WADSIH again expanded our national reach by partnering with Standards Australia and the National Artificial Intelligence Centre to bring the event Applying the AI Management System Standard (AIMSS) for Practical Success to Perth on May 5.
Standards Australia was busy formulating and finalising the relevant ISO standards (AS ISO/IEC 42001:2023) that will guide and establish best practice in using generative AI across industries in Australia, and the event introduced and provided an understanding of the AI Management System Standards (AIMSS) to business, government and academic users.
Attendees were assigned a series of discussion-based exercises brainstorming how application of the standards would affect their particular field in everything from OH&S and privacy to legislation and transparency. After reviewing case studies from the real world, they imagined how the specific challenges and opportunities of the system under review would perform in their own AI projects.
WADSIH was thrilled to host and help present the event and collaborate with our federal-level partners to help expand our reach beyond WA.
As longtime WADSIH friend and partner Sarah James from Capgemini wrote about the thought leadership that emerged during this event and the subsequent Governance Australia Risk conference on Tuesday, May 6, hosted by the Governance Institute of Australia;
The standards plan to make it easier for people to do the work, check the facts that have been modeled, and maybe even the processes that have turned into an Agentic AI. Augmenting the way in which humans are working with AI. There are courses available to become certified in ISO/IEC 42001:2023 Information technology — Artificial intelligence — Management systems, so more people should get certified today. Risk of not doing this versus the risk of doing the course. Lean in to learn more about AI. Our leaders and executives need to do more in this space. How do leaders support AI across the organization? Empower people to do things differently and to embrace AI with the right guidance in place.
The following day WADSIH again accompanied valued partner the National Artificial Intelligence Centre as panelists for the Risk and Governance 2025 Forum event.
NAIC’s Beth Worrall led a discussion with WADSIH director Alex Jenkins and Standards Australia’s Jonathan Hatch about the unique challenges behind driving the responsible adoption of AI and what we need to know now about forthcoming legislative changes, building AI for value across the organisation and giving your people access to data.
The event galvanised productive and rewarding relationships with our partners and further established WADSIH as a national voice on the AI stage.
Read more about the work Standards Australia and the Australian Government are doing to establish ISO practices for AI use;
AS ISO/IEC 42001:2023. Information technology – Artificial intelligence – Management system
Critical and Emerging Technologies
Artificial Intelligence and the need for Standards
Developing a National AI Capability Plan
