IIA Research Foundation Symposiums and Forums

The Foundation sponsors symposiums and forums designed to bring together recognized experts and specialists in specific subjects of interest to internal auditors for the purpose of producing papers and presentations representing the most current collection of organized information on the subject.

IT Audit Research Symposium
In conjunction with The Institute of Internal Auditors' (IIA) 2009 International Conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, The IIA Research Foundation and The IIA's Advanced Technology Committee conducted the 4th IT Audit Research Symposium on May 13, 2009. The topics presented were:

• Employee Monitoring, Fraud Detection and Cross-border Data Transfer: Issues and Challenges
• Enterprise Architecture Enabling Internal Audit
• The Effect and Consequence of GRC Tools and Methods on IT Audit

After the presentation, researchers and practitioners had a lively discussion and debate on the problems facing by the profession, value of the research topics, potential researches approaches and deliverables.

IT Audit Research Sumposium 2008 (PDF, 30 KB)
IT Audit Research Symposium 2007 (PDF, 12KB)
IT Audit Research Symposium 2006 (PDF, 230 KB)

Effective Compliance Systems
On March 20-21, 2001, a forum on "Effective Compliance Systems" was held at the University of Texas-Austin and funded by the Allan O. Hinkle Memorial Award Fund. This forum addressed the development and implementation of effective institutional/organizational compliance systems in response to The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). While the forum was targeted specifically to college and university systems, health-care centers with medical schools or significant research components, and nonprofit research organizations, the content is relevant to compliance in any governmental agency or large company. Universities and other nonprofit institutions have experienced significant problems and fines because their systems have not been compliant with the increasingly complex laws and regulations.

The proceedings were published as Effective Compliance Systems: A Practical Guide for Educational Institutions (2001).

Other Symposiums and Forums:

• May 2001: Electronic Systems Auditability and Control (e-SAC) plenary conference, Orlando, Florida
• April 1995: Client-Server in an Open System, Cleveland, Ohio
• April 1993: Audit, Control and Security Issues in Networks, Cleveland, Ohio
• May 1991: Measuring Internal Audit Productivity, University of Texas in Austin, Texas
• September 1990: Audit, Control and Security of Paperless Systems, Orlando, Florida
• October 1989: Performance (Value-for-Money) Auditing in the Public Sector, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
• September 1988: Advanced Technology Forum, Systems Development Methodologies and Controls