Speaker Sessions
"Delivering Services in a Changed World"
May 21, 2002
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Keynote presentation: "How to determine the continuity and recovery requirements of your business?" |
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| For over 25 years, Brent Woodworth has worked closely with business leaders, elected officials, and heads of state throughout the world in the development of improved risk identification, disaster management, and global humanitarian relief services. He is responsible for the development and implementation of IBM's Crisis Response Team services in 60 countries and has responded to over 70 major global disasters. He represents IBM's corporate risk and insurance interests in providing disaster preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery services for all of IBM's manufacturing, marketing, and administrative sites worldwide. He and his team also are responsible for the delivery of IBM's Humanitarian Relief Services during times of global crisis. Mr. Woodworth was inducted into the Contingency Planning & Management Hall of Fame at the CPM 2001 Conference in Boston. |  |
VENDOR EXHIBITS 8:00 AM TO 4:30 PM
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10:30 am Father Meinrad Room How to plan and benefit from e-Government online service delivery systems. Ed Fraga, VP, Gartner Consulting?s Public Sector Practice Mr. Fraga will review e-Government, approaching e-Government and agency budget issues through cost efficiencies, increasing revenue and increasing service to the public. In addition, Mr. Fraga will also discuss the topic of existing legacy systems and adapting to e-Government initiatives. Discussion issues will include:
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10:30 am Abbot Conrad Room Combating Virus Attacks Panel: Eric Vondescheer, L&I, Co-Chair of WACIRC; Darlene Kosoff, DIS; and WACIRC members The panel will discuss recent experiences combating virus attacks.? The state has been hit with 5-6 virus attacks in the past 6 months from Code Red to each NIMDA version plus Goner.?The panel will include agencies have been affected.
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10:30 pm Father Michael Room Tele-Work: Making it work?Right! Systems Inc. (RSI) In the spring of 2001, Governor Locke asked agencies to expand their Tele-commuting / Tele-Working initiatives as an energy saving strategy. How have agencies implemented the Governor's directive to promote working from home? RSI has worked closely with a number of State agencies on remote access issues and will discuss their experiences. RSI and RSI Technology Partners will discuss:
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1:00 pm Father Meinrad Room Does it Make Sense to Web Enable Legacy Applications? Judith Franklin, Minnesota DVS; DRS; and Sierra Systems Group Judith Franklin's presentation Mainframe applications survived Y2K, and now their life is being extended once more. Web-based tools and applications can provide mainframe functionality and data to a much broader audience in a more user-friendly manner. Presenters from the Washington State Department of Retirement Systems and the State of Minnesota Department of Driver and Vehicle Services will describe two projects where state agency legacy systems were successfully web-enabled. The presenters will cover:
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1:00 pm Abbot Conrad Room Product Vulnerability and What to do About it. Matt Williams, Technology Specialist - State & Local Government, Microsoft Microsoft products such as IIS and Outlook have been particularly vulnerable. The speaker will discuss:
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1:00 pm Father Michael Room Washington State eLearning NetworkDavid Dobson ? DOP; Lguide.com, NetG, and SkillSoft representatives With tight budgets it is important to use every training dollar wisely. Which training method is the most cost effective for which type of subject?? Which training method is the most cost effective for which type of student? This session will address:
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3:00 pm Father Meinrad Room Web Services and the Application Development Tools Landscape Wayne Allen, Managing Consultant, Logical e-Business Solutions Web Services are collections of functions, made accessible using standard Internet protocols. This presentation will provide a brief overview of Web Services and address the following areas:
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3:00 pm Abbot Conrad Room Cyber Terrorism Prevention: An Awareness Session Symantec The recent letter from the Governor to the Chair of the ISB requested the ISB to take actions on the state's systems for the prevention of terrorist computer and telecommunications attacks.? The letter requests that an Incident Response Center within DIS be formed.? WACIRC will respond to computer related emergencies by:
This session will define the mission of WACIRC, the members and how they work together in an emergency. |
3:00 pm Father Michael Room IT Contracting Essentials Panel: Moderator Glenn Briskin, Sierra Systems Group So, your project?s approved and you have to acquire consultants to help you get it done. Do you know the essential information on rules, approaches, and best practices to be sure you get what you want? Listen to a panel discussion on this topic including representatives of the Department of Information Services, Office of Financial Management, General Administration, Milestone Consulting, and Sierra Systems Group. The discussion will cover:
