Name: New York Digital Government Summit 2019
Start: 2019-09-12T08:00
Location: Albany Capital Center

Overview

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Government Technology's passion is helping spread best practices and spurring innovation in the public sector. The New York Digital Government Summit is designed to do just that. The summit has an advisory board that gathers public sector and private sector leaders to create an agenda that is relevant and actionable to the state and local government organizations attending the summit. Participants tell us they use the inspirational keynotes, leadership discussions, networking breaks, and timely topics discussed in the numerous breakout sessions to help advance the goals of their organizations and their own career paths

Topics Include:

Robotic Process Automation – The Next Frontier
Data Revolution
Future Skills – University Edition
Identity and Access Management
Data Driven Government – Analytics Case Studies
Changing Legacy Thinking
Residents and Citizens Unite
Enter the Data Scientists
Data Sharing & Analytics
The Customer Experience
A Path to Modernization

A message from our Keynote Speaker

Speakers

Kelly Swanson - Keynote

Strategic Narrative Specialist

Kelly Swanson is an award-winning communication strategist, writer, storyteller, humorist and motivational speaker. She is the author of Who Hijacked My Fairy Tale, The Land of If Only, The Story Formula, and The Gutsy Girls Pocket Guide to Public Speaking. Kelly was a keynote speaker for the International Toastmasters Convention and has keynoted major conferences and corporate events from coast to coast. Kelly’s powerful insights and wacky wit have charmed and inspired audiences for more than two decades. She is also known for her high-energy workshops and boot camps on leadership, team building, employee engagement and customer relationships. Kelly is a master at showing people how to turn the ordinary into the extraordinary!

Morgan Wright - Featured Speaker

Senior Fellow, Center for Digital Government

Morgan is an internationally recognized expert on cybersecurity strategy, cyberterrorism, identity theft and privacy. Morgan's landmark testimony before Congress on Healthcare.gov changed how the government collected personally identifiable information. He’s made hundreds of appearances on national news, radio, print and web, and has spoken to audiences around the world. He has appeared regularly on CNN, PBS, ABC, CBS, Fox News and CNBC. Previously, Morgan was a Senior Advisor in the US State Department Antiterrorism Assistance Program. Morgan is a highly decorated former state trooper, police officer and detective. In addition to 18 years in state and local law enforcement, Morgan has developed solutions in defense, justice and intelligence for the largest technology companies in the world. Morgan is the author of Identity Predators: Win the War Against Hackers.

Diana Shaw - Featured Speaker

Manager, Americas AI Team, Global Technology Practice, SAS

Diana Shaw is an analytics expert and thought leader who heads a team of data scientists in creating practical, effective AI applications. She focuses on helping customers apply advanced analytics, machine learning, natural language processing and forecasting to solve their most complex problems. Over the past 19 years, Diana honed her skills mining data, troubleshooting problems and developing technical solutions, including streaming IoT solutions.
Diana regularly leads discussions with executives, business analysts and data scientists around the globe, consulting on analytics strategies and broader technology objectives. She has a Bachelor’s in metallurgical engineering, an MBA and a Master’s in analytics. Her experience spans steelmaking, banking, automotive manufacturing, bridge construction and building controls. She is passionate about getting more girls to code and pursue careers in STEM.

David Adkins

Chief Information Officer, Energy Research and Development Authority, New York State

David Adkins is CIO at NYSERDA. He is responsible for managing the Authority's Information Technology, Data Governance/Architecture and Web Operations units and is responsible for implementing and maintaining technology systems. Prior to joining NYSERDA in 2018, he oversaw End User Services for NYS Information Technology Services, supporting over 120,000 end-users across the executive branch agencies. Prior to state service, David was the CTO for the New York State Bar Association. He was also the director of IT for the New York State United Teachers. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Information Technology and Cybersecurity at UAlbany, University of Maryland and University of Dayton. He received a Bachelor of Science in Telecommunications from Syracuse University and a Master of Business Administration and Doctorate in Information Science from the University at Albany.

