Michigan Digital Government Summit

We have reached capacity for this event and unfortunately cannot accept any new registrations. Thank you for your interest.

- Ken Theis, Chief Information Officer, State of Michigan

 Opening Keynote

Thursday, October 9, 2008 | 9:15 AM

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!"

General Sessions

Thursday, October 9, 2008 | 1:00 PM

Situation Room: Data Breach

Modeled on the concept of the White House Situation Room, this session takes the audience through a data breach simulation. We have all heard numerous stories about nightmares faced by public and private organizations after the loss of sensitive information. The odds are against it happening to you, but what if it does? No one wants to be front page news - at least not in this way. It will never be possible to protect 100% of all data, but it is possible to set priorities and to be prepared... And to stay out of the headlines! This thought-provoking session focuses on how to prevent a data breach, how to react to a loss should it occur, and last but not at all least, how and when to disclose it.

Kevin L. Francart, Assistant Attorney General, State Operations Division, State of Michigan

Dan Lohrmann, Chief Information Security Officer, State of Michigan

Dan Putman, Information Systems Director, City of Livonia

Friday, October 10, 2008 | 9:00AM

Steal This Idea! - Government Edition

Paul Taylor, Ph.D., Chief Strategist, Center for Digital Government

Information Technology is a daunting challenge in the best of times, and it is even more difficult today as governments face tightening finances and diminishing revenues. Under such circumstances, the smart thing to do is look for opportunities to borrow ideas from other jurisdictions who have demonstrated savings of time and money in solving major service delivery challenges. But where to look? There are 94,731 city, county and state governments across our nation. This fascinating session provides - at a pace not unlike a 3-day tour of Europe - the best of hundreds of nominees and dozens of winners from the Center for Digital Government's intensive national surveys of best and emerging practices in the public sector IT community. Be prepared to borrow an idea... or 10.

TOPICS WILL INCLUDE

• IT Leadership and Innovation
• Virtualization
• Enterprise Content Management
• "GIS for the Masses" - Making Common Space More Commonplace
• Web 2.0 in Government
• Strategic Sourcing and Services
• Greening of IT
• Multi-Generational Workforce
• Cross-Boundary Collaboration
• Teleworking, Teleconferencing and Remote Access
• eDiscovery and Electronic Records Retention

REGISTRATION

We have reached capacity for this event and unfortunately cannot accept any new registrations. Thank you for your interest.

Contact Us

If you are interested in attending the Michigan Digital Government Summit 2008, please contact Lee Vang, Registration Coordinator, 800.917.7732 ext. 1407.

If you are interested in sponsoring the Michigan Digital Government Summit, please contact Stacy Ward-Probst, Vice President of Sales, 916.932.1396.