A LIVE VIRTUAL CONFERENCE FEBRUARY 3, 2027 · 9:00 AM–5:00 PM ET

FEBRUARY 3, 2027 · 9:00 AM–5:00 PM ET · LIVE ONLINE

AI RISK &READINESSCONFERENCE

Move forward with AI.
Know what you’re saying yes to.

This is a live working conference, built for questions, choices, and real conversations. Join 25 expert sessions, audience Q&A, five speed-networking rounds, and an active expo in one focused day.

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Participate live. Ask the hard questions. Meet the people solving them.

Conference hosts Bill Fedorich and Carlos A. Vazquez
LIVE & INTERACTIVE

Wednesday, February 3, 2027

9:00 AM–5:00 PM Eastern · Online

UNTIL WE GO LIVE

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20,000+one-to-one connections
800+attendees
50+one-to-one introductions per attendee
25expert-led sessions
5live networking windows
8hours live online
1focused day

FOR THE PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE FOR AI

AI pressure is real.So is your responsibility.

Your team wants better tools. Your customers expect answers. Your leadership needs a plan. This is the day to connect those conversations.

Join executives, directors, and leaders in risk, compliance, operations, IT, and procurement to work through the decisions that matter: where AI belongs, what it can access, who approves it, and how you know it is working.

Come with a business question. Leave with a clearer next step.

Executives & directorsRisk & complianceOperations & transformationIT & data leadersProcurement & legal

BUILT FOR PARTICIPATION

Ask. Learn. Connect.

Five times throughout the day, the conversation moves from the shared stage to your chosen room, then into fast, facilitated one-to-one conversations. You do not watch this conference. You join it.

01 / DISCUSS

Hear the tradeoffs.

Bill, Carlos, and five experts take on a real business dilemma. Ask the questions a slide deck cannot answer.

30-minute main stage
02 / GO DEEPER

Choose your priority.

Pick one of five live breakouts. Work through an example, ask your questions, and identify something you can apply.

30-minute breakout
03 / CONNECT

Find your next conversation.

Meet peers through speed networking, explore the expo, or take a break before the next block.

30-minute networking window

YOUR JOURNEY STARTS HERE

From AI pressure
to a clearer plan.

You’re being asked to move faster with AI. You need to know what’s worth doing and what could go wrong.

BEFORE THE EVENT

Plenty of AI possibilities.
Unanswered business questions.

Your journey through the conference: discover what each step means for your decisions, your team, and the trust you’ve earned.

  1. 01

    STEP 1

    Put your AI budget behind work that matters

    • You’ll discover which AI uses address a real business problem, so you can explain where the budget belongs instead of backing another impressive demo.
    • You’ll spot readiness gaps before committing your team, helping you avoid spending months on a project the business cannot yet support.
  2. 02

    STEP 2

    Protect the trust your business has earned

    • You’ll uncover where everyday AI use can expose client or company information, so convenience does not quietly put trusted relationships at risk.
    • You’ll discover what to verify and where to limit AI actions, so you can question a confident answer before your business has to answer for it.
  3. 03

    STEP 3

    Give your team a way forward you can stand behind

    • You’ll discover how clear owners and practical approval rules can keep every AI question from landing on your desk.
    • You’ll spot the questions a vendor pitch leaves unanswered, so you can defend your decision to leadership, clients, and the people relying on it.
  4. 04

    STEP 4

    Make AI useful without creating more work

    • You’ll discover how to test a focused pilot against time, quality, and rework, so a promising tool does not become another job for your team.
    • You’ll explore human checkpoints and adoption approaches that help people use AI while keeping responsibility for consequential decisions clear.
  5. 05

    STEP 5

    Leave with direction instead of another pile of notes

    • You’ll discover how to choose your next priority and an accountable owner, so your next team meeting starts with a focused conversation instead of another round of AI overwhelm.
    • You’ll identify what would justify scaling, changing, or stopping a pilot, so you can protect your team’s time and explain the next investment with evidence.

YOU, AFTER THE EVENT

A clearer path forward with AI.

Leave better equipped to evaluate opportunities, recognize readiness gaps, and define your next actions.

  • Know which AI opportunities to investigate.
  • Identify the safeguards your business needs.
  • Set priorities for your next 90 days.
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February 3, 2027 · Live online · 9 AM–5 PM ET

THE CONFERENCE AGENDA

Ask better questions.Make clear moves.

5 connected steps. 25 practical sessions. One progression from opportunity to risk, governance, implementation, and your 90-day plan.

1 day · 5 connected steps · All times Eastern. Each block moves from a candid main-stage discussion into five focused breakouts, then opens space for networking and the expo.

8:30 AM
Doors open online

Optional lobby, orientation, and expo browsing.

