With the cooperation of the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA Qatar Chapter) and the Scientific Accounting Association (SAA), Gulf Drilling International sponsored the Chapter’s second National Conference on Auditing, held at Collage of North Atlantic-Qatar (CNA-Q), from the 4^{th till 6th of May, 2010.}

HE Abdullah Bin Ahmad Al-Attiyah, Deputy Premier and Minister of Energy and Industry, delivered the opening address at the conference on May 5th , while other key speakers included Mr. Saleh Bin Ghanim Al-Ali, Head of State Audit Bureau, and Mr. Michael Dalby, Advisor Qatar Financial Markets Authority.

GDI was a silver sponsor to this significant event held under the theme "Internal Auditing in a challenging world’’. A gala dinner for the conference participants was held in Al-Sharq Hotel, attended by many senior management members of the company, during which GDI gained recognition as a company who has always sponsored and supported such key events.

Attendees at the conference included Internal Auditors, External Auditors, Business consultants, Risk managers, General Managers, members of Audit Committees, Educators in addition to many people from across the business world disciplines.