The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Data Center Optimization Initiative (DCOI) team and the Advanced Technology Academic Research Center (ATARC) will host a DCOI Technology Resources Summit on November 20, 2017 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at GSA Headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Margie Graves, Acting U.S. Chief Information Officer, will open the event with a Visionary Keynote, and there will be three panel discussions that focus on data center optimization and transformation to remote compute environments such as cloud and shared service providers.

GSA DCOI and ATARC welcome Federal government Information Technology (IT), procurement and data center professionals to interact with 30 data center support vendors for information exchange and mini-consultations. These companies will provide resources, products and solutions for data center optimization, operations, migration, connectivity and cloud solutions that can be implemented in alignment with Data Center Optimization Initiative Memorandum (M-16-19).

When:
November 20, 2017, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM EST

Where:
General Services Administration
1800 F Street NW
Washington, DC

Note: Government-issued HSPD-12 identification is required to enter the building.

Who*: Attendees will be Federal Government IT, Procurement and Data Center professionals.

Booths will be set up for Non-Federal professionals and industry representatives from data center support companies, specifically in the areas of DCIM, energy efficiency, containment, migration support, product rationalization and commercial data center providers.

*The event is not limited to Federal employees.

AGENDA

8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Registration

9:00 a.m. – 9:20 a.m.
Opening Remarks
Steve Naumann, Senior Advisor – Data Center Practitioner, DCOI Managing Partner PMO, GSA

9:20 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
Fireside Chat
Margie Graves, Acting Federal Chief Information Officer
Steve Naumann, Senior Advisor – Data Center Practitioner, DCOI Managing Partner PMO, GSA

9:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Visionary Panel – The DCIM Factor: Don't Get Left Behind

This panel will discuss ways of taking DCIM tools to the next level for our nation's critical data center infrastructure. The discussion will center around utilizing convergent monitoring of our compute environments to leverage and improve operational efficiency, energy efficiency and service delivery.

PANELISTS
Jim Chu, Data Center Manager, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Scott Milliken, Computer Facility Manager, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Tony Vicinelly, Federal Technology Director, Nlyte Software
Jake Wooley, Director, Enterprise Architecture and DCOI, U.S. Department of Energy

MODERATOR
Peter Tseronis, Founder and CEO, Dots and Bridges/Former Chief Technology Officer, U.S. Department of Energy

11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Networking Break in DCOI Technology Showcase

1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Visionary Panel – Biggest Data Center Decisions Facing Agency CIOs Today

This panel will examine product and compute rationalization, discussing what applications and environments do we move to cloud, and whether to use a shared service provider, our own enterprise data center or do away with the data center to improve the Federal compute offerings. The panel will also examine how IT works with the core business to optimize business service delivery.

PANELISTS
Michael Cassidy, Chief Technology Officer, U.S. Trustee Program, U.S. Departent of Justice
Tony Cossa, Director, Cloud Strategy and Policy/Acting CTO, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Stuart Dyer, Business Development Manager, CyrusOne Data Centers
Tim Rehac, Chief Technology Officer/Principal IT Advisor, Ernst and Young

MODERATOR
Keith Trippie, CEO, Trippie Group/Former Executive Director, Enterprise System Development Office (ESDO), U.S. Department of Homeland Security

2:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Visionary Panel – Top 5 Data Center Innovations

This panel will examine the innovations that will help us to optimize our data centers and Federal compute environments. The panel will talk about optimizing energy, migration to cloud and other remote compute resources and ways to improve service delivery and our security and DR posture.

PANELISTS
Cliff Federspiel, Chief Technology Officer, Vigilent
Tony Gibson, Senior Manager, Security Operations and Compliance, Verizon IT
Bill Juszkiewicz, Manager, Data Center Services, Dell-EMC
Damian Whitham, Vice President of Business Development, Corporate Office Properties Trust (COPT)

MODERATOR
Tony Scott, CEO, TonyScottGroup, LLC/Former Federal Chief Information Officer

3:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Closing Remarks
Sonny Bhagowalia, Senior Advisor on Technology and Cybersecurity, Commissioner's Office, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, U.S. Department of Treasury (pending agency approval)

4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Networking Break in DCOI Technology Showcase