1-Day Digital Training

AI Governance Essentials. One Day. From Experimentation to Governed Adoption.

AI is moving fast. Governance isn’t optional anymore. This practical one-day training gives executives and practitioners the clarity, vocabulary, and action plan to move from scattered AI experimentation to responsible, governed AI adoption — in a single day.

At a Glance

  • Format: 1-day live digital training via Zoom

  • Editions: EU Edition & US/Global Edition

  • Audience: C-level, CDOs, CIOs, practitioners

  • Certificate of completion included

  • 1-year replay access after the session

  • Includes AI Governance Starter Kit

The Questions That Brought You here

If Any of These Sound Familiar, This Training Is for You.

These are the questions leaders and practitioners ask us most. By the end of the day, you’ll have clear, practical answers to all of them.

Where is AI actually being used in our organization — and who approved it?

Who is accountable when an AI system makes a bad decision?

What should we approve, monitor, or prohibit — and based on what criteria?

How do we distinguish a low-risk productivity tool from a high-risk AI system?

How do we govern the AI that’s already embedded in the vendor tools we bought?

How does AI governance connect to data governance, privacy, security, and enterprise risk?

What does the EU AI Act actually require us to do — and by when?

What should we do in the next 90 days to get AI governance started?

What You Walk Away With

Five Outcomes in One Day.

Every participant leaves with clarity, confidence, and a concrete plan — not just awareness.

Strategic Clarity

Understand why AI governance matters and how it enables adoption

Governance Confidence

Know what roles, controls, and processes your organization needs

Practical Action

Leave with a 90-day AI governance action plan you can start immediately

Shared Vocabulary

Executives and practitioners aligned on the same governance language

Risk Reduction

Spot governance gaps and AI risks before they become business problems

Who Should Attend

Built for Leaders Who Approve AI — and Practitioners Who Govern It.

This training deliberately brings executives and practitioners together. That shared understanding is where real governance alignment begins.

Executives & Decision Makers

  • CEOs, CDOs, CIOs, CTOs, and board members

  • AI, analytics, and digital transformation leaders

  • Business owners of AI-enabled products and services

  • Leaders who need to ask the right questions before AI scales

Practitioners & Governance Leads

  • Data governance, data management, and AI governance leads

  • Risk, compliance, privacy (DPO), legal, and security professionals

  • Consultants and advisors supporting AI governance programs

  • Anyone who needs to bridge AI regulation and daily governance practice

The Curriculum

Eight Domains. Complete AI Governance Foundation.

Domains 1–3 give you the strategic context. Domains 4–7 give you the operational tools. Domain 8 turns it all into a plan you can execute on Monday. Every domain speaks to both the boardroom and the governance office.

Domain 1

AI in Your Organization: What’s Actually Happening

You can’t govern what you can’t see. Understand what AI actually is, what types exist in your organization, and why your AI landscape is probably bigger than you think — including the AI embedded in tools you’ve already bought.

Domain 2

Why AI Governance Matters: Risk, Trust & Value

The real risks AI creates — bias, opacity, accountability gaps, reputational exposure. What makes AI trustworthy. How to articulate governance value in business terms. Why governing AI enables adoption instead of blocking it.

Domain 3

The Regulatory Landscape: What You’re Required to Do

EU AI Act or NIST framework (by edition). GDPR intersections. Liability considerations. AI literacy obligations. What “defensible” looks like to a regulator — and what documentation you need to have ready.

Domain 4

Who Owns What: The AI Governance Operating Model

Roles, decision rights, escalation paths, and governance forums. Who approves an AI deployment. Who monitors it. Who pulls the plug. How AI governance connects to existing data governance and risk structures without duplicating them.

Domain 5

Governing the AI Lifecycle: From Intake to Retirement

Practical controls at every stage: use case screening, risk classification, design gates, testing, deployment approval, post-deployment monitoring, drift detection, incident response, and model retirement. Governance that travels with every AI initiative.

Domain 6

Data Governance Meets AI: The Foundation You Can’t Skip

AI is only as good as its data. Data quality and suitability. Metadata and lineage. Ownership and stewardship in the context of AI. Privacy and access controls. What “AI-ready data” actually means in practice.

Domain 7

Third-Party, Generative & Agentic AI: Governing What You Don’t Fully Control

Vendor AI due diligence. Copilot, Salesforce Einstein, chatbots — AI you’re accountable for but didn’t build. Generative AI acceptable use policies. Agentic AI — autonomous systems that act, decide, and chain actions without human approval at every step. Shadow AI. How to govern AI that operates beyond your direct oversight.

Domain 8

Your 90-Day Action Plan: From Training to Implementation

Minimum viable AI governance. Quick wins for the first 30 days. Structural foundations by day 60. Scaling and embedding by day 90. How to present the plan to leadership. The most common first-90-day mistakes — and how to avoid them.

What’s Included

You Don’t Just Get a Training. You Get the AI Governance Starter Kit.

Everything You Need to Start Governing AI — the Monday After the Training.

Every participant receives the complete AI Governance Starter Kit: an e-book, ready-to-use templates, board-level documentation, and practical checklists designed to take you from “we attended a training” to “we’re implementing governance.” These aren’t theoretical artifacts — they’re the same tools used in real governance engagements.

Included For Every Participants

  • AI Governance Essentials e-book

  • Complete Starter Kit (10+ templates)

  • Board & executive documentation pack

  • Complete course slide deck

  • 1-year replay access

  • Certificate of completion

Choose Your Edition

Two Editions. Same Core. Different Regulatory Context.

The governance fundamentals are identical. The regulatory framing, case examples, and executive discussion points adapt to your region.

AI Governance Essentials — Europe

Same core curriculum with a deep dive into the EU AI Act, European conformity assessments, and the regulatory documentation trail your organization needs to have in place.

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AI Governance Essentials — US & Global

Same core curriculum with a deep dive into the NIST AI Risk Management Framework and other significant global AI regulations shaping governance expectations worldwide.

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Your Trainer

Led by an International Expert in Data & AI Governance.

Mathias Vercauteren

International Data & AI Governance Expert · Founder Data & AI Governance Partners

Mathias Vercauteren is an internationally recognized expert in data and AI governance with 16+ years of hands-on experience across 9 industries. He leads the global DAMA-DMBOK® 3.0 initiative, co-developed the Applied Data Governance Professional (ADGP®) certification at Dataversity, and has delivered AI governance training and keynotes at leading conferences including DGIQ, EDW, Data Modeling Zone, and the Data & AI Conference — across Europe and the United States.

His approach is grounded in real governance practice, not theory. Participants get a trainer who has built operating models, coached CDOs, designed AI governance frameworks, and shaped global standards — not someone who learned this from a slide deck.

DAMA-DMBOK® 3.0

Global Project Manager — A whole new Data Management Body of Knowledge

ADGP® Co-Developer

Co-designed Dataversity’s Applied Data Governance Practitioner certification

Executive PhD

Academic Data Governance research at Antwerp Management School

12+ International Keynotes

DGIQ · EDW · Data Modeling Zone · DW&BI Summit — across the US and Europe

Forthcoming Author

Data Governance Sprint™ book (Technics Publication, 2026) — turning a proven methodology into a practitioner playbook

CDMP® Certified

Certified Data Management Professional — grounded in the same DAMA-DMBOK® framework I help shape globally

Secure Your Seat

The Question Isn’t Whether You Need AI Governance.

It’s How Long You Can Afford to Wait.

One day. Eight domains. Everything your organization needs to move from ambiguity to action — including the Starter Kit, the e-book, and a year of replay access. Led by an international expert. Pick your edition and date, and show up ready to govern.