Agenda
 
2008 Army-Microsoft Symposium Agenda
“Invest in the Enterprise: Harnessing the Army’s Resources to build the Enterprise”
 
Tentative Agenda, subject to changes
 
Monday 11 February 2008
Day 1
Technology Exchange Forums
1330
Transportation to Conference Center
1400 – 1800
Registration
1400-1530
Infrastructure Operational Efficiency
·         John Wall, Microsoft  
Windows 2008 and Vista SP 1 Update Longhorn and Vista
·         Jeff Schnegelberger and  Rhys Ziemer, Microsoft
Enterprise Licensing Agreement and SA Benefits
·         Tom Seadeek, ASCP & Linnette Pagan, NETCOM
·         Joycelyn Etheridge, Microsoft
Connected Systems: Web Services and SOA architectures
·         Jeff Ogorek, Microsoft
SQL 2005/2008 – New Capabilities for the Army
·         Jack Bradham, Microsoft
1530-1700
Army Golden Master
·         Scott Dixon, Microsoft  /  Cade King, US Army
Microsoft Technology Roadmap
·         Keith Ramsey, Microsoft
·         Shirley Dixon, US Army
Business Transformation to Enable the Mission: Microsoft Dynamics CRM Task Management Tool (TMT)
·         Keith Winderlich and Wende Nossaman, Microsoft
The Benefits of Exchange 2007
·         Walter Nichols and Daric Morton, Microsoft
Enterprise Systems Management & Compliance – A&VTR/SMS/MOM/Systems Center
·         Warren Atkinson, Microsoft
Unified Communications Information Worker Collaboration Overview (SharePoint, Groove, Office  Communications Server 2007)
·         Scott Silvasy and Robert Birch, Microsoft
1700-1800
Business Intelligence on your desktop (Dashboards / Scorecarding)
·         Jim Watson and Tim Dastalfo,  Microsoft
1800
Opening Reception – Meet and Greet with Microsoft Federal @ Microsoft Conference Center
1930
Transportation to Hotels
 

Tuesday, 12 February 2008
Day 2
0700
Transportation to Conference Center
0730 – 0800
Registration/Breakfast
0800 – 0830
Government Administrative Remarks and Ethics Reminder
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Opening Remarks: Carol Kerins, Army Global Sales Manager, Microsoft
Demo: Microsoft Surface
0830 – 0915
Army Keynote:  An Expeditionary Army at War – Invest in the Enterprise
·         LTG Jeffrey Sorenson, US Army CIO/G-6
0915 – 1000
Microsoft Keynote: Innovating to Serve the Enterprise
·         Mr. Jeff Raikes, President, Microsoft
1000 – 1015
 Break: Partner Pavilion
1015 – 1100
Strategic Enterprise Initiatives
·         Mr. Vernon Bettencourt, Deputy, CIO/G-6
1100 – 1145
Army Enterprise Roadmap
·         Mr. Ron Bechtold, Army Architecture Integration Center (AAIC) Director, CIO/G-6
1145 – 1300
Lunch and Optional Tours
1300 – 1400
Microsoft Unified Communications and Messaging 
·         Eric Swift, General Manager – Unified Communications
1400 – 1445
US Army Unified Communications and Messaging
·         COL Scot Miller, PEO EIS, PM DCASS
1445 – 1500
Break: Partner Pavilion
1500 – 1530
Awards – Microsoft & Army
 1530 – Close
Ask the CIO
·         LTG Jeffrey Sorenson, US Army CIO/G-6
·         Mr. Vernon Bettencourt, US Army, Deputy, CIO/G-6
1700
Transportation to Hotels

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Wednesday, 13 February 2008
Day 3
0730
Transportation to Conference Center
0730 – 0800
0800 – 0805
Registration/Breakfast
Government Administrative Remarks and Ethics Reminder
 Demo – Mission Planning: Using SOA principles
0805-0900
Fight the Network 
·         BG Nick Justice, PEO C3T
0900-1000
IT Transformation: The Network is Everywhere
·         Mr. Curt Kolcun, Vice President, Microsoft Federal
1000-1030
Break: Partner Pavilion
1030 – 1200
Army Corps Review
·         Chairperson – COL David Dodd, FORSCOM G-6
o    I Corps – CPT Shaun Baker (CAMO)
o    MNCI-C6 (III Corps) – LTC James Bell (CAMO)
o    V Corps – LTC John Gingrich (CAMO)
o    CJTF-82 (82d Airborne Division) – MAJ Richard Brown
1200-1300
Lunch and Optional Tours
 