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May 22, 2001
| 8:30 to 10:15 AM
Keynote presentation: "The Information Based Organization" How the University of Washington is working toward becoming an information based, customer focused organization - providing people with the information and services they need - when they need them, where they need them and in a format that can be easily acted upon. |
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| Weldon Ihrig will describe the organizational approach used by the U of W to transform a large institution to an information based, customer focused organization. Mr. Ihrig is Executive Vice President of the University of Washington, and is responsible for the management of all financial and administrative services of the university. He is one of the primary policymakers of the University as a whole and represents the university in political, business and civic affairs. He holds a BA in Electrical Engineering and an MBA, both from Ohio State University. |  |
| Ed Lightfoot will explain the conceptual framework used in building the technical architecture to enable an information based, customer focused organization and demonstrate how it currently works through the University's web portal: MyUW. Mr. Lightfoot is director of information systems at the University of Washington and is responsible for planning, developing, consulting and supporting university-wide information systems. He has been involved in software and information systems planning, development and management since 1964 - in projects ranging from COBOL compiler development to medical center information systems. He holds a BS in Industrial Management from the Georgia Institute of Technology. |  |
VENDOR EXHIBITS 8:00 AM TO 3:30 PM
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10:30 am Father Meinrad Room Deploying EntireX middleware for connectivity and data access Mark Braukhoff, Sr. Systems Engineer, Software AG; Tom Thomas, DBA, DIS; and Pete Sullivan, Ryan Consulting EntireX Broker is a message-oriented middleware platform, which allows Windows users to integrate their applications with Unix systems and mainframes. Agencies can integrate all classes of applications across a variety of platforms with EntireX Broker.
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10:30 am Abbot Conrad Room Next Generation Technologies in Enterprise Computing Dell - Jeff Torgerson - Senior Product Manager Servers/Storage From next generation processors and I/O to new Blades Modular Computing, come explore the next generation of Enterprise technology.
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10:30 am Father Michael Room GIS - How it is being used in Washington State Panel A panel of state experts will present examples of how they provide better access to information through the use of Geographic Information Systems. The session will address:
Come join the departments of Transportation, Ecology and Natural Resources as they explore the present and future of GIS in Washington state government. |
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1:00 pm? Father Meinrad Room Beyond the Desktop, Profiling an Enterprise Portal Kathleen Conroy, Cisco Speaker shares lessons learned from their intranet experience.
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Networking ? Anytime, Anywhere, Always-On Access Paul Flotten, Architect for the NA Wireless Practice, Compaq LANs, WANs, MANs, SANs, and PANs ? Are there any "areas"? we haven?t covered yet? This session will cover the latest in network technologies.
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1:00 pm? Abbot Conrad Room The Statewide Active Directory Forest ? "Let?s get it together" Todd Shelton, President, Netdesk The state of Washington is implementing Active Directory in the statewide forest project.?Learn what it is, who is doing it, and what's in it for you.
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3:00 pm Father Michael Room Object Oriented Analysis and Design for Web Projects Rational and Sierra Systems Simone Becker's presentation Today's Web-based systems require interaction among many services, servers, and systems to deliver integrated content and capabilities to users. The Web-based user interfaces require a flexible, iterative approach to creating user-friendly functionality. Modern development methodologies are providing tools that can model this complexity and organize development to assure a successful mesh of business needs and technical approach. Presenters from Rational and Sierra Systems will cover:
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3:00 pm Father Meinrad RoomVoIP ? Converged Voice Assessments Frank Leeds, Seitel Leeds & Associates Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) promises many benefits, yet adoption rates continue to remain in the single digits, perhaps due to difficulty in distinguishing marketing hype from reality. Mr. Leeds will discuss and answer questions about their companies four-phase VoIP Assessment process, including the following areas:
This valuable seminar will give you a good overview of the assessment process and how it might be implemented in your enterprise. |
3:00 pm Abbot Conrad Room Content Management ? Avoiding the information landfill ImageSource - Shad White, principal owner and VP of Prof. Services and Steve Ferrero, Interwoven State agencies are struggling with ever expanding content on their Internets and Intranets and there is a new breed of management tools that promise to bring order to this WEB chaos. This session will explore the following:
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