Hawaii to host Digital Government Summit

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HONOLULU, Hawaii – To highlight industry best practices and spur innovation in the public sector, the State of Hawaii Office of Information Management and Technology (OIMT) will host the third conse

HONOLULU, Hawaii – To highlight industry best practices and spur innovation in the public sector, the State of Hawaii Office of Information Management and Technology (OIMT) will host the third consecutive Hawaii Digital Government Summit on December 16, 2014, from 8:15 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort.

Under the theme “Transformation in Action,” the summit’s advisory board, chaired by State Chief Information Officer (CIO) Keone Kali, has brought together public- and private-sector leaders to create an agenda designed to highlight Hawaii’s steady progress on the state’s Business and Information Technology (IT) / Information Resource Management (IRM) Strategic Plan, as well as make the use of technology in government relevant and actionable to state and other local personnel.

“As we head into the implementation phase of our state’s 12-year technology transformation plan, Hawaii residents and businesses can expect accelerated activity with improvements to public services, enhanced efficiency for state employees, and benefits to our state’s bottom line,” Kali said. “The summit is a unique opportunity for government employees to see the latest in digital government solutions, keep current with policy issues and our progress in areas ranging from cyber security to the government private cloud, and network with key government executives and industry specialists. If you participate in government technology decisions or implementations at any level, you will want to attend.”

Informative sessions will align with the CIO’s guiding strategies to transform IT and deliver increased IT value to all branches of government, touching on business transformation (re-engineering business processes), technology transformation (modernizing IT Infrastructure), and transparency and accountability (establishing governance).

Sessions will include:

Information Security Threatscape
Big Data and Analytics
Disaster Recovery – Why Should You Care?
Mobile Innovations
The Future of Hawaii’s IT Workforce
Digital Record Trends in Storage, Retention and Compliance
Cloud Therapy (including an update on Hawaii’s government private cloud)
The Impact of Broadband
Mapping Hawaii
Citizen Engagement and Connected Government

In addition, the following “Fast Track” sessions between 3 and 4:10 p.m. will be held open to the public:
Leveraging Existing Resources for Future Success
Open Data, Crowdsourcing and Mitigating Information Requests
Everyone is a Change Agent

Morning and midday keynote speakers will inspire attendees who are making transformation happen.

Kicking off the summit’s session program, Anthony Huey, owner of Reputation Management Associates, will share how communicating in everything from casual conversations to formal presentations can make the difference between success and failure. Attendees will learn to think quickly, take control, and effectively communicate messages to a wide variety of audiences including customers, vendors, internal staff, boards, management, community partners, and others.

Then, after a full morning of in-depth sessions, engineer/comedian Don McMillan will highlight the lighter side of IT by showing attendees how to take a positive outlook and find humor in both the change and the routine of their jobs. McMillan worked for many years in IT systems development and saw the humor in technology. He will aim to inspire attendees to question if they do things because “that is how it has always been done” or because it’s the right thing.

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