2009 Government Web Managers 2–Day Conference Agenda at a glance

For descriptions of specific breakout sessions, please review our detailed agenda for both April 28th and April 29th or click on the links below for further details.

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

8:00 – 9:00

Registration
9:00 – 9:15
Welcome and Introduction


Martha Dorris, Acting Associate Administrator,
Office of Citizen Services and Communications, GSA

9:15 – 10:30

Plenary Session:
Discussion with Vivek Kundra and Macon Phillips




Speakers:
Vivek Kundra, Federal Chief Information Officer and Director E–Government and Information Technology and Macon Phillips, Director of New Media at the White House

10:30 – 10:45

Break
10:45 – 12:00
Plenary Session:
Citizen Participation and Engagement



Speaker:
Katie Stanton, Director of Citizen Participation, and Bev Godwin, Director, Online Resources & Interagency Development, White House Office of New Media
12:00 – 1:00
Lunch (Provided)
1:00 – 2:15
Concurrent Breakout Sessions

Breakout Session 1A: The ROI of Usability Government Style: How to Demonstrate the Value of User–Centered Design Within your Agency

Speakers:
Mary M. Michaels, Human Factors International (HFI), and Carmen Marco, Web Manager, Federal Aviation Administration

Breakout Session 1B: Are You Ready for the Mobile Web?

Speakers:
Lovisa Williams, State Department, and Mike Doney, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Breakout Session 1C: Finding Your Social Media Niche: Strategic Tactics on Using Social Media

Speakers:
Janice Nall and Erin Edgerton, Centers for Disease Control (CDC), and Jed Sundwall and Lee Vann, Captura Group

2:15 – 2:30
Break
2:30 – 3:45
Concurrent Breakout Sessions


Breakout Session 2A: Rethinking Section 508 Compliance: Improving Web Accessibility in the Public Sector

Speakers:
Robert Baker, Social Security Administration (SSA) Section 508 Coordinator, and Sandy Wieprecht, SSA Section 508 Testing & Consulting Team Leader


Breakout Session 2B: Deliver Great Video Content in the YouTube Age

Speaker:
Jason Djang, Video Director, White House, Jeremy Swan, National Institutes of Health, Jeremy Ames, Environmental Protection Agency, and Denise Kennedy, formerly Labor Department


Breakout Session 2C: Web Governance for the Federal Sector

Speaker:
Lisa Welchman, Founder, WelchmanPierpoint

3:45 – 5:00
Networking Event

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

8:30 – 9:00

Registration
9:00 – 9:45
Government Web Managers Unconference/BarCamp/Open Session 1

Suggested Topics: social networks, blogs, OpenID, transparent data, cloud computing, moderation tools, web metrics, SEO, Recovery.gov, multilingual websites, ROI, user technology, etc.

Speaker: YOU!

9:45 – 10:00

Break

10:00 – 10:45

Government Web Managers Unconference/BarCamp/Open Session 2


Suggested Topics: social networks, blogs, OpenID, transparent data, cloud computing, moderation tools, web metrics, SEO, Recovery.gov, multilingual websites, ROI, user technology, etc.


Speaker: YOU!

10:45 – 11:00

Break

11:00 – 11:30

Government Web Managers Unconference/BarCamp/Open Session 3


Suggested Topics: social networks, blogs, OpenID, transparent data, cloud computing, moderation tools, web metrics, SEO, Recovery.gov, multilingual websites, ROI, user technology, etc.

Speaker: YOU!

11:30 – 12:30

Lunch (Provided)

12:30 – 1:15

Plenary Session:
Content Managers' Playbook: Practical and Proven Ways to Get Usable Web Content from Contributors

Speaker:
Leslie O' Flahavan, E–WRITE

1:15 – 2:30
Plenary Session:
What Would Google Do?: Lessons learned from Google and other high performing organizations to embrace change, openness, and innovation

Speaker:
Jeff Jarvis, Buzzmachine.com and author of What Would Google Do?

2:30 – 2:45

Break
2:45 – 3:45

Plenary Session:
Conversation with Craig Newmark, Founder of CraigsList

Speaker:
Craig Newmark, CraigsList

Speaker:
Micah Sifry, co–founder and editor of the Personal Democracy Forum and TechPresident.com

3:45 – 4:00
Raffle and Closing Remarks

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