Event: AI Essentials, assurance & business leadership conference

AI is a business leadership responsibility. Organisations combining innovation, governance and assurance will be best positioned to realise AI's benefits while maintaining trust, resilience and regulatory confidence. This event brings together industry leaders, academics and assurance specialists to help you move from AI experimentation to sustainable, governed and business-driven adoption. 

What you’ll learn 

• AI and cybersecurity risks and opportunities 
• Regulatory and governance expectations 
• Consequence-driven cybersecurity 
• Cybersecurity as a business enabler

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Free training course

Conference participants will receive a coupon with a promotional code for our training course: Introduction to AI Quality – E-Learning. Simply enter the promotional code at checkout to unlock the course completely free of charge. 

Meet the speakers 

Christopher Whyborn
Head of Cybersecurity Services, Northern Europe – TÜV SÜD

Chris Whyborn is a security professional with 40 years of experience integrating security solutions. He joined TÜV SÜD in 2025 after 10 years of delivering protective security and cybersecurity in critical national infrastructure (CNI), predominantly within the civil nuclear sector. 

Professor Alexeis Garcia Perez
Professor of Digital Business and Society & Director of the Capgemini Centre of Excellence for Enterprise AI – Aston University

Professor Perez is a digital transformation and enterprise AI specialist with 30 years’ experience turning research into practical frameworks for trustworthy AI, governance and cyber resilience. He advises leadership teams across sectors and has led industry projects on scalable AI adoption, data-driven processes and regulatory risk management. 

Iain Bowes 
Head of Management System Assurance, TÜV SÜD 

Iain brings 40 years of technology, risk management, and regulatory experience to AI conformity assessment. He is developing TÜV SÜD’s new AI Essentials scheme which provides organisations with a practical, robust foundation for AI governance enabling the safe and compliant deployment of AI technologies. He also designs and delivers ISO 42001 lead auditor and implementer training. 

Learn from our experts 

Learn from industry leaders, academics and assurance specialists how to combine AI innovation, governance and assurance.

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