Event

CXO Tech Forum: AI and RPA in Government

Event Date: December 05, 2019

Time: 8:00am - 1:00pm

Location:

Washington D.C.

Join us for candid conversations on how the U.S. government is using the best artificial intelligence technologies to improve efficiencies, analyses and decision-making. We’ll discuss automation, data management and high-performance computing, deepfakes, facial recognition, machine learning, robots and more! Invited speakers for this forum include senior leaders from Congress, Veterans Affairs, Health and Human Services, Johns Hopkins University, Pegasystems, Defense Department, Hitachi Vantara Federal, GSA, NetApp and more!

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CXO Tech Forum: AI and RPA in Government

Agenda

8:00am - 8:30am

Registration and Breakfast with Views

Speakers / Panelists

8:30am - 8:35am

Opening Remarks

Speakers / Panelists

8:35am - 9:00am

Interview: Congressional Artificial Intelligence Caucus

The chairmen of the House of Representatives caucus aimed at ensuring rapid innovation in artificial intelligence discuss the social impacts and opportunities the technology brings plus how legislation fits in.

Speakers / Panelists

Congressman Pete Olson Co-Chair, Congressional Artificial Intelligence Caucus
Congressman Jerry McNerney Co-Chair, Congressional Artificial Intelligence Caucus
Moderator Michael Hoffman President, GovCIO Media & Research

9:00am - 9:30am

Panel Discussion: Platforms and Digital Assistants

Federal agencies have big decisions to make on the technology and platforms they want to invest in to build AI and RPA into their capabilities and processes. Similarly, agencies have already invested in chatbots and digital assistants to improve citizen services. Leaders on this panel will discuss what platforms and systems hold the most potential for government.

Speakers / Panelists

Gil Alterovitz Director of AI, Veterans Health Administration
Alex Holston Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Defense Health Management Systems
Pragyansmita Nayak Chief Data Scientist, Hitachi Vantara Federal
Moderator Peter Kinch Director of Platforms, GovCIO

9:30am - 9:40am

Industry Perspective

Speakers / Panelists

Nolan Greene Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Robotic Automation & Workforce Intelligence, Pegasystems
Moderator Peter Kinch Director of Platforms, GovCIO

9:40am - 10:10am

Panel Discussion: Governing AI & RPA Growth

The growth of AI and RPA has raised important questions around ethics, bias and the future of the workforce. The panelists will address these issues and more.

Speakers / Panelists

Gundeep Ahluwalia CIO, Department of Labor
Anil Tilbe Director of Enterprise Measurement & Design, Veterans Experience Office, VA
T.Y. Alvin Liu Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University
Moderator Jason Windsor Chief Health Information Officer, GovCIO

10:10am - 10:30am

Networking Break

Speakers / Panelists

10:30am - 10:50am

Interview with Health and Human Services Chief Technology Officer Ed Simcox

The Department of Health and Human Services has a wealth of data sets. The agency is exploring ways it can use AI and RPA technologies to better use this data and improve the services it offers. CTO Ed Simcox is helping oversee this effort and making decisions on the way HHS plans to invest in platforms and technologies.

Speakers / Panelists

Ed Simcox Chief Technology Officer, HHS
Moderator Erin Mirsky Senior Vice President, GovCIO
Moderator Faith Ryan Staff Writer/Researcher, GovCIO Media & Research

10:50am - 11:20am

Panel Discussion: Data Models and Processing

Automation processes require a solid data management strategy. Panelists discuss success stories at agencies, such as government’s first blockchain ATO, and where they see opportunities to expand applications of artificial intelligence by first making sense of the data.

Speakers / Panelists

Kris Rowley Chief Data Officer, GSA
Oki Mek Senior Advisor to the Chief Information Officer, HHS
Kirk Kern Chief Technology Officer, NetApp
David Maron Statistician, VA
Moderator Amy Kluber Managing Editor, GovCIO Media & Research

11:20am - 11:40am

Panel Discussion: How to Buy AI

The GSA and DOD’s Joint AI Center have launched a discovery sprint as part of GSA’s Centers of Excellence initiative. The sprint will address ways the government can accelerate and expand how it adopts and integrates new AI technologies.

