The course will begin with a discussion of how IT impacts financial reporting and what the Audit Standards specifically or implicitly require of the auditor with respect to the entity’s use of IT. An expert panel of presenters will then walk participants through each phase of the risk-based financial audit process, highlighting important IT considerations at each step. Along the way, attendees will participate in collaborative group exercises that will drive home key concepts, while allowing them to share their own experiences and better understand how their clients’ use of IT impacts audit risk.

Sounds pretty exciting -- especially if you're in a firm that depends solely on you or your IT staff to support the IT audit function. I believe that auditors simply MUST develop a deeper  IT understanding if we're to meet the spirit of RBA standards, If this applies to people in your firm, here's your opportunity to help them.