WHY THIS MATTERS NOW

AI adoption is running ahead of AI governance

New research from DataDriven, conducted with over 200 Australian technology decision-makers representing $1 trillion in revenue, shows how wide the gap has become. More than two-thirds now have AI in production or at scale.

Yet only one in five rate their AI governance as completely optimised. And 72% rate AI governance and responsible AI controls as significant challenges.

Key challenges driving the conversation:

Many organisations can't say with confidence what information they hold, where it lives and who, or what, can access it

Governance and controls designed for pilots are now being stretched across enterprise-wide programs

Agents need access to sensitive data to be useful, and that access is hard to grant without defined roles, limited permissions and an audit trail

Agentic decisions will need to be governed in a way a regulator would accept

WHAT THIS DISCUSSION WILL COVER

Four areas the room will work through together

1. Where we really stand
Whether Craig's findings echo what we're seeing in our own organisations, and where we each sit on the path to enterprise-wide agentic AI

2. Data readiness
Whether our information is governed and secured well enough for an agentic future

3. Governing agentic decisions
How we govern agentic decisioning in a way a regulator would accept

4. Trusted autonomy
What it would take to treat agents as identities, and how we grow trust, governance, context, security and accountability so they can operate responsibly

WHAT YOU’LL TAKE AWAY

Leave with more than notes

A clearer view of your readiness
How secure and ready your information is to support enterprise-wide agentic programs

A place to start
Where your organisation should focus first, and what has to be in place before agents are given more autonomy

A benchmark against your peers
How you're positioned against other Australian organisations, drawn from Craig's research and the room itself

A practical view of the five essentials
How secure information management supports trust, governance, context, security and accountability

WHO WILL BE IN THE ROOM

A curated group of senior technology, data, security and risk leaders

The value of this discussion comes from hearing how peers in different roles are approaching the same challenge. Successful AI programs rely on each of these teams, so each has a seat at the table.

Drawn from across Australia's largest and most complex organisations, including:

Technology & AI Leadership
CIO · Chief AI Officer · Head of AI Strategy

Data & Information
Chief Data Officer · Leaders responsible for data and information governance

Security & Risk
CISO · CRO · Leaders responsible for AI risk

Participants are selected to ensure a high-calibre, peer-level discussion, held under Chatham House Rule.