Speaker Schedule

8:30 - 9:45

“IT Value – Making it Real” Mr. Shafeen Charania, Director, Platforms Communications Microsoft Corporation

The greatest challenge information technology (IT) faces is demonstrating that investments actually return business value. Mr. Charania presentation explores methods and approaches that go beyond both aligning IT with business, and quantifying the impact of IT, to asserting accountability across the organization that ensures returns from IT investments.

Father Meinrad Room (90)

Abbott Conrad Room (150)

Father Michael Room (80)

Cheney Room (35)

10:15 - 11:15

Enterprise Application Integration

Semantic Arts

Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) is entering a new phase with the advent of Service Oriented Architectures (SOA) and Messaged Based strategies. We'll outline the fundamentals of SOA based EAI, present a case study of its adoption at L&I, and discuss its potential for supporting State-wide initiatives. Participants will learn about

· The virtues of loosely coupled systems,

· Reusable enterprise messages, and

· What application development will look like when we have coarse grain shared services.

.Net Implementation

Logicalis

The speaker will talk about .NET implementation, tips, tricks and best practices along with what to avoid. This will all be tied into real world projects for the State of Washington, either with OSPI, DOL or DSHS (we are determining availability of resources). Along with the tips & tricks with .NET, we will also talk about the tips and best practices when implementing Content Management Server and Sharepoint Portal Server in the .NET environment.

Client Mobility Solutions

Hewlett Packard (HP)

HP will present its current and future directions in wireless and personal mobility solutions including Tablet computing, hand held computing, wireless mobility solutions and portable computing solutions. With hands-on demonstrations of HP mobile products this session will be both informative and entertaining as we explore solutions designed to maximize time and efficiency when out of the traditional office environment.

Application of Project Management

Rhodes Consulting Services

A tremendous amount of material exists on project management, including material on the SDLC, the Capability Maturity Model (CMM), and PMBOK. How does one choose and apply these processes?

This presentation will discuss

· What does research indicate are the most critical processes?

· Based on experience, how does one apply these processes?

· What does the executive sponsor need from the project manager?

11:30 - 12:30

WA State Digital Archives

Adam Jansen, Sec of State

The WA State Digital Archives is a “first in the nation” program geared toward preserving the electronic records of state and local government that have long term legal, fiscal or historical value. The ability to send electronic records to the Digital Archives has great benefits to state and local agencies, as well as to the general public who will benefit from increased researching tools and search interfaces. Come hear the latest progress on the program and the benefits it presents to your organization. During this session, topics to be covered are:

· The latest trends in the federal courts concerning electronic records.

· Your responsibilities in regards to electronic records preservation.

· Future goals and expected benefits.

The Future of Application Development
Todd Shelton, Netdesk

Building cost-effective applications that drive the business forward is not a trivial task. Infrastructure, platform, and in-house skills represent limiting factors in getting the information to the right people. In this session, we'll consider:

· What a business-responsive development environment needs.

· How a service oriented infrastructure helps or slows application development.

· What skills are needed to exploit technology’s capabilities today and tomorrow.

· How to build architecture that is cheap and fast to help the business.

“Self Defending Networks!”

Kim Hansen, Cisco Security Specialist

Cisco's End to End Security Solutions:

· Self Defending Networks

· Cisco Security Agent (Client and Host Protection)

Come hear how Cisco Security Agent provides ZERO Day protection for you Clients and Servers!

“Virtual Infrastructure with VMware”

Right! Systems, Inc.

VMware’s virtual infrastructure architecture enables business to lower IT cost through increased efficiency, flexibility and responsiveness. Your data center can be treated as a single pool of processing, storage, and networking power. Benefits include:

· 60-80% utilization rates for Intel servers up from 5-15%

· Provisioning times for new applications measured in tens of seconds, not days

· Response times for change requests measured in minutes

· Zero-downtime hardware maintenance without waiting for maintenance windows.

1:00 - 2:00

Leading "Techies"

Alex Stockdale, Point B Solutions

You’ve got the tools, you’ve got the processes, but something is missing. Your team is not meeting its goals, or is under-delivering. Is effective leadership the missing ingredient? We’ll talk about leadership in technical organizations:

· What might work.

· What usually doesn’t work.

· How you can become a more effective leader.

Security Programs and Regulatory Compliance

Patrick Miller, Breakwater Security

Today, we are faced with a barrage of regulations affecting information security including NERC 1200, GLBA, HIPAA, Sarbanes-Oxley and others too numerous to mention. The key to complying with regulations is to educate yourself about these issues, and to build on established compliance methodologies whenever possible.

