Board Oversight of Responsible AI for Value Creation

📅  Date: September 4, 2025
🕐 Time: 8:00 – 09:30 CET
📍 Online

How Boards Can Lead with Confidence in the Age of AI

As artificial intelligence rapidly transforms business landscapes, boardrooms must move beyond awareness to active leadership. This exclusive webinar explores how boards can embrace AI as a strategic imperative—guiding innovation, managing emerging risks, and reshaping corporate governance.

Confirmed Guest Speakers:

• Mats Magnusson: professor and deputy head at the School of Industrial Engineering and Management at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, specializing in innovation management, product development, and dynamic capabilities in leadership. He also serves as a permanent Visiting Professor at LUISS (Rome) and co-authors research on board governance practices and value creation.
• Henrik Forzelius: KTH Royal Institute of Technology. Experienced Executive, Head of Business Development and Product Management with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. Skilled in Digital Strategy, Business Planning, IT Strategy, Management, and Start-ups.
• Tuomas Syrjänen: co-founder and Chief AI Officer at Futurice, leading the company’s AI transformation program. In addition to his role at Futurice, Syrjänen holds several non-executive board roles in publicly listed and private companies.

Join global experts and experienced board leaders as we discuss:

• The evolving role of the board in AI oversight and opportunity
• Key capabilities and questions boards must bring to the table
• How to drive responsible AI adoption while enabling transformation
• Real-world practices from trailblazing companies and sectors

Whether your board is just beginning its AI journey or is deep in the transformation process, this session will provide practical insights, frameworks, and strategic foresight.

Step into the future of governance. Lead with AI fluency.

The webinar will include: 

* Introduction 

* Presentation of the topic

* Poll and Breakoutroom Discussion

* Next 

Presentation will be based on newly concluded academic research on Boards AI Leadership, as well as practical experiences.

Presenters: Liselotte Engstam and Fernanda Torre from BIF.

This event is part of the AI program Board Oversight of Responsible AI for Value Creation, aimed at empowering leaders and boards in the age of artificial intelligence.