Tuesday, May 1

Wednesday, May 2

Thursday, May 3

The Honorable David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United States

Mr. Walker is the nation's chief accountability officer and head of the US Government Accountability Office (GAO). GAO's mission is to help improve the performance and assure the accountability of the federal government for the benefit of the American people. GAO has earned a reputation for professional, objective, fact-based, nonpartisan, non-ideological, fair and balanced reviews of government programs and operations.

Before his appointment as Comptroller General, Mr. Walker had extensive executive level experience in both government and private industry. Between 1989 and 1998, Mr. Walker worked at Arthur Andersen LLP, where he was a partner and global managing director of the human capital services practice based in Atlanta, Georgia. He was also a member of the board of Arthur Andersen Financial Advisors, a registered investment advisor. While a partner at Arthur Andersen, Mr. Walker served as a Public Trustee for Social Security and Medicare from 1990 to 1995. Before joining Arthur Andersen, Mr. Walker was Assistant Secretary of Labor for Pension and Welfare Benefit Programs from 1987 to 1989, and in 1985, was Acting Executive Director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. His earlier technical, professional, and business experience was with Price Waterhouse, Coopers & Lybrand and Source Services Corporation, an international human resources consulting and search firm.

Mr. Walker currently serves as Chair of the US Intergovernmental Audit Forum, the Center for Continuous Auditing, and as a principal of the US Joint Financial Management Improvement Program. He is also a founder and principal of the US Joint Auditing Standards Coordinating Forum.

The 2006 election results altered state government. Across 36 gubernatorial elections -- 25 governors were re-elected, 11 new governors were elected and 6 states had changes in party leadership. In addition, party leadership changed in Congress. For those in both the public and private sectors, this means adjustments at many levels in state government. Our panelists will discuss how these changes will affect Real ID and eHealth initiatives. Panelists will offer attendees insights into new state leaderships; discuss state budget trends and assess if more deficits may be on the horizon. During this session, attendees will gain an understanding of how changes in Congress have the potential to impact state funding for major areas such as Medicaid, DOT programs and others. This panel will focus in on the issues that have the greatest effect and will help state and private sector attendees to understand the ramifications.

Moderator:

• Doug Robinson, Executive Director, National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO)

• Scott Pattison, Executive Director, National Association of State Budget Officers (NASBO)
• Bill Pound, Executive Director, National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)
• Ray Scheppach, Executive Director, National Governors Association (NGA)

States are prominent players in establishing and managing the "identity data" of individuals and businesses. Yet, a lack of integration of that data into citizen identities that are recognizable from agency to agency often hinders broader state efforts to provide enhanced citizen services and to target those who commit fraud or pose a public safety threat. To inspire the next evolution in e-government and citizen services, this panel will examine endeavors at citizen-centric identity management and will create a future vision for how states can manage citizen identities across agencies and even levels of government, while fostering citizen confidence in the protection of identity information.

Moderator:

• Dick Thompson, Chief Information Officer, State of Maine

• Kim Cameron, Architect of Identity and Access, Connected Systems Division, Microsoft
• Bernard Soriano, Deputy Director and Chief Information Officer, Department of Motor Vehicles, State of California
• David Temoshok, Director, Identity Policy and Management, Office of Governmentwide Policy, US General Services Administration

SOA is coming at the state CIO from multiple directions. There are currently initiatives within the federal, state and local government arenas. Many of NASCIO's corporate partners have developed expertise in SOA. The stakes are high and states don't have the resources for any false starts.

This panel discussion will bring together representatives from state and federal government and the private sector to present the "rest of the story." What's behind all the hype? Who has been successful in implementing SOA - and what did it take? Does state government have the necessary ingredients to repeat these success stories? Can state government gain enterprise agility through this innovation? Is SOA always the answer?

Bring practical advice back to your state. Join us for an exciting presentation on this very controversial topic!