Dr. Cedric Alexander

Author, CNN Contributor on Public Safety, Former Chief of Police

Dr. Cedric Alexander has spent nearly four decades in search of a better way to police our nation. He’s the author of The New Guardians, and he has served as a law enforcement analyst on ABC, CBS, NBC and CNN. In 2015 he was appointed to the President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing. He has served at every level of government: as a Federal Security Director in the US Department of Homeland Security, as a Deputy Commissioner for Criminal Justice in New York State, as Public Safety Director in a major county, and as a City Chief of Police and Deputy Mayor.

George Berg

Associate Professor, College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity, University at Albany, SUNY

George Berg is a computer scientist who has been researching and teaching in that field and artificial intelligence for more than 30 years. He has done work using machine learning in protein biology, finance, cybersecurity, robots, drones and 3D printed prosthetics. Since his terms as chair of the university’s Computer Science and Informatics departments, George has been heavily involved in improving undergraduate STEM education. Along with others, he has helped create the university’s Informatics BS, MSIS concentration in Data Analytics and its proposed BS and MS programs in Cybersecurity. He is especially proud of the role undergraduates have in his research lab.

Joseph M. Bradley

Global Vice President, Customer Experience, Incubation Services and Technology, Cisco Systems, Inc

Joseph M. Bradley is global vice president, Customer Experience, Incubation Services and Technology. His team continuously works to identify new opportunities to help customers around the world adapt to a rapidly changing digital world. This includes the incubation and delivery of IoT services for edge computing, industrial networking and OT security and smart city solutions.
Joseph has deep knowledge of both start-up and enterprise businesses, and is a technology disruption thought leader for emerging technologies and business culture. Prior to joining Cisco, he was president at Uptake Technologies, CEO at C3 Communications and vice president/general manager of AT&T’s Data Communications group.
He holds an economics degree from the University of California at Berkeley.

Bob Burwell

Chief Technology Officer, State and Local Government & Education, NetApp

Bob Burwell is the Chief Technology Officer for U.S. Public Sector State, Local Government and Education (SLED) at NetApp. His responsibilities include setting future technology and product directions for the U.S. Public Sector group and managing key customer relationships. Bob has been in the storage industry for over 25 years with a focus on State and Local Government, Education and US Federal markets including; Army, Navy, Air Force and Intelligence Agencies. Bob speaks regularly at key Industry and customer events, has written multiple industry papers and sits on key working groups.

Luke Charde

User Experience Design, Chief Technology Office, Office of Information Technology Services, New York State

Luke Charde has been creating human-friendly technology experiences for nearly two decades. He currently leads the User Experience Design Team in the Chief Technology Office at the New York State Office of IT Services.

Michael Dalton

Senior Identity Engineer, RSA

Michael Dalton is a senior identity engineer at RSA, the Security Division of Dell. Over the past 30 years, his ideas and work as a security-focused field engineer have provided unique solutions for common challenges in identity and access management. He lives in West Hartford, CT, with his phenomenal wife Kim, sons Ben and Clark and loves to go hiking!

Jennifer Goodall, PhD

Vice Dean, College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity

Dr. Jennifer Goodall received her undergraduate and masters degrees in Classics at Tufts University while working on the Perseus Project. Her research focused on women in antiquity. She completed her Ph.D. in Information Science at the University at Albany with a specialization in Information Technology and Learning. Her dissertation examined trust and power issues surrounding information sharing among homeless providers in New York City. She has been teaching undergraduates at the University of Albany since 2002. She is currently vice dean of the College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity. She also works with the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) as an extension services consultant.

