Agenda:
[2:00-2:25 p.m. ET/11:00-11:25 a.m. PT]
Opening Government Keynote: How to Empower Your Team to Do More with Less
- Chezian Sivagnanam, Chief Architect & Technology Innovation Lead, National Science Foundation
The competitive job market is making it more and more difficult for agencies to attract new talent to fill longtime open positions. And current employees are feeling the pinch because, one way or another, the work has to get done. They have to do more with less yet again. None of this will improve employee engagement and morale, which already slipped in the last year, according to the latest Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey.
One way to empower employees is to harness the power of cloud services to streamline work. In this lightning keynote, you will hear from a government leader about how to effectively use hybrid cloud services to be more innovative, productive and efficient.
[2:25-2:50 p.m. ET/11:25-11:50 a.m. PT]
Keynote: How Containers can Help Gov Innovate to Reduce Your Workload
- Fola Adeleke-Adeoyin, Sr. Azure Digital & App Innovation Specialist, Microsoft
If you've come across the topic of containerization, you've probably heard about its various benefits: portability, scalability, manageability and security. It can get a bit bewildering. But what it all means is that agencies now have a powerful way to turn innovative ideas into applications and get them into use quickly and securely – and the crux of the matter, containers can save you time!
In this keynote, you will hear from an industry expert about how agencies can use the right tools to better build, deploy and scale applications.
[2:50-3:25 p.m. ET/11:50 a.m. -12:25 p.m. PT]
Panel Discussion: What Does it Take to Truly Transform
- Taka Ariga, Chief Data Scientist and Director of the Innovation Lab, Science, Technology Assessment, and Analytics
- Jason Dudash, Principal Specialist Solutions Architect, Emerging Technology, Red Hat
Sadly, there is no magic wand for government agencies to wave that will magically update their systems. If only. However, transformation is possible if agencies are willing and able to take on new technologies, processes and upskill their workforces accordingly. It’s a huge undertaking. In this panel discussion, you will hear from government and industry leaders about the biggest barriers to large-scale transformation and the steps their organizations are taking to modernize.
[3:25-3:30 p.m. ET/12:25 a.m. -12:30 p.m. PT]
Mindfulness Minutes
- Yasir Syeed, Mindfulness Teacher & Cloud Specialist, Red Hat
In this closing session, we will work through a mindfulness exercise to help reduce burnout on your team.