2015 marks Governing’s fifth annual California Leadership Forum. This year, we return to the Golden State with a program that will highlight and empower the pioneering spirit and visionary leadership that has been driving the state’s success. The Leadership Forum will convene issue experts and thought leaders from around the nation and from across the state to discuss aspirational and practical aspects of effective leadership and g...

Join top government technology professionals and learn about California’s most recent initiatives and programs at this half-day event for technology industry professionals. State CIO and Department of Technology Director Carlos Ramos will keynote the event and be joined by key CIOs and industry experts to discuss California’s technology landscape. At this event you will: Learn first-hand the priorities, challenges and objectives of...

All stakeholders have a new responsibility in ensuring the safety, reliability and stability of our Critical National Infrastructure. Public and Private partnerships are paramount and information sharing on an international level a priority. We will be addressing key areas of vulnerability, threat detection, mitigation, and planning for the Energy, Oil, Gas, Electric and Water Sector. The Industrial Control Cybersecurity conference consists of...

Government Technology’s passion is helping spread best practices and spurring innovation in the public sector. The California Technology Forum is designed to do just that. The summit has an advisory board that gathers public- and private-sector leaders to create an agenda designed to make that passion relevant and actionable to the state and local government organizations attending the summit. Participants tell us they use the inspiratio...

At Enterprise Architecture West, enterprise architects, project managers and industry experts will convene to discuss contemporary EA and how to apply it to make the mission possible. This inaugural west coast event will be held at the Citizen Hotel in Sacramento, CA on April 21, 2015, with pre-conference workshops slated for Monday, April 20, 2015. Enterprise Architecture West is an educational forum for enterprise architects and project mana...

This invitation-only event brings together the C-level community unlike any other conference. Developed by and for government, the California CIO Academy is designed to address the most important policy, management and leadership issues surrounding the future of digital government and the role of the public sector CIO in the State of California. This Year's Topics Include: • Aligning IT to Program Objectives • The Art of Negotiation...

Please note: This is an Invitation-only event. If you represent a Private-Sector organization and are interested in attending the Summit, please contact Heather Earney, Sales Operations Manager, 916.932.1435. The CA CIO Academy is designed by and for CIOs in an effort to provide California public sector CIOs with an opportunity to sharpen critical business skills in today’s changing environment. A more intimate setting and focused audien...

The Summit will provide a balanced forum for businesses, academia, and government agencies to explore hydrogen and fuel cells through intelligent conversation, surprising presentations and thought-provoking sessions. This year's event expands the Summit to two full days, with a special focus on picturing the vision and promise of the technology contrasted by the advances already made, using hard data from industry developments in the real worl...

Simply put, cloud computing is a set of pooled computing resources delivered over the Internet. The cloud delivers a hosting environment that doesn't limit an application to a specific set of resources. Depending on the platform, an application can scale dynamically and increase its share of resources on-the-fly. However, one size does not fit all, especially in the Government data service environment. Today’s Public Sector service requi...

The GOVERNING California Leadership Forum brings thought leaders from GOVERNING’s award-winning editorial team, California and around the nation to you.The day is designed to be interactive, and will include sessions on some of the most important challenges facing California.The forum will feature a highly interactive format and an agenda created in partnership with the Advisory Board. Learn from your peers in different agencies and juri...