What is AI Assurance? Navigating a Rapidly Evolving Ecosystem

As companies face growing pressure to demonstrate that their AI systems are trustworthy, a new AI assurance ecosystem is emerging. Standards bodies, assurance providers, auditors, certification schemes, conformity assessment programs and industry consortia are all working to define how companies can evaluate, validate and communicate AI risk and performance.

But what does AI assurance actually mean? How is AI assurance showing up? And what capabilities, skills and professional pathways will be needed as the market matures?

In this session, experts from policy, industry and AI assurance companies will explore the current state of AI assurance and discuss the opportunities and challenges facing this rapidly evolving discipline. The panel will also share insights from the AI Assurance Roundtable held the day before the conference, where leaders from industry, government, academia and civil society gathered to discuss the future of AI assurance in education, certification, professional development, and ecosystem building.

Join us for a practical discussion on where AI assurance stands today, where it is headed next and what companies should be doing now to prepare.

What you will learn:

• AI assurance is moving from theory to practice, with audits, assessments and certifications emerging as key tools for demonstrating trustworthy AI.
• Organizations face a fragmented assurance landscape, requiring navigation of evolving standards, frameworks and regulatory expectations.
• Building AI assurance capabilities now will help organizations prepare for future compliance, governance and trust requirements.