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PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

 

Updated: August 18, 2008

Saturday, August 23
Noon - 5 p.m. Registration Opens
8 a.m. - 3 p.m. 2007 - 2008 Executive Board Meeting
   
Sunday, August 24
7 a.m. - 4 p.m. Registration
7 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Breakfast
8:30 a.m. - 9 a.m. Conference Welcome
Jim Edman (SD)
Deputy Commissioner
Div. of Telecommunications
Bureau of Information & Telecommunications
NASTD President

Nancy Bochat (MO)
Telecommunications Manager
Information Technology Services Division
Office of Administration
NASTD Vice President/Program Chair

9 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. Massachusetts Welcome
John Letchford (MA)
Deputy CIO
9:45 a.m. - 10 a.m. Networking Break
10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Technology Trends
Phillip Beidelman
President
WTC, Inc.
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Lunch
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Simply Green: Integrating Sustainability into IT
Carlen Self
Practice Leader
Avaya, Incorporated
Platinum Sponsor Recognition - AT&T
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Mobile Government: Becoming Unwired without Coming Unglued
Kristin Futran
Area Vice President Mobility Application Consulting Group
AT&T
2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Networking Break
2:45 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Communications Continuity: Best Practices for Preparation, Response & Recovery
Brent Uhrmacher
Public Sector Director
Sprint

Ryan McGill
National Manager of Business Continuity
Sprint
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. NASTD State Members Business Meeting
(state members only)

6 p.m. – 9 p.m.

 

President's Reception and Dinner

John F. Kennedy Library and Museum
General Business Attire (Shirt, tie, suit or sport coat)

   
Monday, August 25
7 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Breakfast
7 a.m. - 4 p.m. Registration
8:30 a.m. - 8:45a.m. Conference Updates
8:45 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.

Unified Communications Planning Considerations in Government - Panel
Moderator:
Andy Cannon (AL)

Tim Stone
Lead UC Consultant
Nortel Global Services

Colin Nurse
State & Local Chief Technology Officer
Microsoft

9:45 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Who's doing What and How can I
Bill Zion
Director Customer Service
Unique Computer Services
10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Networking Break
Platinum Sponsor Recognition - Verizon Business
10:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Go Phish! Take the Cyber Challenge
Rick Doten
Director/Managing Principal
Verizon Business Solutions
11:45 a.m. - 1 p.m. Lunch
Platinum Sponsor Recognition - Qwest Services Corporation
1 p.m. - 2 p.m.

Changing Network Landscape
Moderator:
Bernard O'Donnell (CT)

Panelist:
Stephanie Copeland
VP Business Marketing
Qwest Communications

Greg Zweig
Solutions Product Manager
Sonus Networks

2 p.m. - 3 p.m. Best Practices in Customer Service
Lisa Gauvin
Executive Director
Contact Center Operations Strategy & Planning
Cox Communications, Inc.
3 p.m. - 6 p.m. Technology Showcase
4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Exhibit Hall
Technology Showcase Reception
  Dinner on your own
   
Tuesday, August 26
7 a.m. - 8 a.m.
Exhibit Hall
Breakfast
8 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Technology Showcase
Platinum Sponsor Recognition - Juniper Networks
11 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. NG9-1-1 101
Carey Spence
VP, Regulatory Government Affairs
Intrado, Inc.
11:45 a.m. - 1 p.m. Lunch
1 p.m. - 2 p.m. The Reality of Implementing Best Practices
Larry Foster
VP General Manager
PAETEC
2 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. Networking Break
2:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Procurement in State Government
Richard B. Thompson (ME)
Chief Information Officer

3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Corporate Affiliate Council (CAC) Meeting
NASTD Regional Meetings
(state members only)
6 p.m. - 9 p.m.

 

NASTD Awards and Recognition Dinner
Cocktail/Business Formal Attire (Business Suit)
   
Wednesday, August 27
7:30 a.m. - 9 a.m. Breakfast
9 a.m. - 11 a.m. 2008 - 2009 Executive Board Meeting
   

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