FCW Summit: Cloud - Agenda
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8:30 AM EDT

Wednesday, April 06

Opening Remarks

Opening Remarks

8:35 AM EDT

Wednesday, April 06

Keynote

Using Cloud IT Modernization Today to Enhance Army Readiness Tomorrow

Session Opening Remarks: John Lee, Vice President, Cloud Solutions, Carahsoft

COL Donald L. Burton, Project Manager, Defense Integrated Business Systems (DIBS), US Army

Description

This session examined how the Army is using a modernized cloud infrastructure to provide every available tool for competitive advantage in a multi-domain operations environment. IT modernization functions as a digital weapon system that must be cyber hardened, delivering up-to-the-minute information to warfighters at the speed of need.

On Demand

9:00 AM EDT

Wednesday, April 06

Master Class

Cyber Modernization: Modern Approaches Securing Hybrid, Cloud and Code Deployments

Garrett Cook, Security Engineer, Tenable

Underwritten by: Tenable

Description

Hear from Tenable during FCW's Cloud Summit 

On Demand

9:20 AM EDT

Wednesday, April 06

Panel

Securing Multiple Clouds with a Zero Trust Architecture

Rosa Underwood, IT Specialist, IT Security Subcategory, Information Technology Category (ITC), Federal Acquisition Service (FAS), U.S. General Services Administration

Herb Kelsey, Sr Security Strategy Program Lead, Office of the CTO, Dell Technologies

Moderator: Lauren Williams, Senior Editor, FCW & Defense Systems

Underwritten by: Dell

Description

Government agencies’ move to multi-cloud environments has been underway for some time, accelerating remote work, new applications and other innovation. Zero Trust architectures, now part of the government’s cybersecurity strategy, offers a way to more robustly secure those multi and hybrid clouds. Combined, the potential for a more secure, flexible environment is dawning.

On Demand

10:00 AM EDT

Wednesday, April 06

Executive Insights

Choosing the right type of cloud services

Jim Mandelbaum, Field CTO, Gigamon

Sharon Woods, Director (Acting), Hosting and Compute Center, Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)

Moderator: Lauren Williams, Senior Editor, FCW & Defense Systems

Underwritten by: Gigamon

Description

The move to the cloud is only the first step in harnessing it to bring improved efficiencies and speedier innovation to an enterprise. Understanding the complex array of services and capabilities that the cloud environment brings can be frustrating, but tapping the right mix is an important step towards next frontier of cloud. 

On Demand

10:30 AM EDT

Wednesday, April 06

Break

Coffee Break

10:40 AM EDT

Wednesday, April 06

Featured Speaker

Apps, DevOps, Visualization and Managing Cloud adoption

Gregg Judge, Deputy Director, Enterprise Cloud Management Agency, US Army

Description

With efficient modular apps, DevOps software development, and network visualization tools agencies are increasing control over their cloud adoption and management capabilities, from melding multi-cloud environments to more efficient operations.

On Demand

11:10 AM EDT

Wednesday, April 06

Master Class

Making sense of TIC 3.0 in the cloud

Jeff Carson, Vice President of Technology, Public Sector, Effectual

Underwritten by: Effectual

Description

Hear from our technology partner, Effectual, in FCW's Cloud Summit

On Demand

11:30 AM EDT

Wednesday, April 06

Break

Break

11:45 AM EDT

Wednesday, April 06

Master Class

Master Class

Tristan Ahmadi, Principal Solutions Architect, Elastic

Underwritten by: Elastic

Description

Hear from our technology partner, Elastic, during FCW's Cloud Summit

On Demand

12:05 PM EDT

Wednesday, April 06

Panel

How AI and ML and 5G will continue to push cloud evolution

Brian Gattoni, Chief Technology Officer, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

Dr. Tao Zhang, Manager, Transformative Networks and Services, NIST

Kurt Greening, District Sales Manager-US Public Sector Public Cloud, Palo Alto Networks

Moderator: Adam Mazmanian, Executive Editor, FCW

Description

Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and 5G wireless are driving technological innovation across the board in government and the commercial sector. Cloud evolution is no exception to their influence. AI-driven cloud computing allows cloud to be more efficient and effective, driven by more data-driven insights. Cloud’s reach can allow more expansive use of ML, while 5G will likewise expand machine to machine communications.

On Demand

12:45 PM EDT

Wednesday, April 06

Executive Insights

How cloud acquisition is changing with GSA BPAs

Sonny Hashmi, Commissioner, Federal Acquisition Service, U.S. General Services Administration

Jeff Frazier, VP, Head of Global Public Sector, Snowflake

Moderator: Anne Armstrong, VP, Strategic Alliances, GovExec 360

Underwritten by: Snowflake

Description

A potential golden age of cloud acquisition is here, as GSA looks to open a new cloud acquisition marketplace and framework. The agency wants to become a one-stop shop for federal agencies’ cloud solutions, including commercial Software as a Service, Infrastructure as a Service and Platform as a Service offerings, as well as ongoing governance and management capabities.

On Demand

1:15 PM EDT

Wednesday, April 06

Keynote

SSA’s Modernization Enables Digital Self Service for the Public

Pending Agency Approval: Sean Brune, Chief Information Officer, Social Security Administration

Description

Driven by the changing expectations of our customers, SSA has executed a multi-year IT modernization program to refactor and replace legacy systems. Our modernization program has expanded and increased the use of digital self-service options for the public. The keynote will outline how SSA’s hybrid cloud environment enables modernization by taking advantage of cloud technologies capabilities in Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offerings.

On Demand

1:40 PM EDT

Wednesday, April 06

Closing Remarks

Closing Remarks