Impactful AI demands more than powerful models – it requires disciplined, transparent, and human-centric data foundations. In this session, d-fine and Ab Initio present two complementary perspectives on how governance at scale enables trustworthy AI in financial institutions.
Part 1: Data Governance serving humans also serves Artificial Intelligence
Human analysts need a robust data infrastructure as the primary basis of their work. This includes clear information on where to find data and ensuring it is available in a timely manner and with the required quality. Moreover, the core elements of data governance (DG)—metadata management and data quality (DQ)—support human analysts and provide the foundation for successful AI applications. In this talk, we explore how well-designed data governance for analytics empowers both human analysts and AI agents.
Part 2: Closing the Gap between Innovation and Governance: Embedding Trust into AI Systems
Trustworthy AI demands more than model-level controls. It requires orchestrating entire decision chains into a unified, traceable, and explainable system: data pipelines, business logic, GenAI components, and human oversight. Drawing on real-world implementations, we’ll show how metadata-driven automation can transform governance from a bottleneck into a business enabler.
Attendees will gain practical insights into:
- Designing governance that scales with AI complexity, not against it
- Using active metadata to automate controls, enforce policies, and surface risk
- Building a foundation for regulatory readiness and ethical assurance
Speaker profiles:
- James Sibbit: Coming from a background in Cloud-based system architecture and full-stack development, James is now spearheading the expansion of d-fine’s Technology & AI offering in the UK.
- Sebastian Lück: Sebastian helps d-fine’s clients build data infrastructures that serve daily and strategic needs in risk and finance while enabling the sustainable evolution of their data architecture.
- Jonathan Sunderland: Jonathan is a Strategic Advisor at Ab Initio, helping organisations design and run data ecosystems from first principles to create measurable value.
Attendance is free, but places are limited – please register through the links provided on this page.
Agenda
| Time | Content | Company |
|---|---|---|
| 08:30 | Breakfast & Coffee | |
| 09:00 | Introduction | |
| 09:05 | Data Governance serving humans also serves Artificial Intelligence & Round Table | d-fine |
| 09:45 | Coffee Break | |
| 10:00 | Closing the Gap between Innovation and Governance: Embedding Trust into AI Systems & Discussion | Ab Initio |
| 10:40 | Closing Remarks |
Ab Initio is a global leader with a presence across large enterprises; it effectively supports a diverse range of industries where data plays a strategic role. Our technology leads in the fields of data transformation, integration, processing, governance, and trustworthy AI. Ab Initio's deep lineage and metadata-driven approach ensures full traceability, regulatory compliance, and risk mitigation across cloud, hybrid, and legacy environments. Business metadata and workflows are tied to technical lineage, providing the controls needed to consistently prove compliance.
Speakers
James Sibbit, Manager
d-fine
Sebastian Lück, Senior Manager
d-fine
Jonathan Sunderland, Strategic Advisor
Ab Initio
