Paul Cardno

Automation & Innovation Director 3M

Paul is the Automation & Innovation Director at 3M, where he leads a global team of experts focused on identifying, building, and successfully launching new technologies across the 3M's Digital Marketing operations. Since January 2023, Paul has been leading the company's rollout of Generative AI technologies, where his team have delivered and operationalised multiple high-impact global solutions that are accelerating speed to market, driving major process shifts, reducing costs, increasing productivity, and building employee engagement wherever they work. Paul has been featured in The Times, The New Statesman, AI Magazine and on MSN, TechRadar Pro, TechRound and Sustainability Magazine.

Agenda Day 1

2:00 PM Panel Discussion – When Everyone Can Build: Tools, Access, and Control in the Age of Open AI Integration

AI is no longer confined to central platforms. Teams can now build, connect, and deploy AI capabilities directly into workflows. Tools like Claude and Microsoft Copilot are just the starting point; open frameworks and APIs are putting real power in the hands of employees. The opportunity is speed and innovation. The risk is uncontrolled sprawl: where AI systems are built, integrated, and used without consistent oversight. This session focuses on how to enable widespread AI adoption while maintaining control over data, usage, and risk.

• Balancing open access with guardrails on who can build and integrate.

• Governing how data flows across user-built AI tools and systems.

• Containing risk when distributed AI systems fail or behave unexpectedly.

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