Data is a key mission driver. There is no effective AI without good data. ‘Good’ here encompasses all the practices needed to maximize the use of data for the mission. These include data ingest and management, data security, making sense of data through analytics, and secure sharing of data products. Organizations that treat data as an asset rather than an expense are best positioned to unleash its potential. This forum will discus...

The landscape of workforce management is being reshaped by the synergistic integration of agile methodologies, human-centered design, and artificial intelligence (AI). Agile practices empower organizations to swiftly adapt to dynamic conditions, promoting flexibility and continuous improvement in managing the workforce. Human-centered design prioritizes the needs and experiences of employees, leading to innovative solutions that enhance job sa...

The healthcare ecosystem is facing budget and staffing concerns; has interest in expanding technology capabilities to provide a better intersection between technology, healthcare, the provider and the patient; is experiencing repeated issues with intrusion, privacy and security; and has an undivided interest in sharing data throughout the entire healthcare network. To accomplish these goals and objectives, and maintain an increasingly complex...

The speed of technology changes and innovation in today’s world is hard to underestimate. Although innovation in the tech landscape is nothing new, heightened interest and willingness to adopt innovation is creating even more demand on technology innovators to bring new capabilities to users and early adopters. In recent years, we’ve seen a significant increase in development of new AI capabilities to the Internet of Things (IoT),...

The major climate trends and Challenges will continue to reshape society and we can only expect the impact to society to grow. For many within government, industry and academia, environmental, economic and health concerns are clearly at the top of the agenda, and the need to mitigate the impact of climate and Climate related disasters will bring profound Impacts this year and beyond. Often, we resort to technology and innovations to be the sol...

DESCRIPTION: The Shared Services concept of sharing a service or critical expertise across multiple business or mission functions within a particular agency or across multiple agencies has been around for many years with the intent of building high-quality capacity through economies of scale. The goal for Shared Services is to improve quality, consistency, and timeliness, reduce duplicative investments, and provide cost effectiveness of servic...

PurposeTo create a forum that fosters interaction and knowledge sharing between small businesses, government officials, industry experts, and large/ prime businesses. The aim is to equip attendees with knowledge and tools to help access government contracts, navigate regulatory demands, explore contracting, subcontracting, or teaming arrangement opportunities, and stay updated on pertinent topics important for small business growth. Objectives...

DESCRIPTION: Government and industry leaders are embracing an accelerated pace of Change. Digital Transformation is an approach they use to identify potential disruptions, create or modify status quo business processes, work culture, and customer experience, to meet the evolving challenges and promote used in government and industry to create or modify the status quo business processes, work culture, and customer experience to meet he evolving...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is on a multi-year IT modernization journey – harnessing the power of new and emerging technologies to achieve mission-driven innovations, enhanced security, and delivery of improved access and care for millions of beneficiaries. CMS has done extensive work to date in cloud enabling applications and creating user friendly tools and enhancing security. The agency is now embarking on its...

DESCRIPTION: Generative Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies have entered the government procurement environment and from everyone’s perspective these technologies are here to stay. These newer technologies enable us to re-imagine service delivery and provide more efficient operations; however, there are still concerns about ethical and legal implications, intellectual property rights, data and privacy protection, and more....