Speakers / Panelists

Omid Ghaffari-Tabrizi Acquisition Lead, GSA Centers of Excellence
Michelle McNellis Acquisition Lead, GSA Centers of Excellence
Moderator Andrew Underhill Chief Technology Officer, GovCIO

11:40am - 11:50am

Industry Perspective

Speakers / Panelists

Meredith Clinton Innovation Storyteller, Engagement Manager, Blue Prism

11:50am - 12:10pm

Fireside Chat: Leading the Community of Practice

GSA is at the forefront of widespread adoption of robotic process automation thanks to an effort that sprouted from the CFO’s office. The office’s chief shares how other agencies can get involved, how the agency measures progress and the areas he sees the technology having the most impact.

Speakers / Panelists

Gerard Badorrek Chief Financial Officer, GSA
Moderator Aaron Bishop Managing Editor, GovCIO Media & Research

12:10pm - 12:15pm

Closing Remarks

Speakers / Panelists

12:15pm - 1:00pm

Networking Lunch with Speakers

Speakers / Panelists

Speakers

Gundeep Ahluwalia Department of Labor Chief Information Officer
Gundeep Ahluwalia
- Department of Labor Chief Information Officer
Gil Alterovitz Director, National Artificial Intelligence Institute, VA
Gil Alterovitz
- Director, National Artificial Intelligence Institute
- VA
Gil Alterovitz is the director of the National Artificial Intelligence Institute (NAII) at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). NAII seeks to develop AI research and development capabilities at the VA as a means to support veterans, their families, survivors, and caregivers. The Institute also designs and collaborates on large-scale AI research and development initiatives, national AI policy, and partnerships across agencies, industries, and academia. Dr. Alterovitz has led national and international collaborative initiatives for developing novel informatics methods and approaches for integrating clinical, pharmaceutical, and genomic information, from research to point-of-care. He is a member of the Precision Medicine Task Force under the White House’s Office of the National Coordinator. He is also one of the core writers of the White House Office of Science Technology and Policy’s National Artificial Intelligence Research and Development Strategic Plan, which was recently updated. The policy supports a national AI initiative and includes an additional strategic priority for public-private partnerships. He has degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Carnegie Mellon in electrical, biomedical and computer engineering (including a doctorate). He’s a professor at Harvard Medical School and the Computational Health Informatics Program at Boston Children’s Hospital. His work on integrative methods for “big data” in the biomedical informatics space has been published or presented in more than 50 peer-reviewed publications ranging from academic journals and international conferences to three books (including “Systems Bioinformatics: An Engineering Case-based Approach,” ranked #1 in new Amazon bioinformatics category).
Gerard Badorrek Chief Financial Officer, GSA
Gerard Badorrek
- Chief Financial Officer
- GSA
Gerard Badorrek is the Chief Financial Officer of the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA). As the senior financial executive at GSA, he is responsible for the management of its $25 billion budget and over 600 financial personnel at GSA’s central office and across 11 regions. Mr. Badorrek oversees all financial functions and activities, including strategic planning, performance management, budgeting, accounting, analytics and reporting, financial operations and audits. He also serves as GSA’s Performance Improvement Officer.

Since joining GSA in December 2014, Mr. Badorrek has completed a comprehensive transformation of the GSA finance organization that will standardize business processes, tighten financial controls, and enhance operational performance and drive efficiencies. The effort included centralizing four budget organizations into an overall GSA Budget Office; creating new Performance Management and Analytics offices; and streamlining the Regional Financial Operations from 11 regions into 4 zones. In addition, Mr. Badorrek led the successful transition of GSA’s Financial Management Line of Business to another federal agency in support of the federal directive for shared services.

Prior to this role in federal government, Mr. Badorrek spent more than 25 years in the private sector. His expertise in financial management and business operations successfully drove organizational change and improved performance levels at both public and private companies. Mr. Badorrek was a Senior Vice President at Xerox Services, holding positions as a Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer(COO) of the State Government group. He had an extensive career with MCI Communications including roles as Vice President of Finance, Vice President of Business Operations, Executive Director of Corporate Business Analysis and Business Unit CFO and Controller with responsibilities for leading large organizations, building teams and solving complex operational and business problems. He also served as CFO and COO for several private technology companies.

