Registration and Morning Refreshments

Welcome and Introductions

Alan Cox, Executive Vice President and Publisher, Government Technology magazine

Opening Keynote

How to Shake Things Up and Live to Tell the Tale

Teri Takai, Executive Director, Center for Digital Government, and Former CIO of U.S. Department of Defense, State of California and State of Michigan

Teri Takai is one of the most respected and influential government IT leaders in the country. Teri is most well-known for her public-sector roles, starting in budget-torn Michigan where she led the state to the #1 ranking in the Digital States Survey four years in a row. Never one to back down from a challenge, she next accepted a plea from Governor Schwarzenegger to put California’s struggling technology efforts back on track. And if that wasn’t enough, Teri next took on the job of heading up the largest IT budget in the world, a budget matched only by the scope of DOD’s problems and complexities. Now she leads one of the nation’s premier digital government think tanks. In each locale, she has been tasked with driving disruptive change. In this captivating session, Teri shares her extraordinary experiences, lessons learned and candid advice.

Implementing a Strategic Plan

For IT leaders, strategic planning is part and parcel with the job but is sometimes relegated to the back seat when tactical issues are numerous.

San Jose has implemented a strategic plan which aims to be transformative for the city. This session will provide an update, lessons learned and the successes and challenges they faced throughout the process of gathering the team and getting ideas from creation to implementation.

Rob Lloyd, Chief Information Officer, City of San Jose

Networking Break

Name Your Technology

Here’s where the sponsors get to strut! They each get two minutes to talk passionately about what they do and why it matters to government. These aren’t product pitches; they’re expressions of pride and brief glimpses into the future.

Governance of IT Projects

IT organizations have traditionally led most if not all projects within their jurisdictions. Often, the business owners have been somewhat hands off and the project has suffered as a result. New project methodologies such as RPI or Agile require that the business owners be much more engaged throughout the project. How is this working? Is this transition happening in more than a handful of organizations? What lessons are being learned and how can other organizations best make this shift? This session will continue the long-running dialogue of IT governance in the public sector!

Herman Brown, Jr., Chief Information Officer, Office of District Attorney George Gascón, City and County of San Francisco

Lunch

Uberizing Government

Uber, Amazon, Alexa, Siri, AirBnB – these are just a few of the innovations that have given rise to entirely new paradigms in customer experience. Can government do the same? Absolutely. There’s not really much choice. Sooner or later, it must be done. The good news is that it’s closer and more attainable than one might think. This session looks at innovative tools and strategies that can revamp and revitalize government’s relationship with its citizens.

Dustin Haisler, Chief Innovation Officer, Government Technology

Name Your Technology

Here’s where the sponsors get to strut! They each get two minutes to talk passionately about what they do and why it matters to government. These aren’t product pitches; they’re expressions of pride and brief glimpses into the future.

Project Vignettes

As always, the Bay Area is ripe with interesting projects in a variety of jurisdictions. This session will include a random sampling of two different projects currently underway and will be a chance to compare notes on similar efforts or get ideas for new programs to implement in your own city or county.

Tony Batalla, IT Director, City Manager’s Office, City of San Leandro

Jon Gjestvang, Chief Information Officer, Napa County

Networking Break

Smart Anything and Everything

What is a smart community, really? Is it a title that is rendered meaningless because it can be claimed by just about anyone? Or are there actual criteria involved? This session is a discussion of the “smart” crusade: where it’s been, where it stands and where it’s headed.

Ulysses Vinson, Smart Communities Officer, San Mateo County

The Answer is in the Room

All participants are invited to engage in an open discussion of opportunities to collaborate and improve effectiveness and efficient. The emphasis is on preparing for and leveraging topics discussed in previous sessions.

Adjourn

Conference times, agenda, and speakers are subject to change.