Agenda

Monday, November 17

8:00 am Registration and Morning Refreshments

Colorado Ballroom Foyer

9:00 am Opening Remarks

Colorado Ballroom E/F

Michael Locatis, Chief Information Officer, State of Colorado

9:30 am Opening Keynote

Colorado Ballroom E/F

Woody Norris, Inventor and Futurist

Woody Norris is a visionary. He looks into the future, gathers insights into how life could be improved, and applies what he finds to the problems of today. In the world of invention, only one in 2,000 patent applications actually issues as a patent, the rest are rejected. Yet Woody holds more than 50 U.S. patents and 300 around the world - and the number grows each year. He has won numerous awards including the prestigious $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize, which is the inventor's equivalent to an Academy Award. He is perpetually in the midst of multiple wide-ranging projects, all of which involve technology. Early poverty and the lack of a college education were never barriers to Woody. He has always found ways to innovate by using technology to "do more with less." In this fascinating keynote, he will describe why he is convinced that the future holds unimaginable wonders in store for us. His enthusiasm is infectious, and as he often says, "It's a great time to be alive!"

10:30 am Morning Break

Colorado Ballroom Foyer

11:00 am Concurrent Sessions

Continuity of Mobile Devices

A growing number of organizations rely on mobile devices for both day-to-day operations and emergency operations. Given the increased importance on mobile devices (phones, BlackBerry's, laptops, tablets, radios...) organizations are beefing up their continuity plans to include these devices. What are the key issues? How can one use wireless networking during a man-made or naturally caused outage? This session will provide you the latest in Business Continuity practices for the mobile world.

Erik Varney, Regional Data Manager, Verizon Wireless

Performance Management
Colorado Ballroom C/D

More and more organizations are using business intelligence and performance indicators to increase efficiency and productivity. They are also useful in defining and monitoring service level agreements. IT can play an important role in telling the story of what an agency is accomplishing. What should you provide as a tool for management? What should be measured? This session will help you better understand the role that a technology organization can play in a performance management program by looking at the performance management program in Jefferson County, CO.

Jim Lindauer, Chief Technology Officer & Deputy Director, IT Services, Jefferson County

Ron Ozga, Departmental Chief Information Officer, Department of Human Services, State of Colorado

eDiscovery and Electronic Records Retention
Denver Ballroom 3

More and more records are "born digital," meaning that they never existed (or will never exist) in paper form. The challenge is to properly classify data in order to determine what must be retained and for how long. eDiscovery and the public records laws bring new pressures and risks to the table, and existing laws and guidelines are not always clear. This session looks at emerging standards and sensible policies.

Heidi Maher, Esq., Solutions Consultant eDiscovery & Compliance, EMC Corporation

Statewide Internet Portal Authority Update
Denver Ballroom 4

The Colorado Internet Portal is one of the finest in the nation and was a finalist in the 2008 Center for Digital Government Best of the Web Competition. The portal has shown marked improvement since its inception and is continuing to make new services available and improve its look and feel. This session will provide an update on portal projects and the latest information on how your organization can utilize the tools and accessibility the portal offers.

Gregg Rippy, Executive Director, Statewide Internet Portal Authority (SIPA), State of Colorado

12:00 pm Lunch

Colorado Ballroom E/F

12:45 pm General Session

Colorado Ballroom E/F

Web 2.0 - Policy, Privacy and Proliferation

The advent of social networking via the Internet has created a new platform for delivery for businesses and government organizations. Millions of people use FaceBook, Linked-in, Twitter, YouTube and hundreds of other community of interest Web sites. Some industry experts predict that unique Web sites will give way to community of interest sites as users move to more relevant uses of the Internet. Use of the Internet by government employees and the citizens they serve will need to evolve as the industry continues to change. With those changes will come new policy and privacy issues that will need to be addressed by government organizations. This panel will broadly discuss the trends in Internet use and what that implies for government organizations.

1:40 pm Break and Refreshments

Colorado Ballroom Foyer

2:00 pm Concurrent Sessions

Next Generation Online Tools and Services
Colorado Ballroom A/B

Social Networking (Web 2.0) basically refers to the Internet as an interactive and collaborative platform. It encompasses things like Web-based communities, wikis, blogs, mashups, podcasts, tagging, etc., all of which facilitate collaboration, interaction and sharing among users. This session looks at the next generation of online services, not just in regard to public trends and demands but also as a potential set of tools for service provisioning.

Erika Cheley, Software Services Industry Specialist, Microsoft Corporation

Collaboration Case Study
Colorado Ballroom C/D

Necessity is the mother of invention. Also of collaboration. Jurisdictions and agencies that previously went decades without talking to each other are now finding themselves not only partnering but also highly interdependent. This session will focus on the recent Democratic National Convention and the collaboration that was necessary to ensure a safe and successful event.

Ethan Wain, Technology Services Communications, City and County of Denver

Data Integration and Exchange
Denver Ballroom 3

Governments are increasingly expected to rise to the challenge of sharing data horizontally across agencies/jurisdictions and vertically among levels of government, not to mention meeting the demand for public access. It is not just a matter of technology, but also of standards, common language and general cooperation. This session discusses effective tools, strategies and approaches for efficient and secure information exchange and the specifics of Colorado's own data sharing project as initiated by HB 1364.

Bill Doody, Business Intelligence Solutions, Oracle Corporation

Geospatial Imaging and Mapping
Denver Ballroom 4

Two centuries ago, a massive project was undertaken to map the subcontinent of India. It took 40 years. Today, with the rich imagery and geospatial datasets that are available, the same project would take mere seconds while providing far more accuracy. Astounding new technologies and an abundance of information are creating powerful ways to combine online maps with legacy data. This session focuses on new trends, advances and opportunities in accessing, visualizing and analyzing geospatial information with a particular focus on programs in state and local government organizations in Colorado.

3:00 pm Afternoon Break
Colorado Ballroom Foyer

3:20 pm Concurrent Sessions

Digital Information Storage and Retrieval
Colorado Ballroom A/B

As paperless government moves toward becoming a reality, the challenge is to find ways to affordably store all the information. The sheer amount of it can be staggering: scanned documents, electronic documents, email, instant messages, maps, images and videos. And once stored, the information must be efficiently and accurately retrieved. This session focuses on current technologies and trends in electronic information management and a short case study of the on-going efforts in Jefferson County.

Jim Lindauer, Chief Technology Officer & Deputy Director, IT Services, Jefferson County

Art Quintero, IBM

Shared Services
Colorado Ballroom C/D

Studies have shown that moving to a shared services model gives organizations the opportunity to shift budget from administrative activities to front-line, citizen-facing services, helping to drive significant cost reductions while at the same time improving government services. This session will review shared services success stories and best practices as found in other organizations.

Government systems make attractive targets for many reasons, but chief among them is the vast amount of private and confidential information stored - all of which can potentially be misused for criminal profit or just plain mischief. The challenge of keeping systems and data secure is a perpetually moving target and it is vital to have the right set of tools and safeguards. This session looks at the latest strategies and solutions being used in the public sector.

Amos Auringer, Executive Advisor, Gartner's Executive Programs

4:20 pm Executive Reception

Colorado Ballroom Foyer

Network with your colleagues and discuss technology solutions with the event sponsors.

Conference times, agenda, and speakers are subject to change. For current updates, please visit the Executive Events website at www.govtech.com/events/ColoradoDGS2008.