AFFIRM After Hours: Public & Private Partnership

5:00 PM  Doors Open and Cash-Only Bar Service Open

5:30 - 6:15 PM  Welcome & Fireside Chat - IT Modernization

• Michael Gardner, Chief Information Security Officer (Acting), Federal Student Aid an Office of the U.S. Department of Education (Invited)
• Russell Haj Ramos, Chief Information Security Officer (Acting), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (Invited)
• Ron Thompson, CDO and Deputy Digital Transformation Officer, NASA (Invited)
• Chris Smith, VP Public Sector Civilian & Shared Services, AT&T 
• Jim Westdorp, Chief Technologist, Ciena Government Solutions
• Moderator: Jason Miller, Executive Editor, Federal News Network

6:15 - 8:00 PM  Networking & Social Hour (complimentary light refreshments and cash-only bar)

Registration is complimentary and required to attend.