2023 Conference Schedule - IT Starts with You!
Sunday - September 10th
| Time |
Description |
Location - Sessions |
| 1-4 p.m. |
Vendor Check-in & Setup
First Come, First Served
|
Matterhorn |
| 3-7 p.m. |
Conference Check-in (Members) |
Boyne Mountain Grand Lodge Lobby |
| 6-7:30 p.m. |
Reception and
Mi-GMIS Awards |
Vienna Room and Patio |
| 7:30 - 9 p.m. |
Welcome Session |
Vienna Room
7:30-9 DJ / Karaoke
|
| 9-11 p.m. |
Bonfire |
Patio |
Monday - September 11th
| Time |
Description |
Location - Sessions |
| 8-4 |
Conference Check-in |
Matterhorn Lobby |
| 8-9 a.m. |
Breakfast |
Matterhorn |
| 9-9:30 a.m. |
President's Welcome & Vendor Intros |
Matterhorn |
| 9:30-10:30 |
Monday Keynote Address |
Matterhorn
Eddie Doyle
Cybersecurity & Flat Earth Theory
|
| 10:30-11 a.m. |
Platinum Session 1 |
Matterhorn
AI vs Digital Humans vs Humans
Gary Phillips - Senior Enterprise System Consultant and Engineer
Dell
|
| 11-11:30 a.m. |
Vendor Visits |
Matterhorn |
| 11:30-12:15 p.m. |
Sessions 1 & 2 |
Arlberg 1 & 2
State of Michigan IT
Laura Clark, SoM CIO
|
Aurora / Victor
1001 Tweaks, Genesee County's
Minor Changes Add Up to
Major Progress
Mike Dawisha, CIO Genesee County
James Terry, CISO Genesee County
|
| 12:15-1:15 p.m. |
Lunch |
Matterhorn |
| 12:45-1:15 p.m. |
Platinum Session 2 |
Matterhorn Unlocking the Power of Artificial Intelligence: Transforming Local Government for a Smarter Future
Jayson Dunn
Matthew DiBari
Amazon
|
| 1:15-1:30 p.m. |
Vendor Visits |
Matterhorn |
| 1:30-2:15 p.m. |
Sessions 3 & 4 |
Arlberg 1 & 2
Cartesian Decision Making, Part 1
Eddie Doyle
|
Aurora / Victor
Immutable Backups
DewPoint, IT Partners +, Nomic Networks, People Driven Technology, ThinkGard, VMWare
Moderator - David King
|
| 2:15-2:45 p.m. |
Vendor Visits |
Matterhorn |
| 2:45-3:30 p.m. |
Sessions 5 & 6 |
Arlberg 1 & 2
Cartesian Decision Making, Part 2
Eddie Doyle
|
Aurora / Victor
Smart Cities
CheckPoint Software, Comcast Business, Extreme Networks, Logicalis, Palo Alto, Presidio, WWT
Moderator - Jason Rottman
|
| 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. |
Birds of a Feather |
Arlberg 1 & 2 |
|
Dinner on your own
|
Tuesday - September 12th
| Time |
Description |
Location - Sessions |
| 8-4 |
Registration |
Matterhorn Lobby |
| 8-9 a.m. |
Breakfast |
Matterhorn |
| 9-10 a.m. |
Second Keynote |
Matterhorn
Law of Empowerment
Anupama B. Kinatukara
|
| 10-10:30 a.m. |
Vendor Visits |
Matterhorn |
| 10:30-11:15 a.m. |
Sessions 7, 8 & 9 |
Arlberg 1
CJIS Update
Mitzi Goldstein, MSP
|
Arlberg 2
Procurement, RFPs, Contracts & You
Heather Calahan, Calahan Consulting
|
Aurora / Victor
Improving your CyberSecurity Posture with MiSECURE Self Audit (pre-work=do an assessment)
Andy Brush, SoM
Matt McMahon - Gratiot-Isabella RESD
|
| 11:15-11:30 a.m. |
Vendor Visits |
Matterhorn |
