Data & AI Governance: Building Trust in the AI Era

A private peer exchange for enterprise data and AI leaders

13 October

9:00am – 5:30pm

Warwick Hotel, Brussels

Join senior data, AI and governance leaders to explore how organisations are adapting governance for the next generation of AI, from agentic systems and ethical decision-making to regulatory readiness and governance automation.

Practical Case Studies

Hear practical case studies showcasing examples of creating value with data in leading organisations.

Exclusive Peer Networking

Exchange with a pre-qualified group of data and AI peers, for valuable, long lasting connections.

Focused Small-Group Discussions

Participate in focused, small group discussions, allowing to dive deeper into the subject.

Learn from senior enterprise data & AI leaders

Hear practical experiences from executives leading AI, data and analytics transformation inside some of the world’s largest organisations.

What previous attendees said

“Very useful group discussions. I left with ideas I implemented the following week.”

Head of Governance, IKEA

“Open conversations that inspire fresh thinking and lasting connections.”

Senior Data Governance Officer, FMO

Who's in the Room?

Already registered attendees include c-suite data and AI leaders from

Agenda

08:00 – 09:00: Registration, Breakfast & Networking

09:00 – 09:15: Welcome & Opening Remarks

• Welcome from DataIQ.
• Introductions and event objectives.
• Overview of the Peer Exchange format.
• Meet the expert facilitator.

09:15 – 10:45: From Pilots to Production: Governance, Accountability and Oversight for AI - presented by Coca-Cola Europacific Partners

Hesam Shokouhi-Jah, Associate Director, Data Governance, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners

Explore how governance must evolve as organisations move from AI experimentation to autonomous and agentic systems.

Discuss where human oversight should remain essential, how accountability changes when AI takes action, and what guardrails leaders need before increasing autonomy.
Examine how organisations are managing emerging risks including Shadow AI, autonomous decision-making and governance beyond traditional AI use cases.

10:45 – 11:15: Networking Break

11:15 – 12:45: Automating AI Governance

• Explore how organisations are embedding governance into AI and data workflows through automation.
• Discuss practical approaches to automating policy enforcement, monitoring, documentation and governance controls.

12:45 – 13:45: Networking Lunch

13:45 – 15:15: From Recognised Ownership to Real Accountability: Making Data Governance Work - presented by Axpo

Ana Aguero Garcia, Data Governance Lead, Axpo

• Discuss how organisations define clear decision rights and embed accountability into business processes.
• Explore how ownership is linked to data quality priorities across the organisation.
• Review approaches to ensuring governance responsibilities are actively carried out, not just documented.

15:15 – 15:45: Networking Break

15:45 – 17:15: Defensible AI Decisions: Balancing Innovation, Trust and Risk

• Explore how organisations are navigating difficult governance decisions where ethics, commercial value and risk don’t neatly align.
• Discuss how explainability, transparency, provenance and accountability help leaders make AI decisions they can defend.
• Examine how organisations are balancing innovation with trust while avoiding governance becoming a box-ticking exercise.

17:15 – 17:30: Closing Remarks

• Reflections and key takeaways.
• Upcoming Peer Exchange events.

Apply to join

To keep discussions relevant and confidential, every application is reviewed.

Attendance is limited to senior data, analytics and AI leaders from enterprise end-user organisations. That ensures everyone in the room shares comparable challenges and can speak openly. Service providers and consultants will not be eligible to attend.