Roundtable

Building Cohesive, Future-Ready Governance at Scale

9 June 2026 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm GMT
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Building Cohesive, Future-Ready Governance at Scale

As organiszations accelerate their adoption of AI, the pressure on leaders to build trusted, transparent, and well-governed systems has never been greater. Traditional data governance models, designed for structured data and predictable workflows, are struggling to keep pace with the speed, complexity, and evolving risk profile of AI-driven environments. At the same time, new roles across AI governance, risk, ethics, and compliance are emerging, creating both opportunity and ambiguity around ownership and accountability. Organiszations understand the importance of Responsible AI but lack the frameworks to implement it effectively. How can leaders evolve governance in a way that supports AI at scale without slowing innovation?
Organizsations that are making progress are treating governance as a strategic enabler rather than a constraint. This means aligning data foundations with AI lifecycle management, improving visibility into model behavior, and embedding accountability across functions. It also requires the right infrastructure to support real-time monitoring, transparency, and compliance, alongside the talent and operating models needed to manage these systems effectively. Governance can become a mechanism for building trust internally and externally while enabling faster, more confident decision-making.
This roundtable will explore how organisations can build a cohesive, future‑ready governance approach that spans data, AI, risk, and analytics. As AI adoption accelerates, we’ll discuss evolving data requirements, new regulatory pressures, increased scrutiny around model behaviour, and the challenge of turning responsible AI principles into practical operational frameworks.

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Speakers

Xanthe Bennett

Head of Solutions

Mike Stevens

Account Manager

Discussion Topics

Where governance frameworks are breaking down as AI scales, and the challenges of managing risk, transparency, and oversight across data and models.

How organiszations are redefining ownership and accountability across data, AI, risk, and compliance functions to support Responsible AI.

What it takes to operationalisze Responsible AI through practical controls, processes, and infrastructure that enable both innovation and trust.

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