OPTIONAL
9:00 AM
OPENING CONVERSATION · BILL + CARLOS

The AI decisions your business cannot keep putting off.

Set your priority for the day and the questions you want answered.

STEP 1

9:30 AM–11:00 AM ET

Find where AI belongs

Choose where AI can create value and what needs to be ready first.

9:30 AM
MAIN-STAGE DISCUSSION · 30 MIN

Where Is AI Worth the Risk, and Where Should You Wait?

Bill + Carlos with this block’s five guest experts

10:00 AM
FIVE CONCURRENT BREAKOUTS · 30 MIN

Choose one session live. Every room includes audience Q&A.

  1. 01

    Before You Buy Another AI Tool: Find Your Three Best Business Use Cases

    Takeaway A ranked use-case shortlist scored for value, feasibility, and risk.

    Guest expert
    to be announced
  2. 02

    The AI Readiness Reality Check: What to Fix Before You Automate

    Takeaway A readiness scorecard covering data, process, people, and oversight.

    Guest expert
    to be announced
  3. 03

    The ROI Test: Which AI Projects Deserve a Budget?

    Takeaway A one-page investment case with baseline, expected value, costs, and assumptions.

    Guest expert
    to be announced
  4. 04

    Copilot, AI Agent, or Automation: What Does Your Business Actually Need?

    Takeaway A decision guide for choosing the right level of automation and autonomy.

    Guest expert
    to be announced
  5. 05

    Your Board Asked for an AI Strategy. Here Is What to Put on One Page.

    Takeaway A strategy page with priorities, boundaries, accountable owners, and success measures.

    Guest expert
    to be announced
10:30 AM

Meet the people behind the ideas. Speed networking, expo conversations, or a screen break.

STEP 2

11:00 AM–12:30 PM ET

Uncover your AI risks

See the exposures hiding inside everyday tools, data, and decisions.

11:00 AM
MAIN-STAGE DISCUSSION · 30 MIN

What Could Go Wrong Before Leadership Even Notices?

Bill + Carlos with this block’s five guest experts

11:30 AM
FIVE CONCURRENT BREAKOUTS · 30 MIN

Choose one session live. Every room includes audience Q&A.

  1. 06

    Shadow AI: Find the Tools Your Team Is Using Without Approval

    Takeaway An AI inventory and an employee-friendly discovery plan.

    Guest expert
    to be announced
  2. 07

    Where Does That Prompt Go? Protecting Client and Company Data

    Takeaway A data-sharing checklist for employees, tools, and connected services.

    Guest expert
    to be announced
  3. 08

    When AI Sounds Certain and Gets It Wrong: Build a Verification System

    Takeaway A verification checklist tied to the consequences of a wrong answer.

    Guest expert
    to be announced
  4. 09

    AI Agents With the Keys to Your Business: Set Limits Before They Act

    Takeaway A permission map showing allowed actions, human approvals, logging, and shutoff.

    Guest expert
    to be announced
  5. 10

    The AI Incident Drill: Who Does What in the First 60 Minutes?

    Takeaway A draft response map for containment, escalation, investigation, and communications.

    Guest expert
    to be announced
12:00 PM

Meet the people behind the ideas. Speed networking, expo conversations, or a screen break.

STEP 3

12:30 PM–2:00 PM ET

Put practical safeguards in place

Make good decisions repeatable, with clear ownership and usable rules.

12:30 PM
MAIN-STAGE DISCUSSION · 30 MIN

Who Gets to Say Yes to AI, and Who Owns the Outcome?

Bill + Carlos with this block’s five guest experts

1:00 PM
FIVE CONCURRENT BREAKOUTS · 30 MIN

Choose one session live. Every room includes audience Q&A.

  1. 11

    Who Gets to Say Yes? Build an AI Approval Process That Moves

    Takeaway A risk-tiered intake and approval map with named decision owners.

    Guest expert
    to be announced
  2. 12

    The AI Policy People Will Actually Follow

    Takeaway A plain-language policy outline with allowed uses, limits, and escalation examples.

    Guest expert
    to be announced
  3. 13

    Before You Sign: 10 Questions Every AI Vendor Must Answer

    Takeaway A ten-question vendor scorecard and evidence request list.

    Guest expert
    to be announced
  4. 14

    AI Rules for Your Business: What to Ask Counsel Before You Launch

    Takeaway A legal-review briefing organized by use case, geography, data, and affected people.

    Guest expert
    to be announced
  5. 15

    Prove You Are in Control: Build Your AI Evidence File

    Takeaway An evidence index covering inventory, approvals, tests, oversight, changes, and incidents.

    Guest expert
    to be announced
1:30 PM

Meet the people behind the ideas. Speed networking, expo conversations, or a screen break.

