AI for Boards
While AI is reshaping industries and redefining the competitive landscape, it presents unprecedented opportunities and significant risks for organistions. Board members must understand AI’s transformative impact to navigate this new reality. Our comprehensive AI training programme will empower you to identify strategic opportunities, such as increased efficiency and innovation, while proactively addressing threats like ethical dilemmas, data misuse, and operational disruptions. By mastering AI’s potential and pitfalls, board members can make informed decisions that drive sustainable growth and ensure the organization remains resilient in an AI-driven world.
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Programme
08:30 - Coffee and get-to-know
09:00 - Hands-on GenAI Experience
- Led by an AI technology expert and a legal specialist.
- Interactive morning session providing a practical, non-technical introduction to GenAI.
- Key topics:
- Core technological components of GenAI, its terminology, capabilities, and risks.
- Legal implications of deploying GenAI in an organization.
- Explores legal frameworks (including the European AI Act) and ethical boundaries.
- Addresses critical concerns such as bias, privacy, legal liabilities, and the impact of GenAI on ESG principles.
- Experts: Anneleen Van de Meulebroucke, Partner Digital & Data Protection Eubelius & Pieter De Buysser, Founder NXTGN
12:30 - Lunch
13:30 - Strategic Challenges of GenAI
- Focuses on strategic, governance, and accountability dimensions of GenAI.
- Key takeaways:
- Strategic challenges and opportunities of GenAI implementation.
- Practical tools and strategic insights for rethinking AI-driven processes.
- The challenge of AI literacy and change management.
- Ensuring ethical and responsible GenAI adoption.
- Expert: Jens Meijen, Founder Umaniq
15:30 - Coffee Break
16:00 - Practical Case Study on GenAI
- Real-world testimonial by an experienced board member.
- Key insights:
- Successfully integrating GenAI into business operations.
- Transforming decision-making processes in the boardroom.
- Leveraging GenAI to create lasting value and drive organizational success.
- Expert: Antonietta Mastroianni, Chief Digital & IT Officer Proximus
17:00 - End
Teachers / speakers
Pieter De Buysser
Pieter founded NXTGN with the clear goal of accelerating the adoption of generative AI among SMEs. Previously, Pieter was an AI strategy consultant at Deloitte and an innovation strategist for SMEs and corporates. With a degree in computer science, he possesses the necessary skills to guide business leaders through the possibilities of generative AI.
Pieter focuses on business value over individual productivity. In this context, he helps companies make the right choices in developing strategies to leverage the impact of generative AI in the value chain and build a competitive advantage with the technology.
In addition to providing advice, Pieter also delivers training at UGent, Voka, Voka Health Community, THE Institute, VIGC, Artevelde University of Applied Sciences, and other knowledge institutions.
Anneleen Van de Meulebroucke
Anneleen Van de Meulebroucke leidt het Digital & gegevensbeschermingsteam. Zij legt zich toe op ICT-recht en nieuwe technologieën, met een focus op data. Haar expertise omvat het volledige spectrum van datawetgeving (waaronder GDPR, open data en de Europese gegevensstrategie) en aanverwante materies, zoals vertrouwensdiensten (eIDAS). Anneleen adviseert cliënten over al deze materies, verleent bijstand bij dataprojecten en vertegenwoordigt organisaties in datagerelateerde geschillen, onder andere naar aanleiding van cyberincidenten.
Anneleen behaalde in 2011 het diploma van master in de rechten aan de KU Leuven en is sindsdien advocaat bij Eubelius.
Zij is partner bij Eubelius sinds 1 januari 2023 en is lid van het managementcomité sinds 1 januari 2024.
Jens Meijen
Jens Meijen is a PhD researcher at KU Leuven and a Fulbright Fellow at Stanford University working on AI regulation. He is also a team leader at the Center for AI and Digital Policy, a Global Policy Fellow at the Institute for Technology & Society in Rio de Janeiro, and an AI consultant.
Expertise: AI ethics and responsible AI; AI startups and venture capital; AI regulation (AI Act); AI and democracy
Antonietta Mastroianni
Antonietta Mastroianni is a visionary and influential IT leader with over 20 years of international experience in IT, Digital and Telecommunications industry. She is the Chief Digital & IT Officer at Proximus, the largest provider of telephony, internet, television and network-based ICT services in Belgium, where she leads the Digital, IT and Data Transformation, a key pillar of the company's strategy.
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