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SUMMARY:Creating AI Policy for SMEs
DESCRIPTION:Recent research and industry reports show that:\n\n	Only 1 in 10 SMEs in Ireland have an AI strategy in place.\n	Less than half of all businesses have any guidelines or policy for AI use.\n	4 out of 5 leaders are aware AI is being used in their organisation\, often without oversight or guardrails.\n\nThis session will address the urgent need for SMEs to establish clear\, practical AI policies that protect businesses while enabling innovation.\n\n\n\nLearning Objectives\n\n\n\nBy the end of the session\, participants will:\n\n\n	Understand why AI policy is essential for SMEs (risk\, compliance\, trust).\n	Recognise the risks of "shadow AI" where employees use AI tools without supervision.\n	Learn the core components of an AI policy\n	Gain practical steps to begin building or strengthening their own AI policies.\n\n\n\n\nKindly sponsored by Local Enterprise Office\, Waterford
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">Recent research and industry reports show that:</span></span>\n<ul>\n	<li style="line-height:normal\;"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">Only 1 in 10 SMEs in Ireland have an AI strategy in place.</span></span></li>\n	<li style="line-height:normal\;"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">Less than half of all businesses have any guidelines or policy for AI use.</span></span></li>\n	<li style="line-height:normal\;"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">4 out of 5 leaders are aware AI is being used in their organisation\, often without oversight or guardrails.</span></span></li>\n</ul>\n<span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">This session will address the urgent need for SMEs to establish clear\, practical AI policies that protect businesses while enabling innovation.</span></span><br />\n<br />\n<strong><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:13.5pt\;">Learning Objectives</span></span></strong><br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">By the end of the session\, participants will:</span></span>\n\n<ul>\n	<li style="line-height:normal\;"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">Understand why AI policy is essential for SMEs (risk\, compliance\, trust).</span></span></li>\n	<li style="line-height:normal\;"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">Recognise the risks of &ldquo\;shadow AI&rdquo\; where employees use AI tools without supervision.</span></span></li>\n	<li style="line-height:normal\;"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">Learn the core components of an AI policy</span></span></li>\n	<li style="line-height:normal\;"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">Gain practical steps to begin building or strengthening their own AI policies.</span></span></li>\n</ul>\n\n<div style="line-height:normal\;"><br />\n<span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;"><em>Kindly sponsored by Local Enterprise Office\, Waterford</em></span></span></div>\n
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URL:https://business.dungarvanchamber.ie/events/details/creating-ai-policy-for-smes-95
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