STEP 4

2:00 PM–3:30 PM ET

Make AI work in practice

Build a pilot your people can use and your business can measure.

2:00 PM
MAIN-STAGE DISCUSSION · 30 MIN

Why Do Promising AI Pilots Fail to Become Everyday Work?

Bill + Carlos with this block’s five guest experts

2:30 PM
FIVE CONCURRENT BREAKOUTS · 30 MIN

Choose one session live. Every room includes audience Q&A.

  1. 16

    From Demo to Daily Use: Build a Pilot That Can Earn Its Place

    Takeaway A pilot charter with scope, owner, evaluation criteria, and stop conditions.

    Guest expert
    to be announced
  2. 17

    Fix the Workflow Before You Automate the Mess

    Takeaway A before-and-after process map with exceptions and handoffs.

    Guest expert
    to be announced
  3. 18

    The Human Checkpoint: What AI Can Draft, Recommend, and Decide

    Takeaway A human-review matrix for low- and high-consequence outputs.

    Guest expert
    to be announced
  4. 19

    When Employees Resist AI: Turn Skeptics Into Pilot Partners

    Takeaway A workforce adoption plan covering role concerns, training, feedback, and ownership.

    Guest expert
    to be announced
  5. 20

    Did AI Save Time, or Move the Work? Measure the Real Result

    Takeaway A measurement plan covering time, quality, rework, costs, and business impact.

    Guest expert
    to be announced
3:00 PM

Meet the people behind the ideas. Speed networking, expo conversations, or a screen break.

STEP 5

3:30 PM–5:00 PM ET

Set your next 90 days

Turn the day’s ideas into priorities, accountable owners, and next steps.

3:30 PM
MAIN-STAGE DISCUSSION · 30 MIN

You Cannot Do Everything. What Should Happen in the Next 90 Days?

Bill + Carlos with this block’s five guest experts

4:00 PM
FIVE CONCURRENT BREAKOUTS · 30 MIN

Choose one session live. Every room includes audience Q&A.

  1. 21

    Your First 30 Days: Inventory, Owners, and One Priority Pilot

    Takeaway A first-month action plan with accountable owners and review dates.

    Guest expert
    to be announced
  2. 22

    Build, Buy, or Wait? Choose Your AI Path Before You Spend

    Takeaway A sourcing decision matrix covering capability, control, cost, and reversibility.

    Guest expert
    to be announced
  3. 23

    The AI Budget Beyond the Subscription: Plan for the Costs You Can Miss

    Takeaway A full-cost worksheet for integration, data, evaluation, training, oversight, and maintenance.

    Guest expert
    to be announced
  4. 24

    The Customer Trust Test: Answer Tough Questions About Your AI Use

    Takeaway A customer-facing AI disclosure and assurance FAQ draft.

    Guest expert
    to be announced
  5. 25

    Scale It, Fix It, or Stop It: Your 90-Day AI Decision Review

    Takeaway A go, revise, or stop review scorecard tied to evidence and accountable decisions.

    Guest expert
    to be announced
4:30 PM

Meet the people behind the ideas. Speed networking, expo conversations, or a screen break.

5:00 PM
One pilot. One owner. One next step.

The live day closes with the commitments you are taking back to your team.

CONFERENCE CLOSE

Main programming runs 9:00 AM–5:00 PM ET. Each networking window can also be used for expo conversations or a screen break.

BEYOND THE MAIN STAGE

Meet the right people.Start useful conversations.

Meet leaders asking the same questions from a different seat in the business. Compare approaches, exchange lessons, and make room for a follow-up that matters.

5networking windows
50+one-to-one introductions per attendee
20,000+unique one-to-one connections

Across 800 attendees: 800 attendees × up to 50 introductions ÷ 2 people per conversation = up to 20,000 unique pairings.

01

Speed networking with a purpose

Up to ten three-minute one-to-one rounds in each networking window, guided by a prompt tied to the topic block. Across the day, one attendee can meet up to 50 people.

02

An expo built around business problems

Explore practical demonstrations and ask providers how their approach fits your use case, your data, and your team.

YOUR HOSTS

Executive judgment meetspractical AI implementation.

Two disciplines, one standard: move AI forward without losing control.

Bill Fedorich, conference host

AI GOVERNANCE & LEADERSHIP

Bill Fedorich

Fedorich Solutions

Bill brings the governance lens: the questions leaders should ask, the oversight AI requires, and the decisions that need a clear owner.

Meet Bill
Carlos A. Vazquez, conference host

WORKFLOWS & BUSINESS IMPLEMENTATION

Carlos A. Vazquez

Founder, Miami Marketer

Carlos brings the implementation lens: connecting AI to useful workflows, team adoption, and measurable business outcomes.

