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North Jersey Chapter

Making Sense of Audit and Assurance Software

In A SarbOx Environment

Vendor Expo 

Free CPE Session *

Thursday       March 11, 2004

Come see the entire landscape of audit software in an all-day free event.  Practical sessions and valuable tools will be provided along with an opportunity to network with twenty of the leading audit software vendors ….all under one roof.  You will walk away from this session with an education of what is possible with the current-day tools, how they can benefit your organization, how to comply with new regulations, and where best practice organizations are stretching the limits of technology. Seating is limited so please reserve your spot now!

From risk management tools to data analysis, the entire spectrum of current audit software techniques will be discussed in this all-day event.  Session benefits include:

Ø      Learn about every type of audit software including:

o       Data Analysis

o       Risk Assessment / Control Documentation

o       Application Control Monitoring

o       Control Environment Assessment

o       Audit Workpapers and Project Management

Ø      See how audit software can add enormous benefits to your organization.

Ø      Understand how software can support your SarbOx effort.

Ø      Gain access to robust conference materials that contain a wealth of vendor survey information and other practical tools.

Ø      Obtain 4 CPE credits.

Ø      And it’s all free (for IIA members) or very inexpensive ($50 for nonmembers)!

To ensure you get the most out of the seminar, we encourage you to send an e-mail to us at questions@auditsoftware.net telling us what you would most want to get out of this presentation.

Facilitator

Rich Lanza is an Internal Audit Manager at Toys “R” Us, where he focuses mainly on using computer-assisted audit tools to improve business intelligence, increase efficiencies, proactively detect fraud, and identify bottom-line savings.  Lanza also founded AuditSoftware.Net, a free Web site devoted to maximizing the benefits of audit software, given his over 12 years experience in the field.

Presenters

The following vendors will be assisting in presentations throughout the day:

• ACL Software
• Applimation
• Approva
• Audit Leverage
• BI3.Net
• CARDdecisions, Inc.
• CaseWare IDEA
• Cash Flow Guardian
• D’Arcangelo Software Services
• Idea Sciences
• Movaris
• NetIQ
• Paisley Consulting
• PeopleView Compliance Sight
• Pentana
• PricewaterhouseCoopers
• Protiviti
• WizSoft

….with more to be added prior to the event.

Cost, Time, Location

Cost *     Free for IIA members   

                $50 for non-members

                (Cash, check and MO only)

Time       Thursday – March 11, 2004

                8:30 AM – 5:00 PM

Registration will start at 8:30 AM and a Continental breakfast will be available.  Lunch and afternoon refreshments will also be served.

Location        Prime Hotel and Suites, Fairfield, NJ

                        (formerly the Radisson)

Dress     Business casual

Reservations           The Chapter expects a large turnout and seating is limited.

Please reserve your spot now!

Contact Diane Croken at:

Reservation Hotline:   (201) 991-4424

E-mail:  DCroken@JHCOHN.com

If your plans change and you can’t attend, please call or e-mail to cancel so we may offer your spot to someone on the Wait List!

CPE/Seminar Information

Level of Knowledge:                               General

Recommended CPE Credit(s):             4

Prerequisite:                                              None

Method of Presentation:                        Lecture, Q & A, and Case Studies

Recommended Category Eligibility:   Accounting/Auditing

The Institute of Internal Auditors, North Jersey Chapter, is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors.  State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit.  Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be addressed to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, 150 Fourth Avenue North, Nashville, TN  37219-2417.  Web site: www.nasba.org

For more information regarding administrative policies such as complaints and refunds, please contact the North Jersey Chapter’s Hotline at (201) 991-4424. 

Directions to

Prime Hotel and Suites

(Formerly the Radisson)

Prime Hotel and Suites
690 Route 46 East
Fairfield, NJ 07004
973-227-9200

From 287 North:

Take Exit 41A (Route 80 East).  Then Take Exit 47B to 46 East.  Hotel is 5 ½ miles on right.

From Garden State Parkway:

Take GS Parkway South to Exit 159.  Then take 80 West to Exit 52.  Bear right on ramp.  At the yield/stop, make a right, turn onto Two Bridges Road.  Go through 2 traffic lights.  Make right turn onto 46 East.  Hotel is ¼ mile on right. 

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