BOLD GOV 2020

In this year’s fifth annual BOLD Gov event, Government Executive and Nextgov select the most forward-thinking public servants in federal government for a showcase of innovative ideas. Following a reader-submitted nomination process, Government Executive and Nextgov editors selected projects that move the needle in technology, workforce, management and, of course, pandemic operational response. Join us to watch the innovators present their projects in a series of virtual presentations.

1:00 PM	How Tablets Kept the Asylum Program Safe: Creative Digital Responses to the COVID Emergency at USCIS Michael Boyce, RAIO IDEA Chief, Refugee, Asylum and International Operations Directorate, Innovation and Design for Enhanced Adjudication Program Office (IDEA), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services; Diana Navas, HQ Asylum Officer, Refugee, Asylum and International Operations Directorate, Innovation and Design for Enhanced Adjudication Program Office (IDEA), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services; Jose Pitti, Asylum IDEA Chief, Refugee, Asylum and International Operations Directorate, Innovation and Design for Enhanced Adjudication Program Office (IDEA), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Moderator: Aaron Boyd, Senior Editor, Technology and Events, Nextgov
1:25 PM	Innovative Methodology for Assessing Racial Disparities in Promotions Moon Parks, Senior Economist, Government Accountability Office Moderator: Courtney Bublé, Staff Correspondent, Government Executive
1:50 PM	Redesign Work. Reimagine the Future Session Presented by our Underwriter, Cisco Jim Grubb, Chief Technology Evangelist, Cisco
2:05 PM	Autonomous Vehicle Pilot - Yellowstone National Park Mike Madej, Alternative Transportation Program Manager, National Park Service Steve Suder, Alternative Transportation/Multi-modal Program Lead, National Park Service Moderator: Brandi Vincent, Staff Correspondent, Nextgov
2:30 PM	Inclusive Staff Wellness and Resilience Training Program Dr. Felicia Wilson Young, Deputy Director of Staff Care, USAID Moderator: Eric Katz, Senior Correspondent, Government Executive
2:55 PM	Conversation with Department of Transportation and Enquizit on Streamlining Cloud Migrations within a Large Federal Agency Session Presented by our Underwriter, Enquizit Join Enquizit, Inc. and the Department of Transportation (DOT) for a conversation about how this large federal agency engaged Enquizit to develop and execute an enterprise-level approach to cloud migration and adoption. We will discuss how Enquizit’s streamlined approach addressed the challenges of disparate cloud initiatives amongst individual business unit. We will share the actualized benefits of this approach that resulted in enterprise-level standardization, performance improvements, risk reduction, and cost savings. Scott Swanson, EVP, Enquizit Derek Doeer, Enterprise Solution Architect, AWS Arnel Rivera, Strategic Advisor, Department of Transportation
3:10 PM	Enabling Enterprise Data Sharing at HHS Sanjay Koyani, Executive Director for Innovation, Department of Health & Human Services Moderator: Aaron Boyd, Senior Editor, Technology and Events, Nextgov
3:35 PM	Ask the Bison Artificial Intelligence Prototype Tod Dabolt, Chief Data Officer and Geospatial Information Officer, Department of the Interior Moderator: Frank Konkel, Executive Editor, Nextgov