A WORKSHOP FOR LOCAL AND REGIONAL GOVERNMENT

Secure, Protect and Govern: Designing the Council Digital Estate

Brewhemia, 1A Market St, Edinburgh EH1 1DE

May 19, 2026 I 02.00pm - 7.00pm BST

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Secure AI‑Ready Transformation

In this event, you will: 

  • Explore a roadmap for consolidating tenants, and data repositories, with an emphasis on risk management, technical debt, and business continuity.
  • Hear how security, privacy, and information governance by design will be embedded into migration, integration, and decommissioning activities.
  • Learn how these foundations position you to safely adopt Copilot, generative AI, and AI agents across the new organisation. 
     
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Cutting Through the Cloud Noise

This session goes beyond high-level change messages to address the questions technology and assurance professionals need answered: how services and data will be structured, what governance model will underpin the council’s cloud eco-system, and how will you maintain security, resilience, and regulatory compliance throughout the transition. 

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Meet The Speakers

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James McCann

Solutions Engineer, AvePoint

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Ian Forrest

Head of IT, West Lothian Council

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Mike Brown

Cyber Security Manager, The City of Edinburgh Council

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Paul Fleming

Chief Strategist & Public Sector Advisory Practice Lead, Softcat

Agenda

Edinburgh Workshop: Designing the Council Digital Estate

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