Tabassum Insaf

Research Director, Bureau of Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology, Department of Health, New York State

Dr. Tabassum Insaf is research director at the Bureau of Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology and has been working in various capacities at the New York State Department of Health for eight years. She also serves as assistant professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the School of Public Health, University at Albany. She holds a medical degree, an MPH and a PhD in Epidemiology. Her research interests are in geo-spatial epidemiology and its application to assessment of social and environmental determinants of health, including climate change, air pollution and health care access. A recent interest has been development of epidemiologic methods to utilize satellite derived fine-scaled measurements of air pollution and climatic exposures to inform public health policies. She has received grant support from National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for her research and she is part of CDC’s Environmental Public Health Tracking (EPHT) and NASA’s Health and Air Quality Applied Sciences Teams (HAQAST). She is also part of New York State’s Congenital Heart defects and Muscular Dystrophy Surveillance Programs where she uses GIS techniques to determine the predictors of health care access among high needs population groups.

Bob Jeffcott

Principal Systems Engineer, Software AG

Bob Jeffcott is a principal systems engineer. He has been with Software AG for 22 years. His focus is state and local government and he has covered the state of Texas for over 10 years. He has worked with dozens of organizations to modernize and integrate their legacy systems at the federal, state and local levels.

Mary-Sara Jones

Business Development Executive, Global Business Services, IBM

Mary-Sara Jones is a business development executive supporting IBM’s U.S. State and Local Global Business Services practice. Mary-Sara brings more than 20 years’ experience in Health and Human Services, leading service delivery transformation, applying technical innovations and guiding agencies in navigating policy and business challenges. Working with organizations across the U.S. and globally, she helps agencies move beyond their organizational boundaries to provide a more holistic, person-centered approach to care while simultaneously reducing costs and improving outcomes. Today, Mary-Sara focuses on high utilizing populations by driving cross program collaboration and leveraging integrated data to expand preventive approaches and address some of our most critical social challenges such as homelessness, substance use disorder, recidivism and child safety.

Chris Kaeser

Advisory Solution Consultant, ServiceNow

Chris Kaeser is a 20+-year veteran to enterprise software solutions with a proven record of success in designing and implementing major programs for global organizations. For the last five years, Chris has been part of the ServiceNow family focused on developing and delivering IT business management capabilities and helping the “world of work” work better for people.

Lisa Karas

Enterprise Cloud SaaS/iPaaS Professional, Dell Technologies

Lisa Karas is an enterprise cloud SaaS/iPaaS professional with 18 years of demonstrated expertise in Partner/Alliance Management, Leadership and Solutions Selling to G500/Mid-Market accounts. As a Dell Boomi evangelist, Lisa helps organizations accelerate business outcomes by quickly uniting everything in their digital ecosystems. Because today’s consumers (like you and me) are used to having our needs met instantly, and in a highly personalized manner, business is in a state of constant motion. This puts pressure on the business and IT teams to deliver dynamic experiences.

Annmarie Lanesey

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, AlbanyCanCode

In 2016, Annmarie Lanesey founded AlbanyCanCode, an organization dedicated to helping talented local people from all backgrounds find pathways to employment in the regional software development industry. Annmarie serves on the board of directors of AlbanyCanCode, WMHT and the Capitol Region Chamber.
In 2012, Annmarie was selected by Albany Business Review as one of the 40 Under Forty and as one of the six Women Who Mean Business. In 2015, the Capital District Women’s Employment and Resource Center honored Annmarie with the Harriet Rifkin Award for “her work in creating opportunities for women to achieve personal and financial independence.” Annmarie was named a New York State Woman of Distinction by Senator Neil Breslin in 2016.

Deputy Director of Workforce Development, Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo

In September, Michael Lefebvre was appointed by Governor Andrew Cuomo to be deputy director for workforce development in the Governor’s office. Prior to his appointment, Mike served as the executive vice president for the Division of Public Policy, Planning and Incentives at Empire State Development (ESD) and oversaw policy development, intergovernmental affairs, research and analysis and the administration of many of ESD’s financial incentive programs. Before returning to ESD in 2016, Mike held leadership positions as chief financial officer at the New York State Department of Law and executive director at the New York State Senate. A veteran of the U.S. Air Force, Mike holds a Master of Public Administration degree from the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy and a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the University at Albany.

