Agenda

Tuesday, September 30

8:00 am Registration and Morning Refreshments

9:00 am Opening Remarks

Steven Edmonson, Chief Information Officer, State of Ohio

 9:15 am Opening Keynote

Woody Norris, Inventor and Futurist

Woody Norris is a visionary. He looks into the future, gathers insights into how life could be improved, and applies what he finds to the problems of today. In the world of invention, only one in 2,000 patent applications actually issues as a patent, the rest are rejected. Yet Woody holds more than 50 U.S. patents and 300 around the world - and the number grows each year. He has won numerous awards including the prestigious $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize, which is the inventor's equivalent to an Academy Award. He is perpetually in the midst of multiple wide-ranging projects, all of which involve technology. Early poverty and the lack of a college education were never barriers to Woody. He has always found ways to innovate by using technology to "do more with less". In this fascinating keynote, he will describe why he is convinced that the future holds unimaginable wonders in store for us. His enthusiasm is infectious, and as he often says, "It's a great time to be alive!"

10:15 am Morning Break

10:45 am Concurrent Sessions

Virtualization

Virtualization (server or desktop) reduces expenses and operating costs by consolidating multiple virtual operating systems, environments and applications onto fewer physical machines. More than a few government organizations have boasted about an extraordinarily fast payback on implementation costs, but it must be properly planned and executed or performance can fall short of expectations. This session discusses the benefits, tools and cost-saving strategies for a successful initiative.

Glen Coleman, Enterprise Architect, Security Officer, Department of Health, State of Ohio

Dan Griggs, Solutions Architect, CDW-G

Collaborative Tools - Web 2.0

As social networking becomes more and more prevalent, government organizations are increasingly expected to join the party. Web-based communities, wikis, mash-ups, blogs, podcasts, tagging, etc., have suddenly become mainstream, and they offer great potential for government services, constituent relations, and citizen interaction. This session provides a glimpse into what may be the future of government.

Hillary Hartley, Director of Integrated Marketing, NIC, Inc.

Business Value of IT

Can government be run like a business? Well, not exactly. But it can operate more like one by defining problems, analyzing costs, measuring performance and improving processes. Return on Investment (ROI) has a different meaning in government, but the principles still apply. This session focuses on the tools and techniques IT leaders can use to successfully align strategic investments to organizational goals and objectives.

Mike Bilardo, Director of Government Solutions, Hyland Software

Margo Springs, Interim Director, Regional Computer Center, City of Cincinnati

Teleworking and Remote Operations

As the traditional workplace culture changes along with technology, the desire by users to work remotely seems to grow exponentially. The pressure intensifies when we are faced with high fuel prices, environmental concerns, shortage of qualified staff, increased mobile activities and tighter budgets. This session discusses the benefits of teleworking while highlighting innovative technologies and applications.

Jim Cavanaugh, Public Sector Solutions Engineer - Ohio Valley, Sprint Nextel

Scott Gaughan, Director, Network Planning & Services, eTech Ohio

Pankaj Shah, Director of OARnet & Senior Director of Technology Infrastructure, Ohio Supercomputer Center

Building Tomorrow's Applications

The age of the silo is long gone. Today, secure, integrated and adaptable services are the foundation for data sharing, online offerings and cost savings. What are the most effective approaches and practices? What is Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and what does it offer? This session will look at techniques, strategies and practices that are fundamentally changing government applications.

Don Dybas, Sales Consulting Manager, Oracle Corporation

12:00 pm Lunch

12:50 pm General Session

Steal This Idea! - Government Edition

Paul Taylor, Ph.D., Chief Strategist, Center for Digital GovernmentInformation Technology is a daunting challenge in the best of times, and it is even more difficult today as governments face tightening finances and diminishing revenues. Under such circumstances, the smart thing to do is look for opportunities to borrow ideas from other jurisdictions who have demonstrated savings of time and money in solving major service delivery challenges. But where to look? There are 94,731 city, county and state governments across our nation. This fascinating session provides - at a pace not unlike a 3-day tour of Europe - the best of hundreds of nominees and dozens of winners from the Center for Digital Government's intensive national surveys of best and emerging practices in the public sector IT community. Be prepared to borrow an idea... or 10.

