Make sure that you register for …… …… IFA General Members Meeting, Brussels, 31 March 2015 ….. IFA National Anti-Fraud Congress & European Anti-Fraud Congress, Brussels, 5 June 2015 ….. several other IFA-activities. More information in this March-issue. To all IFA-Members UPDATE 5 March 2015 Dear colleagues, We hereby update you on developments regarding our institute. Previous Updates and other news items can be found on our Blog. Content 1. Event & training agenda 1st semester 2015 2. General Members’ Meeting 2015 3. National Anti-Fraud Congress 2015 4. IFA Website 5. IFA Board of editors 6. IFA Training Committee 1. 2. Event & training agenda 1st semester 2015 12 March 2015 Brussels Whistleblowing IIA seminar 23 March 2015 Brussels Deferred Prosecution Agreements Transparency International seminar 25 March 2015 Leuven Intern onderzoek binnen de onderneming MD Seminars 31 March 2015 Brussels IFA General Members’ Meeting, with Academic Session IFA-event 2 April 2015 Brussels Bankruptcy: update of legal procedures and related fraud issues IFA-training 23 April 2015 Brussels Court experts under fire in civil affairs IFA-training 28 April 2015 Antwerp Security 2.1 SMB-conference 05 June 2015 Brussels European Anti-Fraud Congress IFA-conference General Members’ Meeting 2015 The General Members’ Meeting 2015 will take place in Brussels in the afternoon of Tuesday 31 March 2015. Venue: Diamant Conference Center, Bd. A. Reyerslaan 80, 1030 Brussels (in front of the VRT studios). Statutory session 15:30 - 16:30 The agenda will comprise a.o. an overview of the 2014 activities, approval of the 2014 financial statements, overview of 2015 planned activities, and 2015 financial forecast. Academic session 16:30 - 17:30 A business case for fraud auditing by Dr. Inez Verwey, Associate Professor at Nyenrode University , further to her dissertation named “Differences between (public) auditors and fraud auditors in their ability to identify fraud risks and plan effective procedures to mitigate fraud risks” (2014) Networking cocktail 17:30 - 18:30 The sessions will be followed by a networking cocktail. More information and registration via www.forensicaudit.be 2 3. National Anti-Fraud Congress 2015 The 3rd IFA National Anti-Fraud Congress will take place in Brussels on 5 June 2015 jointly with the European AntiFraud Congress (EIFA). Full-day program with several tracks followed by networking cocktail: Central Hall Language: E With a.o. key-note speakers Messrs Giovanni Kessler (Director General OLAF) and Bart Tommelein (State Secretary for the combat of Social Fraud, Privacy and North Sea) Rooms 1 & 2 Language: E Tracks Technology and Europe, with speakers from (a.o.): Airbus, Cert-EU, Euroclear, Eurojust, European Court of Auditors, EY, Gloobal, Johnson & Johnson and OLAF. Room 3 Languages: N/F Track Bankruptcy and Fraud in Belgium, with following speakers Frank Philipsen (ISIBBI), Michel Claise (Juge d’instruction), Patrick Waeterinckx (advocaat), Johan Lemmens (fiscalist IAB-IEC), Prof.dr. Ann Jorissen (Universiteit Antwerpen) and Ilse Mertens (receiver). Moderator panel debate: Johan Vlogaert (EIB). Entrance fees: * Private sector EIFA and IFA Members Supporting Members ** Public sector Incl. 21% VAT Early bird -/- 5% KMO-portefeuille -/- 50% € 599 € 499 € 539 € 299 € 569 € 427 € 512 € 284 € 299 € 225 € 270 N/A * Entrance fee gives access to all tracks from both EAFC and NAFC. ** Members of supporting organizations: IBR-IRE, IAB-IEC, BIBF-IPCF, ACFE, IIA, ISACA, ECSA. 4. IFA Website Our website has been updated and now takes into account the name changes, logo change and the changes in the articles of association. We invite you to give it a look and also take the opportunity to check whether your personal account is still OK. If there are any questions just let us know: [email protected]. 3 5. IFA Board of editors Further to the Members’ Survey of November 2014 IFA will keep the members informed on fraud related matters on a regular basis: legislation, jurisprudence, methodologies, techniques, tools, cases, etc. We will re-establish this knowledge sharing service via the IFA-website. We are looking for Members who are willing to join a Board of Editors that will supervise this knowledge sharing process. Should you be interested or require further information please make yourself known at [email protected]. 6. Training Committee Mrs. Lydia Ruelens has joined the IFA Training Committee that is now composed as follows:  Tania Baete RFA  Albert Bouwen RFA  Hilde De Cremer RFA  Frans Roest RFA  Lydia Ruelens  David Stout RFA. Do you have any recommendations or other suggestions for IFA? Please let us know! The Board of Directors IFA BELGIUM [email protected] 4 Our Sponsors Golden sponsors: BNP Paribas Fortis PricewaterhouseCoopers Forensic Services RSM Interaudit Sponsors: Callens Pirenne Forensic & Dispute Services Fidafisc i-Force KPMG Forensic Should you have any questions on sponsoring or require further information please contact us at [email protected] 5