This track looks at balancing the ever growing emphasis on cloud computing, as a service, and the utilization of Internet-based capabilities and provisioning with the CIOs’ and government agencies’ responsibilities and financial pressures. Paramount is the CIO’s need to continue to meet all of the legal, regulatory and procedural requirements while dealing with increasing security complexities and the need to be fiscally responsible.
8:30 AM – 9:15 AM; Track 1 Introduction
Dan Mintz, Chief Technology Officer, Civil and Health Services Group, CSC
Dave Wennergren, Deputy Chief Information Officer, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense
Eric Won, Chief Technologist, Office of Policy Initiatives, Office of Government wide Policy, General Services Administration
9:15 AM -10:30 AM; Track 1, Panel 1
Shared Services, LOBs, & Moving to the Cloud: Shared services and integrated lines of business have been producing impressive cost savings and service improvements in the delivery of common “back office” functions in the private sector and in leading government agencies around the world for several decades. Today, new technologies and severe cost pressures are creating opportunities for stepped up efforts capable of realizing far greater gains in quality, productivity and transparency in shared services in the public sector. What is the current status and direction of these initiatives? How will they be affected by emerging technologies like cloud computing? Practitioners and policy leaders from the government and private sector examine the possibilities and challenges.
Panelists:
Moderator: John Marshall, Vice President, CGI Global Sector
Doug Bourgeois, Director, National Business Center
Adam Goldberg, Chief, Financial Analysis and Systems Branch, Office of Federal Financial Management, Office of Management and Budget
Mike Hill, Vice President, Enterprise Initiatives, IBM
Jim Williams, Commissioner, Federal Acquisition Service, General Services Administration
10:45 AM – 12:00 PM; Track 1, Panel 2
CXO Panel On Infrastructure and Cloud Computing – Hurdles & Opportunities: What are the hurdles Government faces when planning for and implementing Cloud Computing projects? Experts representing Government constituencies that need to overcome these hurdles will discuss the key issues they face and how to solve them.
Panelists:
Moderator: Casey Coleman, Chief Information Officer, General Services Administration.
Thomas Sharpe, Senior Procurement Executive, Department of the Treasury
Susan Swart, Chief Information Officer, Department of State
Patti Titus, Chief Information Security Officer, Unisys Federal Systems
Kathleen Turco, Chief Financial Officer, General Services Administration
1:45 PM -3:00 PM; Track 1, Panel 3
Oversight, how will we measure?: Updating oversight processes and measurements to deal with cloud computing will not be an easy or quick task. Practitioners from the major Government oversight organizations talk about how they are dealing with these changed requirements and the likely impact.
Panelists:
Moderator: Mary Ellen Condon, Principal, Assurance & Resilience, Booz Allen Hamilton
Rebecca Leng, Assistant Inspector General, Financial and Information Technology Audits, Department of Transportation
Ron Ross, Project Leader, Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) Implementation Project, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Greg Wilshusen, Director, Information Security Issues, Government Accountability Office
Gary Winkler, Program Executive Officer, Program Executive Office, Enterprise Information Systems, Department of the Army
3:15 PM – 4:30 PM; Track 1, Panel 4
Real-world Examples, Lessons Learned: While many people talk about the value of cloud computing, a number of pioneers have been “walking the walk”. Some of the leading participants discuss their experiences and insights and provide lessons learned.
Panelists:
Moderator: Peter Tseronis, Deputy Associate Chief Information Officer, Department of Energy
Susie Adams, Chief Technology Officer, Federal Civilian, Microsoft
Pieter Poll, Chief Technology Officer, Qwest
Henry Sienkiewicz, Technical Program Director, Computing Services, Defense Information Systems Agency
Thomas Soderstrom, Chief Technology Officer, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
4:30 PM – 4:35 PM; Track 1 Wrap Up
Dan Mintz, Chief Technology Officer, CSC
Eric Won, Chief Technologist, Office of Policy Initiatives, Office of Government wide Policy, General Services Administration
Updated 10/9/09