Agenda

Sunday, September 7

6:00 pm   Welcome Reception

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

Monday, September 8

7:30 am    Registration and Morning Refreshments

8:30 am    Opening Remarks

Cathilea Robinett, Executive Director, Center for Digital Government

8:45 am    Interview with Teri Takai, California's Chief Information Officer

When Teri Takai was Michigan's CIO, she not only steered the state through a major IT consolidation, but she managed to win the Digital States Survey twice in the process. And she did this despite facing one of the worst economic situations of any state in the country. Now she is the CIO of California, working directly with Governor Schwarzenegger to run a state that has the world's eighth largest economy... and a budget deficit to match. In this "fireside chat" with the Commonwealth's Secretary of Technology Aneesh Chopra, Teri answers the questions that we all want to ask - from how she consistently manages to do the impossible to what it's like working with Arnold.

9:30 am   Opening Keynote

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

11:00 am   Concurrent Sessions

IT Infrastructure Track
Green Technology

"Going Green" is no longer merely a politically correct thing to do - it's now a necessity due to skyrocketing energy costs. There are many approaches to increased efficiency and energy consumption, ranging from broad consolidations to simple power-off policies. Even the smallest reductions can save significant amounts of money. This session discusses the latest trends, solutions and successes in making the business case for Green IT.

Moderator: Steve Walz, Senior Advisor for Energy Policy, Office of the Governor, Commonwealth of Virginia

Fred Duball, Director, Service Management Organization, Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA), Commonwealth of Virginia

Dennis Tolliver, ISS/Blade Specialist, Solution Partners Organization, Hewlett Packard

IT Applications Track
VEAP Briefing

The Virginia Enterprise Applications Program (VEAP) provides the Commonwealth with enterprise-wide best practice business processes. VEAP's wide-ranging initiatives include financial management, performance budgeting, business intelligence, human resources and much more. This session provides an in-depth look at VEAP's impact and progress in transforming Commonwealth operations.

Peggy Feldmann, Chief Applications Officer, Commonwealth of Virginia

Leadership: Executive Agenda for IT Track
Making the Business Case

Government isn't a business, nor can it pretend to be. But it can think more like one by streamlining operations, understanding real costs, analyzing return on investment and making informed decisions. This session focuses on the tools and techniques IT leaders can use to successfully align strategic investments to public sector goals and objectives.

Moderator: Aneesh Chopra, Secretary of Technology, Commonwealth of Virginia

Wanda Gibson, Director & Chief Technology Officer, Department of Information Technology, Fairfax County

Nicole Helmantoler, IT Investment Management Analyst, Virginia Information Technologies Agency, Commonwealth of Virginia

Sam Lupica, Chief Operating Officer, Virginia Employment Commission

Strategic Initiatives Track
Intelligent Transportation

"We will not pave our way out of the current transportation challenge." Increasingly, community leaders are turning to IT to improve incident management, deliver real-time traffic intelligence, and modify commuter behavior through telework, HOT lanes and other innovations. This session will explore emerging opportunities for IT to address traffic congestion and inefficiency.

Moderator: Cathy McGhee, Associate Director of Research, Department of Transportation, Commonwealth of Virginia

Dr. Asad Khattak, Frank Batten Endowed Chair Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Old Dominion University

Bruce Lee, Public Sector Solutions Manager, Sprint Nextel

Mike Robinson, Senior Project Scientist, Virginia Modeling, Analysis & Simulation Center, Old Dominion University

12:15 pm   Lunch

12:50 pm   Governor's Technology Awards

Presented by Governor Tim M. Kaine

Governor Tim Kaine will present the Governor's Technology Awards to this year's winners and will also receive an award on behalf of the Commonwealth of Virginia for finishing in first place in the national Best of the Web contest, presented by Cathilea Robinett, Executive Director of the Center for Digital Government.

1:15 pm General Session

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.

Moderator: Jack Mortimer, Government Technology magazine

Dan Lohrmann, Chief Information Security Officer, State of Michigan

Peggy Ward, Chief Information Security & Internal Audit Officer, Virginia Information Technologies Agency, Commonwealth of Virginia

Steve Werby, Information Security Officer, Virginia Commonwealth University

2:15 pm   Afternoon Break and Refreshments

2:45 pm   Concurrent Sessions

IT Infrastructure Track
Consolidation and Virtualization

Virtualization (server or desktop) reduces expenses and operating costs by consolidating multiple virtual operating systems, environments and applications onto fewer physical machines. More than a few government organizations have boasted about an extraordinarily fast payback on implementation costs, but it must be properly planned and executed or performance can fall short of expectations. This session discusses the benefits, tools and cost-saving strategies for a successful initiative.

