2026 AI Governance Framework Innovation Session (in-person at ISACA North America Conference)

ISACA is convening a small group of subject matter experts for a 1-hour, in-person discussion at the ISACA 2026 North America Conference to gather insights that will shape a new AI governance framework. We are seeking practitioners who govern or support enterprise AI governance in practice and can speak to real-world needs, pain points, and success patterns. 

Anticipated outcomes:

• Selected volunteers will participate in a 1 hour session onsite at the ISACA 2025 North America Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Thursday, 7 May from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm (lunch served) in Champagne 1.
• Participants will share experiences, best practices, and challenges related to AI governance in your role and market
• Participants identify the resources, skills, and tools professionals and organizations need to effectively govern enterprise AI
• Participants provide feedback on ISACA’s draft framework structure and content priorities
• Participants help ISACA support practitioners tasked with AI governance (e.g., how organizations staff AI governance, new roles vs. expanded responsibilities, critical competencies) 

Volunteer Criteria:

• Must be a registered attendee of the in-person ISACA 2026 North America Conference (if you are not a registered attendee, please refrain from applying.)
• Open to ISACA members and non-members
• Must be available to attend the session during time specified: Thursday, 7 May from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
• Mix of job domains and industries (audit/GRC, risk, privacy, security, legal/compliance, data/AI, product/operations)
• Willing to review and comment on current framework direction and outline
• Willing to discuss how your organization approaches AI governance, lessons learned, and opportunity areas for the framework
• Must be mid-late career
• Must have professional experience with IT audit/GRC, enterprise digital transformation, AI governance, AI adoption, data privacy, data governance, AI development, security management
• Willingness to share their subject matter expertise 

Volunteer benefits:  

All volunteers must have an ISACA Participation Agreement on file.  To see if your agreement is active, visit your volunteer profile. Access all volunteer policies here.