3rd Edition Kingdom GRC & Audit Revolution 2026
Summit | Gamification Championship | Awards
Trust. Intelligence. Assurance. Shaping the Future of Governance, Risk & Digital Audit for Saudi Vision 2030.
Featuring a line-up of World Class GRC & Audit Experts from | US | Europe | Middle East
16th - 18th November 2026 | 9AM - 5PM (GMT+3)
Riyadh, KSA
Richard Chambers
Senior Advisor, Risk and Audit, Optro
Edgar Perez
Top Global AI Keynote Speaker
Jamie Hull
Motivational Speaker
Terry Grafenstine
Chief Audit Executive at PenFed Credit Union
Abdulaziz Abalkhail
Group Chief Internal Audit Officer (GCIAO), Saudi Tadawul Group
Michael J. Fucilli
Seasoned Internal Audit Professional and Expert
Hossam El-Shaffei
Global Thought Leader in Internal Audit, Fraud Prevention, Compliance, Risk Management & Controls
Sultan Al Anazi
Chief Audit Executive, Saudi Tourism Authority
Dr. Ursula Schmidt
Board Member - IIA Luxembourg
Maher AlAiyadhi
Chief Internal Audit Officer, Expo 2030 Riyadh
Bader Alsheha
Chief Audit Executive, New Murabba Development Company
Joseph Carson
Chief Security Evangelist & Advisory CISO, Segura
Dr. Maysa Basoudan
Board Member, Saudi Anti-Fraud Association (SAFA) | Audit Committee Member, Saudi Awwal Bank | Assistant Professor of Forensic Accounting, Taibah University
Mario Madeddu
Authorized Manager | Head of Risk & Compliance, Amazon
Dr. Jad Fayad
Governance Executive Director, Confidential Government Entity
Javed A. Akbar
Chief Governance, Risk (GRC), Insurance and Data Officer, TASNEE
Samer Jannoun
Head of Regional Ethics & Compliance Special Oversight, Meta
Raheel Ahmed Chughtai
Advising Chief Governance Officer, & C-Suite Executives on Corporate Governance, Top ICT Listed Company
Faisal Al-Modlij
Board Corporate Governance Member, Sipchem
Abdalnaser Alqahtani
Chief Governance, Risk and Compliance Officer, New Murabba
Master Trainer | Audit
Dr. Dominik Foerschler
Claim to Fame:
- One of the world's most sought-after AI audit trainers, having delivered 350+ training sessions and keynote speeches globally on the Effective Use of AI in Internal Audit
- Managing Director of the Audit Research Center | ARC-Institute and Chairman of its Digital Transformation Board, pioneering gamified and AI-enabled audit training methodologies — including his own AI Digital Transformation Audit Stress Test framework
- Awarded by Richard Chambers as an Internal Audit Beacon Award Winner and named a Top 10 Global Thought Leader for Internal Audit
- Over 30 years of international audit and risk leadership at Deutsche Bank, CIBC and BMW, with assignments across Toronto, Chicago, New York, Madrid and London
Current Roles:
- Managing Director | Senior Equity Partner, Audit Research Center | ARC-Institute
- Chairman, Digital Transformation Board
Expertise:
- Practical application of AI across internal audit, risk and compliance functions
- Designing and delivering gamified, simulation-based audit training ("Serious Business Games") that mirror real-world GRC and crisis scenarios
- The AI Digital Transformation Audit Stress Test — his own methodology for pressure-testing audit teams' readiness for AI-driven risk events
- Translating institutional audit knowledge into next-generation, digitally native learning formats
What Our Participants Gain
By attending Dr. Dominik Foerschler's workshop, participants will:
- Navigate AI-driven crises: Work through executive-level simulations of AI fraud, deepfakes, and synthetic scenarios
- Sharpen decision-making under pressure: Learn how leaders act and decide when actions must withstand regulatory scrutiny
- Diagnose real governance failures: Break down real-world cases to expose where control frameworks fell short
- Apply AI governance standards: Translate frameworks like ISO 42001 into practical audit, risk, and compliance action
- Build board-ready incident response: Develop defensible responses leadership can stand behind when AI risk materializes
Master Trainer | GRC
ADRIAN RESAG
Claim to Fame:
- AI Governance & Risk Intelligence Leader, guiding executives through high-stakes, AI-driven crises and decision environments
- Founder of The AI Risk Institute, specializing in AI governance, ISO 42001, and enterprise AI risk frameworks
- Academic Director at OCEG, shaping global standards in AI-enabled governance, risk, and compliance (GRC)
- Over 15 years of experience securing complex, high-risk environments where technology, data, and operational risk converge
Current Roles:
- Founder, The AI Risk Institute
- Academic Director, OCEG
Expertise:
- AI model governance, bias, explainability, model drift, and third-party AI dependencies
