ComplyNexus Academic Webinar

Why Academia Is Falling Behind — and What We Built to Close It

A dedicated session for educators, researchers, and curriculum designers on building rigorous, integrated ESG-AI governance education. 

90 Mins

Online

April 23, 2026

3:30 PM HKT

What You’ll Gain

This session examines the evidence behind the ESG-AI curriculum gap and presents a fully built, academically rigorous programme designed to close it.

Understand why ESG and AI governance must be taught as one integrated discipline — not two adjacent topics

See how existing curricula fall short at the Bloom's Taxonomy levels organisations actually need

Explore programmes built to academic-grade evidence standards

Learn how practice-ready frameworks and diagnostic tools translate into teachable curriculum

Discover how to integrate or adopt the ESG-AI Mastery Lab across your institution's programmes

What This Session Covers

This is not a call to add new electives. It is a case for building an integrated discipline — from the ground up.

The Training Gap

Evidence on what organisations need and what current programmes deliver

The Curriculum Standard

What rigorous ESG-AI teaching looks like at Bloom's Levels 4–6

The ESG-AI Mastery Lab

Multiple courses, two published books, and a complete academic infrastructure

The Performance Evidence

ASML and DBS Bank — documented cases that prove the governance dividend

From Curriculum Design to Institutional Readiness

Why This Matters Now

Step 1 – Understand the Gap

Review the evidence on what current programmes are missing and why the gap is widening every semester

Step 2 – See What Rigorous Looks Like

Explore the five characteristics of integrated ESG-AI curriculum and the Bloom's framework that underpins the Mastery Lab

Step 3 – Evaluate the Programme

Walk through the two published books, and the evidence standard applied throughout

Step 4 – Choose Your Path

Enrol as a participant, apply for the Train-the-Trainer pathway, or begin an institutional curriculum integration conversation

Why This Matters Now 

Academic institutions are facing a credibility challenge they may not yet recognise.

ESG and AI governance have converged — and most curricula have not caught up

Graduates are entering organisations without the integrated competence employers are seeking

Governance frameworks moved from consultation to enforcement in under two years — curriculum cycles run 2–4 years

The institutions that act now will define the discipline; those that wait will follow

This session presents the evidence — and a fully built response.

Who This Session Is For

Universities and business schools

Academic deans and programme directors

Faculty in management, technology, law, and policy disciplines

Curriculum designers and postgraduate programme leads

Executive education and professional learning teams

Session Agenda

The ESG-AI training gap — evidence and scale

Why existing curricula stop at Bloom's Level 2

Introducing the ESG-AI Mastery Lab — architecture and evidence standard

The cases: ASML and DBS Bank

Pathways for educators, trainers, and institutions

Live Q&A — questions of challenge and scrutiny welcome

Webinar Recording Available

This session is no longer live. Click below to watch the recording.

Our Speaker

Meet the leadership and advisors driving innovation in compliance, governance, and security.

Alfons Futterer

CEO, NanoMatriX | 25+ yrs governance | ISACA

Alfons Futterer is the Managing Director at NanoMatriX Technologies, leveraging over 25 years of experience in anti-counterfeit systems, document security, and track-and-trace technologies. He is also active in AI governance, digital transformation, infrastructure-level compliance and policy implementation, and compliance innovation.

Jacqueline

Jacqueline Gan

COO, NanoMatriX | 20+ yrs security tech | MBA Ivey

Jacqueline Gan is the Deputy Managing Director of NanoMatriX Technologies Limited, a provider of document security and authentication solutions. She has over 20 years of experience in developing and implementing design techniques and security technologies that support document protection and compliance systems for governments, central banks, and multinational corporations in Europe and Asia.

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