⁠Rui Gomes

Governing What Learns

Rui Gomes is an electrical engineer with a specialisation in computer science, a Master’s in Medical Informatics, a Six Sigma Black Belt, and certification in Artificial Intelligence through the EITCA/AI Artificial Intelligence Academy. With more than 20 years leading digital transformation in healthcare, he is Director of Digital Transformation and Innovation at ULS Coimbra, teaches regularly at universities, polytechnic institutes, and through the Portuguese National Cybersecurity Centre, and is a frequent keynote speaker on IT Governance, Medical Informatics, and AI. He is also an expert in European innovation projects, with more than 15 years of experience across EU-funded initiatives, including Horizon programmes, bridging academia, strategy, and real-world execution. His strength lies in turning complexity into structured decisions, aligning technology, strategy, and execution with clarity and discipline. For Rui, strategy creates value only through results.

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“Don’t ask what tools you’re using, ask what in your organisation is still not learning.”

AI isn’t just a technology; it’s a layer of management.” Rui Gomes shifts the conversation from tools to governance. Organisations are used to managing systems that follow rules. AI changes that — now we are dealing with systems that learn, evolve, and make decisions.
The instinct is to focus on urgency and short-term adoption, but that misses the point. “We must prepare for the maturity and continuity of governing these learning systems.”
This requires new discipline, new visibility, and new responsibility. Governance is no longer about control. It is about ensuring that what learns, learns well — and that it remains aligned with the organisation over time.

Governing What Learns

⁠Rui Gomes

SPEAKER

“Don’t ask what tools you’re using, ask what in your organisation is still not learning.”

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