Background

The public and private sectors share a symbiotic relationship; one that is necessary to enable efficient operations, workforce development, and technological modernization. However, well-intentioned efforts to collaborate across Government, Commercial, Academic, and Entrepreneurial sectors tend to focus on a buy-sell paradigm versus a seeker-solver opportunity.

While the “Open Government” and “Open Community” themes are meant to promote efficiency and effectiveness in Government, it is equally important to highlight the Technology-Humanity-Culture intersection via Stories and Translation.

The Consortium understands, appreciates, and values Open Government principles (participatory, collaborative, transparent) and is motivated to share transformational insights in a storytelling manner to inform, educate, and convey how technology underpins broad economic impact.

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Abstract

When it comes to open source, dispelling myths and crystallizing reality are essential. Too often, the conversation focuses on open source as a competitor to proprietary code versus a complementary tool to existing investments. In fact, you may be surprised to discover some of the leading for-profit companies that are using, sponsoring and contributing to open source projects. At the end of the day, open source is less about Control and more about Community.

Please join us on May 21st for a stimulating dialogue with two of our Nation’s foremost change agents addressing the power of open source as a business accelerator, a workforce motivator, and platform innovator.

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Themes

• Changing the manner in which Development, Security, and Operations communities collaborate

• Improving “cycle times” to enhance IT responsiveness and meet business demand

• Leveraging automation and building process within code development