Government Cloud 2012 Forum (October 17, Washington) Agenda

October 17, 2012

8:00 am - 9:00 am
Networking Breakfast & Reception

9:00 am - 9:15 am
Welcome & Opening Remarks

Speaker
John Foley, Editor, InformationWeek Government
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9:15 am - 9:45 am
Opening Keynote: Cloud Strategy 2.0
Federal agencies have completed their initial forays into cloud computing and are now embracing the model more strategically. In this session, we explore the factors that go into developing a well conceived, long-term strategy.

Speaker
Keith Trippie, Executive Director, Enterprise System Development Office, Office of the CIO, Department of Homeland Security
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ModeratorJohn Foley, Editor, InformationWeek Government

9:45 am - 10:15 am
Real World Apps Showcase
This session showcases how agencies are using cloud services and cloud-based applications in new ways. We'll hear from the IT execs who had to sweat over the details.

Speakers
Kenneth D. Rogers, Chief Enterprise Architect/Strategist and Director of the IT Strategic Planning Office, U.S. Department of State
John Montel, eRecords Service Manager, Office of the CIO, Department of Interior
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Marcus Smallwood, Records Manager, Dept. of Treasury
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Yentram Huyen, Ph.D., Chief, Bioinformatics and Computational Biosciences Branch, Office of Cyber Infrastructure and Computational Biology, OSMO/OD/NIAID/NIH
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Robert Walker, Computer Scientist, US Engineer Research and Development Center
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ModeratorJ. Nicholas Hoover, Senior Editor , InformationWeek Government

10:15 am - 10:45 am
Fast, Secure Cloud Deployment
Two years in the making, the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program streamlines the process of ensuring that cloud environments meet federal security requirements. We look at how well it's working.

Speakers
Katie Lewin, Director, Federal Cloud Computing Program, Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies, General Services Administration
Lisa Carnahan, Computer Scientist, Standards Coordination Office, National Institute of Standards and Technology
ModeratorJ. Nicholas Hoover, Senior Editor , InformationWeek Government

10:45 am - 11:00 am
Refreshment Break

11:00 am - 11:30 am
"Rapid Fire" Perspectives
What's new in the cloud market? In this series of fast-moving presentations, cloud vendors discuss the issues and trends they're seeing on the customer front.

Speakers
Shawn Smucker, Federal SE Manager, CommVault
James Grogan, Systems Engineer, Radware
ModeratorJohn Foley, Editor, InformationWeek Government

11:30 am - 12:00 pm
What's Next As A Service
With petabytes of forecasting and research data to manage, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is a leader among federal agencies in cloud adoption. In this keynote presentation, CIO Joseph F. Klimavicz describes the latest cloud services and applications to be implemented at the agency and how his team is applying the "shared services" model for increased efficiency and new capabilities.

Speaker
Joseph F. Klimavicz, CIO and Director of High Performance Computing and Communications, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
ModeratorJ. Nicholas Hoover, Senior Editor , InformationWeek Government

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Networking lunch

Speaker
Stephen Delahunty, Senior VP of IT Services, and Contributing Editor, InformationWeek Government, Tetra Tech AMT
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1:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Best Practices From Beyond The Beltway
Federal agencies have a lot to learn from the experiences of cloud users outside of Washington. In this session, enabled by telepresence technology, we explore how the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California is using the cloud in support of NASA missions, including the Curiosity rover’s current exploration of Mars.

Speaker
Khawaja Shams, Manager for Data Services, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
ModeratorJohn Foley, Editor, InformationWeek Government

1:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Intelligence Clouds
U.S. intelligence agencies want to reap the benefits of the cloud model, but they require the highest level of information security. So they're developing, investing in, and implementing cloud technologies that are well suited for collaboration and information sharing but also meet their rigorous security requirements.

Speakers
Dr. Patrick Dowd, Chief Technical Officer/Chief Architect, National Security Agency
Greg Shipley, VP of Technology, In-Q-Tel
ModeratorJohn Foley, Editor, InformationWeek Government

2:00 pm - 2:15 pm
Networking Break

2:15 pm - 2:45 pm
The Pentagon's Enterprise Cloud Plan
After deploying a variety of cloud types in different branches of the military, the Department of Defense is moving toward an enterprise cloud strategy. This session explores how the new strategy is playing out.

Speaker
Dave Mihelcic, CTO, Defense Information Systems Agency
ModeratorStephen Delahunty, Senior VP of IT Services, and Contributing Editor, InformationWeek Government, Tetra Tech AMT