Mr. Badorrek has an MBA degree from the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University, a Master’s degree in Economics from Case Western Reserve University and Bachelor degree in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering at Cornell University.
Meredith Clinton Innovation Storyteller, Engagement Management, Blue Prism
Meredith Clinton
- Innovation Storyteller, Engagement Management
- Blue Prism
Omid Ghaffari-Tabrizi Acquisition Lead, GSA Centers of Excellence
Omid Ghaffari-Tabrizi
- Acquisition Lead
- GSA Centers of Excellence
Nolan Greene Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Robotic Automation & Workforce Intelligence, Pegasystems Inc.
Nolan Greene
- Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Robotic Automation & Workforce Intelligence
- Pegasystems Inc.
Alex Holston Chief Medical Informatics Officer, DOD Healthcare Management System Modernization
Alex Holston
- Chief Medical Informatics Officer
- DOD Healthcare Management System Modernization
Kirk Kern CTO Americas, Director Office of Technology and Strategy, NetApp
Kirk Kern
- CTO Americas, Director Office of Technology and Strategy
- NetApp
Peter Kinch Director of Platforms, GovCIO
Peter Kinch
- Director of Platforms
- GovCIO
T.Y. Alvin Liu Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University
T.Y. Alvin Liu
- Assistant Professor
- Johns Hopkins University
David Maron Statistician, VA
David Maron
- Statistician
- VA
Michelle McNellis Acquisition Lead, GSA Centers of Excellence
Michelle McNellis
- Acquisition Lead
- GSA Centers of Excellence
Congressman Jerry McNerney Artificial Intelligence Caucus Co-Chair, U.S. House of Representatives
Congressman Jerry McNerney
- Artificial Intelligence Caucus Co-Chair
- U.S. House of Representatives
Oki Mek Senior Advisor to the HHS CIO
Oki Mek
- Senior Advisor to the HHS CIO
Erin Mirsky Senior Vice President, GovCIO
Erin Mirsky
- Senior Vice President
- GovCIO
Pragyansmita Nayak Chief Data Scientist, Hitachi Vantara Federal
Pragyansmita Nayak
- Chief Data Scientist
- Hitachi Vantara Federal
Congressman Pete Olson Artificial Intelligence Caucus Co-Chair, U.S. House of Representatives
Congressman Pete Olson
- Artificial Intelligence Caucus Co-Chair
- U.S. House of Representatives
Kris Rowley Chief Data Officer, GSA
Kris Rowley
- Chief Data Officer
- GSA
Faith Ryan Staff Writer/Researcher, GovCIO Media & Research
Faith Ryan
- Staff Writer/Researcher
- GovCIO Media & Research
Ed Simcox CTO, HHS
Ed Simcox
- CTO
- HHS
Anil Tilbe Director of Enterprise Measurement & Design, Veterans Experience Office
Anil Tilbe
- Director of Enterprise Measurement & Design
- Veterans Experience Office

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CXO Tech Forum: AI and RPA in Government

Registration and Breakfast with Views

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Opening Remarks

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Interview: Congressional Artificial Intelligence Caucus

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Panel Discussion: Platforms and Digital Assistants

Speakers / Panelists

Industry Perspective

Speakers / Panelists

Panel Discussion: Governing AI & RPA Growth

Speakers / Panelists

Networking Break

Speakers / Panelists

Interview with Health and Human Services Chief Technology Officer Ed Simcox

Speakers / Panelists

Panel Discussion: Data Models and Processing

Speakers / Panelists

Panel Discussion: How to Buy AI

Speakers / Panelists

Industry Perspective

Speakers / Panelists

Fireside Chat: Leading the Community of Practice

Speakers / Panelists

Closing Remarks

Speakers / Panelists

Networking Lunch with Speakers

Speakers / Panelists

Gundeep Ahluwalia

Gil Alterovitz

Gerard Badorrek

Meredith Clinton

Omid Ghaffari-Tabrizi

Nolan Greene

Alex Holston

Kirk Kern

Peter Kinch

T.Y. Alvin Liu

David Maron

Michelle McNellis

Congressman Jerry McNerney

Oki Mek

Erin Mirsky

Pragyansmita Nayak

Congressman Pete Olson

Kris Rowley

Faith Ryan

Ed Simcox

Anil Tilbe