Making Government and Education Smarter, Leaner and Greener

A Free Half Day Seminar

October 9, 2009

Hilton Austin
500 East 4th Street
Austin, TX 78701
512-482-8000

Public officials in government and education face more pressure than ever to provide excellent services on increasingly limited budgets. To meet this challenge, your peers and nationally-recognized thought leaders are gathering for a special half-day workshop to learn how information technology can help make your organization smarter, leaner, and greener. By interacting directly with top practitioners, you will gain practical insights that will make technologies for consolidation, virtualization, disaster recovery, and carbon reduction work for your unique needs. Join us for this in-person opportunity for mentorship, information sharing, and collaboration.

TOPICS WILL INCLUDE

Saving Money -> Learn to meet today’s tough budget challenges through IT innovation
Being Green -> Reduce your carbon footprint, power use and space constraints
Virtualization -> Consolidate the workloads of underutilized servers for better support
Disaster Recovery -> Minimize the impact of unscheduled downtime and contain costs
Remote Access to Resources -> Leverage telework models to respond in emergencies
Best Practices -> Learn from federal, state, local government, and education leaders
Industry Programs -> Identify innovative public-private partnership opportunities

FEATURED SPEAKERS

John Miri
Senior Fellow
Centers for Digital Government and Education

Tom Pauken
Chairman
Texas Workforce Commission

Dustin Haisler
Chief Information Officer
City of Manor, Texas

Victor Gonzalez
Chief Information Officer
Texas Comptroller's Office

Rick Goldgar
Deputy CIO
Texas Education Agency

John Rucker
Acting Executive Director
Corporate Data Center Operations
Department of Veterans Affairs

Larry Singer
Vice President
U.S. State, Local & Education
Technology Solutions Group
HP

Cameron Evans
National Technology Officer - US Education
Microsoft Corporation

Michael K. Patterson, PhD, PE
Senior Power & Thermal Architect
Eco-Technology Program Office
Intel Corporation

SESSION OUTLINES

Time Session

7:45 am - 8:30 am Registration, Networking, Demonstrations

8:30 am - 8:45 am Welcome Remarks

8:45 am - 9:30 am Opening Keynote
An update on Austin

9:30 am - 10:30 am Government & Education Panel
Perspectives from Your Peers

10:30 am -10:45 am Break

10:45 am - 11:30 am Industry Expert Panel
Best Practices, Insights & Industry Initiatives

11:30 am - 11:45 am Transition

11:45 am - 1:15 pm Luncheon Keynote
Meeting the Challenge: Lessons from
Award Winning Projects

1:15 pm- 1:30 pm Closing Remarks

REGISTRATION

Government and Education Registration - $0
Not open to private-sector registrations

WARNING: Each individual registration requires a unique email address. Entering multiple registrations with the same email will result in previous registrations being lost.

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For questions, please contact:

Lee Vang

Registration Coordinator

Government Technology

800-940-6039 ext.1407

lvang@govtech.com

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