Executive Summit

Artificial intelligence is reshaping industries, but its adoption comes with significant questions around risk, trust, and compliance. In this fireside chat, Dr. Paul Dongha, co-author of 'Governing the Machine: How to Navigate the Risks of AI and Unlock Its True Potential' and Head of AI strategy and AI Ethics at NatWest—will share practical insights for business leaders and professionals seeking to build responsible, ethical, and effective AI systems.

Key Discussion Points:

• What are the actionable steps for creating robust AI governance programmes?
• Why is AI governance a leadership imperative? How can we build accountability structures to meet evolving regulations?
• What does it take to balance risk and opportunity? How can we transform AI into a driver of value and sustainability?

In today’s fast-paced digital world, organisations need more than just contingency plans, they need true resilience.  As digital transformation accelerates, CIOs must keep their organisations running smoothly amid uncertainty. Johnson Matthey is setting the standard with a robust resilience strategy built on the Minimal Viable Company model, to ensure they can operate through any challenge. Join us to learn how to build resilience and keep your business moving forward, no matter what the future holds.

Join to explore:

• How Johnson Matthey is future-proofing its business by adopting innovative continuity practices and building organisational resilience in an increasingly digital world.
• What the Minimal Viable Company approach looks like in practice and how it can help keep critical operations running, even in the face of a cyber incident.
• Real-world insights you can use to empower your teams, minimise downtime, and ensure your organisation is ready to respond and recover from any incident

As organisations accelerate digital transformation and cloud adoption, CIOs face a critical challenge: enabling the agility of hybrid and multi‑cloud environments while maintaining data sovereignty, regulatory compliance, and cyber resilience in a post‑Brexit landscape.With increasing regulatory scrutiny and board‑level accountability, data control and recoverability are no longer purely technical concerns.

Join this boardroom to discuss:

• Why regulatory requirements and data jurisdiction have become core business issues—and how to address them without limiting innovation
• How to achieve strong, immutable data protection and coordinated recovery across on‑prem, hybrid, and multi‑cloud environments
• Strategies to eliminate data blind spots through continuous discovery, classification, and protection of critical structured and unstructured data

AI is transforming the workforce, revolutionising how talent is developed and managed at every level. As AI automates routine tasks and accelerates skill development, it is reshaping roles for junior staff and executives. This session explores how leaders can leverage AI for organisational success. Discover the three key functions AI serves for leaders and organisations—mentor, reviewer, and sounding board—and gain practical strategies to maximise these. Learn how AI can enhance middle management, support junior employees, and help you become an outstanding leader in the age of AI.

In this session, you will:

• Explore the three core leadership roles enabled by AI.
• Understand AI’s impact on employees and management.
• Learn which technologies help you build an AI future. 

Organisations are moving beyond the initial experimentation phase with Generative AI, shifting their focus to embedding AI across business functions to drive consistent, high-quality customer experiences and preparing for large-scale adoption. This session will explore how to transition from isolated pilots to enterprise-wide implementation, highlighting strategies for building momentum, securing stakeholder buy-in, and fostering a culture of innovation that connects operational efficiency with measurable customer value to accelerate business growth.Join to discuss:

• Strategies for moving from AI pilots to scalable, enterprise-wide deployments that enhance end-to-end customer experience
• Building the business case: Demonstrating early ROI, customer impact, and alignment with board-level priorities
• Fostering a culture of innovation while establishing governance and trust across customer-facing and internal AI use cases

As organisations accelerate analytics and AI adoption, reliable data and automated workflows become the foundation for agility and risk control. Forward-thinking leaders are moving beyond reactive monitoring to achieve end-to-end visibility across the data lifecycle, embedding governance-driven accountability and intelligent automation with built-in guardrails to scale secure, decision-ready data operations.

Join this session to:

• Explore strategies to build trusted, enterprise-scale data workflows
• Discuss how to achieve proactive, end-to-end visibility across modern data ecosystems
• Identify actionable ways to embed automation into your workflows