This presentation will offer practical advice for how you can find more information about compliance. It will also review a number of frameworks for compliance including CMM (ISO 21827) and its application to information security. Particular attention will be paid to the special issues raised by the growth of "e-Government" initiatives.

“Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) in an "On Demand" World”

IBM

This session will discuss the approach to enabling applications for the Enterprise. Moving to a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) can be a daunting task. Please join IBM as we break down the steps.

· Develop an EAI plan.

· Implement a Service Oriented Architecture.

· Identify key Business Process Components.

· Develop a Message Bus.
Become an "On Demand" organization.

"Leveraging print technology to redesign workflow and realize document management efficiencies".

Xerox

We will discuss how a planned print migration and asset consolidation strategy can deliver significant hard dollar savings; and at the same time lessen the network administration overhead often associated with this task.

· Best Practices

· Assessment tools and services

· Security

2:15 – 3:15

Disaster Recovery (Business Continuity)

Tim Barry, Cisco

What should you consider for Disaster Recovery/Business Continuation?

· What can you afford to lose and for how long?

· What are you capable of recovering right now?

Panel members:

· Andy Marcelia, DIS Moderator

· Tim Barry, Cisco

· Chris Turnley, Iron Mountain

· Lance Calisch, DIS

· Tim Martin, Ciber

“Managing Convergence”

Paul Hawk, Cisco IP Tel Specialist

Business Drivers behind the convergence of VoIP and Video Conferencing.

Managing the Human Resource

· Staffing Questions/Concerns

· Management

· Preparing for Convergence

· Training, and Technical Challenges

XML Business Integration

Software AG (SAG)

SAG will provides XML solutions that concentrate on unlocking data assets, aligning information technology infrastructure to support your objectives and accelerating your return on assets. SAG's XML Business Integration portfolio empowers users with real-time information from across the organization. We will discuss how it enables rapid and cost-effective implementation of business initiatives like single view of information, self-service, and monitoring and compliance.

“Common Road Blocks forTesting and QA and How to Solve Them”

SolutionsIQ

SolutionsIQ will discuss common problems occurring in Test and QA and how to effectively Implement Methodologies and Processes to improve the overall test effort. The speaker will:

· Discuss the common problems occurring in test teams.

· Define and describe how to implement new process to build a solid testing foundation.

· Discuss how to apply common QA principles to testing projects.

3:30 - 5:00

Why do we still have a mainframe……….?

IBM & Unisys

Learn what experts from IBM & Unisys have to say about the modern mainframe…..the real thing that outclasses the pretenders. Unix vendors and “experts” predicted the death of the mainframe for years. What happened to their predictions? They were wrong. Modern mainframes like the Unisys Clearpath and the IBM zSeries are selling faster than ever and perform amazingly well with new modern workloads. Customers love the strong, balanced workload performance, high reliability and yes, the affordability of a mainframe. Come and learn why mainframes are back …and you might be surprised to learn how affordable a modern mainframe can be.

Web Services: Overview

Microsoft

One of the key ideas behind the .NET strategy is the concept of software as a service, or in short, Web Services. This session will explain what a Web Service is and provide an overview of its related technologies like XML, SOAP and UDDI. Finally, the speaker will demonstrate how the .NET Framework makes it easy to implement these technologies for new and existing applications

Business Intelligence tools

Sierra Systems

Sierra Systems is a leading North American systems integrator and consulting company. In this session, Sierra Systems will discuss and demonstrate Business Intelligence tools as they are applied to help government agencies measure and improve their performance. A specific approach and methodology for defining and implementing BI solutions will be presented. You will have an opportunity to see what these solutions look like and discuss how you could apply them to your business situation.

“Leveraging your NetWare to get to an Open Source Future, featuring Novell and SUSE Linux”

Scott Lewis, Novell

As part of the Freedom of Choice campaign we will share how to:

· Use Linux/open source without losing your existing IT investment.

· Slash your hardware, software and operational costs without sacrificing security.

· Avoid the high cost and trauma of having to upgrade from Microsoft Windows NT and Microsoft Exchange 5.5.

8:30 - 9:45

"Current Mobility Solutions" Steve Gilbert, Director of Client Brand Marketing for Dell's State & Local Government Markets

Mr. Gilbert will discuss how ever changing mobile solutions are impacting the overall Public Sector IT environment. This presentation will include: Standard notebook computing; Tablets; Hand held devices; “Ruggedized” products; and current and future wireless solutions. The speaker will also cover the challenges and technologies available regarding security for the mobile workforce.

