2004 Western CIO Forum - Agenda

This agenda is tentative and subject to change.  Dress for all events is business casual - no ties, please!

Sunday, August 1

4:30 pm

Registration Opens - Inn at Loretto

5:00 pm

Reception - Inn at Loretto, patio

6:30 pm

Dinner - Inn at Loretto

Welcome & Introductions, Rick Schremp, Event Co-Chair, WITC

6:45 pm

Randy Touchton, Assistant Regional Administrator, GSA/FTS, Rocky Mountain Region

7:00 pm

Barney Maccabe, Director of High Performance Computing, University of New Mexico

7:15 pm

Keynote Speakers

Bob Rubeck, CIO, School of Medicine, University of North Dakota

Colm Butler, Republic of Ireland

 

Monday, August 2

7:00 am

Breakfast

8:00 am

Opening Remarks, Dave Mellinger, President, WITC

8:05 am

Moira Gerety,  Host CIO, New Mexico

8:15 am

Moderator & Introductions, Frank McDonough

United States IT Focus

                John Sindelar, Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of

                Government-wide Policy, GSA

Canada IT Focus

                John Riddle, retired CIO Health Canada, formerly of Treasury Board

                Canada

10:00 am

Break

10:30 am

Intergovernmental Expectations & Requirements Panel

Moderator: Tomás Orozco, Executive Director, INFOTEC, Mexico 
                Otto Doll, CIO South Dakota 
                Clark Kelso, CIO, California
                      Rosanna Hynes, Director, Information Technology & 
                      Integration, Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense, 
                      Department of Homeland Security
                      Kamela White, Government-to-Government Portfolio Manager,
                      Office of Management and Budget
Information expectations & requirements of state & federal agencies

  • The need for use of similar data
    • What do you need?
    • How do you need it?
    • When do you need it?
    • In what format do you need it?

12:00 pm

Lunch  - Honorable Bill Richardson, Host Governor, State of New Mexico

1:15 pm

Moving Data among Governments Panel

Moderator: Ray Gifford, President, Progress and Freedom Foundation

                     Tom Hughes, CIO, Social Security Administration

                Moira Gerety,  Host CIO, New Mexico                 

                     Dom Nessi, CIO, US Park Service                              

Sharing Data

  • Federal <==> State
  • State <==> State
  • Shared Service
  • Concerns in Data Sharing
    • Legacy Processes
    • Ownership, privacy, usage parameters, security

3:00 pm

Break

3:15 pm

Quick & Easy Solutions Panel

Moderator: Jim Souby, President, Oquirrh Institute 

                     Edward Troup, Division Chief, Agency Applications Service

                     Division, National Information Technology Center, US
                     Department
of Agriculture

                     Terry Savage, CIO, Nevada          

                Larry Olson, CIO, Texas

                Mark Zimmerman, Officer in Charge, Technology Transfer,
                     Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense, Department of

                Homeland Security

  • Focus on specific needs that can be quickly addressed
  • How is information shared now?
  • Service delivery models

6:30 pm

Dinner - Inn at Loretto

Speaker, Mark Emery, Deputy CIO, Department of Homeland Security

Tuesday, August 3

7:00 am

Breakfast

8:00 am

Opening Remarks, Patrick Mulcare, Director IT Solutions, GSA/FTS, Rocky Mountain Region

8:05 am

State Case Studies of Consolidation or Cost Reduction Panel

Moderator: Barney Maccabe, Director of High Performance         

                    Computing, University of New Mexico

                    Discussions of personal experiences by state CIOs

                    Larry Biggio, CIO, Wyoming

                    Otto Doll, CIO, South Dakota

                    Curtis Wolfe, CIO, North Dakota

                    Leroy Williams, CIO, Colorado

9:30 am

Break

10:00 am

E-signatures & Authentication Panel

Moderator: Tom Lookabaugh, Asst. Prof. Computer Science and Faculty    

                    Director, Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program,

                    University of Colorado

                    David Primmer, CIO, Manitoba

                    Bob Donelson, Program Manager, E-Authentication, Department
                    of Interior

                    Georgia Marsh, Deputy Program Manager, E-Authentication

                    Initiative, General Services Administration

Authenticating a digitally archived document

    • Biometrics
    • Tracking changes
    • Common tracking/ID number
    • Who is responsible?
    • Who owns the data?
    • Common security classifications
    • Usage requirements
      • Authorization
      • Repercussions
      • Time requirements

11:30 am

Web Services in e-Government Panel

Moderator:  Midge Cozzens,  President, Colorado Institute of Technology

           Randy Hughes, CIO Office Utah, Chief Technical Architect

        Moira Gerety,  Host CIO, New Mexico

           Darlene Meskell, Program Director, Office of Intergovernmenal 

           Solutions, General Services Administration        
           Chris Niedermayer, Associate CIO, US Department of
           Agriculture                               

  • Portfolio management
  • Multi-agency projects
  • Stretching resources, controlling costs

1:00 pm

Lunch - Honorable Jim Geringer, former Governor, State of Wyoming



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