Defense and Government Cloud Computing Symposium

Defense and Government Cloud Computing Symposium - Advancing Efficiency, Agility, and Innovation in the Cloud Environment

DSI’s Defense and Government Cloud Computing Symposium is designed as an educational and training “Town Hall” forum, where thought leaders and key policy-makers across military and civilian organizations can come together for actionable discussions and debate. The symposium’s overall theme will focus on DOD & Federal IT plans to maximize the potential uses of cloud computing through data center consolidation. Within specific key areas: Reforming Government IT financial, acquisition, and contracting policy and practices to improve agility and reduce costs, Consolidate and virtualize legacy applications and data, incorporating a core cloud infrastructure into data center consolidation.

The thought leadership and community goal of this event is to advance establishment of enterprise cloud infrastructures to benefit the warfighter, federal IT personnel and keep pace with changing technology.

Speakers Include:

Bernard Mazer - CIO, Department of Interior, Data Center Consolidation Task Force

Rear Admiral Robert E. Day Jr. - Assistant Commandant for C4IT - Director, Coast Guard Cyber Command

Brigadier General Kevin J. Nally - Director, C4/Chief Information Officer, Marine Corps, HQMC

Brigadier General Christopher P. Weggeman - Deputy Director for Command, Control, Communications and Computers (C4)/Cyber, Joint Staff, J6

Frank Konieczny - Chief Technology Officer, Office of Information Dominance, US Air Force

Kevin Charest - Chief Information Security Office, US Department of Health and Human Services

COL Steve Birch - Mil Dep, Army Architecture Integration Center, HQDA, CIO\G6

2013 Key areas this symposium will address:

- Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program- Use of the NIST cloud reference architecture as well as agency involvement in standards are necessary for cloud procurements- Expanding infrastructure to support wireless and mobile capabilities- Providing decision frameworks and case examples to support agencies in migrating towards cloud computing

- Shutting down and consolidating under-performing data centers and optimizing the data centers in the Federal inventory

- Warfighter Protection and Reducing interference with operational platforms and communications

- E-Discovery & the Cloud: Ensuring data stored in a CSP environment is available for legal discovery

- Private & Public Partnerships

Speaker and Presenter Information

Terry Halvorsen, Chief Information Officer, Department of the Navy addresses Department of The Navy Approach to Cloud Computing Eric Rosenbach, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Cyber Policy joins the conversation on OSD Cybersecurity Risk Mitigation Strategies Advancing A Joint Cloud Environment Brigadier General Kevin J. Nally, Director, C4/Chief Information Officer, Marine Corps, HQMC examines USMC IT & C4 Modernization Efforts & Current Challenges Frank Konieczny, Chief Technology Officer, Office of Information Dominance, US Air Force on Strategies and Initiatives for Networked Defense in Legacy Systems COL Steve Birch, Mil Dep, Army Architecture Integration Center, HQDA, CIO\G6 address US Army Data Center Consolidation & Enterprise Cloud Computing Centers

Relevant Government Agencies

Air Force, Army, Navy & Marine Corps, Intelligence Agencies, DOD & Military, Dept of Agriculture, Dept of Commerce, Dept of Education, Dept of Energy, Dept of Health & Human Services, Dept of Homeland Security, Dept of Housing & Urban Development, Dept of the Interior, Dept of Justice, Dept of Labor, Dept of State, Dept of Transportation, Dept of Treasury, Dept of Veterans Affairs, NASA, Coast Guard, Census Bureau, USAID