Agenda
Wednesday, September 22
8:00 am Registration and Morning Refreshments
Base of the Egg
9:00 am Welcome and Opening Remarks
Hart Theatre
Melodie Mayberry-Stewart, Ph.D., Chief Information Officer, New York State
Kristin Proud, Deputy Secretary for Human Services, Technology & Operations, State of New York
9:15 am Opening Keynote
Hart Theatre
Leadership Secrets from The Perfect Storm: 7 Steps to Making the Right Decision Every Time
Capt. Larry Brudnicki, Coast Guard Captain from "The Perfect Storm"
Against the backdrop of the "The Perfect Storm," this keynote provides the perfect balance between inspiration and application. The audience will see the 7 Steps in action along with examples of the courage, leadership and teamwork that are necessary to triumph in our uncertain business climate. Through practical lessons learned from his experiences, the audience acquires powerful tools to make correct decisions even in the most difficult circumstances.
10:30 am Morning Break
11:00 am Concurrent Sessions
Gov 2.0
Meeting Room 2
A few years ago, the buzz was all about Web 2.0 and what the next generation of the Internet might bring. Now social media and cloud computing are being talked about with the same enthusiasm. The fundamental questions, however, remain the same: What’s next in government? What impact, if any, do these new technologies have on government? Will these technologies, coupled with the affects of the recession, bring about a “fundamental reset” of government? Will the pressures on city and county budgets change how government operates? Or is social media a fad that will go the way of the 8-track tape and Beta video? This discussion will explore these and other important issues.
Andrew Hoppin, Chief Information Officer, New York State Senate
Derek Werthmuller, Director of Technology Services, Center for Technology in Government
Cloudy Skies Ahead? A Practical Discussion of Cloud Computing in Government
Meeting Room 3
Cloud computing and the possibilities for government have been talked about for several years now. Many have questioned whether the model would work for government, with the myriad of regulatory and legal requirements for issues such as data protection, data sharing, transparency, security and retention. In this session you will hear from public organizations that have made the decision to use cloud computing, what it took to build consensus, and the policy and legal issues involved in implementing cloud computing.
Gregory Ferguson, Systems Engineer, NetApp U.S. Public Sector, Inc.
Girish Venkataraman, Sales Consulting Manager, Oracle
New York State Project Management COP: Continuing the Mission in Changing Times
Meeting Room 6
How is the fiscal crisis impacting project management? How can good project management help agencies respond to the fiscal crisis? How can PMOs help agencies prepare for changes that this year's elections may bring? This panel discussion is sponsored by The NYS Forum's Project Management Community of Practice (PM COP).
Moderator: Brenda Breslin, Co-Chair, PM Workgroup, New York State Forum, Director, BCSD, Department of Health, New York State
Moderator: Jon Haverly, Co-Chair, PM Workgroup, New York State Forum, Program Manager, Keane, Inc.
Adam Gigandet, Chief Information Officer, Department of Motor Vehicles, New York State
Patricia Mitchell, Chief Financial Officer, Department of Taxation and Finance, New York State
Robert Pennacchia, Deptuty Director, ISHSG and Acting Director, PMO, Department of Health, New York State
Diana Pinto, Senior Project Manager, Thruway Authority, New York State
Discovering the Road Less Traveled – Innovation in the Public Sector
Meeting Room 5
Can an organization innovate by simply looking for the path with fewer footprints or does it take more skills than that? Is it possible to learn how to be more innovative? In this unique session, you will hear real world examples of using innovation to achieve better results. You will gain ideas for how to improve your innovative skills and explore how to nurture an innovative culture within your organization.
JR Magee, Regional Sales Manager Unified Collaboration, US Public Sector-SLED Central East Area, Cisco
12:15 pm Lunch on Your Own
12:15 pm Industry Trend Luncheon
(Pre-Registration Required)
It's All About Service - Delivering Value and Services When Resources are Tight
Meeting Room 1
As budgets and staff continue to be cut – oftentimes to the bone - the pressure to squeeze more value from IT systems is increasing. Technology leaders must juggle competing priorities for resources to deliver the services that agencies depend on. In this pressure cooker environment, it seems impossible to look for new innovative solutions. However, new solutions may, in fact, be the only way to continue to deliver services.
