Gov 2.0 Summit: The Platform for Change

Grand Hyatt Washington
Washington, DC
September 9-10, 2009
http://www.gov2summit.com/gov2009/

8:00am
Wednesday, 09/09/2009
Location: Independence Foyer Breakfast - Sponsored by HP (1h)

9:00am
Opening Welcome
Wednesday, 09/09/2009
General
Location: Independence Ballroom A Tim O'Reilly (O'Reilly Media, Inc.), Richard O'Neill (The Highlands Group)
Tim O'Reilly and Dick O'Neill welcome you to Gov 2.0 Summit. Read more.

9:15am
From the Digital Commonwealth to the Digital Nation
Wednesday, 09/09/2009
General
Location: Independence Ballroom A Tim O'Reilly (O'Reilly Media, Inc.), Aneesh Chopra (Federal Office of Science and Technology Policy)
Sounding a Web 2.0 theme 250 years ago, Benjamin Franklin spoke of the power of doing good by collective action for public benefit. In this far-reaching conversation, Tim will explore with new Federal CTO Aneesh Chopra his ideas for harnessing technology to build a digital commonwealth and a digital nation, a new model for cooperation between citizens and their government. Read more.

9:35am
Technology Insight
Wednesday, 09/09/2009
General
Location: Independence Ballroom A Clay Shirky (shirky.com)
Internationally regarded author and pundit Clay Shirky tells us what real problems we can solve with social media. Read more.

9:45am
Apps for America II
Wednesday, 09/09/2009
General
Location: Independence Ballroom A Clay Johnson (Sunlight Labs)
Just as the federal government begins to provide data in Web developer-friendly formats, Sunlight Labs is organizing Apps for America 2: The Data.gov Challenge to demonstrate that when government makes data available, it makes itself more accountable and creates more trust and opportunity in its actions. Read more.

9:55am
The Civic Experience
Wednesday, 09/09/2009
General
Location: Independence Ballroom A Tom Steinberg (mySociety)
Tom Steinberg demonstrates the beginnings of the "art of the possible" with MySociety.org successes in the UK. Tom has shown the UK government what a joined-up web presence is through his work for the MySociety charity. "The common theme is cheap and cheerful open web technology tipping the relationship between people and government, in favor of the people". Read more.

10:05am
RAPID FIRE: Setting the Stage
Wednesday, 09/09/2009
General
Location: Independence Ballroom A Adrian Holovaty (EveryBlock), Carol Dumaine (Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence at the U.S. Department of Energy), Scott Heiferman (Meetup), Peter Corbett (iStrategyLabs), Michael Tiemann (Open Source Initiative)
Here we get a glimpse of what this Summit will demonstrate, that is, how users can create applications with government data in new ways for citizen use, how government agencies and non-profits can engage both outside and inside their agencies to improve performance and extend reach in achieving goals at a scale previously unattainable. Read more.

10:30am
Wednesday, 09/09/2009
Location: Independence Foyer Morning Break - Sponsored by Intel (30m)

11:00am
Congress and Social Media
Wednesday, 09/09/2009
General
Location: Independence Ballroom A John Culberson (7th District of Texas)
Details coming soon. Read more.

11:20am
Thinking About "Government as a Platform"
Wednesday, 09/09/2009
General
Location: Independence Ballroom A Mitchell Kapor (Mitchell Kapor Foundation)
Mitch Kapor raises a series of provocative questions about the "government as platform" meme. As we raise this metaphor to think about the roles of app creators and government data providers and how we might see a change in governance in the process, Mitch will ask us to carefully consider a number of questions that are fundamental to realizing this model. Read more.

11:30am
Creating an Effective Platform
Wednesday, 09/09/2009
General
Location: Independence Ballroom A John Markoff (New York Times), Vinton Cerf (Google), Jack Dorsey (Twitter), Tim Sparapani (Facebook)
What can we learn from the most successful platforms and apps creators in Silicon Valley? Joining us are the leaders from the gold standards of platform and app development to tell us how they do it. Our moderator for this exciting session is the dean of technology journalists, the New York Times' John Markoff. Read more.

12:00pm
Wednesday, 09/09/2009
Location: Independence Level Lunch - Sponsored by Microsoft (1h)

1:00pm
The Killer App of Gov2.0: A Conversation with Microsoft Chief Research and Strategy Officer, Craig Mundie
Wednesday, 09/09/2009
General
Location: Independence Ballroom A Craig Mundie (Microsoft Corporation), Tim O'Reilly (O'Reilly Media, Inc.)
All good platforms have "killer apps" that drive their adoption, so if government becomes a platform, what is the killer app that will make Gov 2.0 matter to every citizen, not just the technical elite? Is it electronic medical records? Is it broadband for education? Is it the smart grid? What are the policy issues that we'll need to address in order to make this technology reach every American? Read more.

