Digital Government Summit 2019 - Mississippi | Government Technology | 17 September 2019 | Marriott Hotel, 200 E Amite St, Jackson, MS 39201, USA

Government Technology's passion is helping spread best practices and spurring innovation in the public sector. The Mississippi Digital Government Summit is designed to do just that. The summit has an advisory board that gathers public sector and private sector leaders to create an agenda that is relevant and actionable to the state and local government organizations attending the summit. Participants tell us they use the inspirational keynotes, leadership discussions, networking breaks, and timely topics discussed in the numerous breakout sessions to help advance the goals of their organizations and their own career paths

Topics Include:
• Innovation and Leadership
• Digital Government Trends
• Emerging Technologies
• Cyber Security
• Data and Analytics
• Citizen Engagement
• Cloud Services
• Collaboration

2019 Speakers

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

Kelly Swanson
Strategic Narrative Specialist

FEATURED SPEAKER:

Morgan Wright
Senior Fellow, Center for Digital Government

SPEAKERS:

Dr. Cedric Alexander
Author, CNN Contributor on Public Safety, Former Chief of Police

Paul Brayfield, PMP, CSM
Enterprise Technology Planning Manager, Project Planning Office, University of Southern Mississippi

Tara Brewer
Analyst, Cybersecurity Advisor (CSA) Program, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), US Department of Homeland Security

Mohammed Jalaluddin
Chief Information Officer, Department of Employment Security, State of Mississippi

ADVISORY BOARD:

Russell Armstrong
Information Technology Director, Office of the State Treasurer, State of Mississippi

Michele Blocker
Chief Administrative Officer, Department of Information Technology Services, State of Mississippi

Debra Brown
Director of Strategic Services, Department of Information Technology Services, State of Mississippi

Paula Brown
Chief Information Officer, Department of Rehabilitation Services, State of Mississippi

Ben Cohen
Chief Information Officer, Department of Transportation, State of Mississippi

Arlene Davis
Information Technology Director, Board of Medical Licensure, State of Mississippi

Deborah Dent
Chief Information Officer, Information Technology, Jackson State University

Brad Estess
Special Projects Consultant, Mississippi Division of Medicaid, State of Mississippi

Steve Gray
Director, Government Affairs, Mississippi Association of Supervisors

Michael Harris
Information Technology Director, Information Technology, Rankin County

John Helms
Information Technology Director, Mississippi Development Authority, State of Mississippi

Walter Hille
Chief Information Officer, Public Employees' Retirement System, State of Mississippi

Clay Johnston
Information Technology Director, Department of Public Safety, State of Mississippi

Denise Jones
Director Division of Information Systems, Department of Mental Health, State of Mississippi

Sheila Kearney
Chief Systems Information Officer, Mississippi Division of Medicaid, State of Mississippi

Joe Kirchner
Information Systems Manager, Information Technology, City of Ridgeland

John Kraman
Chief Information Officer, Department of Education, State of Mississippi

Michael McRae
Information Services Director, Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, State of Mississippi

Dr. Craig Orgeron
Executive Director, Department of Information Technology Services, State of Mississippi

Steve Parrott
Chief Information Officer, Mississippi State University

Stephen Patterson
Emerging Technologies, Strategic Services, Department of Information Technology Services, State of Mississippi

Torome Porter
Information Systems Director, Department of Archives & History, State of Mississippi

Nishanth Rodrigues
Chief Information Officer, University of Mississippi

Alan Sang
Director, MIS, Mississippi Gaming Commission

David Sliman
Chief Information Officer, Information Technology, University of Southern Mississippi

Andy Stogner
Information Technology Manager, Information Technology, City of Brandon

Lisa Vaughan
Chief Systems Information Officer, Department of Environmental Quality, State of Mississippi

Patrick Welch
Chief Information Officer, Banking and Consumer Finance, State of Mississippi

Katie White
Strategic Communications, Department of Information Technology Services, State of Mississippi

Mickey Yates
Deputy Chief Information Officer, Department of Revenue, State of Mississippi

Kevin Yearick
Chief Technology Officer, Mississippi Medical Center, University of Mississippi

James Mahaffey
Systems Engineer, Fortinet

Rob McClure
Client Solutions Executive, State Government, AT&T

Greg Sherrill
Senior Sales Executive, Enterprise Solutions, Unisys

Jimmy Webster
Vice President, Government Broadband Services, C Spire

Dana Wilson
General Manager, Mississippi Interactive

2019 Partners

CORPORATE PARTNERS:
• AT&T
• Cohesity
• C Spire Business
• Fortinet
• McAfee
• NIC
• PaloAlto
• PureStorage
• Veeam
• Software Government Solutions
• Unisys