Daniele Loffreda

Senior Advisor, Portfolio Solutions, Ciena

Daniele Loffreda is senior advisor, Healthcare State/Local Government and Education (SLED) in Ciena’s Market Development organization. In this role he leads Ciena’s initiatives to apply next generation hardware, software and services networking technologies to help these sectors deliver better services to their constituents through digital transformation, optimized cloud strategies, virtualized infrastructure and improved data security.
Daniele has more than 20 years of experience helping customers leverage information, communications and technology solutions provide greater value, improve their operations and generate higher returns on network investments. He has been involved in smart city projects since 2014, he has been a speaker at smart city events and has published a number of articles and blog posts on network connectivity as a critical foundation of smart cities.

Kay Meyer

Senior Manager, Industry Consulting, SAS

Kay Meyer is a senior manager working with the SAS U.S. Government practice. She brings experience, best practices and strategies to help government successfully implement strategic analytic solutions including establishing Centers for Analytics. Kay has over 25 years of experience in information systems development and implementation across a variety of industries. Prior to joining SAS, Kay spent 18 years in state government and led the efforts in North Carolina to set the strategic vision, definition and implementation for the North Carolina Government Data Analytics Center. Prior to the GDAC, Kay led in the formation of NC’s first enterprise fraud, waste and improper payment detection program, as well as the implementation of NC’s first integrated criminal justice system. Kay holds a Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems from the University of Virginia and a Master of Business Administration from George Washington University.

Danielle Miller

Director of Human Resources, Office of Information Technology Services, New York State

Danielle Miller joined the NYS Office of Information Technology Services (ITS) in early 2013, shortly after the agency was established. She has been with the state for 19 years, working in an array of roles within HR for 16 of those years. In her director of human resources role within ITS she oversees Personnel, Employee Relations and Employee Development. She serves on the Executive Personnel Council, various subcommittees/workgroups and participates in a number of initiatives including Civil Service Reform efforts and ITS strategic planning. Danielle is dedicated to her work, but she lives for Saturdays with her eight-year old daughter and summer afternoons of fishing.

Prachi Mondaiyka

Director, Business Solutions, ITS Housing Portfolio, State of New York

An experienced IT leader in NYS-ITS, Prachi Mondaiyka serves as the Business Solution Director for NYS- Housing portfolio. Prachi is leading the way for setting the strategic direction, technology vision and providing IT services that support the business missions of the NYS Department of Housing and Community Renewal. Prior to joining Housing portfolio, Prachi worked with diverse multi agencies portfolio of New York State government and is credited for proven leadership in strategy planning, project management, portfolio management, SOA, enterprise analysis and business process re-engineering.
Prior to joining public sector, Prachi held a consulting role in pharmaceutical industry and provided actionable strategies in portfolio strategy, go-to-market-strategy and sales compensation. Before that, she was the lead operations manager in the food industry. Prachi holds an undergraduate in Engineering degree from BIT, India and a Master’s Degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), NY.

Andrew D. Morris

Executive Deputy Commissioner, Department of Taxation and Finance, New York State

Andrew D. Morris is the executive deputy commissioner with the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance. He has served in previous executive positions with the department as director, Office of Processing and Taxpayer Services; director, Tax Processing Division; director, Business Tax Processing; director, Personal Income Tax Processing Bureau; director, Systems Analysis and Testing Bureau; and director, Revenue Services Bureau.
During the course of his career, Andrew has advanced the department's efforts in the growth of electronic filing of tax returns and payments; implementation of advanced document, tax return and payment processing technologies; and cost savings initiatives. In 2017, the New York State Academy for Public Administration recognized him with its Public Excellence Award. Prior to joining the Department of Taxation and Finance, Andrew was with the Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of the Treasury, where he began his career as a Presidential Management Fellow.
He completed his master of public administration degree at The George Washington University and his bachelor's degree at Siena College. He has also pursued executive education at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton Business School.