2:00 pm Afternoon Break and Refreshments

2:30 pm Concurrent Sessions

Greening of IT

"Going Green" is no longer merely a politically correct thing to do - it's now a necessity due to skyrocketing energy costs. There are many approaches to increased efficiency and energy consumption, ranging from broad consolidations to simple power-off policies. Even the smallest reductions can save significant amounts of money. This session discusses the latest trends, solutions and successes in making the business case for Green IT.

Bruce Naegel, Senior Product Manager, Symantec Corporation

The evolution of the data center has taken many turns. Now we are at a point where traditional concepts are on the verge of being unrecognizable. Virtualization, software as a service, cloud computing, centralization, de-centralization, outsourcing, energy breakthroughs - all of these are playing a role in changing the way that we view computing and storage environments. This session takes a close look at the future of the data center.

Michael Thomas, Principal, EYP Mission Critical Facilities, A Company of Hewlett Packard

At first glance, open source and freeware appear to be attractive alternatives, especially in the current budget climate. Its very nature makes it more flexible and adaptable than proprietary software. But how do you take responsibility for its security, maintenance and support? Is it really cheaper in the long run? This session discusses the pros and cons of open source and freeware while focusing on the business benefits and risks.

Eric Folkman, Chief Information Officer, Lake County

Brian Kelley, Chief Information Officer, Portage County

Mike Martz, Chief Information Officer, Rehabilitation Services Commission, State of Ohio

Mark Smith, Administrator, Digital Government, Office of Information Technology, State of Ohio

Good IT people are hard to find... and even harder to keep. Impending retirements are pushing organizations to solve this challenge sooner rather than later. Compounding the problem is the fact that we are dealing with what many feel is the most eclectic collection of personnel in our history - Millennials, GenXers, and Boomers all must work together despite remarkably different backgrounds, expectations, knowledge, tastes and demands. This session focuses on building and maintaining the IT workforce of tomorrow.

Jim Burke, CSC Director, Global Unified Voice Communications Portfolio, Nortel

Lee Koelbl, Director, Business Development, Nortel

John Wanchick, Chief Information Officer, Department of Job & Family Services, State of Ohio

3:45 pm Executive Reception

Wednesday, October 1 | Ohio Privacy and Security Summit

8:00 am Registration and Morning Refreshments

9:00 am Opening Remarks

Sol Bermann, Chief Privacy Officer, State of Ohio

9:15 am Opening Keynote

Kevin Mitnick, World's Most Famous Hacker

Kevin Mitnick is the best-selling author of The Art of Deception and The Art of Intrusion. With more than fifteen years of experience in exploring computer security, Kevin is a largely self-taught expert in exposing the vulnerabilities of complex operating systems and telecommunications devices. In building this body of knowledge, Kevin gained unauthorized access to computer systems at some of the largest corporations on the planet and penetrated some of the most resilient computer systems ever developed, using both technical and non-technical means. As the world's most famous hacker, Kevin has been the subject of countless programs and articles throughout the world, including 60 Minutes, CNN, The Learning Channel, National Public Radio and the Harvard Law Review. In this fascinating session, Kevin gives us a firsthand look at what we're up against.

10:15 am Morning Break

10:45 am Concurrent Sessions

Managing and Securing Endpoints

The definition of "endpoint" used to be simple: a desktop workstation. But today's environment is far more complex. Laptops, mobile devices, teleworking, outsourcing - all of these add tremendous complexity to the challenge of keeping systems and data secure. This session looks at the latest strategies and solutions being used in the public sector.

John Bordwine, Public Sector Chief Technology Officer, McAfee

Bruce Hotte, Chief Information Officer, Department of Health, State of Ohio

Jeff Swan, Network Supervisor, Department of Health, State of Ohio

eDiscovery and Electronic Records Retention

More and more records are "born digital," meaning that they never existed (or will never exist) in paper form. The challenge is to properly determine what must be retained and for how long, and how to efficiently retrieve it when needed. eDiscovery and the public records laws bring new pressures and risks to the table, and existing laws and guidelines are not always clear. This session looks at emerging standards and sensible practices.

