Digital Government: The Transformative Power of Communications

 

Welcome

Bobbie Browning, Senior Vice President, Enterprise Strategy, GovDelivery

Bobbie joined the GovDelivery team in July 2008, bringing with her more than 25 years of federal information technology experience. She has built and led a team dedicated to improving communications and outreach in the public sector. Bobbie’s excellent leadership was recognized in June 2010 with a promotion and again in September 2012 to Senior Vice President, Enterprise Strategy.

Keynote: “How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge from Small Discoveries”

Peter Sims, Author, Little Bets

In addtion to authoring Little Bets, Peter Sims is the coauthor with Bill George of the Wall Street Journal and BusinessWeek bestselling book True North. His work has appeared in the Harvard Business Review, Fortune, and TechCrunch and he is a contributor to the Reuters and Harvard Business Review blogs. He received an M.B.A. from Stanford Business School where he and several classmates established a popular course on leadership.

Title: Smart Government, Creating More Effective Information and Services

Thom Rubel, Vice President of Research, IDC

Thom Rubel is responsible for spearheading all research targeted to decisionmakers within government organizations and maintains direct responsibility for managing IDC Government Insights’ global research agenda. He draws on more than 20 years of experience in government and IT research organizations to deliver research specific to strategies, operations, programs, policies, and technologies unique to government markets.

Title: The Transformative Power of Communications

Scott Burns, CEO & co-Founder, GovDelivery

Scott has led GovDelivery and served on its Board of Directors since before the launch of its first government client in January of 2001. His position has allowed him to spend the past decade supporting his passion of encouraging open government, civic engagement, and technology innovation in the public sector.

PANEL DISCUSSION – “Digital Government, Innovation & Communications

Chris Dorobek, Federal News Radio co-anchor, Moderator

  • Thom Rubel - Vice President of Research, IDC
  • Jon Booth - Director, Website and New Media, CMS
  • Aimee Dobrzeniecki - Deputy Director, NIST MEP
  • Steve Jost - Associate Director for Communications, U.S. Census Bureau
  • Scott Burns, CEO & co-Founder, GovDelivery

Closing Remarks

Scott Burns, CEO & co-Founder, GovDelivery