Father Meinrad Room (90)

Abbott Conrad Room (150)

Father Michael Room (80)

Cheney Room (35)

10:15 - 11:15

"Computer-based Discovery and Risk Control"
David Stenhouse, Computer Forensics Inc.

As the cost of computer storage becomes infinitely cheaper, the amount of information stored grows infinitely larger. The number of public records requests has sky rocketed and electronic data mining has become the information mother lode for litigation. There's more information on your servers than you realize. If words like "preservation" and "spoliation" sound like food processing terms to you, and your agency hasn't put together it's Electronic Risk Control Plan, you need to attend this session!

“Web Service - Roles & Responsibilities”

Paul Mehner, South Sound .Net Users Group Leader

Preparing application develop teams for the transition to web services.

· Understanding web services

· Practical solutions and examples

· How to get started

“Entitlement Management”

Semantic Arts

Will be discussing Entitlement Management as a way to manage security for known external users and their experience implementing Entitlement Management at the Department of Labor and Industries. They will also discuss Service Oriented Architecture: how to plan and execute an Architecture upgrade in your agency.

“Mobile Computing with the Tablet PC”

Gateway

Come, experience and learn of the benefits of Ink Adaptive/Pen Enabled solutions:

· Software Solutions: Mobilized Software increases productivity

· Wireless Connectivity: How it empowers Tablet PC users

· Creating Paperless Workflows Reduce the costs and inefficiencies of paper

· Return on Investment Measurable bottom-line results

· Eliminate Redundancy

· Tablet PC Hardware: How this is a full featured professional computing platform

11:30 - 12:30

"Agile Use Cases"

Dr. Dan Rawsthorne, Net Objectives

Agile software development is based on a simple concept: work on the most important things first, and iteratively look for the next important thing. By doing this a development team is able to adapt to changes as they occur, and maximize effectiveness of the development effort. We use the term "Agile Use Cases" to refer to an iterative technique for developing Use Cases and refining them into software requirements using the Ever-Unfolding Story.

"Technology Ethics: A Principled Approach to Ethics and Technology in the Public Workplace"
Executive Director, Executive Ethics Board - Brian Malarky

Have you ever asked yourself questions like...'Should I take a vendor-supplied meal? Can I enter this door prize contest? Do I want to share this joke in e-mail?' The State's IT workforce faces ethical challenges of ever increasing complexity as "new tools meet old rules". Brian Malarky will provide a principles-based approach to sorting out ethical dilemmas such as how to manage your vendor relationships, how to avoid misuse of your position, and how to use the State's resources ethically. Brian has also agreed to play "stump the chump" with the audience and take on your toughest ethical challenges. Forum vendors are encouraged to attend this session as well!

“An overview of services”

Logicalis

A leading international full-service integration solutions provider, Logicalis will host a team of professionals that will discuss their respective service offerings. Managers and developers representing Application Development will discuss their capabilities in providing multi-platform programming and integration services. Managers representing Infrastructure Services will discuss their IP/T and wireless capabilities, and senior IT staff representing Managed Services will provide an overview of the Cincinnati, OH Enterprise Business Operations Center and its monitoring, notification, and reporting capabilities.

DR/BC Planning, Mgmt. and Risk Mitigation

Tim Martin & Paul Royer, CIBER

CIBER will present its three phase approach, based upon Disaster Recovery Institute methodologies, to Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Planning emphasizing the risks and mitigation that an agency can face throughout the process. We will outline:

1. DR/BC Plan inter-relationships to an agency’s Strategic Business Plan and IT Application Portfolio and the risks of not doing so.

2. Proper steps for a DR/BC Planning effort with the inter-relationships of deliverables.

3. Importance of adding Project Management “rigor” to the DR/BC Program to ensure success.

4. Risks of not addressing all DR/BC component deliverables.

5. Risks for not continuously or at least periodically (annually) updating the DR/BC Plan components.

1:00 - 2:00

“Design Patterns”

Nick Malik, Sierra

Developers ask for "re-usable" code. Problem is, reusing code can often take as long as writing something from scratch. Design patterns offer a better solution. Design patterns are not code snippets. Instead they are specific object oriented programming techniques that forms a "best practices" approach to common problems. Using design patterns allows versatile and reliable designs to be reused in a many situations. This presentation will introduce you to design patterns and discuss how to get started using them.

Business Process Improvement (BPI)

Felix Chou, Director of Dell Global BPI

The speaker will share with the audience:

· An overview of Dell’s Business Process Improvement (BPI) project.

