IAPP Global Summit 2026: Privacy | AI governance | Cybersecurity law
WASHINGTON, DC
30 March-2 April
Operationalizing AI Governance Before the Incident
Tuesday, 31 March
13:30 - 14:30 EDT
Intermediate level
AI governance is maturing, but the conversation inside companies and institutions is still evolving. Leaders are thinking deeply about system-level AI risk, model integrity, and regulatory trends. Simultaneously, many companies are still determining what operational readiness actually means in practice. What are companies most concerned about today? Where are AI governance programs focusing their energy? And where do operational gaps remain between policy, risk identification, and real incident accountability? This session explores how companies and institutions are currently approaching AI governance, emerging trends in executive and compliance thinking, and what AI incident discipline looks like in practice. Drawing on enterprise experience and governance research, the speakers will examine how to build operational readiness before failure, not regulation, forces the lesson.
What you will learn:
• Understand how leading companies and institutions are currently thinking about AI governance, including emerging executive and compliance priorities.
• Identify where operational gaps persist between AI risk policy, system oversight, and real incident accountability.
• Gain a practical framework for strengthening AI governance readiness before reputational, executive, or regulatory pressure forces change.
Sponsored by: RadarFirst
Moderator and speakers

Zach Burnett
CEO
RadarFirst

Kalinda Raina
Founder, Raising the Digital Future; Vice President, Chief Privacy Officer
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