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Internal Audit & Third‑Party Risk Summit

Identify Emerging Risks and Evaluate the Effectiveness of Business, Compliance and Regulatory Controls

The life science industry’s most in-depth forum — driven by industry, for industry — to equip the internal audit and governance community with proven strategies for conducting thorough and detailed audits of high‑risk areas enterprise‑wide, including deep‑dive sessions on company culture audits, IT audits, FCPA/third‑party audits and cyber security audits.

Who Should Attend

You will benefit from attending this meeting if you work at a pharmaceutical, biotech or medical device company with involvement or responsibility for:

  • Internal Audit
  • Internal Controls
  • Compliance
  • Enterprise Risk Management
  • Corporate Governance
  • Finance
  • IT
  • Legal
  • Risk Management

This event also benefits consultants, software providers, auditing firms and IROs that provide enterprise risk & assurance services to the life sciences industries.

What to Expect

Standards and Frameworks for Excellence

  • Discuss novel IA strategies for enhanced, risk-based auditing and reporting
  • Stay ahead of the curve with an eye to emerging risks in a global, complex market
  • Discover recent enforcement trends and top priorities of the SEC and DOJ

Best Practices for High-Risk Areas

  • Third-Party risk, FCPA and ABAC
  • Digital initiatives
  • Data security, IT and cloud-based systems 
  • Managed markets
  • Sales and marketing
  • Clinical and R&D
  • Patient assistance and support programs
  • SOX, Rev Rec and GTN
  • M&A and securities litigation

And More...

Customizable Programming and Valuable Networking

  • 2 in-depth Workshops
  • 2 tailored Tracks based on company size and scope
  • 6 focused Breakouts covering top risk areas and next- gen audit tactics
  • 8+ hours of networking with the IA and controller community

Senior Compliance Manager

Johnson & Johnson

Best conference I have attended. All material was very relevant; speakers were on point, sharp and insightful. Timing allocation was also excellent.