· Why BPI and why now.

· What the key principles of BPI are.

· How they applied BPI at Dell and

· The key accomplishments of BPI at Dell.

The speaker will share some practical examples of how BPI is used in various areas of business.

Business Continuity Overview

Dell

Dell will provide an overview of its approach to business continuity.

The areas that will be addressed are:

· Definitions and planning overview

· Continuous operations: causes, risks and costs

· Four Levels of Continuity

· Solution components and roadmap for engagement

· Why Dell?

· How to get started

· Sample architectures

Network Management Services

Qwest

Is your network planning organization overwhelmed by day-to-day network management issues? Network Management Services (NMS) is a fully integrated service designed to provide agencies comprehensive outsourcing of all or part of the management of their data networks. Customers can allocate resources to running other crucial areas of their business while NMS manages the day-to-day tasks of maintaining their network. NMS can work with any transport service or service provider. This includes IPSec Tunnel Management and VoIP Management.

2:15 – 3:15

Inside the new Human Resource Management System

WA Dept. of Personnel - panel

Everything you've always wanted to know about the new Human Resource Management System (HRMS) reports, interfaces, conversion and technical environment. HRMS project managers and team leads Barb Baker, Debbie Kendal, Steve Ryser and Stan Thomas will conduct a panel discussion to share most current information on:

· Data Conversion strategies and plans

· Technical Infrastructure (access methods, deployment plans, network requirements, deployment challenges).

· Reporting and report distribution plans.

· Data conversion (data mapping, data cleansing and conversion, key milestones).

· Testing approach

“Business Intelligence and Performance Measurement"
Sierra Systems, Inc.

You can cost effectively use Business Intelligence (BI) tools and data from your existing systems to measure your performance and make better management decisions. This presentation will answer:

· How can BI help you identify performance goals, set baselines, and track progress?

· What implementation approaches deliver at low risk, modest investment, and with quick results?

Examples of real solutions using these approaches and current BI tools will be demonstrated. Presenters from Sierra Systems and the Department of Licensing will cover these topics and results from a current DOL prototyping effort.

Building Commercial Web Services on a Service Oriented Architecture

Netdesk

IT needs to connect because our business leaders require it. XML Web Services is the community standard interchange format that enables us to share information. Building cheap, fast Commercial Web Services requires us to rethink our platform, so what does a cheap, fast, service-oriented platform need to have?

At this seminar you hear emerging uses for commercial web services and see how your agency can and probably should begin planning and deploying web services that will support your agency mission with a commercial web service supplement for your customers.

“Enter the ENTERPRISE GRID COMPUTING”

Oracle

Enterprise IT is under continuous pressure to do more with less. To deal with the unpredictability and immediacy of computing needs, companies typically size servers for peak loads and staff IT organizations to handle ad hoc requests. A new model of computing is emerging to address these problems. Enterprise grid computing is a new software architecture designed to pool together large amounts of low cost servers and storage hardware creating virtual computing resources that can be distributed. Enterprise grids enable companies to scale out incrementally with low cost components while reducing management and administration overhead.

3:30 - 5:00

Patch Management:

Allen Abrahamson, Principal Systems Engineer - Microsoft Corporation

Managing security updates in a business environment presents a number of significant challenges, such as being aware of potentially threatening situations, knowing what patches are available to protect against these situations, and then being able to respond to them by applying security patches in a timely fashion. Learn how:

· To decrease security risks.

· To automate notification.

· To keep current with patches and updates.

· To ensure successful delivery of patches and updates.

Enterprise Architecture

SolutionsIQ and Unisys

Evan Campbell from SolutionsIQ will define Enterprise Architecture and discuss various methodologies and planning techniques that are currently being used for enterprise architecture projects.

Craig Holt from Unisys will present a real life case study on a project with the State of Alaska, how it impacted decision making and how the authorizing environment was changed for the development of critical enterprise wide systems projects.

Office 2003 Overview

Microsoft

Today more than ever people and companies are using software tools to deal with information. Office 2003 Editions include new and enhanced functionality to help people take advantage of this information, enabling them to communicate more effectively, collaborate with coworkers, and improve business processes. This session will cover an overview of Office 2003 and introducing the top 10 reasons to migrate!

"The Five Dysfunctions of a Team"

Congruent Software Solutions

Through a standard and consistent framework your team has the ability to become completely aligned to the goals and results needed for success. The book “Five Dysfunctions of a Team” is a great tool in helping to solidify any team. This is a practical overview to that framework.