Azure Gov Meetup: Jumpstart your gov agency's path to 2020 cloud vision

More and more government agencies are reaching the tipping point with cloud; going beyond lift-and-shift as the full potential of cloud is becoming crystal clear. Without a doubt, 2020 will bring even greater focus on ways agencies can take advantage of cloud capabilities to enable their mission.

During this free event, which is open to the public, government and industry speakers will share insights such as:

• Cloud fundamentals: What you need to know to get started
• Security and compliance considerations
• Planning, assessing and migrating to the cloud
• Training and reskilling for cloud 2020
• Plus, demos of tools to ease your move to cloud

AGENDA (*subject to change)

6:00 PM – 6:30 PM Networking & refreshments

6:35 PM – 6:40 PM Welcome & announcements

• Karina Homme, Senior Director, Microsoft Azure Government
• Vishwas Lele, CTO & Microsoft Regional Director, Washington DC, Applied Information Sciences (AIS) & Microsoft MVP

6:40 PM – 7:00 PM Jumpstart your cloud journey

• Vishwas Lele, CTO & Microsoft Regional Director, Washington DC, Applied Information Sciences (AIS) & Microsoft MVP

7:00 PM – 7:20 PM Accelerate migration of workloads to Azure PaaS

• Marc Jones, Vice President, CAST Public Sector
• Greg Rivera, Vice President, CAST Highlight

7:20 PM – 8:00 PM Panel: Jumpstart your gov agency's path to 2020 cloud vision

• Derek Strausbaugh, Chief Digital Officer, Defense, Microsoft
• T. Richard Stroupe Jr., CEO, Sequoia
• Brian Conrad, Cybersecurity Program Manager, FedRAMP, GSA
• Karina Homme, Senior Director, Microsoft Azure Government (moderator)

8:00 PM – 8:30 PM Wrap-up & networking

Be sure to RSVP to join us for this free event. In addition to engaging discussions and learning, there will be excellent networking opportunities and refreshments. We hope to see you there - and be sure to invite your colleagues and connections to join, too.

If you can't join us in person at 1776, please watch the livestream:  

https://aka.ms/AzureGovMeetupLive

We also invite you to check out and join our Microsoft Azure Gov DC user community on Meetup. This dynamic community of over 2,800 members hosts monthly Meetups to share best practices in driving cloud innovation in government.

About us:

With more than 2,837 members, the Microsoft Azure Gov DC user community is one of the largest government cloud communities in the DC-metro region. To join this group of government cloud innovators and stay informed of upcoming events, visit us on Meetup: www.meetup.com/DCAzureGov.

GETTING THERE

New America Building

Next to Joe's Stone Crab

740 15th St NW #900 (9th floor)

Washington, DC 20005

Metro

The closest metro stop is McPherson Square (orange, silver & blue lines). The New America building is about a 5-10 minute walk from the station. 

Parking

There is no parking available in the building itself, however, there are several lots located near the building. The main three lots are located H Street NW between 14th and 15th with varying prices between $8-$16 after 5:30 pm.