Katie Malague, Vice President for Government Effectiveness, Partnership for Public Service
Steve O'Keeffe, Founder, MeriTalk
Dave Wennergren, Chief Executive Officer, ACT-IAC
Individual presentations by:
Congressman Gerry Connolly, Chairman, House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations
Introductory remarks on Congressman Connolly's priorities related to the four pillars and new laws and policies that could help drive forward IT modernization in Federal agencies in 2021 and beyond.
Maria Roat, Acting Federal Chief Information Officer and Chief Information Security Officer, Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President
Katie Malague, Vice President for Government Effectiveness, Partnership for Public Service
Steve O'Keeffe, Founder, MeriTalk
Dave Wennergren, Chief Executive Officer, ACT-IAC
Breakout Session One: Resiliency Efforts on Innovation
Implementing new approaches to tackle old problems is a pathway to building a resilient government. Organizations that encourage their employees to innovate on the job are more resilient than their counterparts. The pandemic highlighted the need for federal agencies to embrace innovation. During this panel, learn more about how agencies will need to maintain a culture of innovation beyond the current crisis.
Katie Malague, Vice President for Government Effectiveness, Moderator
Jack Galvin, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of Veteran Affairs
Sanjay Gupta, Chief Technology Officer, Small Business Administration
Chris Haas, Strategic Business Executive, Google Cloud
Breakout Session Two: Resiliency Efforts on Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity is paramount to the government's resilience and response to crises. To navigate the pandemic, the federal government depended on a robust cybersecurity foundation. In collaboration with private information technology and security firms, state and local governments could provide the needed services and support to constituents. The panel will discuss the plans for a secure future with automation, advanced cutting-edge cyber technology and systems, risk monitoring, zero trust security initiatives and use of identity authentication.
Tony Scott, Former Federal Chief Information Officer and Chief Executive Officer, Tony Scott Group, Moderator
Sean Connelly, TIC Program Manager, Office of Chief Technical Officer, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency, Department of Homeland Security
Dr. Margaret Cunningham, Principal Research Scientist for Human Behavior, Forcepoint
Alex Smith, Chief Technology Officer, Information System Division, Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice
Juliana Vida, Chief Technical Advisor, Public Sector Splunk
Breakout Session One: Resiliency Efforts on Workforce
The workforce is an organization's most important asset. Since employees play a critical role as organizations managing change throughout a crisis, recruiting, hiring, retaining and training a skilled and experienced workforce is central to resilience. Hear about federal employees' resilience in facing the pandemic, and the long-standing workforce challenges that remain to be addressed if agencies are to become more resilient in the future.
Michelle Amante, Vice President of Federal Workforce Program, Partnership for Public Service, Moderator
Jonathan Alboum, Principal Digital Strategist for Federal Government, ServiceNow
Jane Datta, Assistant Administrator and Chief Human Capital Officer, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Trevor Norris, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human Resources and Chief Human Capital Officer, U.S. Department of Treasury
Breakout Session Two: Resiliency Efforts on Technology
Technology is the base of the business of government missions, enabling operations and accessing, sharing and storing of information. With the onset of the pandemic, agencies expanded the technical capabilities to more effectively manage a more efficient, reliable, and secure remote access. This panel will discuss what agencies are planning for the future from reducing the reliance on legacy technologies while modernizing to migrating to the cloud while improving computer process speeds.
Dave Wennergren, Chief Executive Officer, ACT-IAC, Moderator
Dorothy Aronson, Chief Information Officer and Chief Data Officer, National Science Foundation
Gundeep Ahluwalia, Chief Information Officer, and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Operations, U.S. Department of Labor
Brett McMillen, Director, U.S. Federal Amazon Web Services