Internal Audit Innovation Award 2026

What innovation in your Internal Audit function made you proud this year? This is your opportunity to showcase how your team is redefining the future of assurance and inspire peers by competing for the Protiviti Internal Audit Innovation Award 2026.

Whether you are leveraging agentic AI and continuous assurance, embedding real-time risk sensing into audit activities, strengthening governance over AI and digital ecosystems, or advancing integrated assurance across risk, compliance, cyber, and ESG ; We want to hear your story.

Share the initiatives that demonstrate how internal audit is evolving into a strategic, tech-enabled and future-ready function: moving beyond hindsight toward predictive insight, enhancing organisational resilience, and delivering measurable value in an increasingly complex and fast-changing world.

Register your presence and/or submit an innovative idea via the button.

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PROGRAM 12 November 2026 | Presentations

 *Depending on the number of innovative entries/presentations

*26 October: deadline for submission of innovative ideas.
* 12 November: Event at Protiviti Amsterdam.
                 *December: The winner(s) will present their winning idea and officially receive the Protiviti IAIA2026 award during the general meeting of IIA Nederland.

Please note that this is a LIVE in-person event. No virtual participation link (e.g., Teams or other online access links) will be shared for this session. Attendance is exclusively on-site. 

On 12 November, all submitted innovative ideas will be showcased. Please register if you want to join the audience and jury members. After the presentations, the winner of the Protiviti Internal Audit Innovation Award 2026 will be announced. During the IIA Annual Meeting, the winning idea will be presented to peers and leaders in the profession. Share your insights, inspire others, and help drive the future of Internal Audit together.
While the event will be conducted in English, presentations can also be delivered in Dutch! If you have any questions, please contact Peggy van Berkel via ia.innovation@protiviti.nl.

Both participants and submitters can earn 2 CPE credits.

This is a joint initiative between IIA Nederland and Protiviti.

The annual IIA meeting will be in December 2026.

Previous Winners