Leading with speed and assurance: Governing the agentic era

How to lead when your AI agents act on their own

A HotTopics C-suite Exchange in partnership with 

Agents don't wait for a human to interpret their output. They act, approving loans, resolving customer cases, adjusting pricing and executing workflows — at scale, at speed, and often without a human in the loop.

In this new reality, the role of digital and data leaders must change. Governing static data pipelines is no longer enough; leaders must now govern dynamic, autonomous systems that make consequential decisions on behalf of the enterprise.

This exclusive virtual roundtable brings together CIOs, CTOs and CDOs to confront that transformation head-on, sharing experiences, challenges and frameworks for leading governance in an era where the cost of getting it wrong isn't a flawed report, but rather an irreversible business decision which has an impact on brand reputation. 

Key conversations will include:

• How agentic AI is fundamentally reshaping what data governance means, and what it must become
• The critical difference between AI agents that are merely powerful and those that are genuinely trusted
• How digital and data leaders are redefining their authority, influence, and accountability in the age of autonomous AI
• Practical approaches to building governance that works at agent speed; enforcing policies, validating data, and maintaining auditability in real time
• What the next generation of leadership looks like: part data leader, part AI architect, part enterprise risk guardian

Event details

📍 Location: Virtual

🗓 Date: 30th June 2026

🕛 Time: 12:00 - 1:00 PM BST

👥 The Hosts: Doug Drinkwater, Editorial and Strategy Director, HotTopics

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