DataSnipper Connect

DataSnipper Connect

DataSnipper Connect

London '26

London '26

London '26

2-3 June 2026, The Pelligon, London

Earn up to 5 CPE credits

Join industry leaders and innovators who are transforming the future of financial operations through cutting-edge technology and intelligent automation

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Previous Industry Thought Leaders

As artificial intelligence continues to revolutionize financial services, the conversation often focuses on broad, theoretical possibilities. Finn helped shift the narrative.

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Will Hyde

Audit Data Analytics Specialist at Moore Kingston Smith

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Simone Segnalini

Digital, Risk & Transformation Leader at RSM Italy

Regardless of your job or level, you’ll have to develop a working relationship with AI. Simone helped us understand the steps to make it happen.

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About

DataSnipper Connect is THE premier event for forward-thinking, AI-driven Audit & Finance professionals

Blue 3D Abstract

3 Categories, 9 sessions with Exceptional speakers

Join industry leaders and innovators who are transforming the future of financial operations through cutting-edge technology and intelligent automation. Whether you're looking to revolutionize your audit processes, leverage AI for smarter financial insights, or connect with peers pushing the boundaries of what's possible—this is where the future of the profession comes together.

Recognizing Auditors and Finance Professionals world-wide

Your work ensures transparency, accountability, and integrity in an increasingly complex world. Join fellow professionals who are advancing the profession through innovation, collaboration, and a shared commitment to excellence. This is where those who protect financial trust come together to shape its future.

Datasnipper's Audit Awards 2026

Every year, we honor the extraordinary achievements of audit professionals who are making a difference with DataSnipper. Meet the remarkable winners of last year’s Audit Awards - leaders, innovators, and heroes shaping the future of audit.

Every year, we honor the extraordinary achievements of audit professionals who are making a difference with DataSnipper. Meet the remarkable winners of last year’s Audit Awards - leaders, innovators, and heroes shaping the future of audit.

Newcomer of the Year

Mapula Sebati

Auditor-General of South africa (AGSA) Audit Trainer

Hero of the year

Katie Freeman

MarksNelson,Manager

Audit MVP of the Year

Mary Mantes

Moore Australia,
CPA Audit Senior

Categories

Experience exceptional speakers & session across three of the most important categories in our space

Trusted AI Evidence

The audit profession stands at a critical juncture: AI is entering workflows rapidly, but can it be trusted as audit evidence? This track examines how to adopt AI that supports, not replaces, professional judgment.

The Technology-Driven Firm

Audit and finance organizations are undergoing their most significant transformation in decades. This track explores how firms are becoming technology enterprises: requiring new technical capabilities, governance structures, and talent models.

The Augmented Auditor

AI's real value isn't in chatbots, it's in agentic systems that amplify human capability. This track moves beyond surface-level automation to explore AI that actively strengthens professional judgment

Agenda

Day 1

Day 2

9:00 – 10:00 AM

60 min

Foyer

Registration / Continental Breakfast at Cipriani, 25 Broadway

10:00 - 10:05 AM

60 min

Foyer

Welcome to DataSnipper Connect

10:05 – 10:30 AM

30 min

Great Hall - Mainstage

KEYNOTE

Welcome to the Agentic Era

DataSnipper CEO Vidya Peters kicks off Connect NY 2026.

Vidya Peters

CEO at DataSnipper

Special Guest

10:30 – 10:45 AM

15 min

Great Hall - Mainstage

Customer Spotlight: FGMK

Nicholas Robbins

Director, FGMK

10:45 – 11:35 AM

45 min

Great Hall - Mainstage

Product Updates: Audit Innovation with DataSnipper Product Team

DataSnipper's Product Leadership presents the roadmap and vision for the next era of AI-native audit — covering agentic workflows, new automation capabilities, and where the platform is headed.

Thilo Richter

VP, Product and Engineering at DataSnipper

11:30 AM – 12:00 PM

30 min

Great Hall - Mainstage

KEYNOTE

IIA’s Guidance on Internal Audit Future

Anthony Pugliese

President & CEO, Institute of Internal Auditors

Lunch Break: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

1:00 PM – 1:40 PM

40 min

Great Hall - Mainstage

KEYNOTE

How to Govern the Future - Artificial Intelligence and the Road Ahead

Every institution deploying AI will have to prove it works as claimed. That's an assurance problem, landing on a profession that already knows how to test a control and evidence a claim. Alondra Nelson wrote the White House Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights and co-authored Auditing AI. She closes the day with where regulation goes next.

