Executive dinner · London · Coming up
The Department of Yes
Thursday 19 November 2026
Security used to say no. AI needs a yes.Control the risk. Learn from the use.
Join fellow security and technology leaders for an evening on both, and one question: how do you say yes to AI when you can’t see everything it’s doing?
Around the table
Mark Walmsley
CISO, Freshfields
Mark sits on Freshfields’ AI governance group and oversees how the firm governs and adopts AI.
James Moore
Founder & CEO, CultureAI
James started his career in red teaming and penetration testing, and now helps organisations enable safe, compliant AI adoption.
Date
Thursday 19 November 2026
Time
18:30 arrival cocktails19:30 to 22:00 three-course dinner and discussion
Venue
Freshfields, 100 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4AG (Floor 22)
About the evening
Most security leaders are being asked to deliver AI at speed while managing risks they can’t fully see. Sensitive data is going into AI tools, agents are connecting to systems nobody approved, and some of those risks don’t have a control yet.
Locking it down only gets you so far. The same visibility that stops data leaking also shows you how your people work, which uses are worth scaling, and where AI is quietly making teams better.
How do you say yes to AI when you can’t see everything it’s doing?
A room of peers, some of the best views in London, and an honest conversation about what’s working, what isn’t, and what nobody has solved yet.
What’s on the menu?
Course I
Control
Start with the risk: malicious AI, sensitive uploads, unsanitised data and harmful prompts, from chatbots to agents with access to your systems.
Course II
Opportunity
Then the upside: what prompts and MCP connections reveal about how people really work, and how to spread what’s working across the business.
Course III
The Yes
Bring it together: which controls let people use AI safely, and what does a confident yes look like for chatbots and agents alike?
Who should attend
Senior security and IT leaders who are responsible for managing AI risk and adoption.
The small print
Seats are limited and allocated by invitation. The discussion runs under the Chatham House Rule, and nothing is recorded.
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