Bernadette Harkin

Founder & Principal, Lucentis Advisory

About

Bernadette is a NED and Technology Executive with organisations equipped with frontier technologies - AI, Quantum and Robotics. Bernadette is also the Principal and Founder of Lucentis Advisory assisting boards and leadership teams with AI Governance. Board and Executive career spanning ASX-listed companies and global professional services across Europe, Asian North America and ANZ. She has sat at the table where governance happens.

IndustrySenior (15+ years)Law/policy/governance

Speaking at AI Safety Forum 2026

The Governance Gap: What the Safety Report Doesn't Tell Boards

8 July 2026 · 11:12 am – 11:17 am · Cullenlightning

The International AI Safety Report sets the risk landscape. But between frontier risk research and safe AI deployment sits an unaddressed layer — organisational governance. Most boards of mid-size organisations are making AI adoption decisions today, without the oversight structures the report implicitly assumes exist. This talk focuses on that gap with a practitioner's lens.