| 11:30-12:15 p.m. |
Sessions 10, 11 & 12 |
Arlberg 1
Retention, Recruitment, Burnout, Retirement, Institutional Knowledge Panel
Andrew McKinnon, Macomb County
Deb Fett, Ingham County
Jeff Small or Angela Stevenson, GLWA
|
Arlberg 2
Generative AI
Paul Groll, SoM
|
Aurora / Victor
MS-ISAC/CIS Offerings
Jeff Sparks, MS-ISAC
|
| 12:15-1:15 p.m. |
Lunch |
Matterhorn |
| 12:45-1:15 p.m. |
Platinum 3 |
Matterhorn
Merit Security Operations Center: Monitoring your Network for Threats
Kevin Hayes, CISO
Merit Network
|
| 1:15-2:15 p.m. |
Vendor Visits |
Matterhorn |
| 2:15-3 p.m. |
Sessions 13, 14 & 15 |
Arlberg 1
Courts Update
Cody Gross
Charles Mercer
|
Arlberg 2
Organizational Change Management
Lynn Herrick & Jeff Small, Great Lakes Water Authority
|
Aurora / Victor
Incident Response Technical (Threat Hunting) Part 1 - Post "Notification"
Andy Brush, DTMB Cyber Partners
Don Cornish - Dewpoint
Kevin Hayes - Merit
Daniel Heidt - People Driven
Brandon Smith - MSP Michigan Cyber Command
|
| 3-3:30 p.m. |
Vendor Visits |
Matterhorn |
| 3:30-4:15 p.m. |
Sessions 16, 17 & 18 |
Arlberg 1
Fiber for the Community
Kris Tobbe, Livingston County
|
Arlberg 2
Book Club
Deb Fett, Ingham County
|
Aurora / Victor
Incident Response Technical (Threat Hunting) Part 2 - Post "Notification"
Andy Brush, DTMB Cyber Partners
Don Cornish - Dewpoint
Kevin Hayes - Merit
Daniel Heidt - People Driven
Brandon Smith - MSP Michigan Cyber Command
|
| 4:15-4:30 p.m. |
Vendor Visits |
Matterhorn |
| 4:30-6 p.m. |
Networking Event |
SkyBridge Walk
Eagles' Nest |
| 6:30-9 p.m. |
Dinner & Vendor Drawings |
Vienna Room & Patio |
| 9-11 p.m. |
Bonfire |
Patio |
Wednesday - September 13th
| Time |
Description |
Location - Sessions |
| 8-11 a.m. |
Conference Check-in
|
Matterhorn Lobby |
| 8-9 a.m. |
Breakfast |
Matterhorn |
| 8:30-9 a.m. |
Platinum Session 4 |
Matterhorn
IT Infrastructure with Built-in Security for Government and Education
Greg White
Nutanix
|
| 9-9:30 a.m. |
Break |
Matterhorn
|
| 9:30-10:15 a.m. |
Sessions 19, 20, & 21 |
Arlberg 1
CyberSecurity Grant
Michelle McClish, SoM
|
Arlberg 2
Getting IT Done - Execution of Plans, Dreams, etc.
(Closing last 10% of a Project)
Lynn Herrick / Liz Phillips, Great Lakes Water Authority
|
Aurora/Victor
Identity Management
David King, Macomb County
|
| 10:15-10:45 a.m. |
Break |
Matterhorn |
| 10:45-11:30 p.m. |
Sessions 22, 23, & 24 |
Arlberg 1
Microsoft 365 Experience Panel
David King
Jason Rottman
Nigel Adkins - GLWA
|
Arlberg 2
Election Lab (Security/Identifying Security Features)
Andy Brush, Dave Tarrant, Carol Pierce SoM
|
Aurora/Victor
Automation Tools
Anthony Rodgers, SoM
Nick Thomas, Ingham County
|
| 11:30-Noon |
General Meeting & Prizes
|
Arlberg 1 & 2 |
| 11:30-12:30 p.m. |
Lunch |
Arlberg Lobby |
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