Agenda

Tuesday, December 2

8:00 am Registration and Morning Refreshments

Grand Terrace

9:00 am Opening Remarks

Madison Ballroom, Salon D

Oskar Anderson, Chief Information Officer, State of Wisconsin

9:15 am Opening Keynote

Madison Ballroom, Salon D

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

Grand Terrace

10:45 am Concurrent Sessions

Greening of IT
Meeting Room N/R

"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.

Austin Park, Chief Technology Officer, Paragon Development Systems (PDS)

The age of the intentional silo is long gone. Today, secure, integrated and adaptable services are the foundation for data sharing, online offerings and cost savings. What are the most effective approaches and practices? What is Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and what does it offer? This session will look at techniques, strategies and practices that are fundamentally changing government applications.

Jeff Bradfield, Principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP

Wil Carroll, Senior Manager, Deloitte Consulting LLP

In tight fiscal times, it is more important than ever to get the most out of the budget dollar which may include involving additional stakeholders and groups to share costs, technologies and resources. Additional stakeholders can make for larger, more complex projects and increased risk. Since it is hard to make noticeable gains without risk, organizations may shy away from making substantial changes. So how does one find the right balance between innovation and risk? How can an organization innovate when expenditures are closely scrutinized? Are there innovative solutions that have low risk and high reward? This session will provide examples and suggestions for how to find a good balance for your own projects.

Oskar Anderson, Chief Information Officer, State of Wisconsin

Chris Neff, Vice President of Integrated Marketing, NIC Inc.

Good IT people are hard to find... and even harder to keep. Impending retirements are pushing organizations to solve this challenge sooner rather than later. Compounding the problem is the fact that we are dealing with what many feel is the most eclectic collection of personnel in our history - Millennials, GenXers, and Boomers all must work together despite remarkably different backgrounds, expectations, knowledge, tastes and demands. This session focuses on building and maintaining the IT workforce of tomorrow.

Mike Biagioli, Manager, Information Technology, Waukesha County

Michael Littlejohn, Vice President, Human Capital Management Services, IBM

12:00 pm Lunch

Madison Ballroom, Salon A

12:50 pm General Session

Madison Ballroom, Salon A

You.Gov: The Modernization Government Needs and the Public Expects

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

The Web has been changing our lives for over 10 years. What is next? How will social networks impact government? How will Web 2.0, and beyond, change government service delivery? What are cutting-edge governments doing today to take advantage of these new technologies and a new generation of digital natives? Join the Center for Digital Government in an interesting and entertaining session on something we are calling "You.Gov."

2:00 pm Afternoon Break and Refreshments

Grand Terrace

2:30 pm Concurrent Sessions

Business Architecture versus Technical Architecture
Hall of Ideas, Salon E

Technology organizations can solve almost any technical challenge that comes their way. Yet for most organizations, technical architecture must be informed by, and usually driven by, the business architecture. This means that users must be involved and the end goal of the organization must be paramount in the planning process. How do you achieve a balance between business goals and technology goals - transparency versus security for example? This session will explore the differences between business and technology architectures and provide you with tips on how to build a business architecture without losing sight of the technical realities of the organization.

Stephen Newell, Executive IT Architect, IBM

Research and development is booming in the wireless arena, exploring such issues as: What are the infrastructures of the future? And, what new devices, tools and applications have the most potential to impact government operations and services? This session provides a glimpse at emerging trends and technologies in perhaps the fastest growing segment of technology today (and tomorrow).

Some see virtualization as the next-step in consolidated computing and a game-changing technology for alternative desktop computing. This solution enables IT departments to reduce their IT hardware and support costs by as much as 30% and enhances data security while boosting productivity and energy efficiency. This session will explain how consolidating the storage - virtualization at the desktop - is propelling the next-generation of desktop computing.

Rich Cheston, Executive Director, Lenovo

Email volume is continuing to grow in both the public and private sectors. Spam accounts for part of the growth, but most of the email traffic is generated by organizations electronically conducting legitimate business with clients and citizens. Email presents many challenges to government organizations: managing spam, virus protection, content management, retention and archiving to name a few. This will be an interactive session, offering the opportunity to discuss what you and your peers are doing to manage email and how that impacts open record requests.

Chris Lueder, Network Administrator, Department of Information Technology, City of Madison

3:45 pm Executive Reception

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

Wednesday, December 3

8:00 am Registration and Morning Refreshments

Grand Terrace

9:00 am Opening Remarks

Madison Ballroom, Salon D

9:15 am 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.

10:25 am Morning Break

Grand Terrace

10:45 am Concurrent Sessions

Electronic Document Management
Hall of Ideas, Salon E

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.

Agencies from throughout Wisconsin are using technology in innovative ways to advance service to the citizen. Many organizations have received national recognition for their projects and websites. This session will showcase two of those organizations. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn the details of these successful implementations, and to take inspiration and helpful suggestions back to apply to their own projects.

The life-changing conveniences offered by technology are balanced by the trials and tribulations of securing the systems. The ever-increasing use of wireless and mobile devices only adds to the challenge. This session looks at the latest tools, standards and solutions for assessing vulnerabilities, shoring up defenses and avoiding the type of incidents that we have been reading about all too often.

12:00 noon End of Conference

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