Webinar AI Cost Management & Optimisation Webinar Series

A practical two-part webinar series    

By   / 25 Sep 2026  / Topics: Artificial Intelligence (AI)


As AI adoption grows, organisations need greater visibility into usage and spend, along with practical ways to improve the quality, efficiency and value of their AI solutions. 

Join Github and Insight for a two-part webinar series exploring how to establish effective AI budgets, strengthen cost accountability and optimise agent performance. 

Understanding Budgets for UBB
Hosted by: Vikas Vaidya; Ben Smillie
Wed, 14th October: 12:00 PM AEDT | 2:00 PM NZDT | 9:00 AM AWST / SGT/HK 

Join us for a practical session focused on helping organisations establish a clear approach to budgeting for UBB. Learn how to monitor usage and spend, improve cost accountability and put appropriate budget controls in place before scaling AI adoption. 

What you will learn

  • How to monitor AI usage and spend across your organisation 
  • Approaches to mapping consumption to business units and cost centres 
  • How enterprise, cost-centre and user-level budgets can support accountability 
  • Key considerations when establishing budget controls 
  • How to improve readiness for broader AI adoption 
  • Practical guidance for forecasting and managing AI investment 

Agent Quality & Token Optimisation 
Hosted by: Bruno Faria; Ben Smillie 
Wed, 21st October: 12:00 PM AEDT | 2:00 PM NZDT | 9:00 AM AWST / SGT/HK

Join us for a practical session exploring how to improve AI agent quality while managing token usage more efficiently. The session will provide guidance on refining agent workflows, balancing quality and cost, and identifying opportunities for continuous improvement. 

What you will learn

  • Agent-quality practices that support more consistent outcomes 
  • How to improve the accuracy, usefulness and reliability of agent responses
  • Approaches to creating more token-efficient prompts and workflows 
  • How to balance agent performance, user experience and cost 
  • Ways to monitor agent performance and identify optimisation opportunities 
  • Practical guidance for ongoing optimisation after budgets are established 

 

 

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Speakers:

 

Vikas Vaidya

 

Vikas Vaidya

Team Lead – Cloud Platform
Insight

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Ben Smillie

 

Ben Smillie

Global Technical Lead
Microsoft

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Bruno Faria

 

Bruno Faria

Team Lead – Cloud Platform
Insight

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