CX Summit 2020
Overview
Leading Change in Times of chaos: turning obstacles into opportunities
description
The COVID-19 has been an accelerant for innovation and modernization. The Federal government impacts nearly every aspect of American life, contributing to the health, safety, security and economic stability of people in America and throughout the world. Whether it's ensuring the safety of the food we eat and the water we drink, responding to national emergencies, providing benefits for veterans with disabilities, enhancing the safety and reliability of our transportation systems, protecting our borders, defending our nation, issuing warnings on hurricanes, providing guidance on global pandemics and overseeing the treatment and vaccine to eradicate COVID-19, we count on our government to protect us and preserve our way of life.
Over the past several years, the government has focused on modernizing its technical infrastructure through cloud technology, leveraging emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and robotic process automation, improving the use of open data to improve government services. COVID-19 has spotlighted the gaps in agencies where progress hadn't happened. At the same time, it highlighted agencies where those improvements had already been made.
ACT-IAC is pleased to collaborate on this event with Dorris Consulting International
objectives
The objectives of the annual CX Summit are:
- Share experiences and lessons learned as governments worldwide have delivered services to citizens while ensuring health and safety of their employees
- Learn from the presentations that everyone is responsible for ensuring that government is future-ready
- Hear from case studies of where services have been improved
- Understand how collaboration between information technologists, data officers and mission programs can improve services
keynotes
Don Kettl, Professor, LBJ School at The University of Texas at Austin, (Confirmed)
Mathew Lira, Special Assistant to the President for Innovation Policy and Initiatives, Office of the Chief of Staff, The White House Office, Executive Office of the President (Confirmed)
Maria Roat, Deputy Federal Chief Information Officer, Office of E-government and Information Technology, Office of Management and Budget (Confirmed)
presenters
Wendy Bhagat, Director, Awareness and Outreach Group, Office of Federal Student Aid, U.S. Department of Education (Confirmed)
Nina Bianchi, Chief of People and Culture OIMT, Food and Drug Administrtion, Department of Health and Human Services (Confirmed)
Meddie Brown, Director, Public Experience Portfolio, Technology Transformation Services, General Services Administration (Confirmed)
Simchah Suveyke-Bogin, Chief Customer Experience Officer, Department of Agriculture (Confirmed)
Amira Boland, Lead, Customer Experience and GEAR Center, Office of Performance and Personnel Management, Office of Management and Budget (Confirmed)
Sheila Campbell, Chief Technology Officer for Public Diplomacy, Department of State (Confirmed)
Amber Chaudhry, Customer Experience Lead, Small Business Administration (Invited)
Andrew Chiu, Director, Product Management and User Experience Design, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) (Confirmed)
Kathy Conrad, Director, Digital Government, Accenture Federal Services (Confirmed)
Soraya Correa, Chief Procurement Officer, Department of Homeland Security (Confirmed)
Bill Donellan, Vice President Public Sector, Adobe (Confirmed)
Martha Dorris, Chief Executive Officer, Dorris Consulting International (Confirmed)
William Eggers, Executive Director, Center for Government Insights, Deloitte (Confirmed)
Nicole French, Customer Service Branch Manager, Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security (Confirmed)
Airis Gill, Director of Management, Planning and Analysis, Veterans Experience Office, Department of Veterans Affairs (Invited)
Delaney Gilman, Senior Digital Strategist, Granicus Experience Group (Confirmed)
Margie Graves, President and Chief Executive Officer, MH Graves Consulting (Confirmed)
Charles Hardy, Chief Architect (Acting), General Services Administration (Invited)
Justin Herman, Global Head of Public Sector, Twilio (Confirmed)
Bill Hunt, Chief Enterprise Architect, United States Small Business Administration (Invited)
Denise Kitts, Chief Technology Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs (Confirmed)
Ryan Korn, Insight Manager, Small Business Administration (Confirmed)
Charlotte Lee, Chief Executive Officer, The Kastling Group
Lt. Col Michael McDaniel, Deputy Chief Data Officer, Department of Air Force (Confirmed)
Barbara Morton, Deputy Chief Veteran Experience Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs (Confirmed)
Rick Parrish, Vice President and Principal Analyst, Forrester (Confirmed)
