TOPICS WILL INCLUDE

• Leadership and Succession Planning
• Transparency and Open Government
• Cloud Integration Challenges
• Health Care Reform and IT
• Shared Services: Best Practices and Opportunities
• Enterprise Data Sharing
• Mobile Technologies: Driving Change
• Virtualization Trends - Desktops and Applications
• Reaching Out: Community Digital Inclusion
• Operating Like a Business
• Managing Social Technology
  
  

  Agenda

  Tuesday, October 11

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  8:00 am Registration and Morning Refreshments

  Augusta/Capitol/Pine Tree Room

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  9:00 am Opening Remarks

  Auditorium

  Hon. Paul R. LePage, Governor, State of Maine

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  9:15 am Opening Keynote

  Auditorium

  Off Balance on Purpose
  
  Dan Thurmon, Author and Peak Performance Coach
  
  Life is an off balance proposition. Achieving balance - a perfect symmetry - is an unrealistic objective. You will never get there! Life is in constant motion, and priorities and resources change all the time. That's why we need to embrace and initiate off balance moments in order to successfully engage life in all its aspects. In this dynamic keynote address, Dan Thurmon uses highly visual and creative means to demonstrate that "off balance" is how we learn, grow, excel and fully experience what is happening around us. It's tough out there right now. The question is: Are you thrown off balance in response to your world or are you off balance on purpose?

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  10:15 am Morning Break and Refreshments

  Augusta/Capitol/Pine Tree Room

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  10:45 am Concurrent Sessions

  Leadership and Succession Planning
  York Room

  Developing effective leadership using a consistent talent management program at all levels across the organization can return significant business value. To identify, attract, fill, and retain leadership talent, government needs to focus on hiring strategies, employee development, and career and succession planning. Today's economic environment is forcing organizations to maximize what they've already got in terms of both people and technology and succession planning assesses the current situation to plan the workforce of the future as workers leave due to retirement, attrition, and other factors.

  Greg McNeal, Chief Information Officer, State of Maine

  Richard Thompson, Chief Information Officer, University of Maine

  Transparency and Open Government
  Washington Room

  Transparency and open government are high priorities. The guiding principle is that actions taken and information maintained by government is a public asset, and whatever information you store may have value to the public. The ramifications on IT systems, policies and personnel can be significant. This session will address these issues and provide an overview of the state of Maine's efforts to improve transparency and increase citizen access to data.

  Lauren Farese, Senior Director, Sales Consulting, State and Local, East Coast, Oracle

  Cloud Integration Challenges
  Sagadahoc Room
  
  Government entities around the nation, including Maine, are currently implementing cloud services.  This session will look at how the cloud changes the way that governments do business including: what are the adoption challenges in implementing cloud applications; what to consider when procuring and contracting for the cloud; and how to measure your success. You will not want to miss this informative, fast paced and timely session!

  Victor Chakravarty, Enterprise Architect, Office of Information Technology, State of Maine
  
  Brennan Preine, Cloud Business Development Executive, IBM

  Health Care Reform and IT
  Piscataquis Room

  Though health care reform has had its share of controversy, the one thing on which everyone agrees is that the impact on government IT will be enormous. Are systems ready? Is enough progress being made on interoperability and information exchange? What tools and strategies are showing the best results? This session discusses current developments and how to prepare for the changes ahead.

  Kimberly Ellison-Taylor, Executive Director, Health and Human Services Industry Solutions, Public Sector, Oracle

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  11:45 am Lunch

  Auditorium

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  12:40 pm Lunch General Session

  Auditorium

  
  Challenges and Opportunities

  Deb Neuman, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Economic & Community Development, State of Maine

  Government, like business, needs to “get lean” and the State of Maine is embarking on initiatives that leverage technology to achieve lean results and make Maine “open for business”.
  
  Come hear Deb Neuman speak about some of the exciting projects happening in Maine, as well as best practices around the country.  Be prepared to share your challenges and opportunities in an interactive forum that will be both fun and informative!

