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Conference 2026 - Internal Audit in motion: Keeping pace with a changing Europe

Annual conference on global challenges affecting the internal audit profession

  • Conferences and summits

Public administrations are operating in an increasingly complex environment shaped by evolving budgetary priorities, technological innovation and geopolitical uncertainty. These developments are changing organisational risks and increasing expectations for accountability, performance and the effective use of public resources.

The 2026 Internal Audit Conference (IAS) Conference will explore how internal audit can adapt its skills, methodologies and strategic role to remain relevant and effective. Discussions will focus on the transformation of the EU budget, the growing importance of financial operations, the impact of technology and artificial intelligence on audit work, and the contribution of internal audit to sound governance, organisational resilience and proactive risk management.

 

  • auditing | financial control
  • Friday 11 September 2026, 09:00 - 18:00 (CEST)
  • Brussels, Belgium

Programme

  1. 11 Sep 2026, 09:00 - 10:30 (CEST)
    Opening remarks

    by Agnieszka Kaźmierczak, Director General of the Internal Audit Service and Internal Auditor of the European Commission

  2. 10:35 - 12:15 (CEST)
    Panel 1 - Transformations in the EU budget and new MFF: Safeguarding the finances of the European Union – from auditing expenditure to auditing financial operations
    • Maria Beatriz Sanz Redrado – Deputy Director-General of DG Budget 
    • Nata Lasmane, Director of the EU Funds Audit Department within the Ministry of Finance and Head of the Audit Authority and Head of AFCOS Latvia
    • Beatrice Devillon-Cohen, Independent Non-Executive Director for MUFG Securities EMEA, Independent Member of the Finance Committee (King’s College London) & Observer of the Audit Committee
  3. 12:30 - 13:30 (CEST)
    Lunch
  4. 13:45 - 14:15 (CEST)
    Ted-Xspeech

    by Andy Kovacs, Co-Founder & Corporate Learning Director at ELC Consultants

  5. 14:15 - 15:45 (CEST)
    Panel 2 – How technology is shaping the future of internal auditing
    • Alexander Rüehle, CEO and Co-Founder of Zapliance
    • Parara Jegatheeswaran, Information Security & Cybersecurity Consultant
    • Maciej Piolunowicz, Head of Internal Audit at BGK – Polish Development Bank
    • Cedric Hamaekers, CEO of the Institute of Internal Auditors Belgium
  6. 16:15 - 17:45 (CEST)
    Panel 3 - Organisational culture and adding value via internal audit
    • Bernard Magenhann, Director-General of the Joint Research Centre 
    • Virpi Vuorinen, Chief Audit Executive ING Bank and Chair of the ECIIA Banking Committee
    • Paul McAleavey, DG HR Principal Adviser for the Large-Scale Review of the Commission
    • Mark Vandersmissen, Chief Audit Executive of Audit Flanders 
    • Soledad Llamas Tutor, Director of Internal Audit, Risk Management, and Internal Control at Canal de Isabel II, and Chair of the ECIIA Public Sector Commission
  8. 17:45 - 18:00 (CEST)
    Wrap up

    by Agnieszka Kaźmierczak

Speakers

Internal Auditor of the European Commission and the EU autonomous bodies
Agnieszka KAŹMIERCZAK
Director-General
Co-Founder & Corporate Learning Director, ELC Consultants
Andy Kovacs
Director of the EU Funds Audit Department within the Ministry of Finance
Nata Lasmane
Founder and Director of Canary Wharf Information Security Consultants Ltd (CWISC Ltd)
PJ Jegatheeswaran

Practical information

When
Friday 11 September 2026, 09:00 - 18:00 (CEST)
Where
Charlemagne building
170, rue de la Loi, 1049 Brussels, Belgium
Who should attend
Public sector internal audit professionals, working in international organisations and EU member states
Languages
English
Organisers
Internal Audit Service

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