- Executive-level simulations of AI-driven fraud, including deepfake and synthetic scenarios
- Building defensible, board-level responses to AI-related incidents
- Applying AI governance frameworks (ISO 42001, model risk frameworks) across risk, audit, and compliance
What Our Participants Gain
By attending Adrian Resag's workshop, participants will:
- Build an integrated enterprise GRC & resilience framework: Design governance structures that align with strategic objectives and scale resilience capability
- Master enterprise risk & compliance mapping: Prioritize critical controls and build executive risk heat maps and dashboards
- Navigate high-pressure crisis scenarios: Work through a live simulation covering AI governance failure, cyber escalation, regulatory investigation, and executive communication under pressure
- Design board-ready governance scorecards: Build resilience KPIs, risk appetite indicators, and board-level reporting dashboards
- Leave with a 90-day GRC maturity action plan: Turn workshop outputs into an executable roadmap for their organization
Supporting Partners
Coming Soon
CWI (GRC & Audit) Grand Slam Champions (First, Second and Third Place):
For the individuals with the highest scores in the Live VR Challenge.
Organizational Award Categories
1- Kingdom Internal Audit Gold Standard
Recognizes an outstanding internal audit function for excellence in audit quality, governance, innovation, stakeholder value, and measurable impact on organizational performance.
2- Kingdom Digital Audit Transformation Award
Recognizes an organization that has transformed its internal audit function through digital technologies, data analytics, automation, and continuous auditing, enhancing assurance, efficiency, and decision-making.
3- Kingdom Best Integrity & Ethics Program Award
Recognizes an organization with a robust integrity and ethics program that promotes ethical leadership, compliance, transparency, and accountability.
4- Kingdom Best Anti-Fraud & AML Excellence Award
Recognizes an organization that has implemented an outstanding Anti-Fraud & AML program, demonstrating excellence in fraud prevention, detection, investigation, and regulatory compliance.
5- Kingdom AI-Enabled Internal Audit Excellence Award
Recognizes an internal audit function that has successfully embedded AI, advanced analytics, and intelligent automation across the audit lifecycle, improving audit quality, efficiency, coverage, and predictive risk insights.
6- Kingdom Audit Innovation Award
Recognizes an internal audit team for pioneering innovative methodologies, emerging technologies, data-driven assurance, or continuous auditing that significantly enhances audit effectiveness and organizational value.
Individual Award Categories
1- Kingdom Internal Auditor of the Year
Recognizes an outstanding internal audit professional for exceptional leadership, innovation, integrity, and measurable impact on governance, assurance, and organizational performance.
2- Kingdom Fraud Detection Champion
Recognizes an individual for exceptional leadership, innovation, and commitment in fraud detection, prevention, financial integrity, and organizational resilience.
Organizational Award Categories
1- GRC Excellence Organization of the Year
Recognizes the organization that has demonstrated outstanding integrated governance, risk, and compliance practices delivering measurable business impact and resilience.
2- Continuous Assurance Excellence Award
Honors the organization that has best transformed traditional risk and compliance processes into continuous, technology-enabled assurance (AI, automation, real-time monitoring).
3- AI-Powered GRC Innovation Award
Awards the organization that has most effectively leveraged artificial intelligence and intelligent automation to elevate governance, risk management, and compliance outcomes.
4- Enterprise Resilience Excellence Award
Celebrates the organization that has built superior risk resilience that integrates cyber, operational, third-party, and strategic risk into a cohesive, forward-looking GRC framework.
5- AI Governance Excellence Award
Recognizes the organization that has demonstrated excellence in establishing responsible AI governance, ethical AI practices, regulatory compliance, and effective oversight of AI-enabled business operations.
Individual Award Categories
1- GRC Leader of the Year
Recognizes an outstanding Chief Risk Officer, Chief Compliance Officer, or GRC Head who has driven transformative leadership and cultural change in governance, risk, and compliance.
