Agenda

    General Session

    7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
    Registration and Networking Breakfast

    8:30 a.m. – 8:50 a.m.
    Welcome/Opening Remarks
    Alex Pinchev, Executive VP and President Global Sales, Services and Field Marketing, Red Hat
    Paul Smith, VP & GM, Public Sector, Red Hat

    8:50 a.m. – 9:10 a.m.
    Open Source Keynote
    Dr. Peter Levin, Senior Advisor to the Secretary & CTO, Dept. of Veterans Affairs

    9:10 a.m. – 9:25 a.m.
    Change Management Within Federal Healthcare
    ‪Thomson Nguy, Principal Business Development, Amazon Web Services, Global Public Sector‬

    9:25 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
    Open Source Keynote Address
    Major General Nick Justice, Commanding General RDECOM & APG, U.S. Army

    9:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
    Importance of Open Source to Open Government
    Chris Vein, U.S. Deputy CTO for Government Innovation at Office of Science & Technology Policy, EOP
    Gunnar Hellekson, Chief Technology Strategist, Public Sector, Red Hat

    10:15 a.m. – 10:25 a.m.
    Keynote Carahsoft Remarks
    Craig P. Abod, President, Carahsoft Technology Corp.

    10:25 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
    Networking Break

    Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0 Live Demo (10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.)

    Rafael Gonzalez, Solutions Architect, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, Red Hat

    Breakout Session 1

    10:45 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
    Cloud Update and Roadmap
    Stan Kaczmarczyk, Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, GSA
    Erich Morisse, N.A. Cloud Product Manager, Red Hat
    Tom Houston, Chief Technologist, Office of the CTO, U.S. Public Sector, HP

    The Importance of Open Source to Cloud Strategy
    Gary Galloway, Deputy Director, Office of Information Assurance, Dept. of State
    Chris Runge, Senior Director, Solutions Architects, Red Hat
    John Weiler, CIO & Managing Director, IT Acquisition Advisory Council

    Red Hat PaaS: The Full Scoop
    Aaron Pestel, Principal Solutions Architect, Red Hat
    Dawn Meyerriecks, Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Acquisition, Technology, and Facilities, ODNI
    Joe Dickman, Senior VP and Managing Director, Vizuri

    Breakout Session 2

    11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
    Cloud Best Practices
    David Egts, Principal Architect, Red Hat
    Nigel Ballard, Director, Intel
    Dr. Ron Ross, Senior Computer Scientist and NIST Fellow, NIST
    Sonny Hashmi, Deputy CIO & CTO, GSA

    Implementing Open Source Solutions in your Agency
    Greg Elin, Chief Data Officer, FCC
    Kevin Sherry, VP, Public Sector, Amentra, a Red Hat company
    Quint Van Deman, Director, Open Source Consulting, Emergent LLC
    Tony Stafford, Technical Manager for Emerging Technology Security, SPAWAR Systems Center Atlantic, U.S. Navy

    “IaaS Update and Roadmap”
    James Labocki, Senior Solutions Architect, Red Hat
    Thomson Nguy, Principal Business Development, Amazon Web Services, Global Public Sector
    Peter Thorp, VP Eastern & Federal Sales, Nicira
    John Kreisa, Director, Storage Marketing, Red Hat

    Networking Lunch

    12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.

    JBoss Hands-on Lab (12:45 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.)

    Peter Larsen, JBoss Solutions Architect, Red Hat

    General Session 2

    1:15 p.m. – 1:35 p.m.
    Cloud Success Story Keynote
    Brad Truesdell, Director, Strategic Alliances, Harris Cyber Integrated Solutions

    1:35 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
    Lowering the Cost of Government with IT Keynote
    Wolf Tombe, CTO, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, DHS

    2:00 p.m. – 2:10 p.m.
    Closing Remarks
    Paul Smith, VP & GM, Public Sector Operations, Red Hat