1:20pm
GeoEnabling Gov 2.0
Wednesday, 09/09/2009
General
Location: Independence Ballroom A Jack Dangermond (ESRI)
Maps and GIS are changing. They're becoming richer, smarter, and more pervasive. There are new styles, patterns, and techniques. As a result, geographic knowledge will become pervasive in society. This "GeoWeb" offers many opportunities for government to be creative with this new media environment: creative cartography and spreading geographic knowledge everywhere. Read more.

1:30pm
RAPID FIRE: Location, Location, Location
Wednesday, 09/09/2009
General
Location: Independence Ballroom A Andrew Turner (FortiusOne), Robert Greenberg (G&H International Services, Inc), Mikel Maron (OpenStreetMap), Dave Warner (MindTel)
Perhaps the largest and most usable data applications to emerge from the Web/Gov2.0 in the near term are geospatial apps. There is amazing work going on here as we will see in the group of rapid fires we have assembled for you. Read more.

1:50pm
Measurables
Wednesday, 09/09/2009
General
Location: Independence Ballroom A Hal Varian (Google), Tim O'Reilly (O'Reilly Media, Inc.)
Being able to measure outputs to gauge success becomes more important and more possible in a data-driven world. Real time economics is one of several important new ideas that will be essential to implement to achieve the goals of the new administration, in using technology to reinvent government. Tim O'Reilly checks in with Hal on how he sees these possibilities. Read more.

2:15pm
Data Driven Measurement of Education Practices
Wednesday, 09/09/2009
General
Location: Independence Ballroom A Brad Jupp (Office of Secretary of Education)
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has recently made data driven improvements in education processes and delivery a priority. Senior Advisor to the Secretary, Brad Jupp, will tell us what the Department is doing in this regard and how it sees the use of data to make major gains. Read more.

2:30pm
Honest Signals: Low Hanging Data Ripe for Predicting
Wednesday, 09/09/2009
General
Location: Independence Ballroom A Alex "Sandy" Pentland (MIT and Sense Networks)
Join MIT Professor Sandy Pentland, co-founder of SenseNetworks, for a provocative look at what is emerging in the world of data and mining. Read more.

2:45pm
Seeing Data as Change Over Time
Wednesday, 09/09/2009
Location: Independence Ballroom A Ola Rosling (Google, Inc.)
Ola Rosling, of Google and co-founder of Gapminder.org shows us what the tools he is building can do with government data to see change over time, telling a remarkable, dynamic story in the process. Read more.

3:00pm
Wednesday, 09/09/2009
Location: Independence Foyer Afternoon Break (25m)

3:25pm
Bev Godwin on Web and New Media Practices
Wednesday, 09/09/2009
General
Location: Independence Ballroom A Bev Godwin (U.S. General Services Administration)
Bev Godwin will discuss the collaboration on best web and new media practices across government agencies. Read more.

3:30pm
Showcasing Innovators for Government
Wednesday, 09/09/2009
General
Location: Independence Ballroom A Mark Drapeau (National Defense University), Laurel Ruma (O'Reilly Media, Inc.)
This is an Ignite style set of presentations by the six (6) winners of the Gov 2.0 Expo Showcase contest held on Sept 8th. Read more.

4:10pm
"Citizen Gain": The New, New Journalism and Governance
Wednesday, 09/09/2009
General
Location: Independence Ballroom A Steven Berlin Johnson (Outside.in), Andrea Seabrook (NPR), Monica Guzman (SeattlePI.com), Hal Roberts (Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School)
On this panel, Steven will engage in a freewheeling conversation with a panel of journalists and media technologists. Read more.

4:40pm
Kojo Nnamdi One-on-One with Macon Phillips
Wednesday, 09/09/2009
General
Location: Independence Ballroom A Kojo Nnamdi ("The Kojo Nnamdi Show" & "Evening Exchange"), Macon Phillips (The White House)
Radio host Kojo Nnamdi joins the Director of New Media at the White House Macon Phillips in a conversation about how the White House is using new media, and what is different about working from inside government than the assumptions that people working on the outside take for granted. What regulations might need to change to make it easier for government to use social media effectively? Read more.