2- Risk & Compliance Professional of the Year
Honors an individual (risk manager, compliance leader, or GRC specialist) who has pioneered innovative, data-driven, or continuous risk and compliance practices with significant organizational impact.
Honorable Panel of Judges
Richard Chambers
Senior Advisor, Risk and Audit - Optro
Hossam El-Shaffei
Global Thought Leader in Internal Audit, Fraud Prevention, Compliance, Risk Management & Controls
Dr. Ursula Schmidt
Board Member - IIA Luxembourg
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hours of executive GRC, audit, risk & compliance sessions, keynotes & real-world case studies.0
hours of hands-on masterclass workshops on GRC, resilience & internal audit strategies.0+
leaders and professionals across governance, risk, compliance, audit & cybersecurity.0+
global speakers in GRC, digital audit, risk management, compliance & assurance.Event Description
The 3rd Edition Kingdom GRC & Audit Revolution Summit & Awards 2026 returns to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from 16–18 November 2026, bringing together the Kingdom's leading board members, regulators, Chief Audit Executives, Chief Risk Officers, Chief Compliance Officers, CISOs, governance leaders, and C-suite executives to shape the future of Governance, Risk, Compliance, Internal Audit, and Digital Assurance.
Against the backdrop of Saudi Vision 2030, AI-driven transformation, evolving regulatory expectations, cybersecurity threats, and digital disruption, the Summit provides an exclusive platform to explore emerging trends, innovative technologies, and global best practices that strengthen governance, resilience, and organizational trust.
The event features two days of executive summit sessions, including inspiring keynotes, panel discussions, real-world case studies, technology showcases, and a dedicated Audit & GRC Gamification Session, offering participants an engaging, interactive environment to experience modern audit, risk, and compliance challenges through practical simulations and collaborative problem-solving. The Summit concludes with a dedicated day of hands-on workshops and masterclasses focused on delivering practical skills and actionable strategies.
A key highlight of the event is the prestigious Kingdom Digital Audit & GRC Revolution Awards 2026, recognizing outstanding organizations, visionary leaders, and professionals who have demonstrated excellence, innovation, and leadership in Governance, Risk, Compliance, Internal Audit, and Digital Assurance across Saudi Arabia.
The Summit offers up to 22 CPE credits accredited by SAFA, while BCI members can claim 16.25 CPD hours. Participants will also receive an official CPD Group certificate and may be eligible for up to 20 CPD hours that support CPE/CPD requirements for IIA, IRM, ACPA and other professional institutions, subject to the recognition, approval and requirements of their respective professional bodies.
Who Should Attend
This Summit is designed for senior decision-makers and practitioners across governance, risk, compliance, and internal audit, including:
● Chief Audit Executives, Heads of Internal Audit, and Audit Committee Chairs / Members
● Chief Risk Officers, Chief Compliance Officers, and Chief Governance Officers
● Board Members and Non-Executive Directors with governance or audit oversight responsibility
● Heads of Risk Management, Compliance, Ethics, and Fraud Investigation
● Regulators and senior officials from government audit and oversight bodies
● GRC, ESG, and Cybersecurity Governance leaders
● Senior executives responsible for governance on giga-projects, sovereign investment programs, and critical infrastructure
● Professional body representatives and CPE/CPD-accredited practitioners (IIA, ACFE, IRM, SAFA, BCI)
Why You Should Not Miss This Landmark Forum
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Unrivalled speaker calibre: Hear directly from globally recognized authorities including Richard Chambers, Terry Grafenstine, and senior leaders from the IIA Global Board, and Saudi Arabia's own regulatory and giga-project institutions.
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Real-world, Kingdom-specific insight: Sessions are built around the practical realities of auditing and governing giga-projects, sovereign investment programs, and Vision 2030 initiatives — not generic global content.
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Direct access to decision-makers: Engage face-to-face with CAEs, board members, regulators, and C-suite risk and compliance leaders from Saudi Arabia's most influential public and private sector organizations.
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Actionable, skills-based learning: A dedicated workshop day delivers deep, practitioner-led sessions on GRC leadership, enterprise resilience, and internal audit strategy — designed to be applied immediately.
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Recognition on a regional stage: The co-located Awards Ceremony celebrates and benchmarks best-in-class governance, audit, and anti-fraud practice across the Kingdom and GCC.
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Certified professional development: 22 CPE Credits (SAFA, ACFE, IRM) plus 16.25 CPD hours for BCI members make this a career-relevant investment, not just a summit.