Financial Reporting, Controls & Compliance Leadership Forum 2026

Financial reporting leaders are under increasing pressure.

Regulators are sharpening expectations, cyber threats are reaching financial systems, artificial intelligence is transforming finance functions, and control failures are leading to real litigation and reputational consequences.

How are organizations responding?

Join industry leaders, auditors, legal experts, and peers for a full-day forum exploring how leading organizations are strengthening financial reporting oversight, internal control environments, and governance practices in a rapidly evolving risk landscape.

The Financial Reporting, Controls & Compliance Leadership Forum brings together finance and governance leaders to examine the emerging risks, regulatory expectations, and technological changes shaping modern financial reporting and internal control environments.

Through practical sessions and expert perspectives, the forum will explore key issues affecting financial reporting leaders today, including:

• Cybersecurity risks impacting financial reporting systems and how organizations are strengthening governance and control environments to mitigate these threats.
• Building antifragile control environments that adapt and strengthen in response to disruption, technological change, and emerging risks.
• Lessons from control and reporting failures, including litigation trends and the consequences of breakdowns in financial reporting processes and internal controls.
• Benchmarking financial reporting control programs, with peer insights into how organizations structure and govern ICFR programs.
• The impact of artificial intelligence on financial reporting, audit, and control environments, including perspectives from industry leaders.
• AI governance and ethics, including legal perspectives on responsible AI oversight.

Designed for professionals responsible for financial reporting oversight and internal control environments—including Controllers, Directors and Managers of Financial Reporting, CFOs and VP Finance, ICFR leaders, audit leaders, and governance and compliance professionals—the forum provides an opportunity to gain practical insights, benchmark practices with peers, and discuss how organizations are strengthening financial reporting governance in an increasingly complex environment.

Attendees may earn CPD hours by participating in this full-day forum, subject to the requirements of their professional body.

Join regulators, and industry experts for a full day of insight and discussion on the evolving landscape of financial reporting, controls, and compliance.

Lunch will be provided.

Register now to reserve your spot and be part of the conversation shaping the future of Financial Reporting, Controls & Compliance.

The Financial Reporting, Controls & Compliance Leadership Forum is made possible through the generosity of our sponsors and community partners, whose commitment reflects a shared dedication to advancing excellence across our industry.

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Purpose Benefits

Association of Certified Fraud Examiners - Calgary Chapter

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Calgary Petroleum Club - McMurray Room, 319 5 Avenue Southwest, Calgary, Canada

Concerts, fests, parties, meetups - all the happenings, one place.

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