Venue
Maner Conference Center at the Hotel Topeka
Maner Conference Center at the Hotel Topeka, 1717 SW Topeka Boulevard, Topeka, KS 66612, USA

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Event Date Thu Aug 22 CDT (4 months ago)
In your timezone (EST): Thu Aug 22 1:00am - Thu Aug 22 1:00am
Location Maner Conference Center at the Hotel Topeka
1717 SW Topeka Boulevard, Topeka, KS 66612, USA
Region Americas
Details

The summit brings together technology focused public-sector professionals with leading industry partners to connect on innovative approaches, get inspired and discover new technologies. Join us and let’s improve the future of government together.

Speakers

2024 Speakers

Sharon Gai
Keynote Speaker and Author, Sharongai.com

Sean McSpaden
Senior Fellow, Center for Digital Government

Thomas Bunton
Associate Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Kansas State University 

Jonathan Carroll
Industry Segment Advisor, T-Mobile

Scott Craig
Senior Vice President Product and Strategy, Softdocs

Joe Currier
IT Infrastructure Director, Sedgwick County

Greg Gann
IT Business Solutions Director, Sedgwick County 

John Godfrey
Chief Information Security Officer, State of Kansas

Adrian Guerrero
Director of Operations, Board of Nursing, State of Kansas 

Ed Hudson
Interim Chief information Officer and Chief Information Security Officer, University of Kansas

Joseph Le
Interim Director of Broadband Development, Department of Commerce, State of Kansas

Jeff Maxon
Chief Information Technology Officer, State of Kansas

Mike Mayta
Chief Information Officer, City of Wichita 

Gilberto Oliva
Deputy CIO, City of Wichita 

Taylor Overton
Director, Office of Small Business Development and Entrepreneurship, Department of Commerce, State of Kansas 

Senior Airman Christian Reid
Cyber Warfare Operator, 184th Wing, KS National Guard  

Tanya Rodriguez-Heffel
Chief Technology Officer, State of Kansas

Cole Robison
Director of IT Accessibility, Office of Information Technology Services, State of Kansas

Sara Sack
Senior Research Professor and Director, Assistive Technology for Kansans and Assistive Technology Programs, KU Life

Amber Shultz
Secretary of Labor, State of Kansas 

Dustin Smith
Systems Engineer III, Fortinet 

Randi Stahl
Information Technology Director and CISO, City of Topeka 

Brenda Ternes
IT Director, City of Newton, and President-Elect / Vice President, GMIS International 

Maria Thompson
State and Local Government Cyber Security Leader, Amazon Web Services

Erik Wisner
Executive Director, Kansas Real Estate Commission 

Sponsors & Partners

2024 Sponsors

UNDERWRITERS:
•Accenture
•Amazon Web Services

ROUNDTABLE/ANCHOR SPONSOR:
•Fortinet

ANCHOR SPONSORS:
• Softdocs
• T-Mobile for Government

EXHIBITOR SPONSORS:
• Adlumin
• Adobe | Carahsoft
• Armis
• AT&T
• Commvault | Eagle Technologies
• ePlus Technology, Inc. | NetApp
• Netskope | SentinelOne
• NvisionKC
• Socure
• Tyler Technologies
• Veeam | Pure Storage
• VMware | Carahsoft

PATRON PLUS SPONSORS:
• CDW
• Check Point
• Gartner
• ID.me
• Incapsulate, Part of Accenture
• Salesforce
• ServiceNow Inc.
• SHI International Corp.