Moderator: Mike Elkins, Director, Infrastructure Services, Northrop Grumman

Gail Bohan, Chief Information Officer, City of Fairfax

Kevin Cronin, Senior Technical Architect, Department of Taxation, Commonwealth of Virginia

Sharon Pitt, Executive Director, Division of Instructional Technology, George Mason University

IT Applications Track
Success Through Shared Services

Collaboration is in. Silos are out. That's why the Harvard School of Government has called shared services "the next frontier." Numerous studies have shown that moving to a shared services model drives significant cost reductions while at the same time improves the quality of government services. This session examines possibilities, opportunities and technologies for using shared services to achieve strategic goals.

Moderator: Peggy Feldmann, Chief Applications Officer, Virginia Enterprise Applications Program, Commonwealth of Virginia

Charlotte Herndon, President, Shared Services Center, New York Times

Stuart McKee, National Technology Officer, Microsoft Corporation

Leonard Nottingham, Manager, Business Intelligence Initiative, Virginia Enterprise Applications Program, Commonwealth of Virginia

Pinckney Stephens, Client Executive, Exstream Software, Hewlett Packard

Leadership: Executive Agenda for IT Track
Life after Social Security Numbers

For decades, social security numbers have served as the primary identifier for U.S. citizens, but that is changing. The Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act (GDCDPA) introduces significant requirements and restrictions on the collection of personal information, particularly social security numbers. This session discusses the implications of GDCDPA on identity management and its impact on government organizations.

Moderator: Lisa Wallmeyer, Executive Director, Virginia Joint Commission on Technology and Science

Maria Everett, Executive Director, Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council & Senior Attorney, Division of Legislative Services, Commonwealth of Virginia

Jan Fatouros, Director, Information Systems & Services, Department of General Services, Commonwealth of Virginia

Dr. Jack Hermansen, Chief Technology Officer, Global Name Recognition Group, IBM Corporation

Strategic Initiatives Track
Health IT

Health information technology is at the heart of the drive to improve the quality and cost of healthcare, and the Commonwealth's Health IT strategy continues to achieve national acclaim. The complex issues facing eHealth encompass virtually all of the challenges being faced by all government agencies, including data sharing, handling sensitive information, interoperability, security and cross-boundary partnerships. This session discusses current initiatives, trends and opportunities.

Moderator: Dr. Karen Remley, Commissioner, Department of Health, Commonwealth of Virginia

Laura Dickerson, Regional VP, Business Solutions, Anthem

Kimberly Ellison-Taylor, Executive Director, Health and Human Services Industry Solutions, Oracle Corporation

Liesa Jo Jenkins, Executive Director, Care Spark

Special Session
Small, Women- and Minority-owned (SWaM) Business Roundtable

The Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA) is committed to the Governor's mission to enhance procurement opportunities for Small, Women- and Minority-owned (SWaM) businesses. This special session will review guidelines and answer questions about the certification process, the procurement process and partnering opportunities.

Moderator: Beverley Coleman, Supplier Diversity Program Manager, Virginia Information Technologies Agency, Commonwealth of Virginia

Kim Farrar, Deputy Secretary of Administration, Commonwealth of Virginia

Dianna Wright, Business Development Manager, BranCore Technologies

Larry Wright, Certification Officer, Department of Minority Business Enterprise, Commonwealth of Virginia

4:00 pm   Executive Reception

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

Tuesday, September 9

8:00 am   Registration and Morning Refreshments

9:00 am   Opening Remarks

Lem Stewart, Chief Information Officer, Commonwealth of Virginia

9:30 am   Keynote Address

Next Generation Workforce

Neil Howe, Author, Historian and Economist

As the Boomer generation aged decade by decade, they dominated almost everything in our society, including the workplace. Now they are reaching retirement age and are leaving the workforce, and we're suddenly faced with the most eclectic collection of personnel in our history. Millennials, GenXers, and "young" Boomers all must work together despite remarkably different backgrounds, expectations, tastes and demands. Best-selling author Neil Howe offers powerful insights into today's generations: who they are, what motivates them as consumers and workers, and how they will shape our national future. His original insights will forever change how we look at what lies ahead.

