The AI Audit Spectrum

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Beyond the model: product, governance, regulation and cost

AI is becoming part of how organisations build products, make decisions and deliver services. But how do we know whether it’s working as intended - and what should we actually be checking?

Join Women in AI Ireland and PyData Ireland for The AI Audit Spectrum, a panel discussion and interactive breakout session exploring AI through four connected lenses: product and engineering, governance and policies, legal and regulatory considerations, and finance. Powered by Squarespace.

This is a conversation about the bigger picture: not just what an AI system can do, but how it is built, managed, evaluated and paid for.

What we’ll explore

• Product & Engineering: What does “good” look like for an AI-powered product? Explore questions around performance, reliability, testing and ongoing monitoring.
• Governance & Policies: Who owns the decisions - and the risks? Discuss accountability, internal policies and how to turn principles into everyday practice.
• Legal & Regulatory: What questions should teams be asking about data, transparency and their responsibilities when developing or deploying AI?
• Finance & AI Budgeting: What does AI really cost? Consider how to budget for experimentation, deployment and ongoing operation - and how to assess whether the investment is delivering value.

More than a panel
Bring your questions, experience and curiosity. Alongside the panel discussion, interactive breakout conversations will give you space to exchange perspectives, explore practical challenges and consider what an AI audit could look like in your own organisation.
Whether you’re building AI systems, shaping policy, managing budgets or simply trying to make sense of responsible AI adoption, you’re welcome. You don’t need to be an AI auditing expert to contribute.

Who should join?
Engineers, data scientists, product managers, founders, governance and risk professionals, legal and compliance teams, finance professionals - and anyone interested in the decisions behind AI.

Event schedule
6:00 PM — Welcome & Networking
6:30 PM — Panel discussion & Q&A
7:30 PM — Interactive breakout session
8:30 PM — Closing Networking

Panel Details:

1. Dr. Valerie Lyons: Winner of the Most Inspiring Woman in Cyber award 2026, and included in the Top 100 Women in Cybersecurity in Europe, Dr. Valerie Lyons is Board Director and COO at BH Consulting, where she advises boards and executive leaders on cybersecurity, AI governance, and data protection. She also serves as INED on the board of Legend Trading, one of the first fintechs to be authorised by the Central Bank of Ireland under MICAr. Valerie has over two decades of leadership experience, including 13 years leading cybersecurity risk at KBC Bank. She holds an award-winning PhD in Privacy and Ethics and is currently undertaking the Chartered Director programme, further strengthening her board-level governance expertise. She is author of The Privacy Leader Compass: A Comprehensive Business-Oriented Roadmap for Building and Leading Practical Privacy Programs (2024), recognised as a significant contribution to modern privacy leadership practice. A faculty lead on the Institute of Directors Cybersecurity Programme, Valerie holds CISSP, CDPSE, and CIPP/E certifications along with certifications in Corporate Governance. She is an Honorary Fellow of the Irish Information Security Forum since 2003 and serves on advisory and policy initiatives including CeADAR (Ireland’s National Centre for AI), the EDPB, Cyber Ireland, and the UN Internet Governance Forum. Valerie has spoken and keynoted at major international conferences and was the first woman in Ireland selected to present at RSA Conference. She is a passionate advocate for advancing women’s leadership in cybersecurity and for strengthening industry resilience through principled, governance-driven practises.
2. Summer Browne: Co-founder of Royyk, which trains businesses and education institutions to use AI with confidence, jargon-free. She sits on the board of an Irish engineering firm, so she sees first-hand what AI actually costs and whether it pays off. She has studied engineering, law and marketing, lectured in business and marketing at university level, and developed master’s programmes. Alongside Royyk, she works as a marketing executive.
3. Daíthí Walsh: Director of Product at Revenium.ai, the AI Economic Control System. Revenium, a platform that helps businesses track AI costs, control agent spending, and prove ROI in real time. He brings nearly 25 years of experience in building solutions to monetise telecommunications, Cloud, SaaS & now AI for Government and large Enterprises. An engineer by background, he has spent nearly 25 years across successive technology waves (telecommunications, Cloud, SaaS and now AI), working on the same problem each time: turning technology into products that can be priced, sold and run profitably.
4. Dr. Fatemeh Ahmadi Zeleti: Fatemeh is a Research Fellow and Lecturer at the University of Galway, a Principal Investigator of Research Ireland Arc Hub for ICT funded project, and Founder of AIRIS.ai (LinkedIn: EU AI Act for Regulated Companies). Through AIRIS.ai, her team develops RegTech solutions that simplify and automate EU AI Act compliance for high-risk AI systems. She has advised the European AI Office on AI self-regulation and trust labels, and co-developed Europe’s AI, Data and Robotics Awareness Centre in collaboration with the European AI, Data and Robotics Association (ADRA), which has since been integrated into the European AI-on-Demand Platform. She is also Editor for Systems and Frontiers in Political Science (open for submission).