Free webinar for local government
AI-Ready Governed Data Foundation for Councils
What councils need in place before Copilot — and the pattern to get there. Governance-first, in council terms, with a first step you can take back to your executive.
Date
Wed 29 July 2026
Time
2:00–3:00pm AEST
Format
60 min · live online
Where
Microsoft Teams
Free to attend · Q&A included · recording sent to registrants
The argument in one picture
AI doesn’t sit on scattered data. It sits on a governed foundation.
The webinar walks the three moves a council makes to get there — the same structure behind everything we do.
UNIFY
From — a scattered estate
One place your data actually lives
Pathway, TechOne, Infor, GIS, records, HR — mapped, owned, and connected rather than siloed.
Curate
From — data no one quite trusts
Governed data teams can rely on
Purview-anchored governance, clear ownership, and sensitivity you can defend to an auditor.
Empower
From — stalled pilots
A council that’s genuinely AI-ready
A foundation Copilot and AI tools can safely land on — because the layer underneath is sound.
What you’ll leave with
Four things worth an hour
1
A working definition
What a governed data foundation is, and why it’s the prerequisite for council AI rather than an add-on you bolt on later.
2
The Whitehorse Council Case Study
The Data Governance approach and learnings from Whitehorse City Council implementation
3
What “AI-ready” really asks
What audit-grade governance and Fabric-readiness actually take — in council terms, not vendor terms.
4
A defensible first step
A next move you can put in front of your executive, sized below most councils’ tender thresholds.
Run of show · 60 minutes
Agenda
2:00
Introduction — why this session, and where it fits
Sharlie Raymond Day · Microsoft
2:10
The governed data foundation: the layer before AI
Puran Ticku · The Blue Owls Solutions
2:20
Data governance with Purview — live demo
Apoorvo Chakraborty · The Blue Owls Solutions
2:30
Whitehorse City Council Implementation: Data Governance approach and learnings
Victoria Smith · Whitehorse City Council
2:45
Live Q&A
All speakers
2:55
Where to start — close
Puran Ticku
It’s not a model problem.
Speakers
Who you’ll hear from
Puran Ticku
Founder & CEO
The Blue Owls Solutions
A former Microsoft architect with over 20 years in data and digital health Puran is the Co-Founder and CEO of The Blue Owls Solutions, where he leads strategy and data governance for regulated, high-stakes environments.
Apoorvo Chakraborty
CTO
The Blue Owls Solutions
Apoorvo leads the firm’s technical Centre of Excellence and architects the “Secure by Design” framework behind every enterprise deployment. A Microsoft Fabric architect, he specialises in building unified, governed data platforms on Fabric and Purview
Victoria Smith
Data Governance Lead
Whitehorse City Council
Victoria is a Data Specialist at Whitehorse City Council and led data governance on the council’s side of the Whitehorse deployment. She brings the client’s own perspective to the story — what it takes to unify council data and stand up governed, auditable reporting from the inside, accountable for the governance outcome.
Sharlie Raymond
Cloud & AI Specialist
Microsoft
Sharlie is a Cloud & AI Specialist at Microsoft, working with local governments across Australia to build digital transformation roadmaps and the cloud and data foundations that agentic AI depends on. With over a decade in the technology industry, she advises councils on adopting AI responsibly — and on getting the foundations right first
Who it’s for
Built for the people who own this decision
If data governance or AI readiness is landing on your desk, this hour is aimed at you.
Council CIOs & IT Managers
Directors of Corporate Services
Data & governance leads
Records & information managers
Anyone scoping Copilot or AI
Save your place
Register for 29 July
Registration is handled through Microsoft Teams. Register once and you’ll get the join link and a calendar hold — plus the recording afterwards.
Free to attend · Q&A included · recording sent to registrants