Meet Carlos

THE GUEST EXPERT LINEUP

25 expert perspectives.From risk to readiness.

Meet the practitioners who can help leaders make better AI decisions. The first lineup reveal is coming soon.

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    Business AI strategy advisor with documented deployment experience

    Block A · Guest expert

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    AI readiness or transformation assessment specialist

    Block A · Guest expert

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    Finance leader who has evaluated AI investments

    Block A · Guest expert

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    Enterprise automation architect able to teach nontechnical leaders

    Block A · Guest expert

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    Board advisor or executive with AI strategy oversight

    Block A · Guest expert

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    IT governance or enterprise security leader

    Block B · Guest expert

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    Privacy and data-security specialist

    Block B · Guest expert

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    AI evaluation or model-risk practitioner

    Block B · Guest expert

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    Agent security or identity-and-access specialist

    Block B · Guest expert

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    Incident-response leader experienced with AI systems

    Block B · Guest expert

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    AI governance program lead

    Block C · Guest expert

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    Responsible-AI policy and workforce enablement specialist

    Block C · Guest expert

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    Procurement or third-party risk leader

    Block C · Guest expert

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    Qualified attorney with relevant AI, privacy, and commercial experience

    Block C · Guest expert

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    Internal auditor or AI assurance practitioner

    Block C · Guest expert

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    AI implementation leader with a real production case study

    Block D · Guest expert

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    Operations or process-improvement specialist

    Block D · Guest expert

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    Human-in-the-loop systems or quality-control practitioner

    Block D · Guest expert

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    Change-management or learning-and-development leader

    Block D · Guest expert

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    Business analytics or benefits-realization practitioner

    Block D · Guest expert

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    Fractional AI program leader or transformation operator

    Block E · Guest expert

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    Enterprise AI sourcing or solutions architect

    Block E · Guest expert

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    CFO, finance operator, or AI cost-management specialist

    Block E · Guest expert

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    B2B customer assurance or trust-program leader

    Block E · Guest expert

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    Executive who has owned AI deployment and portfolio decisions

    Block E · Guest expert

5 tracks. 5 specialist voices in each. Every session is built to leave attendees with a practical tool, decision, or next step.

Interested in speaking?

SPONSORS & PARTNERS

Help shape a more responsible AI future.

Connect with leaders evaluating AI for real business use. Sponsorship and expo opportunities are in development.

Ask about sponsorship

Supporting partners will be announced soon.

Explore sponsorship

A FEW PRACTICAL DETAILS

Before you join us.

Who is this conference designed for?

Executives, directors, and functional leaders responsible for AI adoption, risk, compliance, operations, IT, data, procurement, or legal review. The focus is on business decisions and implementation, so you do not need to be a developer.

When and where will it take place?

The conference takes place live online on Wednesday, February 3, 2027. Main programming runs from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Eastern. The event platform and access instructions will be sent to registered attendees.

Can I attend all 25 sessions live?

Five breakouts run concurrently during each block. You choose one live session per block, for up to five breakouts across the day, plus all five main-stage discussions. Replay availability and access terms have not been announced.

How do networking and the expo work?

Each block ends with a 30-minute window. Choose speed networking, visit expo booths, or take a screen break. These activities happen in parallel. Contact sharing and follow-up are optional; use hypothetical examples instead of confidential company information.

Are tickets available now?

Yes. Registration is open. Complete the short form to receive the current ticket options and event updates. The speaker lineup will be released in waves as experts are confirmed.

Is this legal advice or a certification program?

No. The sessions are educational and do not provide legal advice, establish an attorney-client relationship, certify compliance, or promise specific results. No continuing-education credits have been announced. Bring questions specific to your organization to qualified counsel.

WHAT YOUR TICKET ACTUALLY BUYS

One ticket unlocksthe full conference.

Every part of the day is built to help you make clearer AI decisions, avoid expensive mistakes, and meet people you can call after the conference ends.

25 expert sessions, 30 minutes each

Practical guidance across AI strategy, risk, governance, implementation, and your 90-day plan.

$25,000

5 candid main-stage fireside conversations

Each decision block opens with experienced voices comparing tradeoffs, risks, and real-world choices.

$2,485

Live audience Q&A in every room

Bring the questions specific to your business and hear how practitioners think through them.

$2,485

5 facilitated speed-networking windows

Up to ten focused, three-minute one-to-one conversations in each networking window.

$2,485

AI Risk & Readiness Expo access

Compare tools, partners, and approaches against your use case, data, and operating reality.

$997

Up to 50 useful introductions

Meet leaders solving similar problems from a different seat in the business.

Priceless

The people you leave knowing

Build direct relationships with practitioners and peers you can continue learning from after the event.

Priceless
Total tangible value $33,452
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