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Event Agenda

April 22-24 2026
Atlanta GA

From breakout sessions with the latest trends, to hands-on training, inspiring general sessions, this event will surely be one to remember. Browse our 60+ sessions below by track, format or industry.

Wednesday, April 22

Registration

Registration

Diligent Boards Mastery Level 1: Essential skills to run meetings with precision

Workshop

Governance

ACL AI Studio: How to automate repetitive analysis and reclaim your time

Workshop

AI

Audit and Analytics

Building data excellence in Diligent Entities: A foundation for confident compliance

Workshop

Governance

Compliance under scrutiny: A masterclass in IPO and transaction readiness

Workshop

Compliance

AI 101: What legal and governance leaders really need to know about AI

Workshop

AI

Governance

Introducing Diligent Community: What to expect and how we’ll support you

Workshop

Edu & Local Gov

Level up your meeting book game with BoardEffect (Training)

Workshop

BoardEffect

From reactive to reliable: Building an integrated compliance program leaders trust

Breakout

Compliance

AI 102: Vibe coding for legal professionals

Workshop

AI

Governance

Diligent Community setup essentials: Users, groups & templates

Workshop

Edu & Local Gov

Workflows that work for you in Diligent Community

Workshop

Edu & Local Gov

BoardEffect controls: Who runs the site? (You do.)

Workshop

BoardEffect

Diligent Boards Mastery Level 2: Working smarter with advanced collaboration tools

Workshop

Governance

ACL Analytics: Enhancing classic ACL workflows with AI‑powered techniques

Breakout

Audit and Analytics

Appointment management: Automating updates and minimizing errors with Entities AI

Workshop

Governance

Your speak‑up system: What holds, what breaks and what to fix

Workshop

Compliance

Building better agendas in Diligent Community - Part 1

Workshop

Edu & Local Gov

Goals & library document mini-sessions with Diligent Community

Workshop

Edu & Local Gov

All in favor? BoardEffect approvals and polls in action

Workshop

BoardEffect

GovernAI skills lab: Master AI‑powered tools that transform your governance work

Breakout

Governance

What's new with Diligent Risk & Audit

Workshop

Audit and Analytics

Risk

What's new with Diligent Entities

Breakout

Governance

The compliance stack for the AI era: Connected workflows, shared insights

Breakout

Compliance

Building better agendas in Diligent Community - Part 2

Workshop

Edu & Local Gov

Simplify policies with Policy Publisher for Diligent Community

Workshop

Edu & Local Gov

Demystifying risk for mission-driven boards

Breakout

Risk

BoardEffect

Opening reception

Thursday, April 23

What's new with Diligent Boards

Breakout

AI

Governance

Embracing AI securely: Harnessing AI innovation with governance guardrails

Panel

Governance

From 40 hours to 7 minutes: How AI slashes risk and audit reporting time

Breakout

Audit and Analytics

Redefining the general counsel as an enterprise risk leader

Panel

Risk

Diligent Community: Managing live meetings and minutes from start to finish - Part 1

Workshop

Edu & Local Gov

Advanced settings: Get the most out of Community

Workshop

Edu & Local Gov

AI for mission-driven boards: People, policy and purpose

Breakout

BoardEffect

Introducing Diligent Governance: The future of Boards

Breakout

Governance

Meet your new digital colleagues: AI agents that handle the busywork of GRC

Breakout

Audit and Analytics

From Day 1 to 100: A playbook for the M&A lifecycle

Breakout

Governance

ERM outgrowing your spreadsheets? Master the shift to AI-first risk management

Panel

Risk

Diligent Community: Managing live meetings and minutes from start to finish - Part 2

Workshop

Edu & Local Gov

Using Livestream Manager to broadcast your meetings with AI-Supported Minutes

Workshop

Edu & Local Gov

Let’s get hands-on with BoardEffect’s GovernAI

Workshop

BoardEffect

Minutes in minutes: Transform your most time-consuming task into your fastest

Breakout

Governance

Communicating AI and cyber risk in board‑ready language

Breakout

AI

Audit and Analytics

Compliance

From series A to IPO: Navigating business-defining moments beyond the boardroom

Panel

Governance

The state of entity management: Risks, gaps and maturity trends

Breakout

Governance

Diligent Community: Making your public site shine

Workshop

Edu & Local Gov

Making meetings work: Simplifying Robert’s Rules for nonprofit teams

Breakout

BoardEffect

How to use AI-powered data rooms for more secure, intelligent document management

Demo

Governance

AI for proactive risk identification: The next frontier in third-party risk management

Breakout

Compliance

Risk

Designing policy training that employees actually understand — and apply

Breakout

Compliance

Connected governance in action: Unifying Diligent Entities, Boards & ACL Analytics

Panel

Audit and Analytics

Governance

Running meetings efficiently: Understanding Robert’s Rules and open meeting compliance

Breakout

Edu & Local Gov

Board member engagement: Habits of high-functioning boards

Workshop

BoardEffect

General Session

Keynote

Networking Night Out

Friday, April 24

Diligent Boards Mastery Level 3: From administrator to strategic partner

Workshop

Governance

Trust issues: How to build confidence in data and AI

Breakout

AI

Audit and Analytics

Compliance

Governance

Risk

From scramble to structure: Plan the board year, not just the meeting

Breakout

Governance

Lost in translation: How to bridge the language gap between your GC, CFO and CISO

Panel

AI

Compliance

Governance

AI in governance: People, policy and purpose

Workshop

Edu & Local Gov

BoardEffect on the Diligent One Platform

Workshop

BoardEffect

Diligent Boards Mastery Level 4: Achieving governance excellence

Workshop

Governance

Rewriting the future of governance in an AI-first world

Workshop

Governance

Inside high‑impact internal audit: Learnings from field experts

Breakout

Audit and Analytics

Director questionnaires masterclass: Get higher completion and better insights

Breakout

Governance

The engaged board: Leading through change

Workshop

Edu & Local Gov

BoardEffect solution saloon

Breakout

BoardEffect