Security and Governance in the Agentic Era
12th March, 2026
Gotham Hotel
🗓 Date: Thursday, 12th March 2026
🕐 Time: 5:00 PM – 9:30 PM
📍 Location: The Strong Room, Gotham Hotel Manchester
An exclusive evening with The Social Collective, Hitachi Solutions and Microsoft
As AI rapidly evolves from passive copilots to autonomous agents capable of observing, deciding and acting across enterprise systems, security and governance have become board-level priorities.
On 12th March, we are inviting a small group of senior leaders to an evening in Manchester to explore one of the most pressing leadership challenges in the agentic era:
How do you unlock the value of agentic AI without losing control?
Set within the private surroundings of The Strong Room set inside The Vault at Gotham Hotel, King Street, Manchester, this event brings together MD-level leaders for strategic discussion, real-world perspectives, and peer-to-peer insight on how governance must evolve as AI becomes increasingly autonomous.
What the evening will cover
Security & Governance in the Agentic Era explores how organisations can move beyond AI pilots and safely deploy autonomous agents inside live, mission-critical environments.
As AI agents begin to trigger workflows, access sensitive data, and recommend, and increasingly execute, decisions within core business systems, leaders face a new challenge. It’s no longer about whether to adopt agentic AI, but how to establish the right operating model to govern, secure, and trust it at scale.
What attendees will gain
Participants will leave with clearer answers to:
- What agentic AI actually means in practice
- Why existing governance and security models are being stretched
- How to balance innovation speed with control and accountability
- What questions leaders should be asking their teams right now
- How to move from AI experimentation to controlled deployment
Agenda
Welcome drinks & networking – 5:00-5:30pm
Microsoft & Hitachi Solutions keynote – 5:30-6:10pm
Setting the strategic context for agentic AI and why governance is now the enabler of autonomy at scale
Case-study-led discussion 6:10-6:40pm
Practical perspectives on how organisations are building trust, accountability, and confidence in AI agents today
Facilitated executive roundtable 6:40-7:10pm
What does ‘AI-ready’ really mean for organisations today?
Rooftop networking reception 7:10-9:00pm
Informal conversation over drinks and canapés