Agenda

Thursday, July 23

7:45am Registration and Morning Refreshments

8:45 am Opening Remarks

"A Vision for Securing and Modernizing Minnesota's Digital Infrastructure"

Gopal Khanna, Chief Information Officer, State of Minnesota

9:15 am Opening Keynote

Cali Ressler and Jody Thompson, Authors

Cali Ressler and Jody Thompson are the Founders of CultureRx and creators of the Results-Only Work Environment (ROWE). Their first book, "WHY WORK SUCKS AND HOW TO FIX IT," was named "The Year's Best Book on Work-Life Balance" by Business Week. They have been featured on the cover of BusinessWeek, as well as in the New York Times, TIME Magazine, USA Today, HR Magazine cover story, and on Good Morning America, CNBC and CNN. Ms. Ressler and Ms. Thompson are also nationally recognized keynote speakers and have presented to numerous Fortune 500 companies and prominent trade associations. Prior to founding CultureRx, they worked at Best Buy and led the corporate headquarters into a Results-Only Work Environment.

10:15 am Morning Break

10:45 am Concurrent Sessions

Thinking Like a Reformer

Achieving reform anywhere isn't easy and it's even more challenging within the government environment where there are multiple institutional barriers. Join this group of public and private sector strategists in a conversation about how they define strategic thinking, how to apply the CEO's vision to a technology strategy, how to communicate value on investment and how to adjust a strategic plan during tough economic times.

Tim Penny, President and Chief Executive Officer, Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation

As social networking becomes more prevalent, government organizations are increasingly being expected to join the party. However, existing government policies may be the biggest obstacles in implementing these new tools. As web-based communities such as Twitter, wikis, blogs, podcasts, YouTube, etc., become mainstream, they may offer great potential for government services, constituent relations and citizen interaction. However, they also open the door to legal issues, management issues and even abuses. This session will be a frank discussion of how government policies need to adapt to the Web 2.0 world we live in.

Scott Ferguson, Store Operations Manager, 6Sigma Services, Target

Kirk Keller, Technology Services Supervisor, Department of Conservation, State of Missouri

As paperless government becomes a reality, the challenge of determining what to save and what to throw away becomes more complex. Managing the growing volume of electronic records is made even more complex by the legal and organizational rules which govern retention. Which types of electronic records must be retained? How long must they be kept? What does it mean to retain a record in the digital realm? What is e-discovery and how does it impact how you manage these records? This session focuses on current technologies and directions, as well as the impact of recent legislation.

John P. Gillispie, Chief Information Officer, State of Iowa

11:45 am Lunch

12:30 pm Afternoon Keynote

Leadership in Tough Times: What Will You Do?

Jerry Mechling, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

In today's economic climate, your biggest decision is whether to hunker down or to use the crisis for game-changing innovations. What are the risks and rewards in fundamentally changing how work is conducted and governed? What is being done by other leaders and how can their innovations fit in your own world? Where can you find the support and resources needed to make things happen? In this timely keynote address, nationally known author, researcher and Harvard faculty member Jerry Mechling uses University research to create a framework for IT leadership with a focus on developing an action agenda for the challenges ahead.

1:30 pm Afternoon Break and Refreshments

1:50 pm Concurrent Sessions

Shared Services - The New Model

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 efficiencies while at the same time improving government services. This session will review both shared services success stories and best practices in areas such as disaster recovery and GIS that have demonstrated increased benefits using the shared services model.

David Arbeit, Chief Geospatial Information Officer, State of Minnesota

John Lally, Director of Strategic Planning, Office of Enterprise Technology, State of Minnesota

Workplace of the Future: People, Processes and Tools

As the traditional workplace culture changes along with technology advances and the rising cost of energy - not to mention a scarcity of IT workers and mandates for cutting costs - the demand to work remotely is growing by leaps and bounds. Issues include: What technologies are most effective? What tools are available for remote and collaborative meetings, training, etc? This session focuses on the successful tools, technologies and approaches necessary to create the environment that attracts the workforce of the future.

Jerry Applegate, Information Technology Service Manager, Cisco Virtual Office

Teresa Daly, Managing Partner, Navigate Forward, Inc.

Christopher P. Buse, Chief Information Security Officer, Office of Enterprise Technology, State of Minnesota

Paul Laurent, J.D., Security and Legal Compliance Solutions Architect, Oracle

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2:50 pm Afternoon Break

3:10 pm Concurrent Sessions

Securing the Mobile Enterprise

When a workforce is empowered with mobile technology, productivity rises but at the same time a door opens to new vulnerabilities and security risks, not to mention personal liability for data loss. This session looks at the technical and legal issues surrounding the security of mobile devices including laptops, PDAs, cell phones and flash drives. State and federal law requirements will be discussed, as well as protections such as encryption.

Funding Strategies for the Digital Infrastructure of the Future

In an earlier day, British Lord Rutherford famously quipped, "We have no money so we must think." The current crisis is changing the conversation with funding authorities in unexpected ways. This session will explore non-traditional and hybrid funding strategies that hold promise for getting through the current economic downturn to be better positioned during and after the recovery that follows.

Dileep Rao, Ph.D., Entrepreneurial Finance Advisor and Columnist, Forbes.com, and President, InterFinance Corporation

Senator Ann H. Rest, District 45, State of Minnesota and Chair, Committee on State and Local Government Operations and Oversight

The 21st Century Workforce

As baby boomers begin retiring in droves, government leaders are facing a new challenge: attracting and leading a multi-generational workforce. Across the nation, estimates hold that fully 30 percent of the state and local government workforce will retire in less than 5 years. Are you ready? As the baby boomers begin leaving government service, Gen-X, Gen-Y and the Millennials will make up the new government workforce. These later generations have grown up in a hyper-connected, hyper-communicating world. Their expectations of leaders and the work environment are, in some ways, unlike anything before. Yet, in other ways, may be surprisingly familiar.

What must government leaders do to attract this new workforce? How will government service change as these generations begin taking a larger role in public service? Join this thought provoking conversation on how to get the business of government done with the multi-generational workforce.

Bob Gaughan, America's Product Marketing, Nortel

Sandra Marks, Employee Development Specialist, Office of Enterprise Technology, State of Minnesota

Pierce Phillips, Human Resources, Recruiting Division, Sprint

4:10 pm Executive Reception

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 http://www.govtech.com/events/minnesotadgs2009.