This session will highlight a service-centric approach that will help you manage technologies top-down according to the services they provide. This service-centric visibility will help you identify and resolve issues that present risk to service delivery, and give you insight to quickly fix issues and store service quality when it is compromised.
Fred Muller, Senior Director, Solution Architecture, IT Transformation Group, Public Sector, CA, Inc.
1:45 pm Concurrent Sessions
Data Management and Governance
Meeting Room 2
In these days of transparency, of shrinking budgets and increasing demands, of ediscovery, security threats and privacy protection requirements, data management and governance has moved from a technical issue to a leadership imperative. Solid strategies are critical to keeping both the trust of the public, and complying with a myriad of legal and regulatory requirements.
Join Micheline Casey, Colorado’s Chief Data Officer, and the first and only statewide data officer in the nation, for an interactive discussion on data governance, data management and practical advice on creating a data management strategy.
Micheline Casey, Chief Data Officer, Governor's Office of Information Technology, State of Colorado
New Ways to Solve Old Problems – Invention, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Meeting Room 3
Come hear from the winners of the first annual Play in the Parks App Contest sponsored by New York State Chief Information Officer and Office for Technology (CIO/OFT), the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, and the Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly). This competition was an outstanding vehicle to foster the spirit of invention, innovation and entrepreneurship for graduate students to develop a creative, useful mobile application to help an active and mobile generation discover all the beauty and opportunities the New York State Parks System offers. The students will present their award-winning solutions, followed by an open discussion on how these innovative ideas might be used in government.
Moderator: Dr. Andres Fortino, Associate Provost for Corporate Graduate Programs, Polytechnic Institute of New York University
Jean-Carlo Bonilla, Director Graduate Enrollment Management, Polytechnic Institute of New York University
Yigit Kiran, Graduate Student, Polytechnic Institute of New York University
Rico J. Singleton, Deputy State Chief Information Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer, New York State
Thin is In – Desktop Virtualization
Meeting Room 4
Desktop virtualization offers promise as a way to simplify desktop management, cut costs and provide better service. However, there are also potential drawbacks to a virtualized desktop environment, including complexity of deployment and loss of user autonomy. Come hear the real world lessons from organizations that are implementing desktop virtualization – both the advantages they have realized, and the pitfalls you should avoid.
Ron Henderson, Chief Technology Officer, UNIVERSAL Technologies, LLC
Andy Powell, Senior Desktop Business Strategist, Public Sector Account Manager, VMWare, Inc.
Chris Vida, Desktop Specialist, Northeast Area, VMWare, Inc.
Fraud, Waste and Abuse
Meeting Room 5
Government and citizens are demanding increased accountability and detecting fraud, waste and abuse in New York State is a priority for all levels of government. Join the New York State Medicaid Inspector General and the New York State Tax Department for a discussion on proven techniques and technologies they have implemented that strengthen the skills of your fraud and audit teams and improve the outcomes of your investigations and audits.
Edward Chaszczewski, Director, Income Franchise Desk Audit Bureau, Tax & Finance, New York State
Tim Gardinier, Manager of Data Warehousing, Department of Taxation & Finance, New York State
James G. Sheehan, Medicaid Inspector General, Office of the Medicaid Inspector General, New York State
3:00 pm Break
3:15 pm Best of New York Awards Ceremony and Reception
Empire State Plaza Convention Hall
Please join us in applauding the winners of the annual Best of New York Awards and a special reception to congratulate the winners and celebrate their accomplishments.
Thursday, September 23
8:00 am Registration and Morning Refreshments
Base of the Egg
9:00 am Opening Remarks
Hart Theatre
9:15 am Keynote
Hart Theatre
Off Balance on Purpose
Dan Thurmon, Author and Peak Performance Coach
Life is an off balance proposition. Achieving balance - a perfect symmetry - is an unrealistic objective. You will never get there! Life is in constant motion, and priorities and resources change all the time. That's why we need to embrace and initiate off balance moments in order to successfully engage life in all its aspects. In this dynamic keynote address, Dan Thurmon uses highly visual and creative means to demonstrate that "off balance" is how we learn, grow, excel and fully experience what is happening around us. It's tough out there right now. The question is: Are you thrown off balance in response to your world or are you off balance on purpose?
10:15 am Morning Break
10:45 am Concurrent Sessions
Workforce Management: How Do You Motivate and Manage Staff in Tough Times?
