
ATARC Federal AI & Data Summit
November 17, 2022, 7:30 AM - 3:00 PM ET | Marriott Metro Center, Washington DC6.0 CPE Credits Available for this Event***
7:30 AM
Registration | Breakfast
8:40 AM
Welcome and Opening Remarks

Tom Suder
Founder / CEO, ATARC
8:45 AM
Emerging Technology Talk
Bring Your “A” Game
AI/ML solutions at scale can modernize service delivery in several ways, such as; proactively identifying trends in service requirements, identifying anomalous activity or suspected fraud, and speeding up service delivery by automatically resolving routine claims. Thus, freeing federal employees to focus on complex problems requiring a human touch. Ensuring your agency is always on its “A” game.
In this session, Cuong Nguyen, Vice President of Public Sector at Aerospike, joined by former NASA CDO, Ron Thompson, will delve into lessons learned during Ron’s tenure as CDO. As well as provide insights on incorporating and leveraging innovative Al/ML technologies to unlock organizational value and ensure your agency is bringing its “A” game to every mission.

Ron Thompson
Chief Data Officer, The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Ret)

Cuong Nguyen
Vice President, Aerospike Public Sector

9:00 AM
Visionary Panel: Strengthening The Future of AI and Data Analytics Through Emerging Technology
Listen as AI and Data Analytics Experts explain the importance of AI and Data Analytics across the Federal Government. In this period of time of building the “new normal”, What emerging technology has led to strengthening AI and Data Analytics? This panel will set out to explain the emerging technology that has been used to help strengthen federal AI and Data Analytics, along with the future of AI and Data Analytics in the Federal Government. What does it mean to strengthen your agency’s AI and Data Analytics? Where do these Federal Leaders see the future of AI and Data Analytics going, and what emerging technology will help it get there? Here topic experts will discuss the best practices to implement to strengthen federal AI and Data Analytics, some lessons learned, as well as some challenges from along the way.

Bonnie Evangelista
Tradewind Execution Lead, Plans Budgets & Acquisitions, Office of the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer, U.S Department of Defense

Krista Kinnard
Chief, Emerging Technology, Office of the Chief Information Officer, U.S Department of Labor

Steve Boberski
Senior Business Development Executive, Public Sector, Genesys

Moderator: Kirsten Errick
Staff Reporter, NextGov
10:00 AM
Visionary Panel: Challenge & Success Stories with AI
AI is the most disruptive technology innovation of our lifetime. Enterprises are embracing AI applications and leveraging a variety of data types (structured, unstructured, and semi-structured) for integrated processes across all lines of government and industry.
However, although organizations and agencies understand the importance and potential impact of AI, they often struggle to move from pilot to production. The top challenges that everyone must address in order to scale AI initiatives are: costs (i.e., hardware accelerators and compute resources), lack of skilled personnel, lack of machine learning operations tools and technologies, lack of adequate volume and quality of data, and trust and governance issues.
Tune in to hear a panel of Federal leaders offer considerations for how organizations and agencies can address these challenges, particularly when it comes to breaking silos between structured and unstructured data, unifying teams working with different tools and languages, and Enforcing consistent enterprise-grade security and governance

Dr. Austin Gerig
Chief Data Officer, U.S Securities & Exchange Commission

Dr. Kenneth Clark
Assistant Director, Office of Information Governance and Privacy, U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S Department of Homeland Security

Dr. Zachary Whitman
Chief Data Officer, Chief Information Officer, U.S Bureau of the Census, U.S Department of Commerce
Dr. Heather Martin
Acting Director, Office of Plans, Programs, and Strategy, Directorate for Data and Digital Innovation, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Moderator: John Curran
Executive Editor, Meritalk
11:00 AM
Emerging Technology Talk
Analytics for All: Accelerating Outcomes in the Public Sector
We are living in a new economy. An economy where analytics, automation, and AI provide the fuel to new, digitally enabled business models. Data, analytics, and AI are at the heart of this transformation. With the COVID pandemic and geopolitical instability, digital resiliency is no longer a nice-to-have, it’s now paramount for organizational success. Some organizations have stated that 5 years of digital transformation plans were accomplished in 6 months, and the need for analytics-based decision making is stronger than ever. But transformation without analytics is just digitization. Analytics is what makes it truly transformative and enables Public Sector Organizations to accelerate mission outcomes and improve outcomes for the people, communities, and stakeholders they serve.

