​Description

​As enterprises transition from AI experimentation to large-scale deployment, the technical and regulatory requirements for oversight have shifted significantly. This session brings together experts from Nemko Digital, NEC, and Nakatomi to explore how organizations can balance rapid innovation with robust governance. We will examine practical risk-assessment frameworks for scaling AI, the role of open innovation in establishing digital ethics, and how the rigorous security and data classification principles of the defence industry can be translated into actionable strategies for enterprise AI deployment.

​​Agenda

​​18:00 Doors open

​​18:30 - 18:45 Talk 1 - Trusted AI is Scalable AI (Bas Overtoom)

​​18:45 - 19:00 Talk 2 - Realizing Ethical AI through Open Innovation: From Digital Ethics to AI Governance (Hirohiko Ito)

​19:00 - 19:15 Talk 3 - Eyes Only: What Enterprise Leaders Can Learn from How Defence Governs AI (Richard Orman)

​19:15 - 20:00 Panel "Bridging the Gap: Implementing AI Governance in Production Environments"

​​20:00 - 21:00 Networking

​​21:00 Doors close

​Speakers

​Talk 1 - Trusted AI is Scalable AI

​Speaker: Bas Overtoom (Managing Director, Nemko Digital)

​Abstract: As organizations accelerate the adoption of Generative AI, the challenge is no longer experimentation but scaling safely and responsibly. This talk explores how enterprises can design and implement pragmatic risk assessment and control frameworks for AI at scale. Drawing on real client experience, we will cover key risk domains, practical governance approaches, and the trade-offs organizations face when balancing innovation with control. The session will also look ahead at emerging regulatory expectations and what enterprises should prepare for next.

​Bio: A strategic leader in technology assurance and regulatory foresight, Bas helps organizations align innovation with compliance in an increasingly complex digital landscape. Based in Amsterdam, where Nemko’s global digital trust headquarters is located, he works with clients across Europe and globally to build trusted approaches to AI, cybersecurity, and emerging technologies. At Nemko, Bas supports organizations in navigating new frontiers in digital trust, AI governance, and cybersecurity. With a strong foundation in Europe, he is also focused on expanding these capabilities internationally, supporting clients as they scale trusted AI and digital solutions across regions, including Asia.

​Talk 2 - Realizing Ethical AI through Open Innovation: From Digital Ethics to AI Governance

​​Speaker: Hirohiko Ito (Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration Coordinator, NEC)

​Abstract: At NEC, we view “ethics” not as a constraint, but as a key driver for accelerating innovation. Under the concept of Digital Ethics, we engage with diverse stakeholders to explore the responsible use of digital technologies, including AI, and actively share the outcomes of these dialogues with society.

​In this presentation, I will introduce NEC’s approach to AI technologies and governance frameworks, as well as how we have expanded the concept of Digital Ethics through open innovation with academia, government, and international partners.

​As one illustrative example, I will briefly touch on exploratory discussions—including roundtables with startups and academic researchers—aimed at considering how more democratic and inclusive processes could be incorporated into policymaking for digital technologies.

​Through this example, the talk highlights how discussions on Digital Ethics can gradually inform governance practices and policy-related thinking in real-world contexts.

​Bio: Hirohiko Ito joined NEC in 2008 to promote open innovation with a long-term and global perspective. After contributing to business model research at an industry–academia NPO, he returned to NEC and became an initial team member in the launch of NEC’s India Research Lab. There, he supported new business development in the transportation and logistics industry through local hackathons and partnerships. Since 2020, he has coordinated industry–academia collaborations, including joint research on AI ethics with the University of Tokyo, and is currently engaged in advancing NEC’s thought leadership in Digital Ethics through open innovation.

​Talk 3 - Eyes Only: What Enterprise Leaders Can Learn from How Defence Governs AI

​​Speaker: Richard Orman (Founder & CEO, Nakatomi)

​Abstract: Every enterprise leader deploying AI faces the same uncomfortable question: What happens to our sensitive data? The US defence industry has been grappling with that question at far higher stakes — and far longer — than the rest of us. Rather than slowing down, defence has found ways to move forward: building trust frameworks, governance structures, and procurement standards that let AI deliver real value without compromising sensitive information. The result is a set of hard-won principles that translate directly to the enterprise — regardless of your industry or technical maturity. In this session, we'll cut through the complexity and extract the strategic lessons that matter most for business leaders: how to classify what you're actually trying to protect, how to govern which AI systems are permitted to touch it, how to hold vendors accountable, and how to build the internal confidence — with your board, your customers, and your regulators — to deploy AI responsibly and at speed. If your organisation is sitting on the sidelines waiting for AI governance to feel safer, this session is your permission to move.

​Bio: Richard Orman is a cybersecurity leader and founder focused on enforcing discipline around sensitive data, well before AI made it a universal concern. He began in the U.S. Air Force and Defence Intelligence Agency, assessing command-and-control systems against NIST 800-53 controls, where rigorous classification, strict access control, and auditability were non-negotiable. He later led a 24/7 SOC for Paidy, Japan’s largest BNPL platform, scaling principles like least privilege and third-party accountability across a high-volume, regulated environment. Today, he is Founder and CEO of Nakatomi Co., Ltd. and creator of Plaza, a security and compliance SaaS platform helping startups and SMBs build audit-ready AWS environments. He holds CISSP-ISSEP, CISM, CISA, and GCAD certifications, and an M.S. in Information Security Engineering from SANS Institute.

​​Organizers

​​​​​​​Ilya Kulyatin is an entrepreneur with work and academic experience in the US, Netherlands, Singapore, UK, and Japan. He holds a BA in Economics, an MA in Finance, and an MSc in Machine Learning. He's a 3x founder, now helping Japan grow the local AI ecosystem through a not-for-profit community, Tokyo AI (TAI), while building an AI-native system integrator and solutions provider, Foundry Labs株式会社.

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​​​​Tokyo AI (​​​TAI) is the biggest AI community in Japan, with 4,000+ members mainly based in Tokyo (engineers, researchers, investors, product managers, and corporate innovation managers).

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