Schedule

Registration, Breakfast, & Networking

Welcome Remarks

Keynote Presentation: Cloud Security & FedRAMP

Keynote:

David L. McClure, Associate Administrator, U.S. General Services Administrations Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies

Federal Government Case Studies

Hear from federal agencies who have adopted 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 working with the public sector.

Moderator:

Greg Gianforte, Founder, Chairman & CEO, RightNow Technologies, Inc.

Presenters:

Wes J Lloyd, Research Associate, US Department of Agriculture - Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA-NRCS) and Colorado State University

Tom Morton, Chief Engineer, Forge.mil, DISA

David Terry, Deputy Director, Information Resource Center, Department of Education

Networking Break

From Cloud First to Cloud Forward

Since the release of the “25 Point Implementation Plan to Reform Federal IT Management” just over a year ago, the U.S. Government has been working hard to reform and improve the operational efficiency of its massive IT infrastructure.  Cloud First is a major component of this plan, but just one piece in a much larger puzzle.  Leading IT and cloud vendors will provide their insights into this critical process, including:

• Efforts to centralize and consolidate data centers and streamline IT procurement,
• Increase reliance on shared services across agencies, and
• Strategic integration of “light technology” that harnesses cloud services for rapid deployment and sharing.

Moderator:

David LeDuc, Senior Director, Public Policy, SIIA

Panelists:

Daniel Burton, Senior Vice President & GM, Global Public Sector, Salesforce.com

Gunnar Hellekson, Chief Technology Strategist, Red Hat, Inc.

David Mihalchik, Strategy & Business Development Lead, Google Federal Enterprise, Google, Inc.

Andras Szakal, Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, IBM US Federal

State and Local Governments Embrace the Cloud

Moderator:

William McNee, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Saugatuck Technology Inc.

Panelists:

Garrison Gladfelter , Jr., Director of Prevention, Bureau of Drug & Alcohol Programs, PA Department of Health

Mr. Mike Goodrich, Director, Administration, Arlington Economic Development

Networking Lunch

Keynote: NIST Cloud Computing Efforts

Dawn Leaf will discuss action plans & progress on the Top “10” high priority requirements to accelerate USG adoption of the Cloud Computing model.

Keynote:

Dawn Leaf, Senior Executive for Cloud Computing, NIST

Big Data So whats the big deal?

Big data is here and it's unruly.  Government agencies are not only creating significantly more data than they were just a few years ago, it’s primarily unstructured data and often requires greater interagency collaboration. 

This session discusses the market shifts that have led to the current Big Data environment, how the cloud can help alleviate the challenges of volume and data colaboration, and the transition to object storage. 

Presenter:

Randy Hayes, Senior Federal Civilian Account Executive, DataDirect Networks

The Enterprise Architecture Context for Cloud Computing

With all the hype surrounding Cloud Computing, it's easy to lose sight of its enterprise context. In reality, the Cloud offers government IT organizations additional tools and capabilities they must consider within the scope of existing IT environments and challenges. It often falls to the Enterprise Architect to counterbalance vendor spin and place Cloud Computing into the proper context: among the many deployment options available, with its own unique advantages and disadvantages.

This session outlines the primary issues Enterprise Architects must consider in order to make appropriate decisions about various Cloud-based options, how to put together a Cloud roadmap, and how best to communicate the position the Cloud should take in the greater context of agile Enterprise Architecture.

Presenter:

Jason Bloomberg, President, ZapThink, a Dovel Technologies Company

Networking Break

Government Outlook on Cloud Computing

Presenter:

Kevin Plexico, Vice President, Federal Information Solutions, Deltek Information Solutions

Federal CIO Panel

Moderator:

Michael Binko, President and CEO, kloudtrack

Panelists:

John Edgar, Vice President, Information Technology, United States Postal Service

Adrian R. Gardner, Chief Information Officer and Director of the Information, Technology and Communications Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA

Lorraine Landfried, DCIO Product Development, Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Information and Technology

Stefan Leeb, Program Manager, NOAA Unified Messaging Service

Keith Trippie, Executive Director of Enterprise System Development , Department of Homeland Security

Networking Reception