Alondra Nelson

Science & Technology Policy Leader; Former Deputy Assistant to President
Joe Biden & Director, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

1:40 PM – 2:00 PM

15 min

Great Hall - Mainstage

BREAKOUT SESSION

AI in Action: External Audit in the Age of AI with Aprio

Hear directly from an external audit leader on how their team has integrated DataSnipper into their day-to-day workflows to modernize the way they work. Walk away with a real-world procedure example you can learn from, replicate, and bring back to your own team.

1:40 PM – 2:00 PM

15 min

Breakout

BREAKOUT SESSION

AI in Action: Procedure Example for Internal Audit with ADT

Hear directly from an internal audit leader on how their team has integrated DataSnipper into their day-to-day workflows to modernize the way they work. Walk away with a real-world procedure example you can learn from, replicate, and bring back to your own team.

Brian Blum

Senior Manager - Internal Audit, ADT

2:00 PM – 2:30 PM

30 min

Great Hall - Mainstage

BREAKOUT SESSION

Fireside Chat: The People Side of AI: Talent, Maturity, and the Future of Internal Audit

This panel digs into what adopting AI actually takes, who on your team uses it, what a junior auditor's first two years look like when agents handle the sampling, and how you hire for skills that didn't exist three years ago. An honest look at AI maturity, from people building audit teams right now.

Christina Kallai

Director of Internal Audit, Salesforce

Kristen Viniotis

Managing Director, Protiviti

Remco de Vries

VP of Marketing, DataSnipper

2:00 PM – 2:30 PM

30 min

Breakout

BREAKOUT SESSION

Fireside Chat: AI in Action at Standish Management

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM

30 min

Great Hall - Mainstage

Fireside Chat: Audit Standards in the Age of AI

As AI reshapes how audits are performed, the standards and frameworks that govern the profession are facing new pressure to keep pace. This session takes a closer look at where audit regulation is headed, what firms and practitioners need to know today, and how to stay ahead of an evolving compliance landscape.

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM

30 min

Breakout

Audit Trust & Defensibility in the era of AI

As AI becomes embedded in audit workflows, one question rises to the top: how do you stand behind your work? This session explores what it means to build audit processes that are not only efficient but explainable, defensible, and built to withstand scrutiny from clients, regulators, and standard-setters alike

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

60 min

Great Hall - Mainstage

CPE credit eligible

Panel: 2026 Audit Trends You Need to Know

This panel digs into what adopting AI actually takes, who on your team uses it, what a junior auditor's first two years look like when agents handle the sampling, and how you hire for skills that didn't exist three years ago. An honest look at AI maturity, from people building audit teams right now.

Ted Flom

Partner, Risk Advisory, Armanino

Jessie Kanter

Partner, Citrin Cooperman

Kristopher Knight

Public Finance Director, Americas, Microsoft

Daniel Cegelski

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

60 min

Breakout

CPE credit eligible

From Compliance to Insight: Elevating the External Audit Experience

Compliance is the baseline but what comes next? This session dives into how external audit practitioners are moving beyond checkbox compliance to deliver deeper insight and greater value to their clients. Hear how leading audit teams are transforming their day-to-day workflows with DataSnipper to work smarter, faster, and more strategically.

Rui Sun

Senior Manager, Matthews, Carter & Boyce

4:00 PM - 4:05 PM

5 min

Great Hall - Mainstage

Audit Awards

4:05 PM - 5:00 PM

55 min

Great Hall - East

Evening Reception & Networking

Day 1

Day 2

9:00 – 10:00 AM

60 min

Foyer

Registration / Continental Breakfast at Cipriani, 25 Broadway

10:00 - 10:05 AM

60 min

Foyer

Welcome to DataSnipper Connect

10:05 – 10:30 AM

30 min

Great Hall - Mainstage

KEYNOTE

Welcome to the Agentic Era

DataSnipper CEO Vidya Peters kicks off Connect NY 2026.

Vidya Peters

CEO at DataSnipper

Special Guest

10:30 – 10:45 AM

15 min

Great Hall - Mainstage

Customer Spotlight: FGMK

Nicholas Robbins

Director, FGMK

10:45 – 11:35 AM

45 min

Great Hall - Mainstage

Product Updates: Audit Innovation with DataSnipper Product Team

DataSnipper's Product Leadership presents the roadmap and vision for the next era of AI-native audit — covering agentic workflows, new automation capabilities, and where the platform is headed.

