Description
Intended Audience:
- Internal Auditors: Professionals seeking to integrate AI into auditing processes.
- IIA Members: Institute of Internal Auditors members interested in AI advancements.
- Audit Professionals: Individuals in the audit field exploring tech-enhanced methods.
- Compliance Officers: Professionals focusing on compliance and interested in AI tools.
- Risk Managers: Those involved in risk assessment and management using AI technologies.
Session Date: Oct 22, 2025 (3 pm to 7 pm)
CPE: 4 CPE Hours
Venue: Voco Hotel Doha Westbay
Payment Method
1. Online Instant Payment
2. Bank Transfer (as guided below)
3. Credit Facility – PO – Kindly email at iia@iiaqatar.org or contact at 50328074
Bank Details
- Account name: The Institute of Internal Auditors Doha Chapter LLC (G)
- Account no: 240-454972-1-10-0
- Account Currency: Qatar Riyal
- IBAN: QA02 DOHB 0240 0454 9720 0100 1000 0
- Name of the Bank and address: Doha Bank, P.O box 50111, Mesaieed, Qatar
- City Name: Mesaieed
- Swift code: DOHBQAQA
Session Agenda
Part 1: Introduction to Generative AI in Auditing
| Topic |
Details |
| Welcome and Overview |
– Introduction to the workshop focusing on AI in internal auditing. |
| Generative AI in Audit and Compliance |
– How AI models can enhance audit efficiency, risk analysis, and compliance checks. |
| Ethical and Regulatory Considerations |
– Discuss ethical use of AI in auditing, data privacy concerns, and regulatory compliance. |
Part 2: AI-Enhanced Audit Reporting
| Topic |
Details |
| Demonstration: AI in Audit Reporting |
– Demonstration of using publicly available AI models for generating audit reports, risk assessments, and summaries. |
| Participant Activity: Creating Audit Reports |
– Hands-on session where participants use publicly available AI models to draft parts of an audit report. |
| Discussion and Feedback |
– Sharing experiences and discussing the applications in audit settings. |
Part 3: Risk Assessment and Data Analysis with AI
| Topic |
Details |
| AI in Risk Assessment and Data Analysis |
– Overview of using generative AI for risk identification and data analysis in auditing. |
| Live Demonstration: AI for Risk and Data |
– Demonstration on using AI to analyze data patterns, predict risks, and generate insights. |
| Participant Activity: AI-Driven Risk Assessment |
– Participants engage in an activity to identify risks and analyze data using AI tools.
– Understand the ethical components of AI and the usage of the same. |
| Group Discussion and Wrap-Up |
– Discuss how AI can transform traditional auditing methods, followed by a Q&A session. |
Workshop Requirements:
| Category |
Requirements |
| Participants |
– Laptop with internet access |
| – Basic understanding of auditing and AI concepts |
| Software & Tools |
– Access to publicly available AI models or similar AI text generation tools |
| – Data analysis tools integrated with AI (if available) |
| Materials |
– Workshop handouts focusing on AI applications in auditing |
| – Access credentials for AI tools (if required) |
Tools that shall be explored
- ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Claude, Perplexity, Gamma and many others
Note:
- Participants shall ensure to carry their laptops
- Internet would be provided at the premises. Your mobile hotspot may be used in case of challenges.
Workshop Takeaways:
| Category |
Takeaways |
| Practical Skills |
– How to use AI for efficient audit reporting and risk assessments. |
| Knowledge Enhancement |
– Understanding the potential of AI in transforming audit processes and compliance. |
| Ethical Considerations |
– Insight into the ethical and regulatory aspects of using AI in auditing. |
| Networking |
– Opportunity to discuss AI applications in auditing with peers. |
Fee: 700 200
Kindly contact 77377744 / 50328074 or iia@iiaqatar.org for corporate payment
Workshop Leader
Yousif Hussain
Director at EY and leads the AI Hub for MENA
Yousif Hussain is a Director at EY and leads the AI Hub for MENA. He has over 15 years of experience in data, AI, and digital transformation across Finance.
He helps leaders and consultants understand AI and use it well. He believes the best transformations happen when we focus on people first and let technology follow.
Previously, Yousif served as Chief of Staff and Global AI Lead, where he built and scaled a global AI team across 10 countries and delivered the firm’s Generative AI strategy. He has advised public and private sector clients on AI adoption and governance, delivered executive training globally, and worked with leading AI partners including Microsoft, NVIDIA, and Mistral.
Yousif believes that behind every successful AI project is a human story worth telling. His work focuses on helping people build confidence with AI, bridging the gap between technology and business, and making complex ideas simple, practical, and human.
He was recently recognised as a LinkedIn Top Voice in AI in the UAE, ranked second nationwide.
Hatem ElSafty
Partner EY | Risk Consulting
Hatem has more than 20 years of international experience in corporate governance, risk, technology, and tech risk consulting. He was the practice leader and head of Consulting services for a regional consulting firm in Qatar, wherein he led more than 40 consultants providing a wide range of risk, governance, technology risk, and tech consulting services for a range of government and public sector, energy, ICT, and financial services sector clients.
More recently, Hatem served as the Chief Internal Auditor at one of the world’s largest LNG maritime operators, based out of Qatar. He also brings a wealth of international and local industry experience, having spent over eight years in roles focused on risk, resilience, IT assurance, and internal audit, working with major energy clients such as BP in the UK and Qatar Energy LNG in Qatar.
In addition to his consulting work, Hatem is a regular instructor at Qatar University, where he teaches open education courses related to Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) and Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA). He has also delivered numerous seminars across various ministries on topics related to artificial intelligence and its implications for risk consulting.
Hatem is an avid networking professional with active involvement with the Institute of Risk Management (IRM) and the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) in the region.
