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From The President

Dear Readers,

The International Conference 2018 scheduled from May 6-9 seems a good 6 months
away, but I can assure you that at the IIA offices things are extremely busy with the
board, executive committee, volunteers and staff working hard behind the scenes to
ensure a highly successful conference. Our aim is to ensure an experience never felt
before by the delegates in any other conference. We are also setting our sights extremely
high and are seeking to break all records achieved by the earlier conferences.
We are extremely privileged to have received the Patronage of His Highness Sheikh
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and
Ruler of Dubai for the International Conference. This is a huge honor for us at the UAE
IAA.
Several road-shows for the IC 2018 have been conducted and members of the board,
executive committee and staff have attended them in Kuwait, UK, Malaysia, Indonesia
and Korea. The response has been extremely satisfying and several enquiries have been
made with the officials present. The members have also started enquiring on the details
of the conference and have expressed their support. We are calling for volunteers who
are willing to be a part of this mega-event. Please reach out to us by emailing at info@
uaeiaa.org your details.
The 7th Chief Audit Executive Conference is scheduled to be held from December
12-13 in Dubai. We are glad to announce that the President and CEO of IIA Global,
Mr. Richard Chambers will be gracing the event and is one of the keynote speakers. The
event will also include the 3rd cycle of the Best Practice Awards in Internal Audit. This
year’s cycle has been extremely positive with a good number of entries from several first

time organizations. We wish them all the best.

Regards,

Abdulqader Obaid Ali
President

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