inc Panelists:
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| 3:15pm - 3:30pm | Break | |
| 3:30pm - 4:30pm |
2.The Marketing by the Big 4 of Big Data Analytics in the External Audit: Evidence and Consequences |
Moderator: Adam Vitalis, UW SAF |
| 4:30pm - 5:30pm | 9.You posted what? Analyzing determinants of social technology risk prevention | Moderator: Adam Vitalis, UW SAF Presenter: Diane Janvrin, Iowa State University Discussant Academic: Uday Murthy, University of South Florida Discussant Practitioner: Jerrard Gaertner, Managed Analytic Services Inc. |
| 5:30pm - 7:30pm | Informal reception & Raffle 1 for in-person participants | CPA Canada |
Raffle 1 Prizes
Friday, September 29, 2023 - Panels and Research Papers In person and Online
All in-person sessions will be held at CPA Canada, 277 Wellington St W - 2nd floor - Toronto, ON M5V 3H2
All online sessions will be held on Zoom at the meeting links sent to registered participants by email
Dropbox link to Research Papers, Panel Materials and PPTs
| Time | Topic | Presenter/s |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00am - 8:25am | Light Breakfast | |
| 8:25am - 8:30am | Welcome |
Blake Phillips, Director, School of Accounting and Finance |
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8:30am - 9:30am |
11.Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Assurance: Audit Adoption and Capital Markets Effects |
Moderator: Tim Bauer, Associate Director, UWCISA Presenter: Thomas Bourveau, Columbia University Discussant Academic: Chelsea Anderson, University of Arkansas Discussant Practitioner: Jerrard Gaertner, Managed Analytic Services Inc. |
| 9:30am - 10:30am | 6.Permission Blockchain in Action: Multiple case studies with Early-Adopters | Moderator: Tim Bauer, Associate Director, UWCISA Presenter: Mélissa Fortin, Université du Québec à Montréal Discussant Academic: Brad Pomeroy, UW SAF Discussant Practitioner: Malik Datardina, Auvenir |
| 10:30am - 10:45am | Break | |
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10:45am - 12noon |
Panel on Usefulness-of-real-time-information & Table Talks |
Moderator: Sepideh Ebrahimi, UW SAF
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| 12noon - 1:00pm | Lunch | |
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1pm - 2pm |
10.Development of a Framework of Key Internal Control and Governance Principles for Robotic Process Automation (RPA) | Moderator: Adam Vitalis, Associate Director, UWCISA Presenter: Marc Eulerich, University of Duisburg-Essen Discussant Academic: Razvan Ghitam, University of Southern Denmark Discussant Practitioner: Gus Leite, PwC Canada |
| 2pm - 3pm | 7.The Effect of the Remote Workforce on Firms' Cybersecurity Risk Disclosures and Incidents | Moderator: Adam Vitalis, Associate Director, UWCISA Presenter: Qingman Wu, Rutgers University Discussant Academic: Lei Gao, University of North Florida Discussant Practitioner: Marc Y. Tassé, Strategic Advisor on Governance, Ethics and Financial Crime |
| 3pm - 3:15pm | Break | |
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3:15pm - 4:15pm |
4.The Impact of Cybersecurity Risk Management Strategy Disclosure on Investors’ Judgments and Decisions | Moderator: Alec Cram, Associate Director, UWCISA Presenter: Jiehui (Annabella) Huang, University of South Florida Discussant Academic: Stephanie Walton, Louisiana State University Discussant Practitioner: Chris Anderson, Castlekeep Inc. |
| 4:15pm - 5:15pm | 8.The Costs of Disclosing Firm-Specific Cybersecurity Risk Disclosures | Moderator: Alec Cram, Associate Director, UWCISA Presenter: Arion Cheong, Stevens Institute of Technology Discussant Academic: Jiehui Huang, University of South Florida Discussant Practitioner: Donald McColl, Deloitte |
| 6:00pm - 9:00pm | Banquet & Raffle 2 for in-person participants |
La Fenice |
Raffle 2 Prizes
Saturday, September 30, 2023 - Workshop, Panels and Research Papers Online
All sessions will be held on Zoom at the meeting links sent to registered participants by email
Dropbox link to Research Papers, Panel Materials and PPTs
| Time | Topic | Presenter/s |
|---|---|---|
| 8:30am - 10am | Panel on The ethical implications and potential job replacement associated with AI Large Language Models |
Moderator: Theo Stratopoulos, Associate Director, UWCISA
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| 10am - 10:15am | Break | |
| 10:15am - 11:15am | 1.Board Roles Required for IT Governance to become an Integral Component of Corporate Governance | Moderator: Brad Pomeroy Presenter: Carla Wilkin, Monash University Discussant Academic: Sepideh Ebrahimi, UW SAF Discussant Practitioner: Douglas Johnson, Haventree Bank |
| 11:15am - 12:15pm | 3.Does cybersecurity maturity level assurance improve cybersecurity risk management in supply chains? | Presenter: Ju-Chun Yen, National Central University Discussant Academic: Chris He, Marquette University Discussant Practitioner: Robert Reimer, The Petals Group |
| 12:15pm - 12:45pm | Lunch | |
| 12:45pm - 1:45pm | Rutgers Research Reports | Moderator: Miklos Vasarhelyi, Rutgers University |
| Presenter: Hanchi Gu | ||
| Presenter: Guangyue (Maria) Zhang | ||
| Presenter: Sheng-Feng Hsieh | ||
| Presenter: Steven Katz | ||
| 10:15am – 1:45pm including breaks |
Explainable AI Part 2 |
Abigail Zhang, University of Texas at San Antonio |
| 1:45pm | Wrap up & Raffle 3 |
Raffle 3 Prizes
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