Thilo Richter

VP, Product and Engineering at DataSnipper

11:30 AM – 12:00 PM

30 min

Great Hall - Mainstage

KEYNOTE

IIA’s Guidance on Internal Audit Future

Anthony Pugliese

President & CEO, Institute of Internal Auditors

Lunch Break: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

KEYNOTE

How to Govern the Future - Artificial Intelligence and the Road Ahead

Every institution deploying AI will have to prove it works as claimed. That's an assurance problem, landing on a profession that already knows how to test a control and evidence a claim. Alondra Nelson wrote the White House Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights and co-authored Auditing AI. She closes the day with where regulation goes next.

Alondra Nelson

Science & Technology Policy Leader; Former Deputy Assistant to President
Joe Biden & Director, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

1:40 PM – 2:00 PM

15 min

Great Hall - Mainstage

BREAKOUT SESSION

AI in Action: External Audit in the Age of AI with Aprio

Hear directly from an external audit leader on how their team has integrated DataSnipper into their day-to-day workflows to modernize the way they work. Walk away with a real-world procedure example you can learn from, replicate, and bring back to your own team.

1:40 PM – 2:00 PM

15 min

Breakout

BREAKOUT SESSION

AI in Action: Procedure Example for Internal Audit with ADT

Hear directly from an internal audit leader on how their team has integrated DataSnipper into their day-to-day workflows to modernize the way they work. Walk away with a real-world procedure example you can learn from, replicate, and bring back to your own team.

Brian Blum

Senior Manager - Internal Audit, ADT

2:00 PM – 2:30 PM

30 min

Great Hall - Mainstage

BREAKOUT SESSION

Fireside Chat: The People Side of AI: Talent, Maturity, and the Future of Internal Audit

This panel digs into what adopting AI actually takes, who on your team uses it, what a junior auditor's first two years look like when agents handle the sampling, and how you hire for skills that didn't exist three years ago. An honest look at AI maturity, from people building audit teams right now.

Christina Kallai

Director of Internal Audit, Salesforce

Kristen Viniotis

Managing Director, Protiviti

Remco de Vries

VP of Marketing, DataSnipper

2:00 PM – 2:30 PM

30 min

Breakout

BREAKOUT SESSION

Fireside Chat: AI in Action at Standish Management

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM

30 min

Great Hall - Mainstage

Fireside Chat: Audit Standards in the Age of AI

As AI reshapes how audits are performed, the standards and frameworks that govern the profession are facing new pressure to keep pace. This session takes a closer look at where audit regulation is headed, what firms and practitioners need to know today, and how to stay ahead of an evolving compliance landscape.

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM

30 min

Breakout

Audit Trust & Defensibility in the era of AI

As AI becomes embedded in audit workflows, one question rises to the top: how do you stand behind your work? This session explores what it means to build audit processes that are not only efficient but explainable, defensible, and built to withstand scrutiny from clients, regulators, and standard-setters alike

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

60 min

Great Hall - Mainstage

CPE credit eligible

Panel: 2026 Audit Trends You Need to Know

This panel digs into what adopting AI actually takes, who on your team uses it, what a junior auditor's first two years look like when agents handle the sampling, and how you hire for skills that didn't exist three years ago. An honest look at AI maturity, from people building audit teams right now.

Ted Flom

Partner, Risk Advisory, Armanino

Jessie Kanter

Partner, Citrin Cooperman

Kristopher Knight

Public Finance Director, Americas, Microsoft

Daniel Cegelski

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

60 min

Breakout

CPE credit eligible

From Compliance to Insight: Elevating the External Audit Experience

Compliance is the baseline but what comes next? This session dives into how external audit practitioners are moving beyond checkbox compliance to deliver deeper insight and greater value to their clients. Hear how leading audit teams are transforming their day-to-day workflows with DataSnipper to work smarter, faster, and more strategically.

Rui Sun

Senior Manager, Matthews, Carter & Boyce

4:00 PM - 4:05 PM

5 min

Great Hall - Mainstage

Audit Awards

4:05 PM - 5:00 PM

55 min

Great Hall - East

Evening Reception & Networking

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Join us and bring your team to help transform the future of Audit and Financial Operations.

Improve your audit quality and enable your auditors to focus on high-value activities:

✓ Help us build further confidence in AI-driven Assurance

Automate repetitive tasks like document matching, extraction

✓ Join the conversation about the Technology driven Firm of the future

Reduce human errors by streamlining data validation

✓ Find out what it takes to truly become an AI-augmented Auditor or Finance professional

Handle large volumes of data, enable broader audit coverage & compliance

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