June 18, 2015 | Marriott Metro Center | Washington, DC
Organization Chair
Tom Suder, President, Advanced Technology Academic Research Center (ATARC)
Government Chair
Joyce Hunter, Acting CIO, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Government Chair
Javier Saade, Associate Administrator, Office of Investment and Innovation, U.S. Small Business Administration
THURSDAY, JUNE 18
7:30 a.m.
Opening of Registration and ATARC Big Data Technology Showcase
8:00 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.
Opening Remarks
Tom Suder, President, Advanced Technology Academic Research Center (ATARC)
Javier Saade, Associate Administrator, Office of Investment and Innovation, U.S. Small Business Administration
8:15 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
ATARC Big Data Technology Showcase
9:00 a.m. – 9:20 a.m.
Visionary Keynote
Tony Scott (Speaker Presentation), U.S. Chief Information Officer
9:20 a.m. – 10:10 a.m.
Visionary Panel – Using Big Data and Analytics to Enhance Mission Capabilities
As an agency’s data begins to grow at an exponential rate, how can sophisticated big data and analytic tools be utilized to harness this abundance of information? This panel will examine ways the use of big data and analytics can enhance an agency’s mission and deliver more effective results in the daily course of business.
Moderator
Jason Miller, Executive Editor, Federal News Radio
Panelists
Dr. Justin Abold-LaBreche, Acting Director, Office of Compliance Analytics, U.S. Internal Revenue Service
Hoot Thompson, Advanced Technology Lead, NASA Center for Climate Simulations
Dr. Suzana Petanceska (Speaker Presentation), Health Scientist Administrator, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
10:10 a.m. – 10:55 a.m.
Visionary Panel – The Emergence of the Chief Data Officer
Data is rapidly increasing within government agencies, but how is this massive influx of information being handled? This panel of Federal Chief Data Officers will discuss the roles and responsibilities of this relatively-new position and examine methods to properly collect, process, organize, analyze, store and disseminate an agency’s vast amount of data.
Moderator
Molly Walker, Executive Editor, FierceGovernmentIT
Panelists
Srinivas Bangarbale, Chief Data Officer, Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Brandon Pustejovsky (Speaker Presentation), Chief Data Officer, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
Tony Summerlin, Senior Strategic Advisor, Federal Communications Commission
10:55 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
ATARC Briefing
Mike Hettinger, Executive Director, ATARC
11:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
ATARC Visionary Panel – Data and Analytics of the Future
In five years, the amount of data in the world is expected to quadruple. As reach the Year 2020, what new advances will we see in data collection and storage? How far have predictive analytics progressed and what influence do they have on our everyday lives? How has data sharing progressed among government agencies? And how can artificial intelligence be used in data and analytics?
Moderator
Dan Mintz, Senior Advisor, ATARC/Program Chair, Information Systems Management, University of Maryland University College
Panelists
Jennifer Bachner, PhD, Director, Masters of Science and Certificate Programs in Government Analytics, Johns Hopkins University
Dr. Paul Cohen, Program Manager, DARPA
G. Nagesh Rao, Chief Technologist, U.S. Small Business Administration
11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
ATARC Big Data Technology Showcase
12:45 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
ATARC Big Data Innovation Awards
MITRE-ATARC Big Data Collaboration Symposium
The MITRE-ATARC Big Data Collaboration Symposium features discussion and white-boarding between government and industry subject matter experts in a small-group setting. The outcomes of these sessions will be compiled in a White Paper with recommendations to the government. (Download White Paper (.pdf) from June 2014 Federal Big Data Summit)
1:00 p.m. – 1:10 p.m.
Opening Remarks & Logistics
Christine Harvey, Senior Simulation and Modeling Engineer, MITRE
1:10 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Dessert & Coffee Break in ATARC Big Data Technology Showcase
1:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Collaboration Sessions
BIG DATA CHALLENGE AREAS
1. Big Data and Analytics to Enhance Mission Capabilities
- How can data and analytics be used to enhance an agency’s mission and deliver more effective results?
- Can sophisticated data and analytics tools be used to harness and review information?
- What are the barriers of adoption for Big Data Analytics in Mission Capabilities?
Government Lead
Thomas Strong, Director, Office of Secretary of Defense
Industry Lead
Graham Morehead, Federal Solutions Engineer, Basis Technology
MITRE Lead
Zach Firth, Lead Information Systems Engineer
2. Predictive Analytics
- How can predictive analytics be used to help agencies detect adverse behavior?
- Can predictive analytics be improved in the detection of healthcare anomalies or natural disasters?
- What are success stories and best practices for using Big Data for predictive analysis?
Government Lead
Dr. Tsengdar Lee, HPC Program Manager, NASA
Industry Lead
Bernard Beekman, Executive IT Architect, IBM
MITRE Lead
Jim Soehlke, Senior Staff
3. The Future of Big Data and the Internet of Things
- With all of the devices that contribute to data, how can we manage the increasing volume of data?
- How can we manage data privacy and ownership of the increasing amount of data?
- How can historical Internet of Things (IoT) data be merged with present and future data?
Industry Lead
Russ Holmes, Director, Federal Civilian Sales, Hortonworks
MITRE Lead
Irina Vayndiner, Senior Staff
4. The Roadmap to Big Data
- How can the government improve the way big data initiatives are approached and maintained over the years?
- What tools and technological developments are lacking to supplement the impact and use of big data?
- What is the best way to handle the shortage in the workforce when it comes big data and analysis experts?
Government Lead
Jeff Butler, Director, Research Databases, Internal Revenue Service
Academic Lead
Raju Gottumukkala, PhD, Director of Research, Informatics Research Institute, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
MITRE Lead
Danny Moore, Information Systems Engineering Lead, MITRE
5. Big Data for Cyber Defense
- What cyber security risks impact an organization’s mission objectives?
- In what ways could Big Data help address these security risks?
- What factors limit the adoption of Big Data for this purpose?
Government Lead
Cris Brown, Master Data Management Program Manager, Solutions Development Division, Office of Information Services, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
MITRE Lead
Sanith Wijesinghe, Lead Information Systems Engineer
4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Break in ATARC Big Data Technology Showcase
4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Session Out Briefs
5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
ATARC Reception
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
1. Participants come prepared to:
- Break out into teams
- Contribute and participate from specific domain/experience
- Write ideas on the table space whiteboard
- Share ideas and build off each other’s contributions
- Attend and complete session that you have signed-up
- Support the moderator and team members
- Create sets of best practices to support the event’s objectives and goals
- No business development
2. All discussed material must be publicly releasable
- No Classified discussions
- No proprietary discussions
3. None of the discussions or artifacts constitute Government direction, nor should be interpreted as official Government position