Agenda

What are the next steps the Defense Department must take to modernize? Cloud is a critical part of the battlefield of the future, so what is the way forward for new cloud policy and adoption? This session will bring together defense experts to discuss the future of modernization at DoD and the challenges still ahead.

Cloud architecture is critical to digital transformation, and the Air Force's Cloud One program is making that a reality. Listen as we share how this program has been successful with critical app migration and cloud native development to accelerate missions.

How are state and local governments tackling digital transformation and addressing this major transition to more modern, and often contactless, government services? During this session, hear from state and local officials on how they are embracing more strategic uses of emerging technology.

Nearly all defense and classified customers are engaged in digital modernization efforts that include some form of cloud, application modernization, and enhanced use of automation to achieve operational and cost efficiencies. The consumption models for these efforts, aimed at developing improved capabilities, are expanding to include not only traditional on-premise models but also managed service models. Increased demand for these types of services and delivery models requires investment in new, commercial capabilities that can be made available to defense customers. This session will focus on this multi-faceted market and how industry is developing core capabilities to offer the defense customer a wide range of options and solutions to meet its digital modernization objectives.

What initiatives are shaping the way the government approaches digital transformation? And what are some of the ways agencies are updating the way they procure new technology? This spotlight will highlight the work government leaders are doing to innovate IT modernization.

This spotlight will highlight the work government and industry leaders are doing to innovate IT modernization. HP Federal Chief Technology Officer Tommy Gardner will discuss both current initiatives that are shaping the way the government approaches digital transformation, as well why it is imperative that agencies update the way they procure new technology now.

With advancements in technology on the rise, how is the federal government supporting and funding their continued adoption? Join us for a conversation with federal leaders as we discuss everything from shifting agency approval to working capital to learn how organizations are seeking modern money and continuous financing as they work towards modernization.

Governments are at an inflection point: technological innovation has accelerated as adoption of digital services in government has grown and costs for new services have decreased. Congress is poised to deliver more resources for IT investments than ever before. How can government leaders plan carefully now take advantage of this opportunity and avoid the pitfalls of the past? Join Grant Thornton to hear from two former OMB officials – Kelly Morrison and Russ Ficken – on their views on how agencies can best position themselves to take advantage of this unprecedented opportunity.

As leaders seek to modernize their departments, it’s essential that they continue to fight fraud, waste, and abuse when doing so. In this session, we’ll sit down with policy leaders to learn about what steps they’re taking and best practices they’re employing as they streamline, grow, and modernize their organizations. We’ll explore how to avoid common pitfalls and mitigate potentially damaging internal behaviors.

Nothing made the need for transformation more apparent than the COVID experience. The public sector needed to respond quickly and adapt to unprecedented changes in how people work and how they deliver citizen services, social programs and education. How does digital transformation enable agility, increase security and drive technology innovation for the public sector? It all starts with the network, which can enable workforce flexibility in new ways, underpins the delivery of digital citizen services and fosters public sector innovation. Leverage digital transformation and network modernization to foster innovations in security, how people work and the public sector’s ability to deliver on their core missions.

New ideas are changing how the military finds, funds, and develops the next generation of weapons, systems, and gear. Join us as we sit down with leaders to discuss the people and processes behind the latest technology.

As state and local governments recover from the pandemic, it’s more important than ever for public funds to be responsibly managed. Recently, organizations have unintentionally increased the likelihood of fraud, waste, and abuse cases (FWA) due to the often short turnaround times to support pandemic-related programs. Now as they begin to shape their goals and priorities for a new administration, they're turning to advances in machine learning, combined with automation, to effectively identify and prevent fraud, waste, and abuse cases, while ensuring transparency in government and the public. What best practices are currently being implemented in the fight against fraud, waste and abuse? And, what role can emerging technology play in efficiently resolving FWA cases?

Uncertainly around the COVID-19 pandemic has seen government agencies re-evaluating their hybrid and in-office strategies. As employees continue to work both on site and remotely, ensuring the proper rollout of the latest IT infrastructure is crucial. In this session, join Route Fifty Editor Bill Lucia for a discussion with the government leaders making these HR and technology decisions, and hear how they’re attempting to navigate this changing landscape.

Federal agencies are working hard to accelerate innovation and modernization to keep pace with rising constituent and employee expectations. A clear transformative path has emerged to modernize and fulfill mission. However, progress is often slow despite employees’ best efforts due to a range of challenges from budget constraints to the predominance of legacy systems. Join us for a discussion on how organizations can find success by leveraging container platforms, hybrid technology, open-source, and data analysis with the support of strong services partners — all with an eye to mission success, not just meeting budget constraints

Technology is important to us today, from cell phone service, to high-speed internet in our homes, consumers expect service availability to be consistent. To ensure this service availability is high, IT organizations today leverage many tools and resources to ensure minimal service disruptions. IT organizations are also modernizing and beginning to leverage Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) techniques to help with service availability. Leidos’ Kevin Chin has a long history with IT Operations, and Tifani O’Brien is an AI/ML Subject Matter Expert. They are leading teams to forge ahead with enabling IT organizations adoption of AIOps.

The Pentagon is set to release a new IT modernization strategy and Secretary Austin has outlined that some priorities include software and network innovation, cloud computing and securely managing critical data to drive all domain operations. It is clear that DoD must modernize rapidly to outmatch the current threat landscape, however what are the concrete steps that must be taken to make this strategy a reality? What IT infrastructure will be required for a truly connected force? During this session, Defense One will explore what the future of looks like for the Department of Defense.

GovExec’s Events Director George Jackson sits down with David Marsh, Director, Industry Principal (Federal) at Pegasystems, for a discussion on the past, present and future of grants management in the federal government. Covering everything from the relevance of modernization strategies to the need for quantifiable measures of success when examining project outcomes, their conversation adds an insightful, and important, perspective to the work of funding the next generation of government initiatives.

In this special spotlight session, Nextgov sits down with leaders in the grants management and technology space for a discussion on founding and funding the next generation of public service infrastructure.

In Government – no matter if it’s at the Federal or State & Local level – those who know IT never let a good crisis go to waste. IT teams are tasked with modernizing their environments to be resilient, agile, and trusted. In order to do so, they are looking to reimagine applications, empower hybrid work, secure the enterprise, and transform their infrastructure. Learn how Cisco is helping Governments modernize to become Future Ready.