Letter from the President

Publication Date: March 16, 2022

Hello ACUA family!

I hope your year is off to a happy and healthy start. We are eager to be starting a new ACUA year with some exciting initiatives and benefits for our members. I wanted to use this letter to highlight some of these initiatives ACUA is pursuing this spring. As a reminder, ACUA’s Member Needs Assessment Survey launched on February 28^th. This is a great opportunity to help us shape the strategic trajectory of ACUA to meet your needs!

Additionally, we are moving steadfastly toward the Audit Interactive (AI) conference, and for the first time, we will be co-located with URMIA for a portion of this event. ACUA members have paired with their own institutional experts to provide a number of sessions that will dive deep into various topics while keeping the internal audit perspective. This conference also promises to provide our members with coveted networking opportunities and new opportunities to network with our URMIA colleagues.

At this point, registration numbers are looking great, and we cannot wait to see so many of you in person again. That being said, we haven’t forgotten about those of you who have embraced and thrived in the virtual learning environment. As such, our Virtual Learning Committee is working with ACUA members and strategic partners to provide a mix of 12 webinars and roundtables this year, some of which will be extended sessions. This will provide more opportunities to obtain CPE credits virtually, and we will soon be releasing a robust schedule of e-learning opportunities for the remainder of the year. With the success of last fall’s hybrid AuditCon conference, we are exploring options to embrace a hybrid platform again at AuditCon this September.

As a reminder, we have a Call for Proposals open, and submissions are actively being accepted. I would especially challenge those of you who have never submitted a proposal to take a chance! In fact, we are introducing a new ACUA Future Speakers session at AI to bridge the knowledge gap on this process! If you participate in the session, you will still have time to submit a proposal for AuditCon this fall. (And, speaking of chances, AuditCon will be in Vegas this year!) 

Finally, I should remind you that ACUA is committed to the safety and security of our membership for the upcoming conference, as indicated in our most recent communication:

“ACUA cares about your well-being and has placed social distancing measures in place for attendees to gather safely and comfortably. Please find the official ACUA COVID statement here, which includes highlights of the safety plan and the City of Raleigh’s current procedures.

While there are no guarantees of safety, ACUA is doing its best to safeguard your well-being, providing an engaging learning environment as well as opportunities to network with your colleagues, especially with our co-locators, URMIA.”

Best wishes, and see you all at AI!

Brian Daniels, President