10:30 am   Morning Break

11:00 am   Concurrent Sessions

IT Infrastructure Track
Playing Safely in the Cloud

The Internet has great potential in making "anytime, anywhere" government a reality. There are definite advantages in using Web-based or Web-accessible applications-"playing in the cloud", if you will-over more traditional "closed" systems, but security and continuity can be weak points if not properly addressed. This session takes a look at some of the policies and practices that make it possible to safely operate in an Internet environment.

Moderators:
Rick Doten, Managing Principal, Professional Security Services, Verizon Business

John McCumber, Strategic Programs Manager, Symantec Corporation

Panelists:
Mike Goetz, Director - Information Technology, City of Lynchburg

Marie Greenberg, Information Security Manager, State Corporation Commission

Steve Werby, Information Security Officer, Virginia Commonwealth University

IT Applications Track
Portfolio Management

After a decade of demonstrating the value of online service delivery on a limited basis, governments must now make decisions about delivering value on a much wider scale. The transformation requires a rebalancing of the public sector IT portfolio to focus on the four new imperatives to be robust, nimble, cheap and lasting. Drawing on the lessons from the previous decade, this session addresses sustained delivery through innovation, cost control, collaboration, security, and most importantly, leadership.

Moderator: Peggy Feldmann, Chief Applications Officer, Virginia Enterprise Applications Program, Commonwealth of Virginia

Nicole Helmantoler, IT Investment Management Analyst, Virginia Information Technologies Agency, Commonwealth of Virginia

David Hurwitz, VP, Product Marketing, CA, Inc.

Jeff Melrose, Director of Public Sector Business Solutions, Primavera Software Systems, Serco Inc.

Leadership: Executive Agenda for IT Track
Alternative Funding for IT Initiatives

The Commonwealth's PPEA (Public-Private Education & Infrastructure) statute now allows for innovative partnerships on a broader set of productivity-generating investments. The Governor's Productivity Investment Fund rewards high-expectation ideas to transform government operations. This session offers a spirited discussion on how to successfully capitalize the game-changing investments that might not otherwise survive a budget process.

Moderator: Dean Merrill, Vice President, Consulting, CGI

Manju Ganeriwala, Deputy Secretary of Finance, Commonwealth of Virginia

Jorman Granger, Vice President, Client Accounts, Northrop Grumman

Ajay Rohatgi, Project Manager, Virginia Enterprise Applications Program, Commonwealth of Virginia

Strategic Initiatives Track
eLearning

Technology opens the door to new possibilities in education, and the Governor's policy to shift focus from competence to excellence includes a number of IT-related challenges, not the least of which is the necessity to raise results in the face of limited resources. This session focuses on the latest strategies to properly leverage technology as a cost saver and educational tool.

Moderator: Lan Neugent, Assistant Superintendent for Technology & HR, Department of Education, Commonwealth of Virginia

Bobby Caudill, Solution Architect, Global Marketing Solutions, Adobe Systems, Inc.

Neeru Khosla, Co-Founder, ck12.org

Terrell Perry, Ed.D., Instructional Designer/Assistant Professor, Center for Learning Technologies, Old Dominion University

Allison Powell, Vice President, North American Council for Online Learning (NACOL)

Special Session
Broadband Roundtable - Final Report

Affordable last mile broadband infrastructure remains a priority for the Commonwealth and the nation. The Commonwealth's Broadband Roundtable is a distinguished group of academics, telecom industry leaders, local and state government officials and interested citizens. It has been working since 2007 to develop a compendium of resources that will help communities reduce the cost and duration of last mile broadband deployment. This is the final meeting of the Roundtable, and its members will share lessons learned, discuss findings, debut online resources and forecast what lies ahead for the Commonwealth'sbroadband initiatives.

12:15 pm   End of Conference

12:20 pm   Quarterly VALGITE Meeting

The quarterly meeting of the association of Virginia Local Government Information Technology Executives (VALGITE) brings together IT executives from localities across Virginia to discuss current issues, collaboration opportunities and best practices.