Crystal Philcox, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Enterprise Strategy Management, Federal Acquisition Services, General Service Administration (Confirmed)
Thomas Romeo, President and General Manager, Maximus Federal Services (Confirmed)
Dominic Sale, Assistant Commissioner, Technology Transformation Services, General Service Administration (Confirmed)
Daniel Schuman, Policy Director, Demand Progress (Confirmed)
Robert Shea, National Managing Principal, Public Policy, Grant Thornton Public Sector (Confirmed)
William Sheridan, Customer and Analytics Insights, Amtrak (Confirmed)
Gary Washington, Chief Information Officer, Department of Agriculture (Confirmed)
Courtney Winship, Chief, Digital Services Services Division, Office of Citizen and Applicant Information Services, U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services (Confirmed)
Lisa Wolfisch, Chief, Center for New Media and Promotion, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce (Confirmed)
Lisa Ziehmann, Deputy Associate Administrator, Mission Support Directorate, Office of the Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (Confirmed)
training credits
The individuals who successfully complete this program are eligible for 8 Continuous Learning Points (CLP).
Individuals seeking CLPs may obtain their CLPs by sending an email request to training @actiac.org.
cancellations
Registration cancellations made on or before October 29, 2020 will receive a refund. Registration fees are non-refundable starting October 30, 2020. Substitutions are available at any time for no fee. Cancellation requests must be submitted in writing to [email protected]. Requests for cancellations will not be accepted by telephone.
Agenda
Agenda - By Date
Wednesday, November 18, 2020
Where we are Now? What Happened?
Don Kettl, Professor, LBJ School at the University of Texas at Austin
Every obstacle is an opportunity waiting to reveal itself. COVID-19 provided a crisis that required government and industry to "think out of the box" but within the limits of policy and law. In some instances, it may require that policies be changed. Agencies had to continue with their day-to-day operations, move employees to work from home (WFH) while delivering services to their customers and the employees that support them. In this session, we will learn from agencies that have faced these obstacles of COVID-19 to transform services.
Martha Dorris, Chief Executive Officer, Dorris Consulting International, Moderator
Simchah Suveyke-Bogin, Chief Customer Experience Officer, Department of Agriculture
Meddie Brown, Director, Public Experience Portfolio, Technology Transformation Services, General Services Administration
Denise Kitts, Chief Technology Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs
Barbara Morton, Deputy Chief Veterans Experience Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs
Gary Washington, Chief Information Officer, Department of Agriculture
Tom Romeo, President and General Manager, Maximus Federal Services
State of GovCX in 2020
Rick Parrish, Vice President and Principal Analyst, Forrester
Working from Home (WFH) required the agency leadership at all levels to ensure the health and safety of their employees while delivering existing and new services. Employees were and still are faced with working while caring for and teaching their children. The future workplace requires the effective use of people, process and technology. Technology, including computers and collaboration platforms were needed along with new practices to work effectively. Learn how agencies successfully transitioned to WFH and continued meeting their mission.
Bill Hunt, Chief Enterprise Architect, United States Small Business Administration, Moderator
Nina Bianchi, Chief of People and Culture OIMT, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
Charles Hardy, Chief Architect (Acting), General Services Administration
Daniel Schuman, Policy Director, Demand Progress
Lisa Ziehmann, Deputy Associate Administrator, Mission Support Directorate, Office of the Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Whether it’s paying your taxes, obtaining healthcare, understanding and collecting benefits, knowing where and when it’s safe to return to their pre-COVID lives, this pandemic has exposed the need for the public and employees to interact and engage with the government through end-to-end digital services. The public has experienced many new and touchless experiences in their personal lives such as having a telehealth appointment. How can the government leverage these experiences and the way they are conducting business now - keep what works and tweak what doesn't? What are the tactics that allow the government to respond with speed, efficiency and effectiveness?
