Format
- Delivery: Online, self-paced
- Structure: 5 pre-recorded video modules (approx. 10 minutes each)
- Resources: Accompanying slides for each module
- Assessment: 2 MCQs after each video segment
- Access: Instant upon purchase via LMS
Course Details
This course covers:
This course covers:
- The case for AI governance: risks such as bias, privacy, ethics, legislation, and shadow AI
- Defining AI governance: formal processes, standards, and guardrails based on fairness, transparency, accountability, privacy, ethics, and security
- The “Should we?” question for responsible AI use
- EU AI Act:
- Risk tiers (unacceptable, high, limited/minimal)
- Extraterritorial reach and lifecycle-based
compliance
- Suggested governance framework with four pillars:
- Ethical Alignment & Principles
- Risk Management & Oversight (impact assessments, monitoring, audits, incident response)
- Data & Security Foundation (quality, provenance, cyber-resilience)
- Organization & Culture (cross-functional
governance, roles, training)
- Irish Public Sector Responsible AI Framework and DBS case study
Speaker Details
Professor Joe Peppard - Academic Director, UCD Smurfit Executive Development
Professor Peppard is a leading authority on digital transformation, with previous faculty roles at MIT Sloan, ESMT Berlin, and Cranfield School of Management. His research focuses on helping managers navigate technological change, and his work has been cited by The Wall Street Journal as shaping the future of tech.
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