[9:30 a.m. ET/6:30 a.m. PT]Virtual environment is open! Download resources on tech trends throughout the environment. These resources will help you solve some of your agency's biggest challenges.
[10:00 - 10:40 a.m. ET/7:00 - 7:40 a.m. PT] Opening Government Keynote: Tech Trends of 2020 Speaker: April Slayton, Director of Communications, Library of Congress
In this opening keynote, learn how the Library of Congress has transformed their operations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and more.
[11 - 11:50 a.m. ET/8 - 8:50 a.m. PT]Session 1: Why Securing Your Identity Is Paramount for Gov Session attendees can earn one CPE
Speakers:
- Lester Godsey, Chief Information Security Officer, Office of Enterprise Technology, County of Maricopa, Arizona
- Keith Casey, Product Marketing Manager, Okta
As millions of Americans access government tools and services online due to COVID-19, agencies are working hard to ensure proper security. One responsibility is making sure the identities of both the government employee processing the request and the customer are protected.
In this engaging panel discussion, you will learn from government and industry experts how agencies can ensure secure identities for the betterment of our communities.
Specifically, you’ll learn:
- How agencies are securing their remote workforces and the citizens they serve.
- The biggest barriers facing agencies looking to enhance their secure identity practices.
- How successful organizations have transformed security operations for a remote workforce.
[12 - 12:50 p.m ET/9 - 9:50 a.m. PT] Session 2: How Government Can Master Microservices Session attendees can earn one CPE
Speakers:
- Chris Kang, Emerging Technologies Solution Architect, Red Hat
- Jason Dudash, Principal Solutions Architect, Red Hat
Migrating older applications to the cloud is often frustrating, and developing applications for the cloud requires different processes, skills and approaches. As a result of these challenges, agencies are turning to microservices—a method of developing applications that breaks them into smaller components with well-defined operations and interfaces.
In this engaging session, you will learn from two Red Hat experts who will discuss the challenges with effective microservice development and management, and how to best address them.
Specifically, you’ll learn:
- The benefits of microservices and how to accelerate their adoption using a service mesh.
- How to build event driven applications using a serverless approach.
- How to incorporate DevOps practices with microservices development using cloud native workspaces
[1 - 1:50 p.m. ET /10 - 10:50 a.m. PT] Session 3: Data Collaboration Remix - How Gov Is Creating a Single Source of Truth Session attendees can earn one CPESpeaker:
- Crystal Philcox, Assistant Commissioner, Enterprise Strategy Management, Federal Acquisition Service, General Services Administration
- Nicholas Speece, Chief Federal Technologist, Snowflake
COVID-19 has transformed the way many agencies think about, share and store data. There has never been a more important time for data collaboration and a single source of truth. But standing in the way of this new data revolution are barriers both technical and cultural.
In this engaging panel discussion, you will hear from government and industry leaders how agencies are working to get employees more comfortable sharing data and collaborating to create a single source of truth.
Specifically, you’ll learn:
- How agencies are aligning, defining and implementing strategies to create a single source of truth in data.
- How employees are adapting to the culture shift brought about by increased data collaboration and sharing.
- How COVID-19 has impacted and changed agencies’ approaches to data.
