The 7th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research


Dr. Fran Berman Director San Diego Supercomputer Center Professor and High Performance Computing Endowed Chair, UC San Diego	Keynote Speech Topic: “One Hundred Years of Data” Monday - May 22, 2006 ABSTRACT: The 20th century brought about an "information revolution" which has forever altered the way we work, communicate, and live. In the 21st century, it is hard to imagine working without an increasingly broad array of enabling technologies and the data they provide. Much of this data will form the foundation for new discovery, advances, and policy over the next 100 years and beyond. In this talk we focus on the development and deployment of Data Cyberinfrastructure, and the challenges of developing a framework for data management and preservation over the foreseeable future. BIO: Dr. Francine Berman is Professor and High Performance Computing Endowed Chair at UC San Diego, and Fellow of the ACM. Dr. Berman serves as Director of the San Diego Supercomputer Center where she leads a staff of 400+ scientists, engineers, and technologists. She is a pioneer and international leader in the areas of Grid Computing and Cyberinfrastructure, and has worked extensively in the areas of programming environments, adaptive middleware, scheduling, and performance prediction. Dr. Berman is one of two founding principal investigators of the National Science Foundation-supported TeraGrid, former Director of the National Partnership for Advanced Computing Infrastructure, and is currently involved in building a national Cyberinfrastructure to enable science and engineering discovery. For her leadership and vision, Dr. Berman was recognized in 2004 as one of the top women in technology by BusinessWeek and as one of the top technologists by IEEE Spectrum. Dr. Berman lends a Cyberinfrastructure perspective to a variety of national groups and committees including the National Science Foundation's Engineering Advisory Committee and the National Institutes of Health's NIGMS Advisory Committee.

Kimberly Nelson Executive Director eGovernment Microsoft Corporation	Keynote Speech Topic: "Academic and Business Partnerships to Enhance Digital Government Research” Tuesday - May 23, 2006 Kimberly Nelson joined Microsoft Corporation in January, 2006 as Executive Director for eGovernment. In her newly created position, Ms. Nelson is helping develop Microsoft's e-government strategy. She is working with government CIOs and other leaders to establish long-term strategies for more efficient and cost-effective online services. Her role also includes extensive collaboration with Microsoft's vast partner ecosystem, working to drive solutions that will ensure the predictable delivery of improved online services while helping to reduce the cost, risk and deployment time associated with sophisticated e-government systems. Prior to joining Microsoft, Ms. Nelson spent 26 years in the public sector – 22 with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and four with the United States Environmental Protection Agency, where she served as the Assistant Administrator for Environmental Information and Chief Information Officer. Ms. Nelson was instrumental in expanding the Chief Information Officer’s role within the Environmental Protection Agency and oversaw the creation and implementation of several major initiatives including the National Environmental Information Exchange Network and EPA’s portal on that Network, the Central Data Exchange; the use of indicators to measure performance; and the implementation of the Agency’s enterprise architecture. She also served on the Federal CIO Council Executive Committee and as co-chair of the CIO Council’s Architecture and Infrastructure Committee. During her state career, Ms Nelson worked in a number of staff positions in the Senate of Pennsylvania, the Public Utility Commission, and the Departments of Aging and Environmental Protection. She was the first to hold the position of Chief Information Officer, in the Department of Environmental Protection and later served as Executive Deputy Secretary, the second highest position in the department. Ms. Nelson graduated from Shippensburg University in 1978 with a Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education, Political Science, and from the University of Pennsylvania in 1987 with a Master of Public Administration. She is married to Kevin Cadden and has two daughters – Kelsey, age sixteen, and Mackenzie, age fourteen.

Dr. John Phillips, Chief Scientist, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)	Dr. John Phillips, Chief Scientist of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA),will deliver a keynote address for ISI2006 on Tuesday, May 23, 2006 (8:30 - 9:30 am). (dg.o 2006 attendees are welcomed to attend.)