Moderator:

• Steve Fletcher, Chief Information Officer, State of Utah

• Peter Bostrom, Federal Chief Technology Officer, BEA Systems
• Dr. Tom Clarke, Vice President for Research and Technology for State Courts, National Center for State Courts
• Gary Robinson, Chief Information Officer, State of Washington

20/20 Visioning: Hindsight, Foresight and the Magic 8 Ball Challenge
State and corporate members will focus on challenging topics during this fast-moving session, which will feature progressive panels that utilize open dialogue mixed with a question-and-answer format to harness multiple viewpoints.

20/20 Visioning will provide a candid look at crucial issues and a forum for the transfer of information, knowledge and experiences that will allow attendees to gain a new perspective on the past, to see the “as is,” more clearly and to develop a sharper picture of the future.

Moderator:

• Anne Armstrong, President and Group Publisher, 1105 Government Information Group

Panelists:

• P.K. Agarwal, Director of Technology Services, State of California
• Mike Callahan, Chief Information Officer, State of Alaska
• Jim Dillon, Vice President, Global Public Sector Marketing, Unisys
• R. Steve Edmonson, Chief Information Officer, State of Ohio
• Lisa Feldner, Chief Information Officer, State of North Dakota
• Gregory Jackson, Director Business Strategy & Development, CGI
• David McClure, Research Director Global Public Sector, Gartner
• Kevin Plexico, Executive Vice President of Operations, INPUT
• Rock Regan, Director of Business Development State & Local Government VMware
• Thom Rubel, Practice Director Government Programs, IDC Government Insights
• Paul Taylor, Chief Strategy Officer, Center for Digital Government
• Aldona Valicenti, Vice President Business Development, Oracle USA

Friday, May 4

e-Health is a major policy initiative across the nation. In 2004, the US Department for Health and Human Services released their vision of how America's healthcare system could be transformed. The plan called for the creation of a network of Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIOs) to provide regional electronic networks for exchanging health and patient information among health providers. RHIOs are envisioned as the primary building blocks for a larger National Health Information Network (NHIN) to share data with the expectations of improving healthcare safety, efficiency, and the quality of care. Today there are over one hundred RHIOs in operation throughout the United States. Some progressive states are already planning to link local RHIOs into statewide networks.

Find out what states are doing to create successful eHealth models and deal with challenges such as patient privacy, cultural resistance, security, governance, identity management, and sustainable funding. Discover the roles state CIOs are playing in supporting eHealth initiatives in leading states.

Moderator:

• Tom Murray, Chief Information Officer, State of Vermont

• Mark Bengel, Deputy Chief Information Officer and Chief Technology Officer, State of Tennessee
• John Halamka, Chief Information Officer, CareGroup Health Systems, Chief Information Officer and Associate Dean for Educational Technology, Harvard Medical School
• Dr. John Loonsk, Director, Office of Interoperability and Standards, Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, US Department of Health and Human Services

Are you a CIO looking for a way to improve information technology efficiencies, improve citizen services, and be the IT center of excellence within your organization without any budget increases? Then look no further - according to technology publications across the globe, IT consolidation is the answer.

Now that we know the answer, how do we shape the question? What strategies have worked and which ones have failed in government and the private sector? In this roundtable discussion you will hear from people who have been through the IT consolidation wars. Their insights will help you develop creative IT strategies on the road to win-win improvements in state government operations. Panelists will share state, private sector and federal government success stories and the challenges relative to shared services, centers of excellence, alternative funding strategies and much more. This panel will identify successes and offer suggestions that can help states work through impediments.

Moderator:

• Lem Stewart, Chief Information Officer, Commonwealth of Virginia

• Curtis Clark, Director, Global e-Government Solutions, IBM
• Jorman Granger, Vice President, Client Accounts, Northrop Grumman
• Donna Morea, President, CGI
• Dan Ross, Chief Information Officer, State of Missouri
• Tim Young, Associate Administrator of E-Government and Information Technology, US Office of Management and Budget