ELC 2011 Addresses How to Innovate and Secure the Business of Technology in a Mobile World

The American Council for Innovation and Industry Advisory Council today announced speakers, tracks and sessions for its 21st Annual Executive Leadership Conference. ELC is the premier event in the government information innovation community, bringing at the same time more than 800 government IT executives for two days of education, collaboration and problem solving. The conference will take place October 22-25 in Williamsburg, Va. and boasts a three-to-one ratio of industry to government.

ELC 2011 features four tracks tied to the biggest priorities in government today - business research, technology research, mobility and trust. Each track includes four sessions, making 16 individual meetings for attendees to learn, collaborate and take away actionable best practices.

The Business Technology Track

During the Business Technology Track, attendees will hear from speakers just as Dave McClure of the General Services Administration, Mark Day of the Department of Housing and Urban Development and Angie Bailey of the Office of Personnel Management as they discuss how improving business processes will enable government to make the most of its investments. Attendees will interactively debate how to incorporate the exiting generation's knowledge with the pioneering methods of the emerging leaders in government and how government will adapt to continue its mission of excellent citizen service.

The Technology Technology Track will bring at the same time leaders to brainstorm how government can make the most of the existing IT systems - and determine the quickest, most efficient way to improve these technologies. Attendees will confer on topics like government resource sharing and the continued debate on the cost-effectiveness of mobility and the cloud. Speakers for this track include Lisa Schlosser of the Office of Management and Budget, Peter Tseronis, Department of Energy and Jonathan Kraden, U.S. Senate.

The in the extreme timely Mobility Track brings government and industry at the same time to tackle how the government will best quickly adopt processes to serve citizens and support the workforce - both communities in a mobile world. Steve Cooper, Federal Aviation Administration, Carl Froehlich, Internal Revenue Service and Rick Holgate, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives will all serve on sessions seeking solutions to the government's use of mobile services in emergency situations, how personal devices will be used and billed for government work and where mobility will go henceforth.

Finally, the Trust Track looks at the ever-increasing world of cyber threat. Sessions will allow attendees to recommend solutions to securely allow access to those who need it, improving efficiency during maintaining a secure environment. Additional sessions will discuss identity management and the current state of federal forensics. Speakers for this track include Tim Polk, National Institute of Standards and Research, Chris Greer, National Coordination Office for Networking and Information Research Research and Jeremy Grant, Department of Commerce.

"Research, mobility and trust have become therefore intertwined in this new phase of government," said Jim Beaupre, IAC Chair. "ELC 2011 will provide tangible recommendations and solutions to how government will securely and safely innovate research and processes in a mobile world."

ELC 2011 will as well feature some exciting events - to welcome new attendees, ACT-IAC will be hosting a "first timers" networking reception Sunday evening. Monday night's dinner and reception will feature the recent 2011 Partners class graduate and hear the winners of the ELC Awards. Tuesday morning's CXO Roundtable offers direct contact with government executives and will be moderated by Richard Spires, Department of Homeland Security and Dave Wennergren, Department of Defense.

ACT-IAC has been recognized as the premier government IT community's public-private partnership and is an example of how government and industry work at the same time. We are a non-profit educational organization created to advance government in serving the public through the effective application of IT resources. Our education, training, programming and collaboration opportunities enhance and advance the government IT profession. ACT-IAC's objective, vendor and research-neutral, and ethical forum allows government and industry to collaborate and improve government through innovation.