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      Conference Topics at a Glance

      This year’s conference theme is From Risk Insight to Action. Discover how to translate insights into action, drive accountability and elevate your teams by enabling sharper, enterprisewide risk reflexes. Explore our topics, all developed with this theme in mind.

      Embedding GenAI Into Audit Workflow

      Audit functions are rapidly adopting AI to improve audit efficiency, quality and risk management; yet achieving truly transformative results requires prioritization of use cases, an AI-literate audit team and a clear strategy. Explore the current state of AI in audit, how audit leaders are preparing their teams and aligning use cases to core audit workflows.

      Responding to Newly Emerged Risks

      Rapid proliferation of emerging and newly emerged risks challenges assurance executives and their teams to quickly spot, assess and guide business leadership to an efficient response that enables risk-balanced growth.  Learn the top risks and strategies to detect and coordinate risk treatments and actions. 

      Analytics-Driven Risk Insights

      Deepening risk insights requires building risk technology, analytics capability and making informed decisions on what technology to use and how best to deploy it.  Discover the best use cases, market analysis and proven approaches to accelerate and expand the application of advanced analytics and technology across your audit, risk and compliance functions. 
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      Hundreds of conference sessions were presented each day at Gartner Enterprise Risk, Audit & Compliance Conference 2025. While we work to develop this year’s agenda, filter to see sessions that align with your role and interests.

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      Monday, September 08, 2025

      09:30 AM - 10:15 AM CDT

      Gartner Opening Keynote: The Risk Reflex: Make Business Risk Ownership Automatic
      Chris Audet, VP, Research, Gartner
      Tegan Gebert, VP, Advisory, Gartner
      Hear Gartner’s unique “big picture” insights that will shape how you think about your most critical priorities, as well as spark strategic discussions with your peers throughout the conference – and your colleagues throughout the year. ... Show More Show Less

      11:00 AM - 11:30 AM CDT

      2026 Audit Plan Hot Spots Overview
      Daniel Ryntjes, Sr Principal, Advisory, Gartner
      This session will reveal the key findings from Gartner’s 2026 Audit Plan Hot Spots research. Attendees will get insight on the latest risk trends impacting audit plans and can use the session to benchmark and inform risk coverage priorities for the year ahead. ... Show More Show Less

      11:00 AM - 11:30 AM CDT

      Defining What It Means to Be a Digital Audit Function
      Eren Fry, Sr Director, Advisory, Gartner
      In an era of enterprisewide digitalization, how should CAEs focus on digitalizing the audit function? While digitalization promises to improve efficiency and drive stronger assurance outcomes, CAEs face challenges in determining the right strategy and its execution. Join this session to learn how to define the attributes and capabilities of a digital audit function, and discover how specific technologies can improve audit’s work. ... Show More Show Less

      11:00 AM - 11:30 AM CDT

      How to Align Your Risk Appetite to What Your Organization (and Its Leaders) Care About
      Matt Hoyles, Sr Principal, Advisory, Gartner
      A robust risk appetite framework and decision rules can be a powerful tool in ensuring the firm pursues its strategic objectives in an aligned and efficient way — but risk appetite is a complex concept that is often underdeveloped and thus not useful for driving decision making. Learn insights from Gartner's research on ways to ensure your risk appetite actually gets used, by aligning it to the most important decisions leaders need to make. ... Show More Show Less

      11:00 AM - 11:30 AM CDT

      How to Choose the Right Technology for Assurance Functions
      Jie Zhang, VP Analyst, Gartner
      Selecting the right technology solution is crucial for effective risk management and compliance. This session will guide you in creating a roadmap and strategy for investing in a risk tool platform, taking into account typical buying scenarios and organizational maturity. ... Show More Show Less

      11:00 AM - 11:20 AM CDT

      Market Guide to GRC Tools for Assurance Leaders
      Joel Backaler, Director Analyst, Gartner
      Amid increasingly complex risk profiles, assurance leaders are adopting governance, risk and compliance tools to increase access to risk data and ensure their organizations meet elevated oversight duties. Attendees can join to learn about the GRC market, common buyer needs and top market trends. ... Show More Show Less

      11:00 AM - 11:45 AM CDT

      Roundtable: Assessing Geopolitical Risks and Opportunities
      Chris Matlock, VP, Team Manager, Gartner
      We are experiencing a period of unprecedented volatility as governments shift policy positions and geopolitical priorities. Join this lightly facilitated, interactive session for heads of ERM to discuss and learn from peers about their approaches to assessing and monitoring geopolitical risks in this VUCA environment. Additionally, we will share a simple yet powerful geopolitical strategic risk assessment framework that can enhance your peer discussions. ... Show More Show Less

      11:00 AM - 11:45 AM CDT

      Roundtable: How Can ERM and Strategy Better Collaborate
      Jim Mello, Sr Director, Advisory, Gartner
      Enterprise risk management is often conducted in isolation, disconnected from the setting and execution of the firm’s strategy. ERM provides the most value when it assists leaders in pressure-testing and risk-proofing their strategies and strategic plans. Join this interactive session to learn from Gartner experts and your peers about different techniques for risk-proofing the most mission-critical decisions made by your organization's leaders. ... Show More Show Less

      11:00 AM - 01:00 PM CDT

      Senior Leadership Circle Research Discussion: Using Data-Based Risk Monitoring to Improve Risk Ownership (for CCEOs)
      Chris Audet, VP, Research, Gartner
      Many CCEOs find that their efforts to implement data-driven risk monitoring stall due to challenges in using data to detect organizational risks. Join this highly interactive session to learn how leading compliance organizations have made progress in using data to identify changes in compliance risk and enhance data-driven risk monitoring. ... Show More Show Less

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      “Great conference! There were a wide range of topics offered and opportunities to network with experienced risk professionals.”

      Roberta Gosselin
      VP, Treasury and Risk Management, Amica Mutual Insurance Company           

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