Agenda
Sunday, June 9 2024
5:00pm-8:00pm, Location: Starks Deck
Conference Registration
5:00pm-8:00pm, Location: Starks Deck
Opening Reception
Monday, June 10 2024
7:00am-3:00pm, Location: Lobby of Conference Center
Conference Registration
7:00am-7:50am, Location: Rooftop Terrace
Breakfast
8:00am-8:15am, Location: Salon A
Welcome and Conference Logistics, Kateri Abeyta CGAIT President
8:15am-9:45am, Location: Salon A
Keynote: Mark Cruth, Principle Modern Work Evangelist at Atlassian
Focused on practice over theory, Mark is a pragmatic modern work expert who spends his days working with organizations to unleash their potential. His mission; inject modern ways of working, a transformation mindset, and the power of expert storytelling into everything he does.
Mark is Atlassian’s resident modern work coach, bringing over a decade of experience experimenting with modern work practices and helping people, teams, and organizations transform at places like Boeing, Nordstrom, Charles Schwab, and Rocket Mortgage.
9:45am-10:15am
Break/Networking
10:15am-12:00pm, Location: Salon A
CGAIT Member Sharing (Members Only)
Open to Members only
Learn what other agencies have going on. The benefit of this is to make notes of who to reach out to after the session to discuss topics your agency might be considering, are in the middle of or advice you have for them. Each member agency will have 2-5 minutes (depending on attendance #'s) for a representative from their agency to introduce teammates and share with the group things like: successes, failures/ take two’s, projects underway, any questions they have for the rest of the membership. Facilitated by Amanda Bay, Eagle County
12:00pm-1:00pm, Location: Rooftop Terrace
Lunch
1:00pm-5:30pm
Afternoon Team Building & Networking Excursion - CGAIT MEMBERS + EXCURSION SPONSORS: Zoom and Google
Meet outside the lobby by the valet area NO LATER THAN 1:15pm. Please don't be late as it will delay the entire tour. Closed to all sponsors except for excursion sponsors (Zoom and Google).
What to wear and bring: CGAIT Conference - Excursions
6:00pm-7:00pm, Location: Salon C & Lobby
Sponsor Reception
7:00pm-9:30pm, Dinner & CGAIT Cup at Mawita's
MEMBERS ONLY & DINNER SPONSOR: Rule4
Transportation -
The CGAIT CUP will take place right after dinner.
Tuesday, June 11 2024
7:00am-3:00pm, Location: Lobby of Conference Center
Conference Registration
7:00am-8:00am, Location: Rooftop Terrace
Breakfast
8:15am-9:45am, Location: Salon A
Keynote: Amina Al Sharif, Generative AI Lead, State and Local Government at Google
Amina has spent over ten years in the Department of Defense serving as an Army officer in the Reserves and North Carolina National Guard (SOD-X) and remains focused on bringing culture, process, and technical innovation to the DoD and intelligence community.
Prior to Anno, Amina worked as a Customer Engineer on the Google Cloud Platform bringing the innovation and power of Google’s capabilities to the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community. She works with the government to help improve mission effectiveness through the adoption of commercial cloud services with a focus on big data and machine learning, gaming and simulation, and data privacy and security in cloud computing and analytics.
9:45am-10:10am
Break/Networking
10:10am-11:00am, Location: TBD
Resident Engagement - 311
Laura Dunwoody, Director of Resident Engagement
City and County of Denver
Salesforce - 311 Overview and Sunny AI chatbot introduction
10:10am-11:00am, Location: TBD
Accelerating ITSM Implementation in Public Sector - A Rapid Deployment Blueprint for Government Agencies
Damon Hill, Manager of Software Solutions
City of Aurora
Scotty Martin
Director Consulting Services
US Midwest - CGI
Imagine revolutionizing your IT service operations in just 90 days. The City of Aurora replaced their ITSM system, achieving operational efficiencies, elevated customer experiences, and laying the foundation for a citywide digital transformation. Gain insights from their journey, learning from the challenges they faced and discover the keys that empower your teams for a successful ITSM implementation.
