Agenda Day 3: Workshop Day
Join us on September 23rd for our Workshop Day, deep-diving into future-proofing your AI strategy, governing agentic systems, communicating effectively to C-Suite, and red-teaming agentic AI.
Morning Sessions
9:00 am - 10:30 am
Workshop 1 Governing the Unknown: Stress-Testing Your AI Governance for What Comes Next
Sue Turner OBE -
AI Governance Expert & Professor in Practice for AI and Technologies,
University of Bristol Business School
AI governance frameworks were built for systems that assist human decision‑making.
University of Bristol Business School
They are already being strained by agentic AI, and further capability leaps are coming
faster than most organisations are prepared for. This workshop pushes beyond
today's comfort zone, taking participants into structured, practical planning for the AI
landscape of 2028–2029. Rather than asking if governance models will need to change,
the session focuses on where they will fail first and how organisations can see those
breaks coming.
Attendees will:
• Stress‑test their current AI governance frameworks against three realistic near‑future
scenarios, including near‑AGI capability.
• Pinpoint the assumptions, controls, and processes most likely to break as AI
capabilities jump again.
• Build early warning indicators tailored to their organisation, enabling earlier, more
confident strategic intervention.
Sue Turner OBE
AI Governance Expert & Professor in Practice for AI and TechnologiesUniversity of Bristol Business School
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Morning Networking Coffee Break
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Workshop 2 Influencing the C-Suite: Communicating Responsible AI to Business Leaders
Barbara Zapisetskaya -
Principal Counsel,
EBRD
Responsible AI has moved beyond a technical or compliance concern, it is now a
leadership, trust, and strategic decision‑making challenge. Yet many RAI initiatives
fail to gain executive traction because they are framed in the wrong language, at the
wrong level, or without clear business relevance. This interactive workshop is designed
to help Responsible AI leaders and practitioners confidently influence the C‑suite,
translating RAI from abstract principles into decisions that support growth, innovation,
and organisational trust.
Attendees will:
• Reframe Responsible AI in terms the C‑suite cares about: risk, value, reputation, speed,
and growth.
• Translate complex RAI concepts into clear, business‑ready narratives that align with
executive priorities.
• Build confidence and practical strategies to secure leadership buy‑in, handle
challenge, and move RAI conversations from principle to action.
Networking Lunch
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Networking Lunch
Afternoon Sessions
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Workshop 3 Governance Rewired: Designing Oversight for Autonomous AI Systems
Andrew Harrison -
Agentic & GenAI Governance Advisor,
ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
As AI systems become increasingly autonomous, traditional governance models
are falling behind. Agentic AI can act faster than human oversight allows, exposing
organisations to operational, ethical, and reputational risk if governance does not
evolve. This interactive workshop equips leaders with practical tools to redesign AI
governance for autonomy; balancing speed, accountability, and trust without reverting
to manual control that slows innovation.
Attendees will:
• Redesign decision rights and escalation paths for AI systems operating with limited or
no human intervention.
• Explore scalable human‑in‑the‑loop models that preserve oversight without
constraining performance.
• Define accountable technical leadership structures to ensure transparency,
auditability, and control.
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Afternoon Networking Tea Break
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Workshop 4 Red Teaming Agentic AI: Defending Against Prompt Injection in Practice
As AI agents become more autonomous and integrated into enterprise workflows, they
introduce new and evolving attack surfaces, particularly through prompt injection and
manipulation. Many organisations understand the concept of red teaming, but struggle
to apply it effectively to dynamic, agent-based systems that interact with tools, data,
and other models. For Security, Risk, and Responsible AI teams, testing these systems
can feel complex, fast-moving, and difficult to operationalise.
This workshop takes a practical, hands-on approach to identifying and mitigating
prompt injection risks in Agentic AI systems.
Attendees will:
• Understand how prompt injection attacks target AI agents and system workflows.
• Learn practical red teaming techniques for testing agentic systems.
• Explore how to design controls and guardrails against manipulation risks.
• Identify how to embed continuous testing into AI development and deployment.
