Schedule
Thursday, February 17 | |
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM | Registration, Breakfast, Networking |
8:30 AM - 8:40 AM | Welcome Remarks |
8:40 AM - 9:00 AM | Outlook for Cloud Computing in Government Presenter: Kevin Plexico, Vice President, Federal Information Solutions, Deltek Information Solutions |
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM | State and Local Case Studies Hear from state and local agencies who have adopted SaaS/Cloud applications and platforms. The agencies will discuss the factors taken into consideration when selecting a particular solution or platform, hurdles that developed during adoption, and what every ISV should know when selling to the state and local agencies Moderator: Morris Panner, Chief Executive Officer, GroupFlier Presenters: Sarah Djamshidi, Executive Director, Chesapeake Innovation Center Richard Ferrick, Network Administrator, Panama City, Florida |
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM | Networking Break |
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM | Keynote: NIST Cloud Computing Efforts Keynote: Dawn Leaf, Senior Executive for Cloud Computing, NIST |
10:45 AM - 11:30 AM | Fireside Chat: International Government Approaches to Cloud Computing This session will explore the cloud computing efforts taking place in Japan. We will discuss Japan's vision for the cloud, the policies the government is using to drive adoption, the barriers they face, and the successes they have achieved. The session will provide an excellent window into the diverse approaches and policies that governments are taking to cloud computing. Interviewee: Yoshiaki Tojo, Director, Information Services Industry Division, Ministry, Economy, Trade & Industry, Japan Interviewer: Daniel Burton, Senior Vice President & GM, Global Public Sector, Salesforce.com |
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM | Federal Case Studies Hear from federal agencies who have adopted SaaS/Cloud applications and platforms. The agencies will discuss the factors taken into consideration when selecting a particular solution or platform, hurdles that developed during adoption, and what every ISV should know when selling to the public sector. Moderator: Kevin Paschuck, Vice President, Public Sector, RightNow Technologies, Inc. Presenter: Sarah Hyder, Web Program Manager, Federal Emergency Management Agency Vishal Khera, Office of the Chief Information Officer, United States Department of Agriculture |
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM | Networking Lunch |
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM | Government CIO Panel In this session you will hear leading government CIOs share their perspectives of cloud in government and what it means for their respective agencies. We will discuss the state of procurements (current and future) for which the agencies are seeking cloud/saas capabilities, their primary goals and objectives for each agency's cloud initiative, and the metrics for evaluating the ROI. Moderator: Michael Binko, President and CEO, kloudtrack Panelists: Thomas Bayer, Chief Information Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission Henry Sienkiewicz, Chief Information Officer, DISA Kevin Smith, Deputy Chief Information Officer, United States Patent & Trademark Keith Trippie, Executive Director of Enterprise System Development , Department of Homeland Security Stephen Warren, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs |
2:15 PM - 2:45 PM | Keynote: GSA's Cloud Computing Efforts Keynote: Sanjeev Bhagowalia, Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies, General Services Administration |
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM | Networking Break |
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM | Cloud Showcase Moderator: Teresa Weipert, Partner, Accenture Panelists: Susie Adams, Chief Technology Officer, Microsoft Corporation (Federal Sales) Daniel Burton, Senior Vice President & GM, Global Public Sector, Salesforce.com Randy Hahn, Director, Cyber Security and Cloud Services, Verizon Gunnar Hellekson, Chief Technology Strategist, Red Hat, Inc. David Mihalchik, Strategy & Business Development Lead, Google Federal Enterprise, Google, Inc. Sri Vasireddy, Federal Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services |
4:15 PM - 4:45 PM | Closing Keynote: NASA's Movement Towards Cloud Computing Keynote: Chris C. Kemp, Chief Technology Officer for IT, NASA |
4:45 PM - 5:30 PM | Closing Reception |