11:10am-12:00pm, Location: TBD
Cybersecurity: System Logging
Joe Howe, Security Analyst
City and County of Broomfield
Sysmon and the required rule sets are an effective way to improve the information available to Information Security teams. This presentation will demonstrate how to install and configure Sysmon to improve the data available during incident response and threat hunting.
11:10am-12:00pm, Location: TBD
New Hire Onboard Training – The Good and Bad of Being Hybrid
Jonna Haberthier, IT Learning and Development
Boulder County
Come join in on the discussion of training new hires.
Boulder County will present the content/curriculum for new hires and discuss how we partnered with HR/Risk Mgmt/Resource Conservation/Benefits/Transportation to provide virtual trainings for all new hires. We’ll discuss what works and what doesn’t. The good and bad of being hybrid.
12:00pm-1:00pm, Location: Rooftop Terrace
Lunch
1:00pm-1:50pm, Location: TBD
Launch a Modern Intranet in SharePoint Online
Brian Bostwick, IT Division Manager
Arapahoe County
Sarah Wright, Consultant
Planet Technologies
An intranet is the digital heart of your organization, seamlessly connecting employees, fostering collaboration, and streamlining communication. In this session, learn how to harness built-in SharePoint Online capabilities to craft a resilient intranet. From intranet planning to user adoption, we’ll dive into intranet best practices, governance, and design, ensuring your intranet thrives and requires minimal IT maintenance.
1:00pm-1:50pm, Location: TBD
Workstation Management & Deployment: Intune with AutoPilot
CJ Dickinson, Senior Systems Administrator
City of Lafayette
Discover how Lafayette has implemented Intune for inventory management, pre-configuration and deployment for new and existing systems. We will be reviewing the obstacles of standing up a hybrid Azure/Entra environment for Microsoft shops. Also involved in the process is using Intune vs GPOs to deploy security, manage system configuration, and windows controls. We will also go over deploying new machines from the vendor directly (Auto Pilot) to the end user and speeding up internal deployment without imaging or manual installations.
2:00pm-2:50pm, Location: TBD
The Key Ingredients of a Successful IT Strategy
Izabela Flowers, Assistant IT Director
City of Colorado Springs
To help your executive leadership and IT department understand where you want to take your technology services and how you want to get there, you must have a written plan. But how do you go about it? In addition, having a plan is not enough. You must be able to turn it into action to make a real change. Izabela Flowers, Deputy CIO for the City of Colorado Springs will share Colorado Springs approach to creating an IT Strategy and tips for successful execution.
2:00pm-2:50pm, Location: TBD
Checking in on HB 21-1110
Conrad Gonzales, IT Applications Development Manager
Boulder County
HB 21-1110's deadline is 3 weeks away! This is a continuation of our Accessibility Workshops, but prior participation is not a requirement. Let's discuss where we are, what work remains, our organization's strategies for compliance, interpretations of the rules, and calls for help.
2:50pm-3:10pm
Break/Networking
3:10pm-4:00pm, Location: TBD
Verification and Attestation of reality in a Disinformation Age
Jonathan Sparks, Senior Cybersecurity Engineer
Douglas County
Artificial Intelligence, while, like any piece of emergent technology such as the Internet or radio and television, these tools can provide great advances for our species and cultures but can also provide horrors and a chance to see the worst of the worst. In this conversation we will explore the advancements of AI, from it’s goofy and easily identifiable infancy to it’s current form, with photo-realistic video and audio capabilities and how that impacts our job and the security within. The capabilities to erode trust in elected officials, government capabilities and functions, as well as general distrust at the most basic levels of social interaction.
3:10pm-4:00pm, Location: TBD
The Ins and Outs of Implementing an Agenda and Meeting Management System
Ken Kim, Senior Business Analyst
City and County of Broomfield
Broomfield will share our experiences implementing a full scale agenda and meeting management System called AgendaLink. The process included changing our internal processes for creating meeting agendas, running a meeting using in-meeting tools, and resident engagement through our public portal.