Meeting Room 2
Even in the midst of layoffs, furloughs and budget slashing, there is still work to be done. Constituents rely on government in the hard times perhaps more than ever. The challenge for leaders is to motivate their teams in the midst of the turmoil. In this timely session, you will hear about some proven tools and techniques to motivate your team, learn how to apply these in your environment and hear from front line managers on what has - and has not - worked for them.
Kathleen Caggiano-Siino, MBA, Executive Deputy Commissioner, Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services, New York State
Health IT
Meeting Room 3
The development of a robust health information technology infrastructure continues to be a key to improving the quality and cost of healthcare, and stimulus funding designated for health IT can help speed development. Strides that are made in solving the complex issues of health IT will surely benefit all government agencies in solving their own IT challenges. This session will discuss the progress to date and what lies ahead.
Keegan Bailey, Director of Programs, Office of Health Information Technology Transformation, Department of Health, New York State
Joe D'Ioro, Healthcare Lead Advocate, TANDBERG
Protecting Privacy - Data Loss Prevention
Meeting Room 4
The digital age has brought about a level of convenience and access to services that were never before imagined. It has also ushered in a whole new set of challenges in privacy and confidentiality. Whether it’s through e-health records or online applications for services, governments are collecting and storing ever-increasing amounts of data. What are the critical steps to protecting this data, and ultimately, the privacy of citizens? This session discusses strategies and technologies critical to protecting confidential data.
Julie Fitton, Senior Manager, Office of Risk Management, EMC
Arpan Lakra, Security Solutions Architect, CDWG
Creating the Agile Government
Meeting Room 5
Government organizations need to become more agile to keep pace with the rapid change happening in the world today. An agile government is proactive, rather than reactive, adjusting its strategy along the way. In addition, it solicits input from citizens, communicates project-related data openly and identifies/corrects errors in real-time. The New York State Senate is exploring these concepts with a mission to dramatically improve government transparency, citizen participation, and operational efficiency for the Senate through technology. In this session you will hear what has been accomplished, and more importantly, why it matters.
Bobby Caudill, Group Manager, Worldwide Government Solutions, Adobe
Andrew Hoppin, Chief Information Officer, New York State Senate
Robert Vitello, Deputy Commissioner for Planning and Technology, Department of Labor, New York State
12:00 pm Lunch on Your Own
1:30 pm Concurrent Sessions
Around the Corner – Technology Trends that Matter
Meeting Room 3
In this roundtable discussion you will hear from local universities and leading vendors on what can be the next hottest trends in technology. What are the latest developments that are likely to hit the market? Which ones might have the biggest impact on government technology? What can organizations do now to prepare? Come get a peek at what may be just around the corner.
J. Robert Daggett, Chief Business Development Officer, Tech Valley Communications
Dr. Michael E. Kress, Vice President for Technology Systems and Executive Director of the CUNY High Performance Center, City University of New York, College of Staten Island
Dr. YingLi Tian, Associate Professor, City College of New York
How To Create A Self-Funded Technology Roadmap
Meeting Room 4
In today's environment technology upgrades are no longer a given. Instead they typically require a thorough cost and investment justification before moving forward. This session will look at the methodology behind creating and executing a a technology roadmap that pays for itself - quickly! We'll cover the key components required to lay out a self-funding roadmap, including the questions, metrics and ROI considerations required for this approach. We'll also highlight key technologies that help drive the best opportunity for quick returns in government organizations. And finally we'll address how select municipalities have developed successful technology sharing models that have allowed them to adopt best in class technology while sharing costs with other agencies.
Craig Wilson, Managing Principal, Strategic Communications Consulting Group, Avaya Professional Services
Mobility and Management: Key Issues for Government
Meeting Room 5
Are you running out of pockets for your mobile devices? Laptops, Notebooks, IPhones, Blackberries - the list continues to grow. Trends such as BYOD (bring your own device) and free and low-cost mobile apps for just about everything, bring new challenges. Organizations must rethink operational issues such as security and network management. In this session you will hear about the latest trends and ideas on how to address the important accompanying operational issues.
John Bagdonas, Application Sales Manager, Government and Education, Mobility and Application Solutions, AT&T
Jeff Schwartz, Senior Product Manager, Mobility and Wireless, Hewlett-Packard
2:45 pm End of Program
