We invite you for our next webinar, organized by Optro / AuditBoard, in collaboration with TriFinance and CybHERstrong. Most webinars on AI governance in 2026 will walk you through the regulatory framework, such as the EU AI Act. This session speaks to something more complex: what your organisation actually requires to make governance real.
Close the gap between policy and practice
AI is no longer a concept of the future. It is an active participant in your organisation’s workflows. Yet, as adoption accelerates, the gap between governance on paper and governance in practice is widening. Frameworks exist, regulations are tightening, but the organisations that are genuinely getting this right are the ones that deeply understand that effective governance will be the differentiator in the era of AI. As agents do more of the tasks, the job of the organisation and its people will be managing, overseeing, and exercising real judgement at every level.
Join our expert panel as we go beyond compliance checklists to explore the organisational, cultural, and human dimensions of AI governance that no audit framework alone can solve.
AI governance doesn’t fail because the policies are wrong - it fails because the humans meant to oversee the system were never equipped, empowered, or expected to challenge it. Internal audit’s role is to close that gap before autonomy outruns accountability.
Learning objectives
Understand the implementation gap. Move beyond what the EU AI Act requires to explore what it actually takes to comply.
- How AI governance is different: Understand usage, continuous monitoring, explainability.
- Reframe shadow AI: Recognise why shadow AI is fundamentally a risk culture problem, not a detection or inventory problem and learn what it signals about psychological safety inside your organisation.
- Operationalise human oversight. Unpack what “meaningful human oversight” really means in practice and understand who carries that responsibility, whether they have the training to exercise genuine judgment and the authority to intervene.
Speakers
- Annemie Pelgrims - Expert Practice Leader Risk, TriFinance Risk Advisory Belgium
- Guru Sethupathy - GM of AI Governance, Optro
- Veerle Peeters - Founder, CybHERstrong
Register today
Register today to hear from industry experts who will discuss the latest trends in audit, risk, and compliance, and to gain actionable insights to help elevate your organization's performance. By following this webinar you will earn free CPE credits!
