VA Modernization Forum: Progress in Motion
Across technology, benefits delivery, and the veteran experience, VA has spent this past year reimagining how it serves those who served.
Join VA leadership, the teams driving that progress, Veteran Service Organizations, and Congressional partners for a morning that looks back at what’s been achieved, and a clear view of where the work is headed next.
What to Expect
- Keynote from VA leadership — Deputy Secretary Dr. Paul Lawrence shares VA’s modernization vision across care, benefits, and technology, and what it means for veterans and their families today and in the years ahead.
- A candid conversation — hear directly from Veterans who helped shape recent improvements through hands-on testing and feedback.
- What’s next — Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Information and Technology Zack Schwartz on the driving forces behind VA’s modernization work and where it goes from here.
- Breakfast & networking — light breakfast on arrival, with continued networking and photo opportunities to close.
Space is limited.
VA’s modernization extends far beyond any single system. Deputy Secretary Dr. Paul Lawrence shares the broader vision across care, benefits and technology and what it means for veterans and their families.
Speaker
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Paul Lawrence, Ph.D. Deputy Secretary, VA
Hear directly from the veterans at the center of VA.gov’s redesign. This panel brings together three veteran testers who helped shape the platform through hands-on user testing. They’ll share what it’s like to be part of a user-centric design process, how their feedback influenced real changes to the site, and what the modernized VA.gov means for veterans navigating benefits, health care and services. Attendees will leave with a clearer picture of how incorporating regular feedback from veterans is driving VA’s digital transformation.
VA IT leader Zack Schwartz shares insights from behind VA.gov’s modernization, including why it matters and what veterans can expect next. He shares how the agency’s transformation efforts start with veterans’ voices, and how their voices are still steering it forward.
Speaker
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Zack Schwartz Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology, VA
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Paul Lawrence, Ph.D. Deputy Secretary, VA
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Zack Schwartz Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology, VA
Registration Form
This event brings together VA leadership and program teams, Veteran Service Organizations, and Congressional partners. Media attendance is coordinated separately and limited to VA-approved press.
Reserve your seat. Registration is required and space is limited — we recommend registering early.
Confirmation and additional logistics details will follow by email.
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