Agenda

Thursday, October 9

8:00 am Registration and Morning Refreshments

Banquet 5 - 8

9:00 am Opening Remarks

Banquet 1 - 4

Ken Theis, Chief Information Officer, State of Michigan

9:15 am Opening Keynote

Banquet 1 - 4

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!"

10:15 am Morning Break

Banquet 5 - 8

10:45 am Concurrent Sessions

IT Leadership and Innovation
Meeting Room 101/102

In the quest to provide increased efficiency and utility for constituents and users, governance models continue to evolve. Technology is a key driver of change, but there are broader factors involved: containing costs, increasing efficiencies, building a business case, managing a diverse workforce and coping with the effects of globalization. This session discusses the changing role of IT managers in the public sector.

David Behen, Deputy County Administrator, Washtenaw County

Virtualization
Meeting Room 103/104

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.

Bob Erdelen, Specialist, Industry Standard Server Division, Hewlett-Packard

Gene Mortensen, Enterprise Architect, EDS

Enterprise Content Management
Meeting Room 203/204

As paperless government moves closer to becoming a reality, the challenge is to determine how to store, manage and leverage vast amounts of digital information. The key is adopting a workable information lifecycle management strategy. This session focuses on the tools, technologies and tactics for capturing, storing, preserving and delivering content and documents related to organizational processes.

Scott Harrod, City of Ann Arbor

Nick Sabol, Public Sector Account Executive, IBM Corporation

Kimberly Wraight, GIS/ECM Coordinator, Washtenaw County

"GIS for the Masses" - Making Common Space More Commonplace
Governor's Room

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 visualizing, accessing and sharing geospatial information to improve efficiencies in government service delivery.

Moderator: Eric Swanson, Director, Center for Shared Solutions, Department of Information Technology, State of Michigan

Justin Booth, GIS Data Manager, Remote Sensing and GIS, Michigan State University

Laurie Prange-Gregory, Manager, Application Services, Center for Shared Solutions, Department of Information Technology, State of Michigan

Valdis Kalnins, Director, Land Information Services, Allegan County

Jeroen Wagendorp, Ph.D., Chair, Department of Geography and Planning, Grand Valley State University

12:00 pm Lunch

Exhibit Hall B

12:30 pm Michigan Excellence in Technology Awards

Exhibit Hall B

1:00 pm General Session

Situation Room: Data Breach
Banquet 1 - 4

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: Tom McQuillan, Quill Consulting, and former CIO of Grand Rapids

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

2:00 pm Afternoon Break and Refreshments

Banquet 5 - 8

2:30 pm Concurrent Sessions

Web 2.0 in Government
Meeting Room 101/102

As social networking becomes more and more prevalent, government organizations are increasingly expected to join the party. Web-based communities, wikis, mash-ups, blogs, podcasts, tagging, etc., have suddenly become mainstream, and they offer great potential for government services, constituent relations, and citizen interaction. This session provides a glimpse into what may be the future of government.

Andy Brush, Washtenaw County

Hillary Hartley, Director of Integrated Marketing, NIC, Inc.

Strategic Sourcing and Services
Meeting Room 103/104

Strategic sourcing often involves the delegation of non-core operations from internal production to external specialists. In many cases, this can lower costs while redirecting resources toward their true competencies, and it is a direction being taken by an increasing number of public organizations. This session offers ways to think outside the box of traditional sourcing and service models.

Michael Moore, former Chief Information Officer, County of San Diego

Dan Rainey, Director, Information Technology, City of Ann Arbor

Greening of IT
Governor's Room

"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.

Judy Odett, Director, OA Services/Design & Delivery Division, Department of Information Technology, State of Michigan

Cyntia Zerkowski, Chief Information Officer, Macomb County

Multi-Generational Workforce
Meeting Room 203/204

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, knowledge, tastes and demands. This session takes a close look at how to meet the dynamic challenges that lie ahead.

Phil Gardner, Collegiate Research Employment Institute, Michigan State University

3:45 pm Executive Reception

Banquet 5 - 8

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

Friday, October 10

8:00 am Registration and Morning Refreshments

Banquet 5 - 8

9:00 am General Session

Banquet 1 - 4

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.

9:45 am General Session

Success through Shared Solutions
Banquet 1 - 4

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 solutions model drives significant cost reductions while at the same time improves the quality of government services. Michigan is once again ahead of the curve by establishing its ground-breaking Center for Shared Solutions. This session examines possibilities, opportunities and technologies for using shared solutions to achieve strategic goals... and to save time and money.

Eric Swanson, Director, Center for Shared Solutions, Department of Information Technology, State of Michigan

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

10:30 am Morning Break

Banquet 5 - 8

11:00 am Concurrent Sessions

Cross-Boundary Collaboration
Meeting Room 101/102

In today's budget climate, there is really no choice other than to collaborate across traditional boundaries. The good news is that it is a lot less painless than one might think. This session serves as a follow-up to this morning's Success through Shared Solutions session and furthers the discussion on how to create, build and maintain effective technology partnerships.

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

Phil Bertolini, Deputy County Executive/Chief Information Officer, Oakland County

George Boersma, Director, Office of Technology Partnerships, Department of Information Technology, State of Michigan

Kevin MacRitchie, Vice President, Cisco Systems, Inc.

Teleworking, Teleconferencing and Remote Access
Meeting Room 103/104

As the traditional workplace culture changes along with technology and the rising cost of energy, the desire by users to work remotely seems to be growing exponentially. When a workforce is empowered with mobile and remote access technology, productivity can increase, but so does the potential for problems. Issues include: When are mobility and/or teleworking appropriate? Can they be done securely? What are the best tools and technologies to use? How can performance be monitored and measured? This session focuses on successful technologies, policies and approaches.

Jim Fry, Manager, Enterprise Data Solutions, Verizon Wireless

Dan Seeley, Solutions Consultant, Sprint Nextel

eDiscovery and Electronic Records Retention
Meeting Room 203/204

More and more records are "born digital," meaning that they never existed (or will never exist) in paper form. The challenge is to properly determine what must be retained and for how long, and how to efficiently retrieve it when needed. 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 practices.

Nathan Buckwalter, IT Client Services Director, Department of Transportation, State of Michigan

Heidi Maher, Solutions Consultant, Global Compliance Solutions Practice, EMC Corporation

12:15 pm End of Conference

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