2010 Government Solutions Forum

Event Overview

Join Cisco experts, selected partners, and industry leaders at the 2010 Government Solutions Forum.

This intensive one-day program includes detailed discussions about compelling topics facing today's technology and program management professionals in governmental and educational organizations. The four conference tracks will review tools and techniques for more effective:

Collaboration
Cybersecurity
Cloud computing
Intelligent Building Infrastructures (IBI)

Sessions will feature speakers from government, industry, and academia. They will explore how public sector agencies and educational organizations are successfully implementing new processes and technologies to:

Improve operational efficiency
Enhance workforce productivity
Deliver measurable results

Additional event activities include:

Technology showcase
Interactive demonstrations by Cisco strategic partners
Peer-to-peer networking opportunities
Detailed discussions about proven customer best practices

Keynote Address

8 - 9 a.m.
"Public Policy, Technology, and Priorities for 2010"
Speaker: James A. Lewis, Director and Senior Fellow, Technology and Public Policy Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Speaker and Presenter Information

* James Andrew Lewis Director and Senior Fellow, Technology and Public Policy Program Programs: Authentication and Identification , Commission on Cybersecurity for the 44th Presidency, Cyber and Internet Policy, Cybersecurity Podcast Series , Intellectual Property and Innovation, Intelligence Reform, National Security and Space, Technology and Public Policy Topics: Technology Policy, Space, Cybersecurity, Technology * James A. Lewis is a senior fellow at CSIS and directs its Technology and Public Policy Program. His research involves innovation and economic change; Internet policy and cyber security; space programs; and intelligence reform. Before joining CSIS, he was a member of the U.S. Foreign Service and Senior Executive Service, where he worked on national security and technology-related issues. The policies he helped to develop include counterinsurgency in Asia and Central America, military basing in Asia, conventional arms transfers, commercial remote sensing, high-tech exports to China, and Internet security. Lewis led the U.S. delegation to the Wassenaar Arrangement Experts Group for advanced civil and military technologies. He was also assigned to the U.S. Southern Command (for Operation Just Cause), the U.S. Central Command (for Operation Desert Shield), and to the U.S. Central American Task Force. Lewis has authored numerous publications since coming to CSIS, including Securing Cyberspace in the 44th Presidency; Building an Information Technology Industry in China; Waiting for Sputnik: Basic Research and Strategic Competition; Globalization and National Security; Spectrum Management for the 21st Century; Assessing the Risk of Cyber Terrorism; China as a Military Space Competitor; and Preserving America�s Strength in Satellite Technology. He appears frequently in the press and serves on several advisory boards. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1984. For a complete list of James A. Lewis's publications, visit James Lewis' publications 2001-2009 webpage

Relevant Government Agencies

Intelligence Agencies, Dept of Health & Human Services, Dept of Homeland Security, Dept of Justice, Dept of State, Dept of Transportation, NASA, State Government, Municipal Government, FEMA, FAA