Jake Frazier, EMC Corporation

Robin McGuire Rose, Director, Open Government Unit, Auditor of State, State of Ohio

Surviving an IT Audit

An IT audit is the process of collecting and evaluating evidence of an organization's systems, practices and operations (security, change management, etc.). It is a critical component of any compliance process, and unless you are prepared with an understanding of the standards involved, the results can be misleading and perhaps even disastrous. This session focuses on what it takes to survive an IT audit.

Merritt Maxim, Senior Principal Product Marketing Manager, CA, Inc.

Raj Subramanian, Chief of Business Process & IT Audit, Office of Internal Audit, State of Ohio

Jim Swonger, Auditor of State, State of Ohio

Building Privacy and Security Into Applications

The root cause of many privacy violations are security vulnerabilities in the application, and all too often these vulnerabilities are introduced during the development process. The best time to shore up a vulnerability is before it appears, and that means careful planning and testing while taking to heart lessons learned during countless failings through the years. This session covers the most important aspects of building security into the application development life cycle.

Vic Wheatman, Managing Vice President, Gartner, Inc.

12:00 pm Lunch

12:45 pm General Session

Situation Room: Name That Threat!

How quickly can you identify a security threat? Hackers, viruses, phishing, social engineering, denial of service --- the list can seem endless. Fortunately, a threat loses its potential for harm once it is identified and understood. Therefore, the key to cyber survival is spotting a threat before it wreaks havoc, and better yet, prevent it from happening in the first place. This session takes the audience through a variety of situations and simulations with the goal of raising awareness and reducing reaction times.

Moderator: Jack Mortimer, Government Technology magazine

Sol Bermann, Chief Privacy Officer, State of Ohio

Bob Maley, Chief Information Security Officer, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Elayne Starkey, Chief Security Officer, State of Delaware

1:45 pm Afternoon Break and Refreshments

2:15 pm Concurrent Sessions

Privacy, Security and the Mobile Workforce

When a workforce is empowered with mobile technology, productivity rises but at the same time a door opens to new vulnerabilities and security risks, not to mention personal liability for data loss. This session looks at the latest tools, standards and solutions for assessing vulnerabilities, shoring up defenses and avoiding the type of incidents that we have been reading about all too often lately.

Bob Rice, Solutions Engineer, Public Sector, Sprint Nextel

Secure Data Transmission

An increasingly significant issue facing security professionals is the secure transmission of confidential and sensitive information. The pressure is growing proportionately with the rise of cross-boundary collaboration, data sharing, email, mobile computing and outsourcing. Given the availability and affordability of encryption technology today, it is difficult for any organization to justify not using some form of it. This session discusses current trends and strategies.

James Matheke, Department of Job & Family Services, State of Ohio

Greg Perkins, Senior Network Architect, Department of Health, State of Ohio

Privacy Impact Assessment

One of the biggest challenges faced by governments today is the identification, classification, and mapping of data. No matter what technologies are used, their success requires organization-wide agreement and understanding of what privacy and security really entail and how information is to be classified and retained. Gray areas can make it quite a challenge. This session looks at policies and practices that are currently being used in both public and private sectors.

Dave Brown, Chief Information Security Officer, Department of Public Safety, State of Ohio

Jill Frisby, Manager, Risk Consulting, Crowe Chizek

Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery

In recent years, governments have been tested by hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, fires, blackouts, epidemics and terrorist threats. This session focuses on the lessons that were learned and how they continue to impact the ways that governments are using IT to prepare for a variety of potential crisis situations.

Bob Feingold, Senior Fellow, Center for Digital Government

Bryan Schromsky, Government Data Sales Manager, Verizon Wireless

3:30 pm General Session and Closing Remarks

Privacy in America

Peter Swire, Professor of Law, Moritz College of Law, Ohio State University, and Senior Fellow, Center for American ProgressWhen Peter Swire served as the Clinton administration's Chief Privacy Counsel, USA Today called him "perhaps the most important national voice on privacy issues". Today, he is universally recognized as one of the world's leading privacy experts. In our generation, there are few issues more important than privacy, which is at stake not only from the demands of homeland security but also from the very nature of technology itself: the Internet, digital records, open systems, video cameras, mobile devices, identity theft, ad infinitum. The issues and trade-offs must be understood before a point of no return appears on the horizon. In this thought-provoking and eye-opening session, Peter challenges us to take a fresh look at how to assess the rights of citizens in a rapidly changing world.

4:30 pm End of Conference