How to Govern AI: Building Value and Managing Risk in Practice

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Join CDI and Allegra Guinan for a practical deep dive into AI governance, risk management, and lifecycle measurement.

AI governance is often discussed in theory, but rarely shown in action.

In this practical session, Allegra Guinan walks through how to govern AI initiatives across every stage of the lifecycle, from exploration to production and monitoring, using real conversational AI examples.

You’ll learn:

What governance actually looks like beyond policy documents
How to measure risk at different stages of an AI initiative
How governance enables better value measurement
What teams commonly get wrong
How to build guardrails without blocking innovation

This session is designed for practitioners and leaders who want practical systems.

Allegra Guinan is co-founder and CTO of Lumiera, a boutique advisory firm guiding leaders in designing responsible AI strategies. With extensive experience managing multinational technical portfolios, Allegra combines strategic vision with deep technical expertise in system architecture, data engineering, and machine learning operations. She is a certified AI for Business Advisor and recognized speaker in the ML community, passionate about driving resilient, forward-looking AI solutions. At Lumiera, she helps transform traditional leaders into AI strategists through their flagship AI Leadership Accelerator program.