Agenda

Monday, November 2

8:00 am Registration and Morning Refreshments

9:00 am Opening Remarks

Sam Orth, Chief Information Officer, State of Ohio

9:15 am Opening Keynote

The Art of Ironman Success

Mark Allen, 6-Time World Champion, Ironman Triathlon

In Government IT today, success - or even holding on for dear life - requires great toughness, endurance and resiliency. Who better to inspire us than the man who is arguably the most successful endurance athlete of our time? As a professional triathlete, Mark won 66 of the 96 races he entered, six consecutive Ironman World Championships in six starts (a record), and a World Championship at age 37 (another record). These achievements did not come easy. In this fascinating keynote address, Mark shares the principles that enabled him to turn devastating setbacks into historic triumphs; principles each of us can use to achieve the highest levels of success in our personal and professional lives.

10:15 am Morning Break

10:45 am Concurrent Sessions

Cost Savings through IT Efficiency

Information Technology is a daunting challenge in the best of times, and it is even more difficult today in the face of rapidly dwindling resources. In order to cope, more and more organizations are looking for creative ways to leverage resources, efficiencies and economies of scale. This session takes a look at innovative approaches to doing more with less.

William F. Clark, Vice President, Technical Sales & Public Sector Chief Technology Officer, CA

Brian D. Kelley, Chief Information Officer, Information Technology Services, Portage County

Pankaj Shah, Executive Director, OARnet

Denis Walsh, Director, Partner Programs, OARnet

Teleworking in Government

In private industry, countless people work safely and successfully from their homes or other remote locations. The public sector is experiencing the same demand. But is teleworking appropriate for government workers, and if so, in what circumstances? Can it be done safely? Can performance be effectively monitored and measured? This session focuses on current trends, policies and strategies.

John Gazette, UC Specialist, Nortel

Bill Snow, Public Sector Account Manager, Sprint Nextel

Desktop and Application Virtualization

A common first step in a consolidation strategy is virtualization to reduce expenses and operating costs. Virtualization is touted as a way to achieve the performance, flexibility and cost-efficiencies that an agile enterprise requires. The desktop is natural candidate. This session discusses the latest trends, strategies and economies.

Collaboration with Data Sharing

Governments are increasingly expected to rise to the challenge of sharing data horizontally and vertically across agencies/jurisdictions as well as to the public. There is a tremendous payback in the reduction of duplicated efforts. But where do you start and who should drive it? Who owns the data? How do you keep it secure? What standards should be used? This session looks at current trends and strategies.

Josh Van Tonder, Government Solutions Manager, Adobe Systems Incorporated

12:00 pm Lunch

12:45 pm General Session

Workforce of Tomorrow

Phil Gardner, Ph.D., Michigan State University

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.

1:30 pm General Session

Web 2.0 and Government

Wanda Gibson, Chief Technology Officer, Fairfax County, Virginia

Fairfax County has always been on the cutting edge of technology in the public sector, and their use of Web 2.0 and social networking is no exception. In this session, Fairfax CTO Wanda Gibson talks about tools they are using, issues they've faced, lessons they've learned, and how they are able to successfully weave social networking into the fabric of their government.

2:15 pm Afternoon Break and Refreshments

2:45 pm Concurrent Sessions

Security Best Practices

State and local governments have made great advances in creating a portfolio of tools and processes designed to protect citizen data and provide a technology environment that is increasingly secure from both internal and external threats. This session looks at the latest tools, technologies and approaches for identifying, preventing and overcoming a variety of security concerns.

Deral Heiland, Senior Security Engineer, CDW

Paul Laurent, Senior Sales Consultant, Oracle

Web 2.0 and Social Networking - Making it Work

Government is changing. Pressures are mounting to adopt Web 2.0 tools, to be more inclusive with the public, and to be more open and transparent. These tools and approaches (Twitter, Facebook, blogs, et al) offer tremendous power for relatively little investment but at the same time they raise a host of security-related issues and challenges. This session discusses the "how, what, when and where" of social networking and Web 2.0 and how you can get in front of the curve.

Daan DeBrouckere, Senior Manager, Crowe Horwath LLP

Betsy Hubbard, Associate Director, Kiplinger Program in Public Affairs Journalism, John Glenn School of Public Affairs, Ohio State University

David Landsbergen, Ph.D., Associate Professor, John Glenn School of Public Affairs, Ohio State University

Andrew Miller, Consulting Owner/Innovation Gardener

Cloud Computing and Storage

The Internet has great potential in making "anytime, anywhere" government a reality. There are definite advantages in using Web-based or Web-accessible applications and services over more traditional "closed" systems, but there are also some definite and serious concerns. This session takes a look at cloud computing and how - and if - it can be used securely, efficiently and economically.

Gary Breder, Director of Business Development, EMC

Tim Staley, Cloud Services, Product Manager, AT&T

Video Conferencing and eLearning

As the traditional workplace and classroom cultures change along with globalization, new technologies and the rising cost of energy, the desire for remote connectivity is growing by leaps and bounds. What new technologies have the most potential to impact government operations and services? Are there better ways to deliver content? This session focuses on technologies and opportunities that can save time and money while reaching more people more effectively.

Eric Grandstaff, Associate Dean, Academic & Administrative Technologies, North Central Michigan College

4:00 pm Executive Reception

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

Tuesday, November 3

8:00 am Registration and Morning Refreshments

9:00 am Opening Remarks - ARRA Update

Rex Plouck, Enterprise Health IT Officer, State of Ohio

9:15 am Opening Keynote

Leadership in Tough Times: What Will You Do?

Jerry Mechling, Ph.D., 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.

10:15 am Morning Break

10:45 am Concurrent Sessions

Making the Business Case for IT

In tight fiscal times, it is critical to make a compelling case for IT projects and initiatives. Getting stakeholders enthused and on board requires more than just a great idea. It requires justifiable ROI (return on investment), cost savings, performance measurements and - perhaps most importantly - realistic expectations. This session looks at successful approaches that can be emulated or adapted for almost any organization.

Mike Bilardo, Director of Government Solutions, Hyland Software, Inc.

Wireless Trends

We live in a wireless world and the demand will keep growing exponentially in the years ahead. Where is the industry headed? What new capabilities are on the horizon? How will it change the way we work and play? This session focuses on the future of wireless tools, technologies, networks and next generation connectivity.

Bernie McMonagle, Associate Director, Government Data Solutions, Verizon Wireless

Continuity of Government

Recent years' threats and disasters have shown more than ever the critical role of technology in business continuity and in the community as a whole. It's not just data center continuity and emergency response that must be confronted but also "workforce continuity" in the face of an increasingly broad range of government operations. This session focuses on the latest COOP (Continuity of Operations) tools, technologies and strategies.

Jim Cavanaugh, Solution Engineer, Sprint Nextel

12:00pm End of Conference