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Thursday, May 17, 2012 - 11:30am - 1:30pm
May Monthly Speaker Series
Shared First: Government's Plan To Innovate With Less
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Tuesday, June 12, 2012 - 11:30am - 2:00pm
2012 AFFIRM Leadership Awards Ceremony
Presentation of the 2012 Leadership Awards
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Event Date: Thursday, May 17, 2012 - 11:30am

Title: May Monthly Speaker Series

Presentation Topic: Shared First: Government's Plan To Innovate With Less

Presenter:

Dr. Scott Bernard, Federal Chief Enterprise Architect, OMB

Andrew McMahon, Portfolio Tech Stat Lead, OMB

Tom Temin, Anchor, The Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Emily Kopp, Federal News Radio (moderator)

Teaser:

Pre-registration for this event is closed. On site registration will be offered on a space available basis.

Join AFFIRM on Thursday, May 17th for a discussion with the OMB leaders regarding the newly released Federal IT Services Shared Services Strategy, commonly referred to as “Shared First”.

You’ll learn how to implement this mandate and improve return on investment from your IT portfolio, close the productivity gap by implementing integrated governance and innovation, and increase your communications with agency stakeholders.

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Event Date: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 - 5:30pm

Title: Annual Member Appreciation 2012

Presentation Topic: The Marriage Between Innovation and IT : Not Business As Usual

Presenter:

Darren Ash, CIO, NRC (moderator)

Roger Baker, CIO, VA

Kathy Conrad, Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, OCSIT, GSA

Michael Howell, Deputy Program Manager, ISE, DNI

Richard Spires, CIO, DHS

Dr. Simon Szykman, CIO, DOC

Teaser:

Join us for an executive roundtable discussion of how agency leaders are leveraging technology to give birth to new ways to deliver mission results. This august panel will talk about key tech trends for 2012 and how their agencies will put new technology to work for the business of government. And, we’ll talk about where industry fits in the mix as the revolution continues.

This event is open to Government Executives, Members, and Sustaining Partners only.

The evening begins with a one-hour networking reception, followed by a moderated panel discussion.

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Event Date: Friday, April 13, 2012 - 7:00am

Title: April Monthly Educational Program

Presentation Topic: Countdown to Operations: Securing the Cloud

Presenter:

Casey Coleman, CIO, GSA

Richard Spires, CIO, DHS

David DeVries, Deputy CIO for Information Management, Integration, and Technology, DoD

David McClure, Associate Administrator, OCSIT, GSA (Moderator)

Teaser:

Join AFFIRM on April 13th for an informative and interactive breakfast session on the operation and implementation of FedRAMP. FedRAMP is the result of close collaboration with cybersecurity and cloud experts from federal agencies, including GSA, NIST, DHS, DOD, NSA, OMB, the Federal CIO Council and its working groups, as well as private industry.

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Event Date: Thursday, March 15, 2012 - 7:30am

Title: March Monthly Education Program

Presentation Topic: AFFIRM & GITEC present Moving Beyond the Boundaries: Accelerating Government at the Speed of Mobility

Presenter:

See agenda for list of moderators and speakers

Teaser:

Pre-registration for this event is closed. On-site registration will be offered on a space available basis.

This event will be streamed live and available as a video on demand after the event. To view this event and past AFFIRM events please visit our video library.

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Event Date: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 - 11:30am

Title: February Monthly Luncheon

Presentation Topic: Spotlight on GSA: Leading Government's Policy Think-Tank

Presenter:

Laura Auletta, Director, Government-wide Acquisition Policy, GSA OGP

Jan Dobbs, Deputy Associate Administrator, Asset and Transportation Management,GSA OGP

Virginia Huth, Director, Office of General Services Acquisition Policy, Integrity, and Workforce, GSA OGP

Angela Smith, Acting Deputy Associate Administrator, Information, Integrity, and Access , GSA OGP

Kathleen M. Turco, Associate Administrator of the Office of Government-wide Policy, GSA OGP

Francis Rose, Federal News Radio (moderator)

Teaser:

The OGP handout used at this presentation can be viewed and downloaded below.

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Event Date: Friday, January 13, 2012 - 11:30am

Title: January Monthly Luncheon

Presentation Topic: Fireside Chat: Insights from Steven VanRoekel, the US CIO

Presenter:

Steven VanRoekel, Chief Information Officer of the United States

Teaser:

This event is sold out and onsite registration will not be available. A live stream will be available starting at 12:15pm EST here. The webcast will be available in our video library after the event.

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Event Date: Thursday, December 8, 2011 - 11:30am

Title: December Monthly Luncheon

Presentation Topic: Government Acquisition: Trends and Techniques

Presenter:

Robert Coen, Deputy Program Director, NITAAC, NIH

Darlene Coen, Deputy Program Manager, NASA SEWP

Nancy Suslov, Director, Business Development, AAST/Technical and Management Resources, Inc.

Kevin Youel Page, Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Integrated Technology Services (ITS),GSA

Wyatt Kash,Editorial Director,AOL Government (moderator)

Teaser:

Pre-registration for this event is closed. There will be onsite registration on a space available basis.

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Event Date: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 - 11:30am

Title: November Monthly Luncheon

Presentation Topic: The Changing Role of the Federal CIO

Presenter:

Darren Ash, CIO, NRC

Matthew Perry, CIO, OPM

John Teeter, Acting CIO, HHS

Francis Rose, Federal News Radio (Moderator)

Teaser:

Pre-registration for this event is closed. There will be on-site registration on a space available basis.

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Event Date: Monday, November 7, 2011 - 8:00am

Title: 4th Annual Turkey Shoot Golf Event

Presentation Topic: Scholarship Fundraiser

Presenter:

AFFIRM

Teaser:

Pre-registration for this event is closed. Onsite registration will be available until 9am.

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Event Date: Friday, October 14, 2011 - 11:30am

Title: October Monthly Luncheon

Presentation Topic: Agile System Development: Addressing OMB 25 Point Plan on Effectively Managing IT Programs

Presenter:

Tyler Bond, Senior Information Technology Specialist/Project Manager, USDA

Mindy Connolly, Chief Acquisition Officer, GSA

Rob Vietmeyer, Cloud Computing Portfolio Manager, DoD

Robert White, Supervisory Computer Engineer, FBI

Tom Temin, anchor, Federal News Radio (moderator)

Teaser:

Pre-registration for this event is closed. On-site registration will be available.

The OMB 25 Point Plan calls for nimble IT development that favors smaller, agile and modular projects that can be developed and deployed in a shorter time and for less money.

Agile software development and management practices are being adopted throughout government to achieve rapid functionality on mobile as well as traditional computing devices. This educational forum will focus on how agile techniques can be applied to transform the way IT works in government.

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