Available on Demand | May 19–21, 2026 | 3 Hours | 3 CPE
Three Days of Insights on IT Issues & Trends
The challenges and issues facing state agencies regarding IT investments and modernization are very similar to those federal agencies are dealing with, but often are compounded because state responsibilities (licensing, inspection, and citizen assistance, to name a few) are that much closer to the customers who need their services.
This three-day event tracks many of the priorities that state CIOs are paying attention to –cybersecurity, resilience, modernization, cloud computing, data management, using AI, and analytics, to name a few.
Join us as thought leaders from government and industry share their expertise, their experiences, and their suggestions for harnessing the power of IT to provide superior results to the constituencies they serve while improving cost effectiveness of new solutions.
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Accreditation:
Participants can earn 3 CPE credit in Business Management & Organization.*
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May 19: Cybersecurity & Resilience for State Systems
The National Association of State CIOs (NASCIO) reported in its 2025 State CIO Survey that many states have been providing supplemental funding to their CIO organizations to use on IT modernization and/or innovation. Whether streamlining state DMVs or setting up digital services for courts, agencies are focusing on providing better, more streamlined services to their customers.
Included in these modernization efforts is the continuing embrace of the cloud. All the respondents to the NASCIO survey said they have a multi-cloud strategy; their reasons were many and varied, such as modernizing their applications, optimizing their budgets, and aging (legacy) hardware. CIOs in states with federated governance structures discussed selecting software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions, with the potential to build on their state’s cloud portfolio.
Join us as thought leaders from government and industry discuss the legacy landscape and how the advent of cloud platforms and SaaS are enabling states to cut their legacy debts and provide citizens with digital infrastructure that makes their lives a little easier.
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Statewide CISO, Information Security Division, Illinois Dept. of Innovation & Information Technology
Director, Critical Infrastructure & OT Strategy
& Programs, U.S. Public Sector, Fortinet
May 20: Cloud & Legacy Modernization Platforms
The National Association of State CIOs (NASCIO) reported in its 2025 State CIO Survey that many states have been providing supplemental funding to their CIO organizations to use on IT modernization and/or innovation. Whether streamlining state DMVs or setting up digital services for courts, agencies are focusing on providing better, more streamlined services to their customers.
Included in these modernization efforts is the continuing embrace of the cloud. All the respondents to the NASCIO survey said they have a multi-cloud strategy; their reasons were many and varied, such as modernizing their applications, optimizing their budgets, and aging (legacy) hardware. CIOs in states with federated governance structures discussed selecting software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions, with the potential to build on their state’s cloud portfolio.
Join us as thought leaders from government and industry discuss the legacy landscape and how the advent of cloud platforms and SaaS are enabling states to cut their legacy debts and provide citizens with digital infrastructure that makes their lives a little easier.
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May 21: Simplifying The Work
State and local governments are concentrating on improving internal operations in order to deliver services more efficiently and cost-effectively. In plain terms, agencies want to simplify the work employees do and the steps constituents must take to receive services.
State-level CIOs are looking to reduce operational friction, leverage technology to automate processes, and streamline bureaucracy for both employees and the public. For instance, agencies are automating repetitive, rules-based tasks, such as digitizing frequently used documents to send and receive; defining principles that minimize the need for citizens to submit the same information multiple times to different agencies; and asking employees for suggestions to remove bottlenecks in their processes.
Join us as thought leaders from government and industry share their experiences in simplifying their operations to improve agencies’ performance and service delivery.
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