5:00pm
Open Government, Open Policy Making
Wednesday, 09/09/2009
General
Location: Independence Ballroom A Beth Noveck (Executive Office of the President/OSTP)
Beth Noveck, United States Deputy Chief Technology Officer and Director of the White House Open Government Initiative, is leading the Administration's work on transparency, participation, and collaboration. She spearheads policy, projects, and platforms that foster open government across the Executive branch. Read more.

5:15pm
Diplomacy 2.0: Social Media, Diplomacy, and Co-Creation of Dialogue
Wednesday, 09/09/2009
General
Location: Independence Ballroom A John Podesta (Center for American Progress), James Fallows (The Atlantic)
With the rise of networks, and the connectedness of citizens globally to each other, there are new opportunities to adopt social media to share messages and to co-create dialogues with other nations and citizens. Welcome to Diplomacy 2.0, the connection of states, peoples, organizations and institutions to each other for human betterment. Read more.

Thursday, 09/10/2009
7:30am
Thursday, 09/10/2009
Location: Independence Foyer Breakfast - Sponsored by Palantir (1h)

9:30am
Thursday, 09/10/2009
Location: Independence Foyer Break (15m)

9:45am
"By the People..."
Thursday, 09/10/2009
Location: Independence Ballroom A Carl Malamud (Public.Resource.Org, Inc.)
Open government pioneer Carl Malamud draws on his own experience to put the changes we are witnessing today into perspective, drawing on 200 years of American history and showing why access to the working of government by private citizens is crucial for our economy and for our democracy. Read more.

10:05am
A Conversation with Federal Government CIO Vivek Kundra
Thursday, 09/10/2009
Location: Independence Ballroom A Vivek Kundra (Office of Management and Budget), Ellen Miller (Sunlight Foundation)
What is the state of data.gov and other government transparency initiatives? Open data is one of the foundations of the digital commonwealth. It fosters re-use and innovation, and also helps citizens hold government accountable. But it also raises privacy and security issues. Ellen and Vivek will tackle these issues and more in a conversation on the key issues of the Summit. Read more.

10:25am
Clouds Over Washington: The Cloud and How It Can Serve Government
Thursday, 09/10/2009
Location: Independence Ballroom A Werner Vogels (Amazon.com), Tim O'Reilly (O'Reilly Media, Inc.), Casey Coleman (U.S. General Services Administration)
What might be happening that could clarify things or make complexity knee bending and overwhelming for government agencies? In this discussion we explore how the move to cloud computing might provide significant benefit to openness, transparency, and easier collaboration-or result in significant problems. Read more.

10:50am
Lean Startups: Doing More with Less
Thursday, 09/10/2009
Location: Independence Ballroom A Eric Ries (Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers)
Startups aren't just for the garage anymore. A new kind of entrepreneur is emerging from startup hubs worldwide. They are mastering not just new technologies but the discipline to create value for real people. The lean startup is a look at this new trend and ways it can be applied by organizations large and small. Read more.

11:00am
Thursday, 09/10/2009
Location: Independence Foyer Morning Break (30m)

11:30am
How Data Can Improve Health Care and Reduce Costs
Thursday, 09/10/2009
Location: Independence Ballroom A Elliott Fisher (The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice)
How might we use data as a platform to improve health care and reduce costs? In this session we examine some of the possibilities that access to data might have for Health2.0. Read more.

11:50am
RAPID FIRE: Healthcare
Thursday, 09/10/2009
Location: Independence Ballroom A Carleen Hawn (Healthspottr), James Heywood (PatientsLikeMe )
More information coming soon. Read more.

12:05pm
Instrumenting the Edges to Predict: H1N1 Virus
Thursday, 09/10/2009
Location: Independence Ballroom A Michael McDonald (Global Health Initiatives, Inc.), Eric Rasmussen (InSTEDD), James Stogdill (Gestalt, now part of Accenture)
Details coming soon. Read more.

12:30pm
Thursday, 09/10/2009
Location: Independence Level Lunch - Sponsored by Booz Allen (1h)

1:30pm
Real-world Social Networking for Gov 2.0
Thursday, 09/10/2009
Location: Independence Ballroom A Dean Halstead (Microsoft)
Just as social networking has transformed the way people use the Web, in how they share information about themselves, events and even their opinions, it has altered the expectations of government and created a new level of democracy that enables fast and easy participation and collaboration. Read more.