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  1:40 pm Afternoon Break and Refreshments

  Augusta/Capitol/Pine Tree Room

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  2:00 pm Concurrent Sessions

  Shared Services: Best Practices and Opportunities
  York Room

  If there is a silver lining to tough times, it's that government organizations have no choice but to break down barriers in order to foster collaboration and resource sharing. So it's no surprise that current economic pressures are bringing about some remarkably creative leveraging of systems, applications and resources. This session sets out to inspire and evoke new ideas by providing firsthand looks at some ground-breaking collaborations, innovations and opportunities that go well beyond traditional concepts and boundaries from the State of Maine.

  Moderator: Dorene Gerrish, Director of Special Projects, Office of Information Technology, State of Maine
  
  Steve Campana, Director, Systems Integration and Governance, State of Maine
  
  Catherine Cobb, Director, Division of Licensing & Registration Services, Department of Health and Human Services, State of Maine
  
  Anne Head, Commissioner, Department of Professional & Financial Regulation, State of Maine
  
  Rich McCarthy, Public Safety Inspector, Office of the State Fire Marshal, Department of Public Safety, State of Maine

  Donald Spector, President, Sauper Associates

  Enterprise Data Sharing
  Washington Room

  Governments are increasingly expected to rise to the challenge of sharing data horizontally and vertically across agencies/jurisdictions as well as to the public. There is a tremendous payback in the reduction of duplicated efforts. But where do you start and who should drive it? Who owns the data? How do you keep it secure? What standards should be used? This session looks at current trends, strategies and successes.

  Dan C. Boutilier, Director of Information Systems, City of Portland

  Larry Veino, Data Center Solutions Practice Manager, Presidio Networked Solutions

  Mobile Technologies: Driving Change
  Sagadahoc Room

  Experts predict that demand for mobile access will explode by 2012. The global market for wireless applications - which barely existed just a few years ago - is growing day by day. Not surprisingly, pressure is mounting on government IT organizations to be more proactive in providing mobile services and applications. This session looks at workable strategies, affordable opportunities and features some of the ways government workers are using mobile apps.

  Lt. Brian Scott, Commanding Officer, Maine State Police Traffic Safety Unit

  Virtualization Trends - Desktops and Applications
  Piscataquis Room

  Virtualization may not be a brand new concept, but some exciting new trends are being driven by a variety of factors, including teleworking, mobility, storage needs, cloud computing, green technology, maintenance, cost control and overall security. As a result, governments are increasingly turning to virtualization to reduce expenses and increase efficiencies. This session focuses on the latest tools and strategies.

  Steve Catalano, Technical Architect, AdvizeX Technologies

  Mary Silva, Director of Application Hosting, Office of Information Technology, State of Maine

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  3:00 pm Break

  Augusta/Capitol/Pine Tree Room

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  3:15 pm Concurrent Sessions

  Reaching Out:  Community Digital Inclusion
  York Room

  Maine State Library’s $1.36 million BTOP (Broadband Technology Opportunities Program) award for the Maine Public Library Information Commons Project is a Public Computer Centers (PCC) grant under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act/ARRA.  This project is providing public libraries in Maine with 512 desktops and laptops, a web-based learning tool, a trainer and curriculum. The grant also establishes 11 video conferencing hubs for training and to facilitate state-wide video communication for librarians and patrons.  
  
  Linda Lord, Maine State Librarian, Maine State Library
  
  Janet McKenney, Director of Library Development, Maine State Library

  Operating Like a Business
  Washington Room

  Government isn't a business, nor can it pretend to be. But it can think more like one: seeking the greatest payback; understanding costs; eliminating redundancy; analyzing customer needs; making informed decisions; and doing a better job of marketing. In this session, a spirited panel of government leaders will discuss the ways in which government can borrow from the business world to improve its operations, services and - dare we say - the bottom line.

  Deb Neuman, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Economic & Community Development, State of Maine

  Managing Social Technology
  Sagadahoc Room

  Government has embraced Web 2.0 technologies to varying degrees and success over the past few years, but what is next in the world of social technology systems? This session will help you as a technology leader understand what Web 2.0 can and cannot do, the risks involved and focus on securing your social networks.

  Danielle Burns, Senior Social Media Specialist, FairPoint Communications

  Timothy Swan, Creative Director, InforME

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  4:15 pm Reception

  Augusta/Capitol/Pine Tree Room

  Network with your colleagues and discuss technology solutions with the event sponsors.

  Conference times, agenda, and speakers are subject to change.