Track Sessions
 
Track 1 – Microsoft in Support of Emerging Technologies
Track 2 – APCs & Enterprise Services
Track 3 – Tactical Environment
1300-1400
VOIP and Video integraton to your desktop and LOB applications
·         Art Olson, PM DCASS
·         Bob Williams, Microsoft
Area Processing Centers – Business Plan
·   Jeff Gotherman, CIO/G-6
Battle Command Common Services
·         LTC Ken Rogers, PM Tactical Battle Command
·         Vernon Weisenburg, Microsoft
 
1400-1500
Cross Forest Service Provisioning
·         Bob Bachert / Daric Morton, NETCOM ESTA
·         Mark Johnson, Microsoft
Area Processing Centers – Migration & Lessons Learned
·      COL David DeVries, NETCOM ESTA
·      Mike Bomba, NETCOM ESTA
Microsoft Tools to Support Battle Command
·         Jim Clarke, PM Battle Command
·         Vernon Wisenburg, Microsoft
 
1500-1530
Break
Break
Break
1530-1630
Army Server 2008 Migration & Microsoft’s new capabilities within Vista and Server 2008
·         Bob Bachert / Daric Morton, NETCOM ESTA
·         Rob Campbell, Microsoft
Army Implementation of SMS and MOM & Microsoft’s new capabilities within these technologies
·      Rod Trevino, NETCOM ESTA
·      Warren Atkinson, Microsoft
Battle Command Workflow Management (Software plus Services)
·         Jason Port
·         Dustin Sell, Microsoft
 
1630-1730
Advancing the ARNG Enterprise with Microsoft
·   MAJ Daryl Brach, ARNG
·         Frankie Gross, Microsoft
Network Access Control
·      Mike Bomba, NETCOM ESTA
·      Jon Wall,  Microsoft
Active Directory and EDS-Provisioning
·         Bob Bachert, NETCOM ESTA
·         Scott Williams, SEC-Belvoir
·         Vernon Wisenburg, Microsoft
1300-1500
Geographic Information System (GIS) Roundtable – Lead: Mr. David Rowson, USACE
1900
Army Reception @ “The Parlor”

 

Thursday, 14 February 2008
Day 4
0730
Transportation to Conference Center
0730 – 0800
0800 – 0805
Registration/Breakfast
Demo: Systems Integration: A critical Capability
0805 – 0900
 
The Network Service Center – The Integrating Concept: 
·         BG Jeff Smith, Deputy Commanding General, NETCOM/9th SC(A)  
09:00-10:00
Dynamic IT: Focus on Virtualization, Datacenters and CIO Visibility into IT Infrastructure
·         Mr. Bob Muglia, Senior Vice President, Server and Tools Business
10:00-10:30
Break: Partner Pavilion
10:30-11:15
US Army Enterprise Collaboration – Capability Briefing
·         Mr. Ted Dmuchowski, Deputy, GACKO, CIO/G-6
·         Scott Silvasy, Microsoft
11:15-12:00
Vista Token Activation 
·         Dr. Amy Harding, NETCOM ESTA
·         Ted Dressel, Microsoft
1200-1300
Lunch
 
Track Sessions
 
Track 1 – Enterprise Mgmt / System Mgmt
Track 2 – AGM / BitLocker / TAP
Track 3 – Army Collaboration
1300-1400
Enterprise Systems Management and Operations
·         Rod Trevino, NETCOM ESTA
·         Warren Atkinson, Microsoft
 
Army Gold Master & Vista Implementation
·         Cade King, NETCOM
·         Scott Dixon, Microsoft
 
Army SharePoint Requirements Session
·   Marvin Wages, CIO/G-6
·         Army Organizations
1400-1500
Enterprise Directory Services (EDS) – Lite, EDS, & JEDS 
·         Joan Tracy, PM DCASS
·         Bob Bachert, NETCOM ESTA
·         Aaron Marshall, Microsoft
BitLocker Drive Encryption Demo 
·         Dr. Army Harding, NETCOM ESTA
·         Ted Dressel, Microsoft
SharePoint in Tactical Environment
·         Vernon Wisenburg, US Army
·         Cliff Ward, Microsoft
 
1500-1530
Break
Break
Break
1530-1630
SOA: Mapping Business Capabilities into a SOA
·         Mr. Chip Raymond, SEC-Belvoir
·         Ken Knueven, Microsoft
Technology Adoption Program
·         LTC CJ Wallington
·         Rob Campbell, Microsoft
Tying SharePoint Implementation to the Enterprise
·         Marvin Wages, CIO/G-6
·         Scott Silvasy/Cliff Ward, Microsoft
 
1630-1700
Closing Session: 
·         Mr. Vernon Bettencourt, Deputy, CIO/G-6
·         Mr. Mike McDuffie (Ret US. Army, LTG), Corporate Vice President
1700
Transportation to Hotels

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Friday, 15 February 2008
Day 5 – Available for additional Army meetings
0800-1200
Available time and space for additional Army meetings

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