Chicago Virtual Digital Government Summit 2021 | Government Technology | 3 August 2021 | Virtual Event

Government Technology's passion is promoting best practices and spurring innovation in the public sector – more important than ever in challenging times like these. The Virtual Digital Government Summit offers a unique opportunity to explore a variety of technology topics and possibilities. Please join us for a day of powerful sessions that provide inspiration, participation, education, and thought-provocation!

The conference is presented in a virtual format on Zoom for Government, a FedRAMP-certified infrastructure with advanced security controls, that is used for meetings and webinars by the Department of Homeland Security and numerous other federal, state and local agencies. Zoom for Government leverages one of the largest secured networks of government-specific datacenters in the country and meets high standards of security (Including: FedRAMP, CJIS, NIST, FISMA, SRG, FIPS, DFARS, EAR, IRS-1075).

2021 Speakers

SPEAKERS:

James Clear
Habits Expert, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author

Heather McGowan
Future of Work Strategist, Co-Author of The Adaptation Advantage

Jim Meskimen
Actor, Voice Artist, Comedian, Impressionist

Phil Bertolini
Vice President, Center for Digital Government

Ted Coyle
Business Value Architect, Government Mission Modernization, Oracle

Christopher Hills
Deputy Chief Technology Officer and Senior Solutions Architect, BeyondTrust

Sagay Joseph
Strategic Account Manager, ManageEngine (a division of Zoho Corp)

Nick Lucius
Chief Data Officer, City of Chicago

Tom Lynch
Chief Information Officer, Cook County

Stacey Mansker-Young
Deputy Chief Information Officer, City of Chicago

Joe Morris
Deputy Chief Innovation Officer, Center for Digital Government

Jonathan Nguyen-Duy
Vice President, Global Field CISO Team, Fortinet

Carleton Nolan
Chief Technology Officer, City of Chicago

Zach Patton
Chief Editor, Content Studio, Government Technology

Michael Pegues
Chief Information Officer, City of Aurora

Robert Sumter
Chief Information Officer, Cook County Health

Teri Takai
Vice President, Center for Digital Government

Herb Thompson
State and Local Government Strategist, VMware

ADVISORY BOARD:

Chris Blanding
Chief Information Officer, Lake County

David Byrnes
Chief Information Officer, Treasurer's Office, Cook County

Don Carlsen
Professor, Northern Illinois University

Adam Clement
Deputy Chief Information Officer, Bureau of Technology, Cook County

James Farrell, Chief Information Officer,City of Bolingbrook

Gus Gentner
Chief Information Officer, Winnebago County

Glen Liljeberg
Director of Information Technology, Village of Westmont

Jerod Lockhart
Training Officer, Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities, City of Chicago

Nick Lucius
Chief Data Officer, Office of the Mayor, City of Chicago

Tom Lynch
Chief Information Officer, Cook County

Stacey Mansker-Young
Deputy Commissioner of Planning, Policy, and Management, Bureau of Information Technology, City of Chicago

Carleton Nolan
Interim Chief Information Officer and Commissioner, Chief Technology Officer, Bureau of Information Technology, City of Chicago

Michael Pegues
Chief Information Officer, Information Technology Division, City of Aurora

Peter Schaak
Director of Information Technology, Village of Schaumburg

Denise Steffen
IT Director, Forest Preserve District, Will County

Luke Stowe
Chief Information Officer, City of Evanston

Tom Sullivan
Chief Information Officer, McHenry County

Hema Sundaram
Chief Technology Officer, Bureau of Technology, Cook County

Rod Warren
Deputy Chief Information Officer, Bureau of Information Technology, City of Chicago

Greg Wass
Senior Advisor, Harvard Government Performance Lab

John Zhang
Director, Electrical & Innovation Technology, City of Chicago

Angela Abernathy
Regional Director, Government and Education, Unqork

Ted Coyle
Government Mission Modernization and Business Value Architect, Oracle

Paige Early
Major Account Manager, Fortinet

Sagay Joseph
Senior Manager, Strategic Accounts, ManageEngine

Tim Kodyra
Named Account Manager, Palo Alto Networks

Kent Leacock
Director Government Relations/Public Policy, VMware

Darren Lewis
Enterprise Account Manager, BeyondTrust

Akari Muhisani
Account Executive, Dell Technologies

2021 Sponsors

• AT&T
• BeyondTrust
• CDWG
• Comcast Business
• Cyber Ark
• DELL Technologies vmware
• DLT A Tech Data Company Oracle
• Easy Vote
• Fortinet
• Manage Engine
• Paloalto
• Pluralsight
• Rubrik SLED
• Software
• unqork
• Whyline
• Xerox