Overview
This is a one-day live online workshop for a governing body that must evaluate, direct and monitor the use of AI, including autonomous agents that run across long, path-dependent trajectories and can show behaviour that a static artefact register does not capture.
The day works through what an AI Governance Charter has to contain: case-by-case controllability, intended-purpose governance and path-aware oversight. Participants leave knowing what should go into their own charter.
The workshop is aligned to leadership duties under the EU AI Act and to EN 18286 clause 5 (leadership). It is governance-focused. It is not a survey of models or a coding course.
This is the one-day option. The two-day principle course is Governance of AI Systems.
Why the workshop exists
Leadership responsibility for the oversight of AI systems now sits with the governing body. Agents that act over long paths, and systems whose purpose can drift, are a poor fit for a one-time approval of a document pack. The workshop treats controllability as a board gate applied case by case, not as a slogan attached to every system in the same way.
What participants work on
- what an AI Governance Charter must cover for EU AI Act leadership duties, intended-purpose governance and path-aware oversight;
- board-level practices for evaluating, directing and monitoring AI systems, including evidence gates for agentic and systemic risk;
- how a board tests a draft charter against those duties.
One-day agenda
Morning - foundations of strategic leadership
- Leadership responsibilities under the EU AI Act and EN 18286 clause 5, with a focus on autonomous agents and path-dependent risk.
- Governance structures, delegation, and case-by-case controllability as a board gate.
- Review of a sample charter structure, looking for gaps in systemic-risk oversight.
- Board-level discussion: intended-purpose governance, risk-appetite calibration, and evaluate-direct-monitor integration for emergent agentic behaviour.
Afternoon - board approval and implementation
- Regulatory obligations in practice from a governance seat: authorised representatives, declarations of conformity and CE marking where those apply.
- Approval processes, evidence the board should see, and path-aware controllability for high-risk and general-purpose AI systems.
- Board trade-offs: innovation, systemic risk and continuous evaluate-direct-monitor work.
- How a rollout and a board resolution would be constructed after the organisation writes its own charter.
The original timed timetable (morning block, afternoon block, live online) is unchanged. Dates are published on the training calendar. Sessions that are not listed can be arranged directly.
Who it is for
- AI governance and risk committee members;
- chief risk, regulatory affairs and compliance officers;
- chief AI or technology officers and AI QMS managers;
- AI governance, strategic oversight and GRC personnel.
Format: live online, one day, governance-focused. A certificate of completion is issued for the workshop.
