Securing the Future --

 

Cyber security leaders join California state and local government security professionals to discuss solutions to the evolving cyber security challenges that face government today.

Topics will include the critical issues of establishing a threat and vulnerability management program, privacy and data protection and the role intrusion detection plays in an organization's overall security strategy.

The day will end with an informative and light-hearted presentation by Dr. Kevin Kealy, AT&T Lab's Security Scientist on "Securing the Future," what every organization needs to know about how to safeguard data and systems as IT staff moves in and out of an organziation.

California's Executive Officer of Information Security and Privacy Protection, Mark Weatherford, will be hosting the summit, held on Thursday, May 14 at the Sacramento Convention Center.

 

Mark your calendars for the week of May 12 -14 to hear these exceptional speakers at the Conference on California's Future.

 

Mark Hurd

Chairman of the Board, CEO and President

Hewlett Packard

 

James Burke

Science Historian, Author and Television Producer best known for his television documentary

series called Connections. 

 

Dr. Kevin Kealy

Chief Security Scientist

AT&T Labs

 

Judge Quentin L Kopp

Chairman

California High-speed Rail Authority

 

Dr. Jerry Mechling

Lecturer in Public Policy and Faculty Chair: Leadership for a Networked World Program

Harvard, Kennedy School of Government

 

John Young

Former CIO, Central Intelligence Agency

Director of Enterprise Solutions, ESRI

 

Paul Clanon

Executive Director

California Public Utilities Commission

 

Mary Nichols (invited)

Chairman

California Air Resources Board

 

Teri Takai

Chief Information Officer

State of California

 

Michael Byrne

Deputy Director

Office of the Chief Information Officer

California GIS Officer

 

 Ray Kerridge

City Manager

City of Sacramento

 

Randell Iwasaki

Chief Deputy Director

Caltrans

 

 Mark Weatherford

Executive Officer

California Office of Information Security and Privacy Protection 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CEO Mark Hurd, who in four years took Hewlett-Packard from an industry doormat to the world's biggest technology company and one of the most admired, will deliver the opening day keynote on Tuesday, May 12 at the Conference on California's Future.

Under his leadership, HP has become a benchmark for efficiency. Currently it is in the final stages of a large consolidation that has reduced the number of data centers by 65%, with a target of 95% completion by project end.

The story of HP's successful consolidation is very relevant to California leaders, considering that Hewlett-Packard and the state of California are of comparable magnitude.

You won't want to miss this keynote, so mark your calendars for Tuesday, May 12 at 10:30am!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

California is making big strides on the Geospatial/GIS front. Just launched in January by California Natural Resources Secretary Chrisman and State Chief Information Officer Teri Takai the Cal-Atlas Geospatial Clearinghouse will allow the general public to access maps, data and information that has not previously been accessible on a single site or from a single source. The Cal-Atlas site, featured at the GIS Leadership Summit in May 2009, is a portal to help organizations work together on GIS data and share the costs of acquiring imagery and other kinds of geospastial data. 

At our GIS Summit Steering Committee this last week, it was announced that Michael Byrne, GIS Architect with the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, will be named California's first Chief Geographic Information Officer in early March.

The leaders to attend the GIS Leadership Summit during the Conference on California's Future will explore how GIS allows users to navigate mapping resources layered with data, in an environment where they can visualize scenarios in unlimited new ways to solve a multitude of challenges. Michael Byrne will serve as the host for this historic summit that is being planned by members of the California GIS Task Force and industry leaders ESRI and Google.

 "The Governor recognizes the value of GIS to better serve our people and give policy makers and the public enhanced decision-making tools." --Teri Takai, State CIO

The summit audience will be comprised of agency secretaries, undersecretaries, department directors, elected officials and senior IT leaders. We look forward to seeing you there!

IT Reorganization Tops Efficiency Roadmap

IT tops the list of Governor Schwarzenegger's 18 ways to consolidate, eliminate and reorganize government that will streamline responsibilities, improve efficiency and save billions of dollars in his Roadmap for More Efficient Government released in January.

The reorganization will establish the Office of the State CIO as the central IT organization for increased coordination, efficiency, reduced costs and improved energy efficiency through state-wide IT shared services resulting in a savings of approximately $1.5 billion over five years. 

