Agenda

Welcome to the 2022 Cloud Summit! Get ready for an exciting day of programming.

NextGov Editor Aaron Boyd sits down with the Small Business Administration's Acting CIO to discuss the agency's cloud approach. Covering how SBA is moving toward a unified cloud approach and the steps and funding required to get there.

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Cloud adoption is a strategic move by organizations to reduce cost, mitigate risk, and achieve scalability of IT resources. Learn how your agency can navigate cloud adoption while achieving end-to-end optimization of your applications and networks.

The Defense Department's strategy for deterring major conflict goes well beyond the efficient operations of the warfighter in the air, land, and sea. Cyberspace continues to be a new battleground with new stakes, making comprehensive enterprise cloud architectures more critical than ever. As the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastrucutre (JEDI) contract is replaced, how are leaders preparing for a pivotal shift in operations? And what are the implications for enabling emerging defense capabilities? Join Defense One during this exclusive interview with the new acting Deputy CIO for the Information Enterprise, Ms. Lily Zeleke, to explore how the Defense Department is preparing to re-invent their approach to cloud from the ground up.

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An organization’s cyber posture hinges, in large part, on an effective approach to data protection. The exponential increase in both cyber attacks and data sources presents a real challenge for the public sector. In this session, Jim Cosby from NetApp explains how the evolution of storage technology could level the playing field by enabling a new generation of cyber professionals to automate, integrate, and deploy data more effectively.

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No one saw this coming! For more than two years, government IT leaders have been scrambling to keep agencies running while undertaking new or evolving missions. The need for agility, supported by a modern platform to manage data and drive insights, is just one of the lessons learned by IT professionals across the public sector. Now, agency leaders are struggling to plan for an unpredictable and unknown future where a return to pre-2020 assumptions is no longer possible. To fully understand the impact of COVID-19 on their missions, as well as the lessons learned from this two-year ordeal, IT professionals need to combine best practices with a new way of thinking to inform future budgetary, human capital and mission execution requirements.

Central to adopting emerging cybersecurity models and cloud efforts is a strong workforce supporting these technologies. Attracting, training and retaining this skilled workforce continues to be a particular challenge in the public sector. As leaders continue to compete with commercial entities for talent, how are they maintaining the human capital support required for critical cybersecurity efforts?

As shifts to cloud systems become more prevalent, changes to operations are required in more than IT departments. The modernization of technology can improve services across state and local governments. In this session, Route Fifty explores how HR processes can be moved to cloud-based systems with one of the country’s earliest local government adopters.

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Harry Kidder, Director of Cloud Technology at Peraton, sits down with George Jackson, GovExec, to discuss Zero Trust and how agencies can begin integrating Zero Trust Architecture into their hybrid multi-cloud approach. Learn about best practices for designing solutions that meet agencies where they are at on their Zero Trust Architecture adoption journey.

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Advances in cloud capabilities, integrated with new developments in 5G and satellite connectivity are opening new doors for innovation for a wider swath of government agencies. As the ultimate edge, space will serve as a critical back bone in helping support this ubiquitous connectivity even in the most disparate environments. This universal access to cloud compute will deliver mission owners a gateway to the latest in commercial technologies anywhere they need it. Hear from Steve Kitay, the Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy and current Director of Azure Space at Microsoft, about the future of cloud connectivity and the agencies who are already embracing this vision.

Thank you for joining us today for Cloud Summit 2022!

In this exclusive interview, Nextgov's Aaron Boyd sits down with the National Institute of Health to peak behind the curtain on their approach to cloud adoption.