10:00AM – 10:15AM • Welcome & Introductions—grab some coffee, say your hellos, and grab a seat
10:15AM – 10:30AM • Opening Remarks
10:30AM – 11:15AM • Session 1: Sovereignty as a Design Principle: Building Your AI Governance Framework
11:15AM – 11:30AM • Break
11:30AM – 12:15PM • Session 2: Digital Service Delivery for Tribal Nations: Where Sovereignty, Security, and Citizen Experience Meet
12:15PM – 1:00PM • Lunch
12:30PM – 1:30PM • Session 3: Leading Digital Change in Tribal Government: A Conversation with CIOs
AI is moving quickly, but for Sovereign Nations, the conversation has to start with something deeper than tools: trust, control, and self-determination.
This session will explore how Sovereign Nations can approach AI governance in a way that reflects their values, protects their data, and supports responsible innovation. Learn what questions to ask before adopting AI, how to think about policies and guardrails, and how to build with sovereignty as a core design principle.
Through practical examples and discussion, we’ll look at how to build an AI governance framework that gives teams clarity around data use, risk, accountability, and decision-making, while helping leaders evaluate where AI can support service delivery, operations, and community needs.
Tribal governments are being asked to deliver more connected, accessible, and responsive services while protecting sovereignty, strengthening security, and supporting teams that are often stretched thin. For CIOs and technology leaders, modernization cannot be treated as a generic digital transformation effort. It has to reflect the unique responsibilities, relationships, and priorities of Sovereign Nations.
In this session, Beyond20 will explore practical ways Tribal governments can connect services across departments, improve visibility into requests and cases, reduce manual work, and create a more consistent experience for citizens and staff. The discussion will focus on how to approach digital service delivery in a way that supports trust, security, governance, and long-term service improvement.
