Topic: AI Governance That Actually Works: From Policy to Practice
Abstract: As AI adoption accelerates, organizations are racing to ensure their AI-driven capabilities remain compliant. While AI governance often looks good on paper, rapid deployment cycles, evolving regulations, security threats, and business demands quickly expose the gap between policy and practice.
This webinar offers a practical guide to building AI governance that holds up under operational conditions. Moving beyond high-level principles, the session demonstrates how security, compliance, and leadership teams can align around clear accountability, enforceable controls, and measurable outcomes, without slowing innovation. It also explores how to translate governance policies into operational workflows, integrate risk and threat considerations across the AI lifecycle, and establish governance models that scale with enterprise AI adoption. Attendees will gain insights from real-world scenarios and implementation patterns to understand what works, where governance typically breaks down, and how to fix it.
Key Takeaways:
- Current AI governance challenges and key policies
- Understanding the transition from principle-based AI policies to operational controls
- Aligning security, risk, compliance, and business ownership across AI initiatives
- Designing governance that supports speed, scale, and regulatory readiness
- Practical approaches to measuring AI governance effectiveness
Speaker:
Dr. Kimberly KJ Haywood, Principal CEO at Nomad Cyber Concepts
Bio: Dr. Kimberly KJ Haywood is a seasoned executive with over 25 years of experience driving innovation and leadership across the finance, technology, healthcare, and government sectors. She has founded two companies: first, Knowledge Management & Associates, Inc., and more recently, Nomad Cyber Concepts, LLC. She has also held prominent roles at top companies, including CBRE, Bank of America, L3Harris Technologies, and Deloitte, specializing in cybersecurity, governance, and compliance.
Dr. Haywood currently serves as the Global Chief Governance and Education Advisor for AI Connex and as an Adjunct Professor of Cyberpsychology at Collin College. She is a published author and a globally recognized thought leader in artificial intelligence (AI) governance. In December 2025, Dr. Haywood released her book, Here We Go Again… Except It’s AI, Volume 1, which explores the evolving landscape of AI governance. She has also been awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Ethics and Business Management in recognition of her contributions to AI governance and business ethics as a researcher, educator, and entrepreneur.
