WHAT:      

Protiviti (www.protiviti.com), a global consulting firm, is hosting a Continuing Professional Education (CPE) event in Atlanta for finance and audit professionals designed to help them address some of the biggest challenges that businesses face today. Open to all levels and functions, Guidance Through Powerful Insights is a one-day learning and networking event featuring interactive sessions with Protiviti experts from across the country plus special guests. Participants will earn eight accounting and auditing CPE credits.

Sessions will explore such topics as:

• Working capital optimization
• Data security
• Fraud risk
• Audit committee panel reporting
• The PCAOB agenda
• Big data risk

WHEN:

Friday, Nov. 30, 2012
7 a.m. – 8 a.m. EST: Registration and continental breakfast
8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. EST: Education sessions (lunch provided)

WHERE:

Cobb Galleria Centre
Two Galleria Parkway
Atlanta, GA

WHO:

Speakers and sessions will include:

• Niraj Vashi, manager: Working Capital Optimization
• Jim DeLoach, managing director: The PCAOB Agenda for 2012 and Beyond: What it Means for Your Company
• Pam Verick, director: The (Condensed) Alphabet of Fraud – A Common Language of Scenarios and Risks
• Michael Walter, managing director, and Chris Manning, manager: Data Security Risk Management
• Audit Committee Panel Discussion‑ panelists include: John Huntz of Arcapita Ventures and Dr. Sridhar Ramamoorti, associate professor of accounting and director, Center for Corporate Governance, Kennesaw State University
• Earl Rousseau, managing director: Best Practices inHealth Care Auditing
• Anthony Chalker, managing director: Big Data ‑ Risks and Challenges

HOW:

Registration fee is $99 per person; group discounts are available. To register for this event, please visit www.protiviti.com/cpe.