Who Owns AI Governance?

About this event

Who owns AI governance in your organization? Legal sees a privacy question, engineering sees a technical one, and risk wants it in the controls framework. This group brings those people into one room.

AIGI Boston is the Boston chapter of AI Governance International, an advisory on AI governance and regulation. We meet in person for the AIGI Forum: practitioner panels, open Q&A and time to talk with peers who are working through the same problems.

Friday 20 November 2026, 8:30–11:45 AM Microsoft New England Research & Development Center One Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA

From Regulatory Expectations to Enterprise Controls and Accountability

Jaimin Patel, OneTrust Governing AI agents: autonomy, sensitive-data access, permissions and accountability. Principal Solutions Engineer for Data & AI Governance, with over six years at OneTrust helping enterprises put responsible data and AI use into practice.

Benjamin Siegel, Privacy Ref How privacy laws shape automated decision-making technology. Senior Privacy Consultant with over twelve years at Privacy Ref, building client privacy programs from the ground up. Teaches the IAPP CIPM, CIPP/E and AIGP courses.

Sergio Pérez Fernández, Keepler Data Tech AI governance, end to end. AI & Data Governance Associate Manager at Keepler Data Tech, now part of Accenture, focused on agentic AI governance and ISO 42001.

Also on the table - The biggest challenges in starting an AI governance program - Which regulations are top of mind, and what they mean in practice - Data's role in AI governance, and where technology helps - Internally built AI versus vendor AI versus agents - Keeping humans in the loop without burying the governance team

Agenda 8:30 Networking 9:00 Panel discussion 10:45 Q&A 11:15 Networking 11:45 Close

Who it's for - In-house counsel and privacy professionals asked to sign off on AI - Engineers and AI teams building and deploying agentic systems - Security, risk and compliance leads who own the controls - Anyone starting, or inheriting, an AI governance program

Free to attend. A Meetup RSVP alone doesn't hold your seat; please also register on our site: https://aigovernanceinternational.org/aigiforum

From AI Governance International - Boston