NASTD Midwestern Region Seminar

NASTD represents information technology professionals from the 50 states, divided into four regions, and the private sector. State members provide and manage state government IT services and facilities for state agencies and other public entities. These members also play a strategic role in planning and shaping state government technology infrastructures and policies. Corporate members provide IT services and equipment to state government.

Established in 1978, NASTD has become the premier resource for state government IT professionals and private sector business organizations serving public sector technology professionals.

Regional seminars are conducted in each of NASTD’s four regions – East, Midwest, South and West – and are rotated among various cities throughout the nation. These productive meetings offer unparalleled learning and networking opportunities for all attendees. A distinctive feature of regional seminars is the state reporting session. During this session, each state provides an overview of key IT project initiatives along with a summary of current and future IT procurements. Regional seminars also offer multiple hours of scheduled networking opportunities for the attendees.

Midwestern Region Seminar April 3 - 6, 2017 Minneapolis, Minnesota
Session times and topics subject to change
MONDAY, April 3
2pm - 5pm	Registration
6pm - 8pm	Peer-to-Peer Networking
8pm	Dinner on your own
TUESDAY, April 4
7:30am - 5pm	Registration
8am - 9am	Breakfast / New Attendee Orientation
9am - 9:30am	Opening Remarks & Welcome
9:30am - 10:15am	State Report - IOWA
10:15am -10:30am	Networking Break
10:30am - 11:15am	State Report - WISCONSIN
11:15am - 11:45am	Association Update and Annual Conference Preview Greg Gicale (OH) Network Assistant Administrator Dept. of Administrative Services NASTD President Pat Snow (SD) Chief Technology Officer Bureau of Information & Telecommunications NASTD Annual Conference Program Chair
12pm - 1pm	Lunch
1pm - 2pm	Technology Session Moving Infrastructure from CAPEX to OPEX, a Mainframe Case Study
2pm - 2:45pm	State Report - KANSAS
2:45pm - 3pm	Networking Break
3pm - 4pm	Technology Session Security Panel
4pm - 4:45pm	State Report - OHIO
5:30pm - 6:30pm	Diamond Sponsor Reception (invitation only) Diamond sponsors and state members only
6:30pm - 7:30pm	Peer-to-Peer Networking
7:30pm	Dinner on your own
WEDNESDAY, April 5
7:30am - 3pm	Registration
8am - 9am	Breakfast
9am - 9:45am	State Report - MICHIGAN
9:45am - 10:45am	Technology Session
10:45am - 11am	Networking Break
11am - 11:45am	State Report - NEBRASKA
12pm - 1pm	Lunch
1pm - 2pm	Technology Session Cloud Governance - Making sure your move to the Cloud does not cause flooding
2pm - 2:45pm	State Report - MISSOURI
2:45pm - 3pm	Networking Break
3pm - 3:45pm	State Report - MINNESOTA
3:45pm - 5pm	State Only Discussion Session (state members only)
6pm	NASTD Dinner
THURSDAY, April 6
8am - 9am	Breakfast
9am - 11am	State Only Business Meeting