John Rager

Acting Chief Data Officer, New York State Office of Information Technology Services

As acting chief data officer, John Rager directs the office charged with maximizing the effective use and value of data across the enterprise. In advancing responsible data management practices, the Office of the Chief Data Officer promotes the importance of data as a strategic business asset within New York State government and to the public in general.
John also serves as manager of the Open NY team, where he oversees the ongoing publication and refresh of quality data resources on data.ny.gov, providing support to client agencies, ensuring continuous availability of the Open NY platform and coordinating with Open NY’s sister program, Health Data NY. Working closely with partner agencies, Open NY has realized a nearly 600 percent increase in the number of resources published since program launch in March 2013.
Prior to these roles, John was a systems analyst, developer and manager of business solutions within the New York Department of State for over 22 years.

Joanne Collins Smee

Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer, Xerox Corporation

Joanne Collins Smee is the chief commercial officer for Xerox Corporation. She joined the company and was named a senior vice president of the corporation on September 10, 2018. In this role, Joanne is responsible for services, software and future solutions offerings. This includes delivering compelling offerings through effective and enabled routes to market with a seamless order to cash process for Xerox clients.
Joanne joined Xerox from the U.S. federal government where she was leading Technology Transformation Services, overseeing technology and process design teams focused on transforming the way federal government agencies build, buy and use technology. Prior to that, Joanne spent more than 25 years at IBM in a variety of global executive roles, including client sales, support and delivery of technical products and services.
She holds a Master of Business Administration degree from New York University, a Master of Arts from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Arts from Boston College.

Dave van Leeuwen

Account Manager, Major Accounts – State, Local and Higher Education NYS, NetApp

Dave van Leeuwen is the team lead for NetApp’s Government and Education business in NY and VT. Dave is a seasoned IT veteran with 25+ years’ experience in various roles. Prior to joining NetApp four years ago, he worked for Advistor and ePlus. Dave resides in Niskayuna, NY, and is an avid Syracuse fan.

Tom Yeatts

Chief Technology Officer, State and Local Government, Education, ServiceNow

Tom Yeatts is an experienced IT executive with a proven track record of delivering results. Before joining ServiceNow as SLED CTO, Tom served as deputy CIO for Howard County, MD. His responsibilities included designing the architecture and delivering IT projects in support of the county’s vision to connect its citizens and workforce on a secure and stable environment. Tom graduated from Virginia Tech and resides in Maryland.

