Like every year, the 2026 National Internal Auditors Conference will be the most important event in the country for professionals interested in exploring the latest trends, knowledge, and skills in Internal Auditing and its related fields.
Aware of the opportunities and challenges of our field, the IMAI has prepared, for this 42nd consecutive celebration of the Conference, a Technical Program that covers not only the most relevant advances in our profession, but also includes transformative aspects of Internal Auditing, so that its practitioners can continue to add value and increase the impact of their work in all types of organizations.
We will look at key topics such as Internal Control; Ethics and Compliance; ESG; Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Data Analytics; Artificial Intelligence; RPA (Robotic Process Automation); Multidisciplinary Team Building; Soft Skills, among other crucial subjects, led by the most outstanding national and international speakers in their fields.
IMAI invites all professionals in the country to strengthen and renew their bonds with colleagues and friends across the nation, to establish new personal and professional relationships, and to enhance the quality and impact of our work through the opportunities offered by the 2026 National Internal Auditors Conference.
Let's keep showing the great value and relevance that Internal Audit holds in the face of today's dynamic and complex scenarios, and in this 2026, let's continue together raising the impact!
| Speaker | Position | Conference | Theme |
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| President Elect Designee of the Association of Government Accountants, AGA / Partner at Summit | From Assurance to Impact – Internal Audit’s Role in Advancing the Mission. | COSO-ERM | |
| President and CEO of Stevemel Consulting, LLC | Cyber Risk Governance: Elevating Internal Audit and Board Oversight. | Cybersecurity | |
| Accounting STEM Educator | CPA | Former Federal Senior Executive | How Going Back to the Future with OMB A-123 Can Restore Trust Across Organizations: A 2026 Update. | Internal Auditing in Relation to Organizational Trust, Risk Management, and Data Protection | |
| Audit Results Strategist, 2025 & 2024 Beacon Award Recipient, Amplifying Your Audit Results, Compelling Audit Reports, Audit Speaker, Trusted Advisor | The Assurance Illusion—Closing the Gap Between Internal Audit Output & Business Impact | Audit Reports With Impact | |
| Cybersecurity expert | The Unique Role of the IT Audit-Savvy Internal Auditors in Solving a Major Unmanaged Risk | Internal Audit Facing Third-Party Risk | |
| Accounting Academic - Keynote conference presenter on AI, forensic analytics, and ethics - Author of Forensic Analytics / Morgantown, Virginia Occidental | Code, Catch, and Control: Supercharging Forensic Analytics with Artificial Intelligence | Forensic Analytics | |
| Fraud & Corruption Risk Expert | Pandemic Relief Programs Expert (testifying and consulting) | Fmr. Inspector General | Lawyer / CPA / CIA | NAPA Fellow | The Rising Role of Auditors in Combating Corruption and Fraud: A Survey of Global Good Practices and Case Studies | Role of Internal Audit in the Face of Fraud and Corruption | |
| Coach | Facilitator | Strategic Advisor | 25+ Years Leading Teams, Budgets & Change Across Sectors | Vertical Development, Risk Management and Communication: Understanding Modern Adult Development Theory | Critical Thinking and Communication Skills for Internal Auditors | |
| Internal Audit Manager, Podcast Host reaching 190 countries, Fraud, Risk & the humans behind the numbers. | Artificial Intelligence in Internal Audit — Practical Applications & Governance | Application and Governance of Artificial Intelligence | |
| Founder of the consulting firm Audit Forward / Keynote Speaker | The Data Detective: Actionable Analytics for All Phases of the Internal Audit | Data Analysis | |
| Award Winning Speaker | Inclusion Strategist | Sr. Consultant | Future Ready Feedback: Transforming Feedback with AI | Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) in the context of Internal Audit. | |
| Senior Anti-Corruption Expert of the UN Global Compact | Internal Auditing & the Redesign of Organizational Integrity of the UN Global Compact | Best Practices for Anti-Corruption and Integrity Promotion for Internal Auditors | |
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Head of Supervision, Internal Audit and Compliance at the BID.
Chief Ethics Officer at the BID.
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Responsible Artificial Intelligence: The Joint Role of Internal Audit and Ethics in Institutional Assurance. | Internal Auditing and Ethics in the Face of Artificial Intelligence |
Access to all materials and videos of the sessions for one month
If you are unable to attend the Forum in person, don't worry. By registering virtually, you can attend the events in real-time from any location, and connect with attendees, speakers, sponsors, friends and colleagues at the virtual networking chatroom of our platform, in which all in-person and virtual participants are logged in.
Attendees have the option of listening the sessions in the original language of our speakers (English / Spanish). Translated audio English-to-Spanish / Spanish-to-English for all sessions in real time is available to all registrants.
Additionally, all materials and the recorded videos of each conference (with the option of original or translated audio, and subtitles in your preferred language) will be accessible to you for a full month after the events, so that you can visualize them as many times as you wish, at your own pace, and at the most convenient times according to your schedule and circumstances.
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