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    LEARNAI - When AI Meets Compliance: Are You in Control of AI-Assisted Outputs?
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    LEARNAI - When AI Meets Compliance: Are You in Control of AI-Assisted Outputs?

    Event Details AI is already influencing outputs within many organisations, often without clear control, ownership, or auditability. For compliance and risk leaders, this creates a difficult position: accountability remains, but visibility and assurance may not. This session explores where current governance approaches fall short when AI-assisted outputs are used in business processes, and what practical steps can be taken to regain control. It introduces a structured way to ensure AI-assisted outputs are reviewed, traceable, and appropriate before they are relied upon in decision-making, providing clarity in an area where many organisations currently lack confidence. Who should attend: Compliance, risk, and governance professionals responsible for oversight of data, reporting, and AI usage, particularly within regulated or high-trust environments including financial services, corporate service providers, and legal sectors. 📍 Location: Launchpad, Hillary House ⏱ Duration: 1 hour (room will be open 15 minutes prior to start time) Session Objectives: Understand how AI-assisted outputs are already influencing business processes Identify where governance, ownership, and auditability can break down Recognise the risks of relying on outputs that have not been formally reviewed Learn a structured approach to regaining control and establishing clear accountability Gain practical insight into introducing traceability and assurance into AI usage Session Agenda: The role of AI in business processes and decision support Where governance gaps are emerging in real-world use Risks of uncontrolled AI-assisted outputs Establishing control: review, ownership, and traceability A structured approach to governing AI-assisted outputs in practice What's included: A clear explanation of risks associated with AI-assisted outputs in business processes A structured approach to reviewing and governing AI usage Practical guidance aligned to regulated and high-trust environments A model for introducing control, traceability, and accountability into AI-assisted decision-making Instructor: Philip Gelling is a Senior Data Engineer with two decades of experience in the financial services sector. His career is defined by the delivery of complex data platforms within heavily regulated environments; including nine years at a local Isle of Man bank where he managed the integrity of regulatory reporting and auditable data systems. It was this background in deterministic, high-stakes reporting that led Philip to develop Controlled AI Analytics Promotion (CAAP). As the founder of Manx Data IT Consultants; Philip provides organisations with this formal governance standard to bridge the gap between AI experimentation and production-grade accountability. CAAP is designed specifically for Compliance, Audit and IT leaders. Introducing a formal promotion boundary that ensures AI-assisted outputs are reviewed, clearly owned and authorised before they are relied upon for business decisions. About Activate AI: Activate AI empowers the Isle of Man community through accessible AI education and training. Led by industry experts, these sessions help businesses and residents harness AI for innovation, productivity, and growth.

    May 19, 2026·11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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    Google I/O Watch Party (Google Keynote)
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    Google I/O Watch Party (Google Keynote)

    May 19, 2026·4:45 PM - 7:00 PM
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    Upcoming events

    From Hungry to Shipped: Building Kivoon Solo with Claude
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    From Hungry to Shipped: Building Kivoon Solo with Claude

    Event Details Day 1 on the Isle of Man. Hungry. No clue how to get to McDonald's. That problem turned into Kivoon — a public transit app for the Island, with timetables, live tracking, and an automated content engine. Built solo, across a few weekends, with Claude as the team. In this Launchpad talk, Itamar walks through the whole story: spotting the problem (and why his wife kept asking about buses), wrangling the raw public transit data, getting it into an app that actually works, and setting up a marketing engine that posts Reels and blog content on its own. What you'll see: How a real, scrappy problem became a shipped product The actual prompts and decisions that moved Kivoon forward How to use Claude as your team — not just an autocomplete The self-improvement loop powering Kivoon, including the real-time vehicle matcher How marketing was automated end-to-end (Reels, blog, the lot) Who's this for? Anyone curious about building solo with AI — founders, developers, students, or anyone who's ever wondered whether they could actually ship the thing in their head. Who is Itamar Bareket? Itamar is an Isle of Man–based builder and the creator of Kivoon, a public transit app with timetables, live tracking, and an automated content engine — built solo over a handful of weekends. Itamar is also the CTO of MobiMatter. Find him at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/itamar-bareket/ Kivoon: https://kivoon.im/ MobiMatter: https://mobimatter.com/ When: Wednesday, 20 May 2026, 5:30pm Where: Launchpad, Hillary House, Prospect Hill, Douglas, IM1 1EQ Cost: Free — registration required Come hungry (for ideas, this time).

    May 20, 2026·4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
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    Island’s Worker Migrant Visa Rules Workshop
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    Island’s Worker Migrant Visa Rules Workshop

    May 21, 2026·8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
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    LEARNAI - AI-Powered Pulses: Better Meetings With Simple Principles & AI
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    LEARNAI - AI-Powered Pulses: Better Meetings With Simple Principles & AI

    May 21, 2026·11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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    Communities of Practice: Isle of Man AI Meet-up
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    Communities of Practice: Isle of Man AI Meet-up

    May 21, 2026·4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
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    Communities of Practice: ESG
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    Communities of Practice: ESG

    Jun 18, 2026·12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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    Communities of Practice: Isle of Man AI Meet-up
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    Communities of Practice: Isle of Man AI Meet-up

    Jun 18, 2026·4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
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    LEARNAI - From Buzzword to Business Tool: 1st Steps To Smarter Business Using AI
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    LEARNAI - From Buzzword to Business Tool: 1st Steps To Smarter Business Using AI

    May 18, 2026·9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
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    LEARNAI - Vibe Coding: Ideas into AI-Built Prototypes
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    LEARNAI - Vibe Coding: Ideas into AI-Built Prototypes

    May 15, 2026·9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
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    LEARNAI - AI-Powered Pulses: Better Meetings With Simple Principles & AI
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    LEARNAI - AI-Powered Pulses: Better Meetings With Simple Principles & AI

    May 13, 2026·11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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    Journey of Triskelion: By Scott Reid
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    Journey of Triskelion: By Scott Reid

    Apr 30, 2026·4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
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    Communities of Practice: ESG
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    Communities of Practice: ESG

    Apr 30, 2026·12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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    Neurodiversity at Work: Strength in Difference
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    Neurodiversity at Work: Strength in Difference

    Apr 30, 2026·8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
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    LEARNAI - AI-Powered Pulses: Better Meetings With Simple Principles & AI
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    LEARNAI - AI-Powered Pulses: Better Meetings With Simple Principles & AI

    Apr 28, 2026·11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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    Communities of Practice: Digital Compliance
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    Communities of Practice: Digital Compliance

    Apr 24, 2026·11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
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    AI Readiness Workshop - Session 1
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    AI Readiness Workshop - Session 1

    Apr 23, 2026·7:30 AM - 9:00 AM
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    LEARNAI - AI-Powered Pulses: Better Meetings With Simple Principles & AI
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    LEARNAI - AI-Powered Pulses: Better Meetings With Simple Principles & AI

    Apr 22, 2026·11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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    Free-Roam VR: Teams in Action by Unboring Events
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    Free-Roam VR: Teams in Action by Unboring Events

    Apr 21, 2026·5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
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    Communities of Practice: Open Source Intelligence
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    Communities of Practice: Open Source Intelligence

    Apr 21, 2026·11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
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    Communities of Practice: Isle of Man AI Meet-up
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    Communities of Practice: Isle of Man AI Meet-up

    Apr 16, 2026·4:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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    Communities of Practice - Isle Negosyo
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    Communities of Practice - Isle Negosyo

    Mar 31, 2026·9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
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