Conference on California's Future Advisory Board Chair and State CIO Teri Takai will be addressing the largest gathering of state and local IT professionals at this event regarding the rollout of this reorganization plan to integrate four agencies and consolidate software contracts, office automation tools, data centers, storage and networks.

State CIO's California IT Strategic Plan and State-wide Five Year IT Capital Plan dovetail with the Governor's Reorganization Plan

"The Strategic Plan is both a white paper and a blueprint for state officials to pursue as California enters into the next generation of computers and technology."

-- Teri Takai, California State CIO 

Projects included in the recently released Capital Plan were chosen for their business value and their alignment with the six strategic concepts laid out in the IT Strategic Plan: IT as reliable as electricity; fulfilling technology's potential to transform lives; self-governance in the digital age; information as an asset; economic and sustainable; and facilitating collaboration.

The Conference on California's Future may very well be a critical forum for movement and decisions regarding the Strategic Plan. We look forward to seeing you there.

California High-Speed Rail featured at the Conference on California's Future

 

With the passage of Proposition 1A in November, Californians have approved funding for the first-in-the-nation high-speed train system. The 220 mph trains will be available to 90 percent of California's population and will span from San Diego in the south, through the Central Valley and north to San Francisco and Sacramento.

 

California High-Speed Rail Authority Chairman Judge Quentin Kopp is a featured speaker at the Sustainable Infrastructure Summit held during the Conference.

 

Judge Kopp was recently named as one of the world's most significant infrastructure leaders at the 2008 Global Infrastructure Forum in Washington DC. 

America's first high-speed train system will honor the spirit and build upon the hard work of those who createed California's pioneering transportation system decades ago. Now our task is to meet the transportation and economic needs of the next generation. Our vision is to reduce traffic congestion, protect our environment and jumpstart our economy to the tune of half a million new jobs.

Judge Quentin Kopp

 

Visit the innovative California High-Speed Rail Authority website www.cahighspeedrail.ca.gov filled with visual simulations and tools that allow viewers to plan a trip using high-speed trains and to "see" the potential sites along the way. Learn how high-speed trains will be a vital part of California's future.

Governor Schwarzenegger Prioritizes GIS Task Force

On May 15, 2008, Governor Schwarzenegger called for the creation of a GIS Task Force to develop a statewide strategy to enhance the technology for environmental protection, natural resource management, traffic flow, emergency preparedness and response, land use planning and health and human services. As a result, an important GIS Leadership Summit is being held at the the 2009 Conference on California's Future drawing the state's senior leaders and elected officials around the importance of collaboration on this vital statewide strategy.

California's Top GIS Leadership

GIS Task Force Co-chair Christy Quinlan, Chief Deputy Director, Office of the State CIO; California GIS Architect Michael Byrne; Chair of the Geographic Information Association, Mary Cook-Hurley; and top sponsor ESRI are helping guide the content and speakers for this exciting Leadership Summit and accompanying technical showcase.

State of the Future/Future of the State Exposition

This exposition taking place at the Conference on California's Future will feature a special GIS/Geospatial technical showcase spotlighting solutions for California's GIS leaders and information technology staff to implement and thereby improve the GIS capabilities of the Golden State.

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"Building a Smart and Sustainable California" is the theme for the 2009 Conference on California's Future.

The event will focus on how California can harness innovative thinking and smart technologies to build long-term strategies that mean greater success for the state.

       A broader look at sustainability:
      Meeting today's needs while provisioning for the future.

Largely associated with environmental issues, sustainability is a more embracive idea that reaches across all of California's endeavors. Sustainability means meeting today's needs while provisioning for the future. It is a powerful framework for thinking and acting on a range of challenges facing California.

Given this framework, the Conference on California's Future will showcase long-term solutions around cornerstones critical to the state's success:

                                  Government                 People
                                  Community                  Environment

For each cornerstone, the conference will highlight strategies that incorporate innovation for the following elements:

                                  Policies                       Technologies
                                  Leadership                  Economies

What this means in practical terms is that the Conference on California's Future is a forum unprecedented in scope that will bring together Leadership Summits and a "State of the Future" showcase on topics ranging from transportation to education, from government to the environment.

California is where tomorrow is invented for the rest of the world. This is the event for the people who invent California

Stay tuned for more details on this event and if you'd like more info on how you can participate
contact the event Exec Director at Susan Shinneman 916/932-1300.