Andy MacIsaac
Marketing Director, Public Sector, Alteryx

11:08 AM
Fireside Chat: What is the Tradewind Solution Marketplace?

Rosa Johnson
Director of Contracts, Indiana Innovation Institute

Tom Suder
CEO & Founder, ATARC
11:45 AM
Lunch in ATARC Showcase
12:45 PM
Visionary Keynote Briefing

Dr. Joe Ronzio
Deputy Chief Health Technology Officer, Office of Health Information, Veterans Health Administration, United States Department of Veterans Affairs
1:00 PM
Emerging Technology Talk
AI and Journey Analytics
There is a lot of new and emerging technology available today to help agencies enhance their Customer Experience Strategy. The introduction of AI, including bots, is one of the most popular “go to” options on the list.
But, how can you measure effectiveness? Do you know where to start? How do you measure success? A critical component of any AI strategy must include an analytics component. In this session we will briefly discuss an approach to intelligent implementation of AI technology in your CX environment.

Steve Boberski
Senior Business Development Executive, Public Sector, Genesys

1:15 PM
Visionary Panel: Intelligent Data Management: Next Step in Digital Transformation Journey
The evolving digital landscape means government organizations are forced to look ahead—to move forward—to keep up with the changes to better serve the citizens they support. Digital transformation efforts have been transforming organizations for years and now is the time to leverage data management initiatives to maximize and get the most out of this ‘journey’.
Like most businesses and other organizations around the world today, government agencies are seeking to reduce costs, realize operational efficiencies and deliver better services by using software as a service (SaaS) applications and other cloud solutions to digitally transform the way they operate. Effective data management and governance require leadership support—and being able to augment the right data at the right time requires not only data management but intelligent data management. Do you have a strategy in place to access and get value from your most important data—to protect the data? Tune in to learn how digitally mature your organization is and what your next move will be.

Dr. William Streilein
Chief Technology Officer, Office of the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer, United States Department of Defense

Udaya Patnaik
Chief Innovation Strategist, Office of Information Technology Category, Federal Acquisition Service, General Services Administration

James Rodd
Cloud Portfolio Manager, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Federal Emergency Management Agency, United States Department of Homeland Security (Pending Agency Approval)

David Larrimore
Chief Technology Officer Office of the Chief Technology Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer, United States Department of Homeland Security

Ben Joseph
Chief Data Officer, Office of Inspector General, United States Postal Service

Moderator: Tom Suder
Founder/CEO, ATARC
2:15 PM
Visionary Panel: AI Guidebook: Use and Importance Throughout the Federal Government
If the benefits of Artificial Intelligence (AI) are to be achieved by the United States, federal agencies will need to follow policies and implement practices, methods, and processes to ensure the technology is ethically, effectively, and efficiently created and implemented. There are currently dozens of AI projects underway across the federal government, each of which is following policies and standards according to its charter, local governance, and management oversight. Centralizing and curating standards, best practices, and lessons learned would seem to present significant benefit to these agencies and practitioners, yet doing so presents its own technical, managerial, governance, and cultural challenges. Is it worth the effort, and if so, what are the key considerations to keep in mind as we do so?

Damian Kostiuk
Deputy Chief Data Officer, Office of Information Technology, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, United States Department of Homeland Security

Alexis Banks
Information Technology Specialist, Project and Performance Management Branch, Project Management and Operations Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, United States Environmental Protection Agency

Xuan Pham
Senior Actuary, Risk Management Agency, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Suman Shukla
Data Management Section Head, Product Management Division, United States Copyright Office

Moderator: Jory Heckman
Reporter, Federal News Network, WTOP-FM
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