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Agenda

Thursday, September 12
8:30 am Eastern	Registration and Morning Refreshments Pre-Function Room
9:30 am Eastern	Opening Remarks Multi-Purpose Room
9:45 am Eastern	Opening Keynote – What’s Your Story? Multi-Purpose Room Kelly Swanson, Strategic Narrative Specialist IT is an adventure. Or should be! Every project is a journey, and we need to be better at promoting what we’re doing and how much we’re accomplishing. It’s important to be able to paint a picture that resonates. Data alone is not enough anymore. It’s already over-used, mis-used, abused and fake-newsed. The key is wrapping your data in a way that makes people care. You need the secret ingredient that is probably missing from presentations, pitches, speeches and any situation where you are trying to get buy-in. In this mind-expanding session, you will find out how to go from manipulating to motivating, from communicating to connecting, from telling people what to do to making them want to do it. Learn from the master!
10:45 am Eastern	Networking Break Pre-Function Room
11:15 am Eastern	Concurrent Sessions Robotic Process Automation – The Next Frontier Meeting Room 2A Robotic process automation (or RPA) is an emerging form of business process automation technology based on the notion of software robots or artificial intelligence (AI) workers. This session will cover basic concepts of robotic process automation and provide a forum for discussion on potential barriers to adoption, such as concerns about data security and the impact on the workforce. Joseph M. Bradley, Global Vice President, Customer Experience, Incubation Services and Technology, Cisco Systems, Inc Deborah Snyder, PMP, Chief Information Security Officer, Office of Information Technology Services, New York State View Presentation Here Data Revolution Meeting Room 2B It’s a common refrain that government should operate more like an enterprise. This approach holds true in some ways more than others, but it particularly applies to data and how it’s used – or not used – in meaningful ways. It all starts with data sharing. But why isn’t it done enough? Are the barriers cultural, legal or technical? This session explores the obstacles to data sharing and the tools and strategies that will take us from siloed data to actionable information. Mary-Sara Jones, Business Development Executive, Global Business Services, IBM View Jones Presentation Here John Rager, Acting Chief Data Officer, Office of Information Technology Services, New York State View Rager Presentation Here Future Skills – University Edition Meeting Room 2C Many of today’s standard IT jobs might not exist years from now, at least not in their current forms. And some of the most needed jobs in the future don’t even exist yet. How should we be shaping our own skillsets? What skills should we be seeking when hiring new people? There’s an easy way to get answers – let’s find out what universities are advising and teaching to their IT students! Moderator: David Adkins, Chief Information Officer, Energy Research and Development Authority, New York State Panelists: Jennifer Goodall, PhD, Vice Dean, College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity Annmarie Lanesey, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, AlbanyCanCode Michael Lefebvre, Deputy Director of Workforce Development, Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo Danielle Miller, Director, Human Resources, Human Resource Services, Office of Information Technology Services, New York State Identity and Access Management Meeting Room 1B As organizations turn to cloud services and mobile apps to boost productivity and cut costs, managing user identities and access to IT resources has never been more important – or challenging. In this emerging IT environment, a key task is managing access to applications and data by employees and partners from multiple devices. This session will present the benefits and challenges of leveraging a unified digital identity platform for secure and seamless user experiences. Mike Dalton, Senior Identity Engineer, RSA, Dell Technologies Alistair McLean, Principal Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services Rajiv Rao, Chief Technology Officer, Office of Information Technology Services, New York State
12:15 pm Eastern	Lunch Multi-Purpose Room
1:00 pm Eastern	Featured Speaker – AI in Practice Multi-Purpose Room Diana Shaw, Manager, Americas AI Team, Global Technology Practice, SAS Advanced technologies like artificial intelligence are creating a lot of buzz, but the practical use of this technology in government remains largely elusive. This session will showcase public sector use cases that are currently leveraging AI and computer vision technology. Computer vision is based on deep learning, a form of machine learning that trains computers to perform human-like tasks. View Presentation Here
1:45 pm Eastern	FirstNet Fireside Chat Multi-Purpose Room Dr. Cedric Alexander, Author, CNN Contributor on Public Safety, Former Chief of Police Public safety is undergoing a significant transformation and technology is at the heart of it. The transformation affects all areas of government, from education to transportation to frontline public safety. This session explores the intersection between public safety ecosystems and the technology revolution that is here – today.
2:15 pm Eastern	Networking Break Pre-Function Room
2:45 pm Eastern	Concurrent Sessions Data-Driven Government – Analytics Case Studies Meeting Room 2A Innovation using data is alive and well in New York – living proof that it is possible to accomplish truly great things through healthy doses of imagination, optimism, inspiration and energy. This session highlights thought-provoking analytics case studies that are sure to get the wheels turning about what might be possible in your own organization. Come hear their stories! Daniele Loffreda, Senior Advisor, Ciena Andrew D. Morris, Executive Deputy Commissioner, Department of Tax and Finance, New York State Changing Legacy Thinking Meeting Room 2B Vintage wine and old friends may be the best, but unlike wine and friends, technology doesn’t get better with age. New technologies are needed to enable and support innovation for digital government. Modernizing legacy systems can help to drive innovation in government, yet it is hard work. From innovation labs to new ways to build apps while supporting legacy systems, there is much to learn. This session will be a discussion on how to implement successful modernization projects in government. Bob Burwell, Chief Technology Officer, State and Local Government and Education, NetApp Bob Jeffcott, Principal Systems Engineer, Software AG Prachi Mondaiyka, Business Solution Director, ITS Housing Portfolio, New York State Residents and Citizens Unite Meeting Room 2C People don’t expect the public sector to be just like Uber or Lyft, but they are accustomed to a certain level of ease when it comes to buying and receiving goods and services – typically, through a click of a button on their smartphone. In this fast-paced world and a soaring demand to be customer-centric, how does government keep up? This session dives into why standing still isn’t an option and why it’s critical to drive forward with innovative citizen experience strategies in mind. Drew Hanchett, Grants and Licensing Portfolio, Office of Information Technology Services, New York State Joanne Collins Smee, Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer, Xerox Corporation Tom Yeatts, Chief Technology Officer, State & Local Government, Education, ServiceNow Enter the Data Scientists Meeting Room 1B Data scientists are a new breed of analytical data expert who have the technical skills to solve complex problems – and the curiosity to explore what problems need to be solved. They’re part mathematician, part computer scientist and part trend-spotter. And, because they straddle both the business and IT worlds, they’re highly sought-after. Join this panel of data scientists from both the public and private sector for insights on the latest on what’s in a data scientist’s toolbox and how they can influence their organizations. Moderator: Diana Shaw, Manager, Americas AI Team, Global Technology Practice, SAS George Berg, Associate Professor, College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity, University at Albany, SUNY Shazia Hussain, Director, Bureau of Medicaid Managed Care and Behavioral Health Data Analytics, Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services, New York State Tabassum Insaf, Research Director, Bureau of Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology, Department of Health, New York State
3:45 pm Eastern	Networking Reception Pre-Function Room

