Speakers

Chris Vein U.S. Deputy CTO for Government Innovation at Office of Science & Technology Policy, EOP	Dawn Meyerriecks Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Acquisition, Technology, and Facilities, ODNI	Dr. Peter Levin Senior Advisor to the Secretary & CTO, Dept. of Veterans Affairs	Wolf Tombe CTO, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, DHS
Gary Galloway Deputy Director, Office of Information Assurance, Dept. of State	Major General Nick Justice Commanding General RDECOM & APG, U.S. Army	Stan Kaczmarczyk Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, GSA	Greg Elin Chief Data Officer, FCC
Sonny Hashmi Deputy CIO & CTO, GSA	Alex Pinchev Executive VP and President Global Sales, Services and Field Marketing, Red Hat	Paul Smith VP & GM, Public Sector, Red Hat	Gunnar Hellekson Chief Technology Strategist, Public Sector, Red Hat
Brad Truesdell Director, Strategic Alliances, Harris Cyber Integrated Solutions	Tom Houston Chief Technologist, Office of the CTO, U.S. Public Sector, HP	Dr. Ronald Ross Senior Computer Scientist and NIST Fellow, NIST	Nigel Ballard Director, Intel
Quint Van Deman, Director, Open Source Consulting, Emergent LLC	James Labocki Solutions Architect, Red Hat	Chris Runge Senior Director, Solutions Architects, Red Hat	Craig P. Abod President, Carahsoft Technology Corp.
John Kreisa Director, Storage Marketing, Red Hat	Peter Thorp VP Eastern & Federal Sales, Nicira	Kevin Sherry VP, Public Sector, Amentra, a Red Hat company	Aaron Pestel Principal Solutions Architect, Red Hat, Red Hat
John Weiler Executive Director & Founder, Interoperability Clearinghouse	Joe Dickman Senior VP and Managing Director, Vizuri	David Egts Principal Architect, Red Hat	Tony Stafford Technical Manager for Emerging Technology Security, SPAWAR Systems Center Atlantic, U.S. Navy
Peter Larsen JBoss Solutions Architect, Red Hat	Erich Morisse N.A. Cloud Product Manager, Red Hat

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