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Building Trust in AI: Securing Your Business for the Future

Artificial Intelligence is rapidly moving from experimentation to everyday business operations. Employees are using AI assistants, organisations are automating workflows, and autonomous agents are beginning to make decisions, access data, and perform tasks on behalf of humans.

12 November 2026
09:00 - 13:00 GMT
Bristol, UK
ConferenceArtificial IntelligenceSkills, Talent and EducationFree
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About this event

As AI adoption accelerates, a critical question emerges:

Can your organisation trust its AI?

In this interactive keynote and workshop experience from Pax8, we explore what it takes to build a secure foundation for AI at scale. We'll examine the challenges surrounding data protection, identity management, governance, human oversight, and operational resilience in an increasingly autonomous world.

Through real-world scenarios, group discussions, and practical problem-solving exercises, participants will put themselves in the role of an AI governance team, making the decisions that determine whether AI becomes a business advantage or a business risk.

Attendees will leave with a clearer understanding of:

  • The security and governance foundations required for successful AI adoption

  • How to protect data, identities, and critical business processes in AI-enabled environments

  • The unique risks introduced by autonomous agents and non-human identities

  • Practical approaches to balancing innovation, productivity, and security

  • A framework for building trust, accountability, and oversight into AI initiatives from day one

This is not a session about fear, hype, or future predictions. It's about the practical actions organisations must take today to ensure AI adoption remains secure, scalable, and trusted tomorrow.


This event supports the UK government–industry AI Skills Boost programme, which aims to equip 10 million people with essential AI capabilities by 2030. techUK and Salesforce are both a part of the government and industry-led AI Skills Partnership.

Who is Pax8?

Pax8 is the leading Marketplace that helps every small business turn their dreams into reality through the power of AI-driven technology - connecting IT service providers, technology companies and end customers on a unified platform to discover, buy, sell, deploy and manage AI and cloud solutions.

Agenda

  • 09:00 - 09:30

    Keynote:

    Can Your Organisation Trust its AI?

  • 09:30 - 09:50

    CheckPoint:

    Shadow AI- What Your Team Isn't Telling You (Because They Don't Know Either)

  • 09:50 - 10:30

    Workshop Part 1:

    Discovery

  • 10:30 - 10:50

    Break

  • 10:50 - 11:30

    Workshop Part 2:

    Action

  • 11:30 - 12:00

    Closing Thoughts and Thank you

  • 12:00 - 13:00

    Lunch

Speakers

Mostyn Thomas

Mostyn Thomas

Senior Director of Security

Pax8

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Event contacts

Nimmi Patel

Nimmi Patel

Associate Director - Skills and Talent

Jake Wall

Jake Wall

Policy Manager - Skills and Future of Work