Financial Reporting, Controls & Compliance Leadership Forum 2026

Join us for the Inaugural

Financial Reporting, Controls & Compliance Leadership Forum 2026

Join Calgary’s leaders for a practical forum on strengthening oversight, controls, and governance to build more resilient organizations.

Why Attend

Hear from leading industry experts and leave with actionable insights into how your organizations can stay ahead of today’s evolving landscape of emerging risks, rising regulatory expectations, and new technologies.

What's Included

• Teams receive 30% off when purchasing 6 tickets.
• Eligible attendees may earn CPD hours, subject to their professional body’s requirements.
• Lunch will be provided.

Forum Sessions

Featuring top experts across the industry, the forum will explore key issues affecting financial reporting leaders today, including:

• Cybersecurity in financial reporting and how leaders can strengthen governance before risks escalate.
• Resilient control environments that adapt to disruption, technology, and emerging risks.
• Lessons from reporting failures, including litigation trends and real-world control breakdowns.
• Benchmarking ICFR programs with peer insight into how organizations structure and govern controls.
• AI in finance and reporting, including its impact on audit, controls, governance, and ethical oversight.

Speakers

• Cheryl Wilks | Manager, Finance Systems & Data, Tourmaline Oil
• Chris Day | Partner, Purpose Benefits
• Chris Sorensen | Founder & President, Iteration Insights
• Jinu Varghese | Founder & CEO, CyAlpha Cyber Solutions
• Lori Caltagirone | President & CEO, Sunesis
• Melissa Stoesser Young | Partner, McMillan
• Michael Alguire | Head of Information Security, Servus Credit Union
• Raj Aujla | VP Energy, Axis Insurance
• Tonya Fleming | Manager, Private Markets & Innovation, Alberta Securities Commission
  

Who Should Attend

This forum is for professionals responsible for financial reporting, governance, compliance, audit, risk, and internal controls.

Reserve Your Seat

Register now to secure your spot and be part of the conversation shaping the future of financial reporting, controls, and compliance.

Agenda

9:00 AM

Opening Remarks & Acknowledgements

9:05 AM

AI is the Weapon Now: Cybersecurity in an Era of Accelerating Threat

10:05 AM

Beyond Resilience: Building Control Environments That Get Stronger Under Pressure

| B R E A K |

11:05 AM

When Non-Compliance Becomes Costly: An Insurance Perspective on Financial Reporting Risk, Fraud & Governance Failures

11:35 AM

What the Regulator Sees: Emerging Rules, Enforcement Trends & What They Mean for You

| L U N C H  &  N E T W O R K I N G |

1:05 PM

Mind the Gap: Mental Health’s Economic Toll and How Your EAP Can Close It

1:35 PM

ICFR in Transition: Benchmarking Where You Are, Understanding Where This Is Heading

2:35 PM

AI Across the Organization Panel: Exploring, Adopting & Overseeing

| B R E A K |

4:05 PM

Getting Ahead of It: What Organizations Need to Know Before AI Liability Lands

4:50 PM

Closing Remarks

| N E T W O R K I N G - D R I N K S  &  A P P E T I Z E R S |

Our Sponsors & Community Partners

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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