What You Need to Know (And Why You Should Care) About AI Governance - Michelle Frost - NDC Oslo 2026

This talk was recorded at NDC Oslo in Oslo, Norway. #ndcoslo #ndcconferences #developer #softwaredeveloper Attend the next NDC conference near you: https://ndcconferences.com https://ndcoslo.com/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel and learn every day: / @NDC Follow our Social Media! https://www.facebook.com/ndcconferences https://twitter.com/NDC_Conferences https://www.instagram.com/ndc_conferences/ #ai AI governance is no longer just for your legal team, but is becoming a daily reality for developers, designers, and product managers. AI agents taking real-world actions introduces an entirely new risk profile for product teams as well. But what does "governance" actually look like when you’re debugging an agent's reasoning loop or trying to hit a sprint deadline without getting blocked? This session skips legal theory to focus on what product teams actually need to know. We’ll look at how to translate high-level guidelines like NIST’s AI Risk Management Framework and the EU AI Act into practical engineering decisions. We will use a beginner friendly governance framework as a lens on how to balance innovation with accountability, helping your team navigate: what we need to do for the product, what we should do ethically, what we must do legally, and what we can do technically. Whether you’re writing code or managing the roadmap, you’ll leave with practical strategies to build systems that are resilient, compliant, and ready for global deployment.