Charlotte Lee, Chief Executive Officer, The Kastling Group, Moderator
Wendy Bhagat, Director, Awareness and Outreach Group, Office of Federal Student Aid, U.S. Department of Education
Andrew Chiu, Director, Product Management and User Experience Design, Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Bill Donellan, Vice President Public Sector, Adobe
Delaney Gilman, Senior Digital Strategist, Granicus Experience Group
Courtney Winship, Chief, Digital Services Division, Office of Citizen and Applicant Information Services, U.S. Citizen and Immigration Service
Strategy and plans for Customer experience in 2020 and 2021
Bill Eggers, Executive Director, Deloitte Center for Government Insights, Deloitte
Mr. Lira will share his vision for Customer Experience in the federal government on what they have encountered to date and what progress has been made over the past couple of years.
Mathew Lira, Special Assistant to the President for Innovation Policy and Initiatives, Office of the Chief of Staff, The White House Office, Executive Office of the President
Thursday, November 19, 2020
The CX Road Ahead.
Maria Roat, Deputy Federal Chief Information Officer, Office E-government and Information Technology, Office of Management and Budget
Dominic Sale, Assistant Commissioner, Technology Transformation Services, General Services Administration, Moderator
Sheila Campbell, Chief Technology Officer for Public Diplomacy, Department of State
Justin Herman, Global Head of Public Sector, Twilio
Ryan Korn, Insight Manager, Small Business Administration
William Sheridan, Customer and Analytics Insights, Amtrak
Lisa Wolfisch, Chief, Center for New Media and Promotion, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce
Agency's ability to move to secure, ubiquitous telework and continue normal operations almost immediately when the pandemic struck requires the C-suite to work together. Of course, if they already have a collaborative relationship, they are ahead of the game. If not, how did they forge this relationship to ensure that these critical organizations ensure that they can continue their operations and provide the new services in different ways required by the public.
Crystal Philcox, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Enterprise Strategy Management, Federal Acquisition Services, General Service Administration, Moderator
Amber Chaudhry, Customer Experience Lead, Small Business Administration
Soraya Correa, Chief Procurement Officer, Department of Homeland Security
Margie Graves, President and Chief Executive Officer, MH Graves Consulting
Lt. Col Michael McDaniel, Deputy Chief Data Officer, Department of Air Force
The OMB Customer Experience CAP goal and team provide centralized guidance and resources to High Impact Service Providers (HISPs) called on to transform their customer experience nation-wide. OMB Customer Experience Lead, Amira Boland, leads an interactive discussion on innovations piloted at HISPs across the federal government, recent OMB CX CAP goal updates including the newly released OMB A-11 Section 280 guidance, and how HISP agencies can best leverage OMB A-11 requirements to deliver transformative customer experience.
Amira Boland, Lead, Customer Experience and GEAR Center, Office of Performance and Personnel Management, Office of Management and Budget
Nicole French, Customer Service Branch Manager, Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security
Airis Gill, Director of Management, Planning and Analysis, Veterans Experience Office, Department of Veterans Affairs
Customer Experience Recommendations to the Next Administration to include how to expand the focus on CX, how to measure progress, how to strengthen governance and how to shift to digital access.
Kathy Conrad, Director, Digital Government, Accenture Federal Services
Robert Shea, National Managing Principal, Public Policy, Grant Thornton Public Sector
Keynote
Chairs
Government Co-Chairs:
Bill Hunt, Chief Enterprise Architect, Office of the Chief Information Officer, U.S. Small Business Administration (Confirmed)
Crystal Philcox, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Enterprise Strategy Management, General Services Administration, Federal Acquisition Service (Confirmed)
Industry Co-Chairs
Martha Dorris, Founder, Dorris Consulting Inc. (DCI)
Charlotte Lee, Chief Executive Officer, Kastling Group
Sponsors
If you would like to sponsor the CX Summit, please contact Carol Miller, [email protected]
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