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. 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.
University of Bristol Business School
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 – Designing the AI-Ready Workforce: A Blueprint for Responsible Adoption at Scale
Mariana Hebborn -
Global Head of HR AI & Data Governance,
Merck Group
details to be announced
Networking Lunch
12:30 pm - 2:15 pm
Networking Lunch
Afternoon Sessions
1:15 pm - 2:45 pm
Workshop 3 - Influencing the C-Suite: Communicating Responsible AI to Business Leaders
Barbara Zapisetskaya -
Principal Counsel,
EBRD
Responsible AI is no longer a technical or compliance issue alone — it is a leadership and trust challenge. Yet many Responsible AI initiatives struggle to gain traction at the executive level due to misaligned language, competing priorities, and unclear business value.
This interactive workshop is designed to help Responsible AI leaders, practitioners, and cross functional teams confidently engage senior leadership and the C suite on Responsible AI. The session focuses on how to communicate RAI in a way that resonates with business leaders, aligns with organisational strategy, and drives informed decision making without stalling innovation.
Through practical exercises and real world scenarios, participants will explore how to frame Responsible AI in terms of risk, value, reputation, and growth, and how to move conversations beyond principles to action.
Attendees will:
• Understand what C suite leaders care about when it comes to AI risk, opportunity, and trust, and how to tailor Responsible AI messaging accordingly.
• Translate Responsible AI concepts into clear, business relevant narratives that resonate with executive priorities.
• Build confidence in influencing senior stakeholders, handling challenge, and addressing common executive objections.
• Develop communication strategies to secure leadership buy in and align stakeholders across the organisation.
Walk away with practical frameworks, messaging tools, and leadership ready talking points to successfully position Responsible AI as a strategic enabler, balancing speed, innovation, and trust at the highest levels of the organisation.
2:45 pm - 3:00 pm
Afternoon Networking Tea Break
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Workshop 4 - Governance Rewired: Designing Oversight for Autonomous AI Systems
Andrew Harrison -
Agentic & GenAI Governance Advisor,
ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
As AI systems gain unprecedented autonomy, traditional governance frameworks are struggling to keep up. Agentic AI is making decisions faster than humans can intervene, and organisations that cling to conventional oversight risk operational, ethical, and reputational failures.
This interactive workshop equips leaders with the tools and frameworks needed to design governance systems that are both robust and adaptable in the age of autonomous AI.
Attendees will:
• Reimagine decision rights and escalation paths for AI systems operating independently.
• Explore human-in-the-loop frameworks that scale without slowing innovation.
• Assign accountable technical leadership to ensure transparency and auditability.
Walk away with a practical blueprint for next-generation AI governance, including risk matrices, escalation protocols, and real-world dashboards to ensure your organisation can deploy autonomous systems safely, ethically, and at scale.
