2012 Keynotes

November 28, 2012 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Walter E. Washington Convention Center

Aligning Outcomes, Accelerating Change and Creating Agility in Tough Financial Times

With technology budgets shrinking and the threat of sequestration looming over the Department of Defense, leaders in DOD have had to transform the way they allocate resources. One area the Department has chosen to emphasize is in the field of “big data” and how they share information.

Hear highly respected government official, David M. Wennergren address the Office of the Deputy Chief Management Officer’s efforts to achieve greater effectiveness, increased efficiency and improved performance in the Department’s enterprise policies, processes and systems in order to share information securely to the right-person in real-time.

Keynote open to all attendees: Sam Kalbag, Chief Technology Officer, Autonomy, an HP Company

November 28, 2012 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Big Data Analytics: Cracking the Code to Find Hidden Value

Big data is everywhere, and it is increasingly complex and growing quickly, rendering manual and legacy approaches obsolete. Today, the federal government requires unified analytics across one platform to understand and gain value from both structured and human information. Attend this session to learn how agencies can leverage meaning based technology to draw intelligence from big data, enabling improved decision making, efficiency, and effectiveness of operations.

Sam Kalbag is Chief Technology Officer for Autonomy Federal and is responsible for setting the technical vision and go to market strategy for all of Autonomy products and services relating to the US Federal Government. Mr. Kalbag brings over 16+ years of experience in the IT industry and has been working with US federal agencies for over 11+ years in the areas of information governance, information retrieval, cloud and grid based computing, and computer security. Mr. Kalbag started his career as a researcher at Intel Architecture Labs and over his career has worked at a variety of leading edge software and services companies in roles varying from product management, business development, and engineering. Mr. Kalbag holds a degree in Computer Science from Cornell University.

Exclusive keynote: Michael Saylor, Best-Selling Author of The Mobile Wave

November 29, 2012 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

How Mobile Intelligence Will Change Everything

Hear first hand from the highly esteemed technology entrepreneur Slate calls, "mesmerizing".  MIT graduate and formidable intellectual, Michael Saylor, will plunge into his ground-breaking analysis on how mobile intelligence will redefine the lives of people around the globe.

Saylor has received critical acclaim from the likes of: Time, News Week, The New Yorker, USA Today, Slate, The Washington Post and will be sharing insights on his recently released book, The Mobile Wave.

As Saylor provides a panoramic view on the future of mobile and where it's headed, expect to take away a sweeping forecast on how Mobility will transform your agency/organization and life inside out. Don't take our word for it! See what USA Today has to say:

"The MIT-educated Saylor exhibits a deep knowledge of the mobile world, and gives readers a peek free of boring geek-speak. Readers will be able understand and appreciate his clear and engaging exploration of a complex, red-hot, and thoroughly up-to-the minute topic."-- USA Today

Exclusive keynote luncheon featuring generational panelists

November 29, 2012 12:45 PM - 2:15 PM

From Generation to Generation – How Millenials are Changing the Workforce

The rapidly growing population of millenials in the federal workplace is forcing changes. This younger generation inherently and instinctively uses the latest technology to communicate, learn, and solve problems, while many Generation Xers and Baby Boomers prefer more traditional methods. With multiple generations making up the federal workforce, what exactly is the best way to communicate to and among these groups? Hear from some spry members of each generation as they talk about their needs and challenges, and about how they plan to leave their mark on the government workplace. Attendees will learn about:

• Dynamics shaping the federal workforce of the future
• The New federal Web 2.0 toolkit introduced by Milllenial Feds and how this will impact Web 3.0
• The impact on program performance of this transformation Identifying principal cross-generational points of agreement and contention

Moderated By:

Christopher J. Dorobek is the founder, editor and publisher of the DorobekINSIDER blog, a leading blog for the Federal government community.
 
He is an award winning journalist and thought leader. In 2008, his editorials in Federal Computer Week were recognized with the ASBPE national editorial award, and in 2010, he was awarded Federal Computer Week’s prestigious Federal 100 Award — the first working journalist win that award in its more than 20 year history.
 Most recently, Dorobek served as the anchor of Federal News Radio 1500 AM’s afternoon drive program, the DorobekINSIDER. He also served as the Internet evangelist for Federal News Radio’s Web site, FederalNewsRadio.com. Dorobek joined Federal News Radio in 2008 with nearly two decades of experience covering government issues with an emphasis on government information technology.
 Prior to joining Federal News Radio, Dorobek was editor-in-chief of Federal Computer Week, the leading news magazine for government IT decision-makers and the flagship of the 1105 Government Information Group portfolio of publications. As editor-in-chief, Dorobek served as a member of the senior leadership team at 1105 Government Information Group, providing daily editorial direction and management for FCW magazine, FCW.com, Government Health IT and its other editorial products.
 
Dorobek joined FCW in 2001 as a senior reporter and assumed increasing responsibilities, becoming managing editor and executive editor before being named editor-in-chief in 2006.Prior to joining FCW, Dorobek was a technology reporter at PlanetGov.com, one of the first online community centers for current and former government employees. He also spent five years at Government Computer News, another leading industry publication, covering a variety of federal IT-related issues.
 Dorobek is a frequent speaker on issues involving the government IT industry, and has appeared as a frequent contributor to NewsChannel 8’s Federal News Today program. He also written for AFCEA’s Signal magazine. And he is a regular moderator for events.
 
He began his career as a reporter at the Foster’s Daily Democrat, a daily newspaper in Dover, N.H. He is a graduate of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.
 
He is married, is a very proud father, and he lives in Washington, DC.

Panelists Include:

Kensey earned a Master of Public Administration degree from American University in Washington, DC, and a Master of Military Studies degree from the Marine Corps University. She is currently completing a Strategic Management graduate certificate from Harvard University. Kensey received her undergraduate degree in Communication from DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois.”

Henry Nejako is Program Management Officer for the Office of Technology in the Office of Research, Demonstration and Innovation, Federal Transit Administration (FTA), U.S. Department of Transportation.  He is responsible for management of assigned research, demonstration and innovative technology programs. Except for the period 1983 to 1992, when he was Deputy Regional Administrator of the FTA Region IX office in San Francisco, responsible for management of major transit grant programs for California and Hawaii, most of Mr. Nejako's experience since joining the agency in 1970 has been in research management. 

For brief periods in 1981 and 1982, he served as the agency's Acting Director of Financial Management, and Budget Officer.  For one year beginning in September 1989, he served as Acting Regional Administrator in San Francisco.  Mr. Nejako began Federal service in 1961 as a Management Intern in the Office of the Secretary of Defense.  From 1966-1970, he served as Program Management Officer in the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.  He holds a Bachelor of Management Engineering, from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and a Master in Public Administration from Harvard University.