Hybrid: Can AI Be Assured Without IT Sovereignty?

An interactive discussion and workshop examines whether AI assurance should include risks created by external control of key technologies, suppliers and infrastructure.

The event is advertised as hybrid, with BCS, 25 Copthall Avenue, Ground Floor, EC2R 7BP listed as the location; the page does not give online joining instructions. Participants will work in cross-functional groups to consider whether AI assurance should include risks from external legal, commercial or political control. The published activities address loss of critical suppliers and infrastructure, jurisdiction, supply-chain concentration, visibility, fairness and market power, alongside governance, portability, lock-in and practical indicators for monitoring dependency and controllability. BCS says the session will include briefings and supporting sources, with a paper on the outcomes published afterwards. The detail names Mike Lloyd in its Speaker field; the separate biography section remains TBC.