Friday, September 13
8:00 am Eastern	Registration and Morning Refreshments Pre-Function Room
8:45 am Eastern	Opening Remarks Multi-Purpose Room
9:00 am Eastern	Keynote – Future Ready! The Playbook for 2020 & Beyond Multi-Purpose Room Morgan Wright, Senior Fellow, Center for Digital Government The magnitude and speed of technological, economic and societal change is accelerating at an exponential pace. Your primary challenge is to anticipate the future – and then build it, being careful to optimize the upside while minimizing the effects of the shocks and stresses. Public leaders need more than just a new way of thinking – but a new way of executing supported by the right technological and cultural foundation. Future Ready focuses on what matters and why, what potential issues should be on your radar and the adaptive, actionable takeaways that you can work on today to prepare for 2020 and beyond, including: Disruptive technologies Emerging regulatory issues Citizen and employee experience Future of management Funding the future View FutureReady Presentation Here
10:00 am Eastern	Networking Break Pre-Function Room
10:30 am Eastern	Ideation Concurrent Sessions Ideation is the creative process of generating, developing and communicating new ideas – they can be ideas for a new product, new content or even just inventive ways of talking about or marketing an existing product or service. The goal is to push yourself to think differently. For years, NYS government IT has been facing big challenges. To conclude this year’s NY DGS, we will be asking each attendee to participate in an ideation session on our most challenging priorities. The ideas generated in each session will be shared with all attendees and NYS IT leadership with an overall goal to move the needle on these priorities: View Presentation Here Data Sharing and Analytics Multi-Purpose Room Facilitators: Lisa Karas, Enterprise Cloud SaaS/iPaaS Professional, Dell Technologies Alistair McLean, Principal Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services Kay Meyer, Senior Manager, Industry Consulting, SAS Judson Rudgers, User Experience Designer, Chief Technology Office, Office of Information Technology Services, New York State The Customer Experience Meeting Room 1B Facilitators: Luke Charde, User Experience Design, Chief Technology Office, Office of Information Technology Services, New York State Chris Kaeser, Advisory Solution Consultant, ServiceNow Dave van Leeuwen, Account Manager, Major Accounts – State, Local and Higher Education NYS, NetApp A Path to Modernization Meeting Room 2A Facilitators: Kristin Gallo, User Experience Designer, Chief Technology Office, Office of Information Technology Services, New York State Steve McConochy, Client Manager, U.S. Enterprise, Xerox Corporation Kevin Moore, National Sales Manager, SLED, Quest
11:30 am Eastern	Break
11:40 am Eastern	Best of New York Awards Ceremony and Reception Multi-Purpose Room and Pre-Function Room
1:15 pm Eastern	End of Conference Conference times, agenda and speakers are subject to change.

