Who Owns AI Governance?

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. What we will discuss What are some of the biggest challenges for organizations starting their AI Governance programs? Where does the ownership reside for AI Governance? What regulatory considerations or impact are top of mind for organizations? How do you balance innovation and governance? What considerations do you have for internally built AI, 3rd Party Vendor AI, vs AI Agents? What is data’s role in AI Governance? How do you bring humans in the loop without inundating AI Governance teams? What role does technology play currently as it relates to AI Governance? * What’s next for AI…