Agenda

Tuesday, May 12

8:00 am Registration and Morning Refreshments

9:00 am Opening Remarks

9:10 am Opening Keynote

Leadership in Tough Times: What Will You Do?

Jerry Mechling, Harvard School of Government

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 recognized 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

Next Generation Workforce

As the Boomer generation aged decade by decade, they dominated almost everything in our society, including the workplace. Now that they are reaching retirement age and leaving the workforce, 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. This session takes a close look at how to build, manage and get along with the workforce of tomorrow.

Jerry Nepon-Sixt, Manager of Global Partner Programs, Kronos Incorporated

Tim Phoenix, Human Capital Leader, Public Sector Industry, Deloitte Consulting LLP

Public Records and Web 2.0

More and more records are "born digital," meaning that they never existed (or will never exist) in paper form. Web 2.0 and related tools (messaging, Twitter, blogs, etc.) add a new variety of issues and complications. The challenge is to properly determine what must be retained and for how long, how to efficiently capture and store information, and how to retrieve it when needed. This session looks at emerging trends, standards and sensible practices.

Moderator: Kevin Patten, Chief Information Officer, Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, State of Florida

John Lazuk, Senior Manager, Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP

Alfredo Sanchez, President, Florida 2.0 Initiative

Future of State Networks

This session focuses on the state of Florida and addresses: current trends, developments, and capabilities of statewide networks and connectivity in Florida; how and when the networks will evolve over the coming years; who will be able to participate; and expected benefits and savings.

Michael O'Hara Garcia, Strategic Account Manager, Cisco Systems, Inc.

Charles Ghini, Director, Division of Telecommunication, Department of Management Services, State of Florida

12:00 pm Lunch

12:50 pm General Session

Michigan's Story: Rising Above a Dire Economy

Ken Theis, Chief Information Officer, State of Michigan

Michigan was hit with a failing economy years before the rest of us, due primarily to the struggling auto industry. Yet they still managed to make more IT progress than any other state as shown by their incredible finish in the last three Digital States Suveys: 1st, 1st, and 2nd. All this occurred in the midst of a major IT consolidation that was not at first embraced by everyone. The most important factor in their success has been their never-say-die attitude in the face of limited resources. They consistently managed to turn treacherous conditions into opportunities, most recently with their groundbreaking work in collaboration and shared solutions. In this general session, state CIO Ken Theis talks about Michigan's successes and why his favorite saying is "A budget crisis is a terrible thing to waste!"

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2:00 pm Afternoon Break and Refreshments

2:30 pm Concurrent Sessions

Balancing Open Government with Information Security

Transparency and open government are currently two of the highest federal priorities. The guiding principle is that information maintained by government is a public asset, and whatever data you are storing may have value to the public. The ramifications on IT systems, policies and personnel can be significant. This session discusses current views about information control in order to find an acceptable balance between security, privacy and the public's right to know.

Moderator: Jane Sowerby, Enterprise Information Security Officer, Agency for Enterprise Information Technology, State of Florida

JoAnn Carrin, Director, Office of Open Government, State of Florida

Thomas Harris, Worldwide Solutions Leader, Public Sector, Information Management, IBM Software Group

Bryan Whorton, Director, Security Technical Sales, CA, Inc.

In private industry, countless people work safely and successfully from their homes or other remote locations. The public sector is starting to experience the same demand. But is teleworking appropriate for government workers? Can it be done securely? Can performance be effectively monitored and measured? What are the tangible and intangible benefits? This session focuses on current trends, policies and strategies.

Muslim A. Gadiwalla, Chief Information Officer, City of St. Petersburg

Business Value of Government 2.0

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 offer tremendous power for relatively little investment but at the same time they raise a host of issues and challenges. This session discusses the "how, what, when and where" of Government 2.0 and how you can get in front of it.

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

Scott McPherson, Chief Information Officer, Florida House of Representatives

3:45 pm Executive Reception

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

Wednesday, May 13

8:00 am Registration and Morning Refreshments

9:00 am Keynote Speaker

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

Enterprise GIS

Geographic Information Systems have become an indispensable part of many, if not most, government services. GIS has already set the standard for collaboration and data-sharing, but it is also breaking new ground in web-based functionality and services. This session focuses on trends, advances and opportunities in accessing, visualizing, displaying and analyzing geographic and geospatial information.

Lee Hartsfield, Coordinator, Tallahassee-Leon County GIS

David Lapp, Principal Sales Consultant, Oracle

The Cloud Controversey - IT Alternative or IT Architecture?

The cloud is a metaphor for the Internet, and cloud computing simply means vendor-hosted applications, services and storage over the Internet. Viewed as an architectural shift, cloud becomes a way for the IT organization to deliver enhanced financial and functional benefits to the business units while simultaneously preserving the integrity of enterprise IT polices. This session provides an introduction to these technologies and a look at how - and if - they can be used securely, efficiently and economically.

Billy Marshall, Evangelist, EMC Cloud Infrastructure Division

Greening of IT - The Business Case

"Going Green" is no longer merely a politically correct thing to do - it's now a necessity due to rising (or soon to rise) energy costs and dwindling budgets. There are many approaches to increased efficiency and energy consumption, ranging from broad consolidations to virtualization 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.

Brad Dupuy, Program Manager, Worldwide Public Sector Markets, Hewlett-Packard Technology Solutions Group

David Godiksen, President, Information Access Systems (IAS)

Theresa Gonyo, Director of Data Management, Department of Motor Vehicles, Commonwealth of Virginia

Vince Hanson, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Information Access Systems (IAS)

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12:00 pm End of Conference