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Advisory Board

Government Representatives

David Adkins
Chief Information Officer
NYSERDA

Bryan Amedio
Executive Director of the Behavioral Health and Disabilities & Aging Portfolios
Information Technology Services
State of New York

Jim Bell
Director Senate of Technology Services
New York Senate
State of New York

Shoshanah Bewlay
Chief General Counsel
Information Technology Services
State of New York

Colin Brady
Executive Director of the Public Safety Portfolio
Information Technology Services
State of New York

Leslie Brennan
Chief Operating Officer
Information Technology Services
State of New York

Rajni Chawla
Director, Internal Audit
Information Technology Services
State of New York

Sunil Dadlani
Executive Director of the Health Portfolio
Information Technology Services
State of New York

Brian Digman
Chief Information Officer
Information Technology Services
State University of New York

Sally Dreslin
Executive Deputy Commissioner
Department of Health
State of New York

Theresa Egan
Executive Deputy Commissioner
Department of Motor Vehicles
State of New York

David Green
Executive Director, Administrative and General Services Portfolio
Information Technology Services
State of New York

Moses Kamya
Chief Information Officer
Office of the Attorney General
State of New York

Bob Loomis
Chief Information Officer
Office of the State Comptroller
State of New York

David Loomis
Executive Director, Housing Portfolio and Workforce and Public Service Portfolio
Information Technology Services
State of New York

Erin McCarthy
Communications Director and Public Information Officer
Information Technology Services
State of New York

Kim McKinney
Chief Information Officer
Thruway Authority
State of New York

Carey Merrill
Special Counsel for Ethics, Risk & Compliance
Information Technology Services
State of New York

Danielle Miller
Director of Human Resources
Information Technology Services
State of New York

Mario Mussolino
Executive Director
NYS Forum

Stacy Panis
Executive Director of the Revenue & Employment Portfolio
Information Technology Services
State of New York

Michael Perrin
Chief of Staff
Information Technology Services
State of New York

John Rager
Acting Chief Data Officer
Information Technology Services
State of New York

Rajiv Rao
Chief Technology Officer
Information Technology Services
State of New York

Donna Richards
Executive Director of the Transportation Portfolio
Information Technology Services
State of New York

Dana Rosenstreich
Executive Director of the Human Services Portfolio
Information Technology Services
State of New York

Pierre Sarkis
Deputy Superintendent for IT
Department of Financial Services
State of New York

Deborah Snyder
Chief Information Security Officer
Information Technology Services
State of New York

Steven Spalten
Executive Director of the Tourism and Environmental Portfolio
Information Technology Services
State of New York

Richard Valenti
Executive Deputy Chief Information Officer
Information Technology Services
State of New York

Industry Representatives

Jeremy Annese
Account Manager
Cisco Systems, Inc

David Connors
Director of Strategic Initiatives
SAS

Laura Edlund
Director of Sales
NY State, Local and Education
AT&T

Robert Flora
Senior SLED Relationship Manager
CenturyLink

Mike Halpern
Client Partner
NY State and Local Government
Amazon Web Services

Yvonne Hickey
General Manager
Public Sector Center of Excellence
Xerox

Nicole Kearney
Account Manager
Quest Software

Steve LaFleche
Managing Director, New York State
IBM

Melanie Meeson
Senior Account Manager
State Government
Dell EMC

Kelty Salvatore
Account Executive
Software AG USA Inc.

Dave van Leeuwen
Account Manager
NetApp

Peter Welling
Account Executive
ServiceNow

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Phone: (916) 932-1435
E-mail: alison.delreal@govtech.com

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New York Digital Government Summit 2019