The Audit Committee Forum said on the 15th that it will hold the first regular forum of 2026 on the 15th of next month.
The event will be held at the Westin Josun Hotel in Jung-gu, Seoul, under the theme of "strategic insights of audit committees in a changing macroeconomic environment and the age of artificial intelligence (AI)."
The Audit Committee Forum is a nonprofit corporation jointly established in 2018 by the four major accounting firms in Korea (Samil, Samjeong, Anjin, and Hanyoung) to enhance accounting transparency and strengthen the expertise of auditors and audit committee members.
This forum will focus on reviewing key pending issues of corporations amid a rapidly changing business environment for auditors and audit committee members and discussing the role of governing bodies to respond. The event will be held as a breakfast seminar.
In the first session, Cho Dong-chul, a professor at the KDI School of Public Policy and Management, will diagnose recent macroeconomic trends and major domestic risk factors under the theme of "outlook and tasks for the Korean economy" and present the direction that corporations should take.
In the second session, Kim Hak-beom, a partner in the Integrated Financial Services Group of the audit institutional sector at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (DTTL) Korea, will give a presentation on the theme of "in the AI age, the evolution of the role of governing bodies and oversight for building responsible AI governance."
An Audit Committee Forum official said, "In an environment where macroeconomic uncertainty and technological change are expanding simultaneously, the role of corporate governing bodies is expanding from simple monitoring to strategic oversight," and added, "We expect this forum to provide practical insights so that auditors and audit committee members can respond effectively to these changes."
Meanwhile, the forum is sponsored by the Financial Services Commission and The Korean Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis through the Audit Committee Forum website, and participation is free.