4:10pm-5:00pm, Location: TBD
Charting a Path: Jefferson County IT's GIS Innovations in Action
Liz Nordlinger, Business Analyst
Andrea Santoro, Senior GIS Analyst
Calli Broome, Senior GIS Analyst
Join us to learn how Jefferson County IT is innovating GIS processes with Portal for ArcGIS, creating a collaborative environment, and developing applications that promote the use of data to guide informed decisions. Hear about our newly launched Equity Atlas and Sheriff's Active Call Dashboard and discover how we are working towards addressing community disparities and improving operational efficiency.
4:10pm-5:00pm, Location: TBD
Team Building for Introverts
Sarah Teitelbaum, Senior Business Analyst
Boulder County
Despite its groan-inducing reputation, team building helps engage employees, which fosters creativity, better team morale, and increased trust between employees. In information technology, we face unique challenges when it comes to effective team building due to introverted personalities, heavy workloads, and remote, hybrid, and onsite workspaces. This session will give participants the opportunity to test introverted-friendly team building activities tailored for in-person, virtual, and hybrid meetings.
Please come prepared to share one ordinary fact about yourself with the group. Are you wearing a purple shirt? Do you live in Colorado? What's a TV show you watched recently? Don’t stress about the fact, just come participate!
5:00pm-6:00pm
Free Time
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Sponsor Reception
6:50pm Sponsor RAFFLE - To win you must have signed up with each sponsor and be present to win
7:00pm-9:30pm Dinner at TBD
MEMBERS ONLY & Dinner Sponsor: ANM
Transportation -
Wednesday, June 12 2024
7:30am-8:25am, Location: Rooftop Terrace
Breakfast
8:30am-9:20am, Location: TBD
Wheat Ridge Cyber Incident Recovery
Jesse Drubin, IT Manager
City of Wheat Ridge
On August 29, 2022, the City of Wheat Ridge shut down all systems and servers in response to a ransomware incident by the threat actor, BlackCat. City staff, with the help of numerous experts and contractors, redesigned their infrastructure and rebuilt systems over the course of six months. The response, reputation management and restoration is one of the greatest tests the City has faced. Hear lessons learned and more importantly, how you can prepare for a cyber incident.
8:30am-9:20am, Location: TBD
Agile Evolution: Transforming Local Government IT with SAFe
Damon Hill , Manager of Software Solutions
City of Aurora
Justin Wit, Enterprise Applications Supervisor
City of Aurora
Explore the journey of integrating the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) into city IT department, offering a roadmap for public sector agility. This session delves into the unique challenges and opportunities that local government IT teams face, and how SAFe Agile can drive efficiency, collaboration, and timely delivery. Through expert insights and real-world examples, attendees will learn strategies for successfully adopting SAFe principles to revolutionize their IT initiatives.
9:30am-10:20am, Location: Salon A
How to Become Adaptable
Karah Maloley, Leadership Coach
Coach Karah
Learning agility is a multifaceted skill crucial for thriving in our rapidly changing world. In this training, participants will learn the essential components of learning agility: mental agility, people agility, change agility, results agility, and self-awareness. They will gain practical skills such as critical thinking, effective communication, adaptability to change, goal-setting, and self-reflection. Through interactive exercises and discussions, they will understand how to analyze complex situations, build strong relationships, embrace change, achieve desired outcomes, and enhance self-awareness. The training emphasizes the role of clear communication in all aspects of learning agility, from conveying ideas to resolving conflicts and tracking progress. Participants will have a toolkit of strategies to become more adaptable, collaborative, and effective in their professional lives.
10:20am-10:50am
Break/Networking/Check-Out
10:50am-11:45am, Location: Salon A
Attendee Raffles & CGAIT Business Meeting - Members Only
Must be present to win raffle gifts.
Agenda TBD
BINGO winners
Attendee Raffles
Business Meeting Items
Vote on Board Members
Treasurer report
Open floor for discussion
Future Conferences