1:40pm
What's Next? Follow the Money
Thursday, 09/10/2009
Location: Independence Ballroom A Lloyd Howell (Booz Allen Hamilton)
As the Internet has evolved from static, one-way information hubs to interactive platforms, organizations are flocking to the Web to take advantage of the increased stakeholder engagement, ecommerce, and low cost storage space available in the cloud. With all of these benefits, however, come increased concerns about security, identity, and privacy. Read more.

1:50pm
How Palantir is Empowering Human Analysis in the US Government
Thursday, 09/10/2009
Location: Independence Ballroom A Shyam Sankar (Palantir Technologies)
Palantir will discuss how they are applying the technology they developed for the intelligence community and the lessons learned battling cyber-fraud at PayPal to empower human analysts and create transparency. Read more.

1:55pm
Transparency, Technology and You
Thursday, 09/10/2009
Location: Independence Ballroom A Chris DiBona (Google, Inc.)
In this short talk, Google's Public Sector and Open Source Programs Manager, Chris DiBona, will talk about how transparency is a social problem first and a technology problem second. He will draw on his experience with open source projects to show how, with a bit of tenacity, we can all make government more transparent and participatory. Read more.

2:00pm
The State of the USA
Thursday, 09/10/2009
Location: Independence Ballroom A Chris Hoenig (The State of the USA, Inc.)
Details coming soon. Read more.

2:10pm
Cybersecurity Challenge
Thursday, 09/10/2009
Location: Independence Ballroom A Alan Paller (SANS Institute), Michael Coppola (United States Cyber Challenge, SANS Netwars)
More information coming soon. Read more.

2:20pm
Innovation from Within: Apps for Security Program in Armed Forces
Thursday, 09/10/2009
Location: Independence Ballroom A Linton Wells, II (National Defense University), Jeffrey A. Sorenson (U.S. Army), Nickolas Justice (US Army), Carlos Castillo (Warfighter Technologies), Paul Lin (Warfighter Technologies)
The world is changing and defense information technology is changing too; from its industrial age roots it is seeking to better harness innovation at the edge. In this session we will explore how the Army is working to encourage emergent innovation and how technology and approaches outside of the DoD might illuminate the way forward. The session will close with some examples from the field. Read more.

2:50pm
Identity
Thursday, 09/10/2009
Location: Independence Ballroom A Judith Spencer (General Services Administration), Mary Ruddy (Meristic, Inc.), John Clippinger (Berkman Center Harvard University)
The promise of Web2.0/Gov2.0 realizing its full impact may be dependent on getting to a concept of citizen-centric identity that works for everyone and enables the promise of "government-as-a platform". Read more.

3:10pm
Social Media and Security
Thursday, 09/10/2009
Location: Independence Ballroom A Bruce McConnell (U.S. Department of Homeland Security), Rick Wesson (Support Intelligence), Price Floyd (Department of Defense)
Resilient enterprises overcome vulnerabilities and ensure functionality in the face of any threat. What steps can be put in place now to ensure uninterrupted functionality in the face of cyber threats? How might the private sector and the public sector join together to create greater resilience? Read more.

3:30pm
Thursday, 09/10/2009
Location: Independence Foyer Afternoon Break (30m)

4:00pm
.Gov Websites That Work
Thursday, 09/10/2009
Location: Independence Ballroom A Allan Holmes (nextgov.com)
.Gov can play too! More and more attention is being paid to government websites—everyone is getting in on the game and it is beginning to show. Allan Holmes, Executive Editor of Government Executive magazine, shares his insights on what works and why. Read more.

4:15pm
Broadband as Platform
Thursday, 09/10/2009
Location: Independence Ballroom A Julius Genachowski (Federal Communications Commission ), Kevin Werbach (University of Pennsylvania), Eugene Huang (National Broadband Task Force - Federal Communications Commission )
Julius Genachowski, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, is interviewed by Kevin Werbach, University of Pennsylvania business professor and technology analyst. Read more.

4:45pm
Strategies for Success: Driving Openness, Participation, and Collaboration in a Bureaucratic World
Thursday, 09/10/2009
Location: Independence Ballroom A Lena Trudeau (National Academy of Public Administration), David Wennergren (Department of Defense), Michele Weslander Quaid (US Government), Alan Cohn (U.S. Department of Homeland Security )
Leaders in government are recognizing the benefits of technology-enabled collaboration. Join us for a moderated panel session in which you will hear from leaders who are embracing web 2.0 technologies to connect with citizens, engage their stakeholders, and solve their most pressing business problems. Read more.